Birthday twins

People Born on March 7

March 7 is the birthday of 53 notable people we've found so far, including historical figures, scientists, authors and actors, and 2 of them are billionaires.

2
billionaires
joint #145 of 366 birthdays
7
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #298 of 366 birthdays
53
notable people
joint #91 of 366 birthdays
$26.8B
combined wealth
#105 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 394 years, from 1605 to 1999.
  • People born on this day come from 19 countries, most often United States (20 of 53).
  • Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is the wealthiest person we list for March 7, with an estimated $16B reported as of November 2022.
  • Founders born on March 7 started companies including Kingdom Holding Company, Liberty Media and Marv Studios.
  • March 7 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including billionaires, entrepreneurs, founders and authors.
  • 43% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • 4 Nobel laureates were born on March 7, including David Baltimore and Julius Wagner-Jauregg.
  • 6 of them had founded a company, won a major award or taken a top job before turning 30.

💰 Richest person born on March 7

Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Hamit erik, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
billionaire

Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Entrepreneur · Kingdom Holding Company

1955 · Saudi Arabia

$15.5Bolder estimate, as of November 2022 · Bloomberg

Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian billionaire businessman, investor, and a House of Saud royal. In 2008, he was listed on Time magazine's Time 100, an annual list of the hundred most influential people in the world.

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Reported estimate as of November 2022: $15.5B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How March 7 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every March birthday · battle March 7 against another date · all rankings

The March 7 wealth profile

Billionaires born on March 7

$26.8B
combined wealth
low-bound sum, newest as of 2025
2
sourced estimates
2
billionaires
joint #145 of 366
#105
of 366 for wealth

Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.

Who shares March 7

What kind of people are born on March 7?

Share of the 53 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Scientists26% (14 people)
  • Authors25% (13 people)
  • Actors23% (12 people)
  • Creators19% (10 people)
  • Athletes15% (8 people)
  • Entrepreneurs13% (7 people)
  • Artists11% (6 people)

Countries

19 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States20 (20 people)
  • France9 (9 people)
  • Japan4 (4 people)
  • United Kingdom4 (4 people)
  • Italy2 (2 people)
  • Austria1 (1 people)
  • Czechoslovakia1 (1 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on March 7 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. ~25Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al SaudFounded Kingdom Holding Company (1980)
  2. ~21John Frederick William HerschelReceived the Fellow of the Royal Society (1813)
  3. ~19Reinhard HeydrichReceived the Blood Order (1923)
  4. ~17Jordan PickfordJoined Sunderland A.F.C. (2011)

26 to 30

  1. ~26Matthew VaughnFounded Marv Studios (1997)
  2. 26Bret Easton EllisNotable work: American Psycho (1991)
  3. ~29John Frederick William HerschelReceived the Copley Medal (1821)
  4. ~27Kōbō AbeReceived the Akutagawa Prize (1951)

31 to 40

  1. 35Rachel WeiszReceived the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (2006)
  2. ~37David BaltimoreReceived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1975)
  3. ~35Reinhard HeydrichBecame CEO of Einsatzgruppen (1939)
  4. ~33John Frederick William HerschelReceived the Lalande Prize (1825)

41 to 50

  1. ~48Anna MagnaniNamed 28th Academy Awards (1956)
  2. ~50John C. MaloneFounded Liberty Media (1991)
  3. 46Michael EisnerFounded Hollywood Pictures (1989)
  4. 48Rachel WeiszReceived the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2019)

After 50

  1. ~70Julius Wagner-JaureggReceived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1927)
  2. ~69Albert FertReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (2007)
  3. ~73Michael RosbashReceived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2017)
  4. 64Sanae TakaichiBecame Prime Minister of Japan (2025)

The standouts

The most successful people born on March 7

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Sanae Takaichi
author

Sanae Takaichi

Top tier

Politician

1961 · Japan

Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese politician who has been Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since October 2025. She is the first woman to hold either of these positions in Japanese history.

