Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts.

17 March 1919

Born on the same birth day (17 March): Adam Wade (singer) • Alfred Newman • Bayard Rustin • David Peakall • Federico Fazio • Jeremy Pargo • Martha P. Falconer • Myrlie Evers-Williams • Patricia Breslin • Raul Meireles • Ryan Rottman • Sergey Kalinin (ice hockey) • Servet Çetin • Shinji Kagawa • Stephen Gately • Steven Pienaar • William John McKeag

Born in the same month (March 1919): Buck Baker • Douglas Warren (bishop) • Eddie Lawrence • Lawrence Ferlinghetti • Lennie Tristano • Max Shulman • Robin Williams (mathematician) • Vic Raschi