March 8 - Births

Births

• 1286 – John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)
• 1293 – Beatrice of Castile, queen of Portugal (d. 1359)
• 1495 – John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)
• 1514 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1562)
• 1566 – Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)
• 1659 – Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)
• 1702 – Anne Bonny, Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)
• 1712 – John Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780)
• 1714 – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer (d. 1788)
• 1726 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (d. 1799)
• 1746 – André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802)
• 1748 – William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (d. 1806)
• 1783 – Hannah Van Buren, wife of Martin Van Buren (d. 1819)
• 1799 – Simon Cameron, 26th U.S. Secretary of War (d. 1889)
• 1804 – Alvan Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (d. 1887)
• 1814 – Ede Szigligeti, Hungarian dramatist (d. 1878)
• 1822 – Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Polish inventor (d. 1882)
• 1827 – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
• 1830 – João de Deus, Portuguese poet (d. 1896)
• 1841 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1935)
• 1847 – John Lister, English politician (d. 1933)
• 1856 – Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)
• 1856 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American Impressionist painter (d. 1937)
• 1856 – Tom Roberts, Australian artist (d. 1931)
• 1859 – Kenneth Grahame, English author (d. 1932)
• 1865 – Frederic Goudy, American type designer (d. 1947)
• 1872 – Anna Held, Polish actress and singer (d. 1918)
• 1879 – Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Damerla Rama Rao, Indian artist, (d. 1925)
• 1891 – Sam Jaffe, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer and guitarist (d. 1966)
• 1892 – Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet (d. 1979)
• 1896 – Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician (d. 1975)
• 1899 – Elmer Keith, American firearms developer (d. 1984)
• 1902 – Louise Beavers, American actress (d. 1962)
• 1902 – Jennings Randolph, America politician, United States Senator from West Virginia (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Bernard Benjamin, British statistician (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Alan Hovhaness, American composer (d. 2000)
• 1912 – Preston Smith, America politician, 40th Governor of Texas (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (d. 1987)
• 1915 – Tapio Rautavaara, Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (d. 1979)
• 1916 – John W. Seybold, American businessman, father of computer typesetting (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (d. 1985)
• 1921 – Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)
• 1921 – Fritz Luchsinger, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1983)
• 1922 – Ralph H. Baer, German-born American inventor
• 1922 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
• 1922 – Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)
• 1922 – Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Mangaka
• 1922 – Evgeniy Matveyev, Russian actor and film director (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Warren Bennis, American educator and author
• 1926 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Dick Hyman, American pianist and composer
• 1929 – Hebe Camargo, Brazilian television presenter, actress and singer
• 1930 – Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)
• 1931 – Neil Adcock, South African Cricket player
• 1931 – John McPhee, American writer and professor
• 1931 – Neil Postman, American cultural critic (d. 2003)
• 1933 – Evelyn Margaret Ay, American beauty pageant winner (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Luca Ronconi, Italian theater and opera director
• 1934 – Marv Breeding, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist (d. 1982)
• 1937 – Juvénal Habyarimana, President of Rwanda (d. 1994)
• 1938 – Pete Dawkins, American football player
• 1939 – Jim Bouton, American baseball player and author
• 1939 – Lidia Skoblikova, Russian skater
• 1939 – Robert Tear, Welsh tenor
• 1940 – Susan Clark, Canadian actress
• 1941 – Andrei Mironov, Soviet actor (d. 1987)
• 1942 – Dick Allen, American baseball player
• 1942 – Ann Packer, British athlete
• 1943 – Lynn Redgrave, English actress (d. 2010)
• 1944 – Buzz Hargrove, Canadian labour leader
• 1944 – Sergey Nikitin, Russian composer
• 1944 – Palito Ortega, Argentine singer and actor
• 1944 – Pepe Romero, Spanish guitarist
• 1945 – Bruce Broughton, American composer