Immediate source: MOFA/Japanese Embassy to South Africa, probable source: Cabinet Public Affairs Office, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Rachel Weisz
actor

Rachel Weisz

Top tier

Actor

1970 · United States

Rachel Hannah Weisz is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received several awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award.

Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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CEO

Reinhard Heydrich

Top tier

German Nazi SS and Gestapo police official and main architect of the Holocaust Genocide · Einsatzgruppen

1904–1942 · Nazi Germany

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich was a high-ranking SS and police official in Nazi Germany as well as one of the principal architects of the Holocaust. He held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei.

Sources (2)
Peter Sarsgaard
actor

Peter Sarsgaard

Top tier

Actor

1971 · United States

John Peter Sarsgaard is an American actor. He studied at the Actors Studio, before rising to prominence playing atypical and sometimes villainous roles in film and television.

GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

Builders

Entrepreneurs born on March 7

Michael Eisner
founder

Michael Eisner

Entrepreneur · Hollywood Pictures · entertainment

1942 · United States

Michael Dammann Eisner is an American businessman and media proprietor who served as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005.

Ed Schipul, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jean-Dominique Senard
entrepreneur

Jean-Dominique Senard

Entrepreneur

1953 · France

Jean-Dominique Senard is a French industrialist in the automobile industry. On 11 May 2012, he succeeded Michel Rollier as chief executive officer of the Michelin tire company after joining the company as chief financial officer in 2005.

Fredsimont, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Aarón Díaz
entrepreneur

Aarón Díaz

Entrepreneur

1982 · United States

Aarón Díaz Spencer is a Mexican actor, singer, and model. He is known for playing in series aired on ABC.

Canal22, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Ludwig Mond
entrepreneur

Ludwig Mond

Entrepreneur

1839–1909 · Kingdom of Prussia

Ludwig Mond FRS was a German-born British chemist and industrialist. He discovered an important, previously unknown, class of compounds called metal carbonyls.

Solomon Joseph Solomon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

March 7 in history

What else happened on March 7

  1. 161Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
  2. 1814Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
  3. 1931The Parliament House of Finland is officially inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.
  4. 1965Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
  5. 2007Reform of the House of Lords: The British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on March 7

Jenna Fischer
actor

Jenna Fischer

Actor

1974 · United States

Regina Marie Kirk, known professionally as Jenna Fischer, is an American actress and podcast host.

TDKR Chicago 101, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Laura Prepon
actor

Laura Prepon

Actor

1980 · United States

Laura Prepon is an American actress and television director. She rose to fame with her role as Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show (1998–2006). She is also known for portraying Alex Vause in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019).

Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Bret Easton Ellis
author

Bret Easton Ellis

Creator

1964 · United States

Bret Easton Ellis is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the Literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique as a writer is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style.

André Müller, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Ronald Araújo
athlete

Ronald Araújo

Athlete

1999 · Uruguay

Ronald Federico Araújo da Silva is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool, on loan from La Liga club Barcelona, and the Uruguay national team.

Werner100359, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Anupam Kher
actor

Anupam Kher

Actor

1955 · India

Anupam Kher is an Indian actor, director and producer who works primarily in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over four decades, he has acted in more than 540 films.

Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Maurice Ravel
musician

Maurice Ravel

Musician

1875–1937 · France

Joseph Maurice Ravel was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term.

Unknown authorUnknown author The image holder, the Bibliothèque nationale de France has not identified a photographer. (, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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athlete

Luciano Spalletti

Athlete

1959 · Italy

Luciano Spalletti is an Italian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Serie A club Juventus.

Sources (2)
Piet Mondrian
artist

Piet Mondrian

Author

1872–1944 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, known after 1911 as Piet Mondrian, was a Dutch painter and art theoretician, who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Ivan Lendl
athlete

Ivan Lendl

Athlete

1960 · United States

Ivan Lendl is a Czech–American former professional tennis player and coach.

Charlie Cowins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Mathieu Flamini
athlete

Mathieu Flamini

Athlete

1984 · France

Mathieu Pierre Flamini is a French entrepreneur and former professional footballer. A midfielder, he played for French side Marseille, English sides Arsenal and Crystal Palace, Italian side Milan and Spanish side Getafe.

