Today's Famous Birthdays

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Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison
(5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990)

was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End
debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his
breakthrough role. He won his first Tony Award for his performance as Henry VIII in the play
Anne of the Thousand Days in 1949. He won his second Tony for the role of Professor Henry Higgins
in the stage production of My Fair Lady in 1957.










Marsha Francine Warfield
(born March 5, 1954)

is an American actress and comedian. She grew up on Chicago's South Side, graduating from
Calumet High School. She is best known for her 1986–92 role of Roz Russell on the Top 10 rated
NBC sitcom Night Court. Roz was the tough, no-nonsense bailiff in Judge Stone's court. Warfield
also starred in the sitcom Empty Nest as Dr. Maxine Douglas (1993–95). Before Night Court,
she was a writer and performer on the short-lived Richard Pryor Show









Penn Fraser Jillette
(born March 5, 1955)

is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known
for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. The duo has been featured
in numerous stage and television shows, such as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Penn & Teller: Bullshit!,
and is currently headlining in Las Vegas at The Rio. Jillette serves as the act's orator and raconteur.










Andrew Roy Gibb
(5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988)

was an English singer, songwriter, and actor.[3] He was the younger brother of Barry, Robin and Maurice,
who went on to form the Bee Gees.

Gibb came to prominence in the late 1970s through the early 1980s with eight singles reaching the
Top 20 of the US Hot 100, three of which went to number-one: "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" (1977),
"(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" (1977), and "Shadow Dancing" (1978). In the early 1980s, he co-hosted
the American music television series Solid Gold. He also performed in a production of The Pirates of
Penzance and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Gibb would later have issues with drug
addiction and depression. He died on 10 March 1988, five days after his 30th birthday.











Charles Goodnight
(March 5, 1836 – December 12, 1929),

also known as Charlie Goodnight, was a rancher in the American West. In 1955, he was inducted into
the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

Goodnight moved to Texas in 1846 with his mother and stepfather, Hiram Daugherty. In 1856, he
became a cowboy and served with the local militia, fighting against Comanche raiders. A year later,
in 1857, Goodnight joined the Texas Rangers. Goodnight is also known for raising and leading a
posse against the Comanche in 1860 that located the Indian camp where Cynthia Ann Parker was
living with her husband, Peta Nocona, then guiding Texas Rangers to the camp, leading to
Cynthia Ann's recapture. He later made a treaty with her son, Quanah Parker. His father owned a
ranch that expanded to 500 acres (200 ha)