Births on 8 March
2000s
Kit Connor
2004
English actor (born 2004)
Montana Jordan
2003
American actor (born 2003)
1900s
Nathan McSweeney
1999
Australian cricketer (born 1999)
Tijana Bošković
1997
Serbian volleyball player
Kyle Allen (American football)
1996
American football player (born 1996)
Marko Gudurić
1995
Serbian basketball player (born 1995)
Isaiah Whitehead
1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Claire Emslie
1994
Scottish footballer (born 1994)
Rui Machida
1993
Japanese basketball player (born 1993)
Yoon Ji-sung
1991
South Korean singer
Kristinia DeBarge
1990
American singer
Asier Illarramendi
1990
Spanish footballer
Brandon Kozun
1990
American-Canadian ice hockey player
Petra Kvitová
1990
Czech tennis player (born 1990)
Kevin Zeitler
1990
American football player (born 1990)
Robbie Hummel
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Benny Blanco
1988
American record producer (born 1988)
Tommy Pham
1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Milana Vayntrub
1987
American actress and comedian (born 1987)
Jonathan Wright (rugby league)
1987
Australian rugby league footballer
Chad Gable
1986
American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler (born 1986)
Thomas Morstead
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Maria Ohisalo
1985
Finnish politician (born 1985)
Yoshihisa Hirano (baseball)
1984
Japanese baseball player (born 1984)
Ross Taylor
1984
New Zealand cricketer
Sasha Vujačić
1984
Slovenian basketball player (born 1984)
André Santos
1983
Brazilian footballer (born 1983)
Mark Worrell
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Erik Ersberg
1982
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1982)
Leonidas Kampantais
1982
Greek footballer
Keemstar
1982
American internet personality (born 1982)
Kat Von D
1982
Mexican-American tattoo artist and television personality
Tom Chaplin
1979
Musical artist
Nick Zano
1978
American actor (born 1978)
James Van Der Beek
1977
American actor (1977–2026)
Johann Vogel (footballer)
1977
Swiss footballer (born 1977)
Chris Clark (ice hockey)
1976
American ice hockey player (born 1976)
Juan Encarnación
1976
Dominican baseball player (born 1976)
Freddie Prinze Jr.
1976
American actor (born 1976)
Hines Ward
1976
American football player and coach (born 1976)
Boris Kodjoe
1973
German/Austrian actor and former model (born 1973)
Matt Nable
1972
Australian rugby league footballer, film maker & actor
Lena Sundström
1972
Swedish journalist and author
Jason Elam
1970
American football player (born 1970)
Andrea Parker
1970
American actress (born 1969)
Michael Bartels
1968
German racing driver (born 1968)
Shawn Mullins
1968
American singer-songwriter (born 1968)
Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle
1966
British Conservative Party politician & life peer (b.1966)
Kenny Smith
1965
American basketball player and sports commentator (born 1965)
Leon Robinson
1962
American actor
Camryn Manheim
1961
American actress (born 1961)
Larry Murphy (ice hockey)
1961
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1961)
Irek Mukhamedov
1960
Soviet dancer, ballet teacher and pedagog (born 1960)
Buck Williams
1960
American basketball player & coach (born 1960)
Lester Holt
1959
American journalist and news anchor (born 1959)
Aidan Quinn
1959
Irish-American actor (born 1959)
Gary Numan
1958
English musician (born 1958)
Clive Burr
1957
English drummer (1956–2013)
Billy Childs
1957
American jazz pianist, arranger and conductor (born 1957)
Laurie Cunningham
1956
English footballer (1956–1989)
David Malpass
1956
American economist and official (born 1956)
Steve James (film producer)
1954
American film producer and documentary film director
David Wilkie (swimmer)
1954
Scottish swimmer (1954–2024)
Jim Rice
1953
American baseball player (born 1953)
Phil Edmonds
1951
English cricketer (born 1951)
Dianne Walker
1951
Musical artist
Teófilo Cubillas
1949
Peruvian footballer (born 1949)
Mel Galley
1948
British guitarist (1948–2008)
Peggy March
1948
American pop singer (born 1948)
Jonathan Sacks, Baron Sacks
1948
British Orthodox rabbi and politician (1948–2020)
Michael S. Hart
1947
American author, founder of Project Gutenberg (1947–2011)
Randy Meisner
1946
American musician (1946–2023)
Micky Dolenz
1945
American musician and actor (born 1945)