Ronnie Macdonald from Chelmsford and Largs, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Hatem Ben Arfa
athlete

Hatem Ben Arfa

Athlete

1987 · France

Hatem Ben Arfa is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger and attacking midfielder. Known for his flair and dribbling ability, Ben Arfa is regarded as a fan favourite with a cult following and one of the greatest dribblers of all time.

Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Amanda Gorman
author

Amanda Gorman

Author

1998 · United States

Amanda S. C. Gorman is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race, and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Robert Harris
author

Robert Harris

Creator

1957 · United Kingdom

Robert Dennis Harris CBE is a British novelist and former journalist. Although he began his career in journalism and non-fiction, he is best known for his works of historical fiction.

C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
E. L. James
author

E. L. James

Author

1963 · United Kingdom

Erika Mitchell, known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the best-selling Fifty Shades series of erotic romance novels, which spawned a multimedia franchise including a film trilogy of the same name.

ActuaLitté, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
author

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Politician

1850–1937 · Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk was a Czechoslovak statesman, political activist and philosopher who served as the first president of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1935. He is regarded as the founding father of Czechoslovakia.

Státní grafická škola v Praze / Karel Novák (1875–1950), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Nicéphore Niépce
inventor

Nicéphore Niépce

Inventor

1765–1833 · France

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor and one of the pioneers of photography. Niépce developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world's oldest surviving products of a photographic process.

Léonard François Berger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
David Baltimore
scientist

David Baltimore

American biologist and Nobel laureate

1938–2025 · United States

David Baltimore was an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He was a professor of biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he served as president from 1997 to 2006.

Bob Paz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Kōbō Abe
artist

Kōbō Abe

Creator

1924–1993 · Japan

Kimifusa Abe, known by his pen name Kōbō Abe, was a Japanese writer, playwright and director. His 1962 novel The Woman in the Dunes was made into an award-winning film by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Georges Perec
author

Georges Perec

Author

1936–1982 · France

Georges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early in the Second World War and his mother was killed in the Holocaust.

Monozigote, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Daniel Goleman
scientist

Daniel Goleman

Author

1946 · United States

Daniel Goleman is an American psychologist, author, and science journalist. For twelve years, he wrote for The New York Times, reporting on the brain and behavioral sciences.

World Economic Forum, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Alessandro Manzoni
author

Alessandro Manzoni

Politician

1785–1873 · Holy Roman Empire

Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best known for the novel The Betrothed, generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature.

Francesco Hayez, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Luther Burbank
inventor

Luther Burbank

Inventor

1849–1926 · United States

Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer in agricultural science who developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank primarily worked with fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables.

Shaw Photography, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Eleni Foureira
musician

Eleni Foureira

Musician

1987 · Greece

Eleni Foureira is an Albanian-born Greek singer. She began her music career in 2007 as a member of the Greek girl group Mystique, pursuing a solo career after the group disbanded in 2009. She has released six studio albums since.

Dewayne Barkley, EuroVisionary, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)
Pete Edochie
actor

Pete Edochie

Actor

1947 · Nigeria

Chief Pete Edochie MON is a Nigerian actor. He rose to prominence in the 1980s with his portrayal of Okonkwo in a Nigerian Television Authority adaptation of Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart.

Kelvin Jewel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jacques Chaban-Delmas
athlete

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

Politician

1915–2000 · France

Jacques Chaban-Delmas was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Prime Minister under Georges Pompidou from 1969 to 1972. He was the Mayor of Bordeaux from 1947 to 1995 and a deputy for the Gironde département between 1946 and 1997.

Eric Koch for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Momoko Kōchi
actor

Momoko Kōchi

Actor

1932–1998 · Japan

Momoko Kōchi, born Momoko Ōkōchi, was a Japanese film, stage and television actress.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources (2)

Sources and method for this page

This page lists 53 people born on March 7, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of 2025. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on March 7. Read the full methodology.

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