• 1945 – Jim Chapman, American politician
• 1945 – Micky Dolenz, American musician (The Monkees)
• 1945 – Anselm Kiefer, German painter
• 1946 – Randy Meisner, American musician (The Eagles)
• 1947 – Mike Allsup, American musician (Three Dog Night)
• 1947 – Florentino Pérez, Spanish football executive
• 1947 – Carole Bayer Sager, American composer
• 1948 – Peggy March, American pop singer
• 1948 – Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth
• 1949 – Karel Lismont, Belgian athlete
• 1949 – Antonello Venditti, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Richard Ouzounian, Canadian/American theatre director and critic
• 1952 – George Felix Allen, American politician, 67th Governor of Virginia
• 1953 – Bob Brozman, American musician
• 1953 – Jim Rice, American baseball player
• 1953 – Don Werner, American baseball player
• 1954 – Cheryl Baker, British singer (Bucks Fizz)
• 1954 – David Wilkie, Scottish swimmer
• 1955 – Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• 1956 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (d. 1989)
• 1956 – John Kapelos, Canadian actor
• 1957 – Clive Burr, British musician (Iron Maiden)
• 1957 – John Butcher, American baseball player
• 1957 – Billy Childs, composer/pianist
• 1957 – Cynthia Rothrock, American actress
• 1957 – Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
• 1958 – Nick Capra, American baseball player
• 1958 – Gary Numan, British singer
• 1959 – Aidan Quinn, American actor
• 1959 – Lester Holt, American television journalist
• 1960 – Max Metzker, Australian swimmer
• 1960 – Buck Williams, American basketball player
• 1961 – Camryn Manheim, American actress
• 1961 – Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 – Mark Salas, American baseball player
• 1962 – Kim Ung-Yong, Korean child prodigy.
• 1963 – Mike Lalor, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Kate Betts, American fashion editor
• 1964 – Thomas Bezucha, American screenwriter and director
• 1964 – Lance McCullers, American baseball player
• 1965 – Fátima Lopes, Portuguese fashion designer
• 1965 – Kenny Smith, American basketball player
• 1967 – Joel Johnston, American baseball player
• 1968 – Michael Bartels, German race car driver
• 1968 – Jim Dougherty, American baseball player
• 1968 – Ellen Forney, American cartoonist
• 1968 – Shawn Mullins, American musician
• 1970 – Andrea Parker, American actress, ballet dancer
• 1970 – Jason Elam, American football player
• 1971 – Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
• 1972 – Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Angie Hart, Australian pop singer
• 1972 – Fergal O'Brien, Irish snooker player
• 1973 – Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer (The Gathering)
• 1973 – Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model
• 1973 – Mark Lukasiewicz, American baseball player
• 1973 – Kurt Mollekens, Belgian racing car driver
• 1973 – Justin Thompson, American baseball player
• 1974 – Mike Moriarty, American baseball player
• 1975 – Mauro Briano, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
• 1975 – Peggy Zina, Greek singer
• 1976 – Gaz Coombes, English singer (Supergrass)
• 1976 – Juan Encarnacion, American baseball player
• 1976 – Ryan Freel, American baseball player
• 1976 – Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor
• 1976 – Hines Ward, American football player
• 1977 – James Van Der Beek, American actor
• 1977 – Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer
• 1978 – Mohammed Bouyeri, Dutch-Moroccan assassin
• 1978 – Nick Zano, American actor
• 1979 – Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane)
• 1979 – Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go)
• 1980 – Charli Delaney, Australian singer (Hi-5)
• 1980 – Stephen Milne, Australian rules footballer
• 1981 – Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (d. 2005)
• 1982 – Nicolas Armindo, French race car driver
• 1982 – Kat Von D, Mexican-born tattoo artist
• 1982 – Leonidas Kabantais, Greek footballer
• 1982 – Craig Stansberry, American baseball player
• 1983 – Mark Worrell, American baseball player
• 1984 – Dave Moffatt, Canadian musician
• 1984 – Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer
• 1984 – Sasha Vujacic, Slovenian basketball player
• 1985 – Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer
• 1986 – Princess Tsuguko, Japanese princess
• 1988 – Armanti Edwards, American college football player
• 1988 – Elly Jackson, English singer (La Roux)
• 1989 – Robbie Hummel, American basketball player
• 1990 – Ben Tozer, English footballer
• 1990 – Kristinia DeBarge, American R&B singer
• 1991 – Devon Werkheiser, American actor
• 1992 – Charlie Ray, American actress
• 2001 – Sandra Cantu, American homicide victim