Anselm Kiefer
1945
German painter and sculptor (born 1945)
Carole Bayer Sager
1944
American lyricist, singer, songwriter, and painter (born 1944)
Sergey Nikitin (musician)
1944
Soviet-Russian bard (born 1944)
Susan Clark
1943
Canadian actress
Lynn Redgrave
1943
British and American actress (1943–2010)
Dick Allen
1942
American baseball player (1942–2020)
Ann Packer
1942
English athlete
Norman Stone
1941
British historian and author (1941–2019)
Jim Bouton
1939
American baseball player (1939–2019)
Lynn Seymour
1939
Canadian-born ballet dancer (1939–2023)
Lidiya Skoblikova
1939
Russian speed skater
Robert Tear
1939
Welsh tenor
Richard Fariña
1937
American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist (1937–1966)
Juvénal Habyarimana
1937
President of Rwanda from 1973 to 1994
Panditrao Agashe
1936
Indian industrialist (1936–1986)
Sue Ane Langdon
1936
American actress (born 1936)
George Coleman
1935
American jazz saxophonist (b. 1935)
Marv Breeding
1934
American baseball player (1934–2006)
Neil Adcock
1931
South African cricketer
John McPhee
1931
American author (born 1931)
Neil Postman
1931
American media theorist and cultural critic (1931–2003)
Gerald Potterton
1931
British-Canadian animator and director (1931–2022)
Bob Grim (baseball)
1930
American baseball player (1930–1996)
Douglas Hurd
1930
British politician (born 1930)
Lore Segal
1928
American writer (1928–2024)
Ramon Revilla Sr.
1927
Filipino politician and actor (1927–2020)
Francisco Rabal
1926
Spanish actor (1926–2001)
Warren Bennis
1925
Leadership studies influencer
Anthony Caro
1924
English sculptor (1924–2013)
Sean McClory
1924
Irish actor (1924–2003)
Addie L. Wyatt
1924
American labor leader (1924–2012)
Ralph H. Baer
1922
American inventor and engineer (1922–2014)
Cyd Charisse
1922
American dancer and actress (1922–2008)
Carl Furillo
1922
American baseball player (1922–1989)
Shigeru Mizuki
1922
Japanese manga artist (1922–2015)
Alan Hale Jr.
1921
American actor (1921–1990)
Eileen Herlie
1918
British actress (1918–2008)
Yakov Zeldovich
1914
Soviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914–1987)
Preston Smith (governor)
1912
Governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973
Meldrim Thomson
1912
American politician
Alan Hovhaness
1911
American composer (1911–2000)
Claire Trevor
1910
American actress (1910–2000)
Beatrice Shilling
1909
British aeronautical engineer (1909–1990)
Konstantinos Karamanlis
1907
Greek politician (1907–1998)
Louise Beavers
1902
American actress (1900–1962)
Jennings Randolph
1902
American politician (1902–1998)
1800s
Charlotte Whitton
1896
Canadian politician (1896–1975)
Juana de Ibarbourou
1892
Uruguayan poet
Edward Calvin Kendall
1886
American biochemist (1886–1972)
Otto Hahn
1879
German nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate (1879–1968)
Frederic Goudy
1865
American printer and type designer (1865–1947)
Kenneth Grahame
1859
Scottish writer (1859–1932)
Ida Hunt Udall
1858
American Latter-day Saint diarist (1858–1915)
Bramwell Booth
1856
General of The Salvation Army (1856–1929)
Colin Campbell Cooper
1856
American painter (1856–1937)
Frank Avery Hutchins
1851
American educator, librarian and co-founder of the Wisconsin Library Association
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
1841
US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932
Harriet Samuel
1836
English businesswoman
João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos
1830
Portuguese poet (1830–1896)
Wilhelm Bleek
1827
German linguist (1827–1875)
Ignacy Łukasiewicz
1822
Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor and philanthropist
Alvan Clark
1804
American astronomer and telescope maker
Before 1800
Simon Cameron
1799
American businessman and politician (1799–1889)
Jan Potocki
1761
Polish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian
William V, Prince of Orange
1748
Prince of Orange from 1751 to 1806
André Michaux
1746
French botanist and explorer (1746–1802)
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
1726
Royal Navy officer and politician (1726–1799)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
1714
German composer (1714–1788)
John Fothergill (physician)
1712
English physician and plant collector
John of God
1495
16th-century Portuguese saint