History Births on March 08

Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (d. 2011)

#Michael_S._Hart

Bob Stoddard, American baseball player

#Bob_Stoddard

Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer

#Ross_Taylor

Gerald Potterton, English-Canadian animator, director, and producer

#Gerald_Potterton

Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)

#Georges_Charpak

Josephine Cochrane, American inventor (d. 1913)

#Josephine_Cochrane

Yevgeny Matveyev, Russian actor and director (d. 2003)

#Yevgeny_Matveyev

John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (d. 1780)

#John_Fothergill_(physician)

Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Gary_Numan

Apathy, American rapper and producer

#Apathy_(rapper)

Sasha Vuja?i?, Slovenian basketball player

#Sasha_Vuja?i?

Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)

#Claire_Trevor

Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (d. 2010)

#Lynn_Redgrave

Miriam Bryant, Swedish-Finnish singer-songwriter

#Miriam_Bryant

Rafik Djebbour, Algerian footballer

#Rafik_Djebbour

Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach

#Lidiya_Skoblikova

Kit Symons, English-Welsh footballer and manager

#Kit_Symons

William V, Prince of Orange (d. 1806)

#William_V,_Prince_of_Orange

Leon Robinson, American actor and producer

#Leon_Robinson

João de Deus, Portuguese poet and educator (d. 1896)

#João_de_Deus

David Malpass, American economist and government official

#David_Malpass

Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and journalist

#Larry_Murphy_(ice_hockey)

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian-born American actor and producer

#Boris_Kodjoe

David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer

#David_Wilkie_(swimmer)

Jim Rice, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Jim_Rice

Peggy March, American pop singer

#Peggy_March

Pablo Dyego, Brazilian footballer

#Pablo_Dyego

Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer

#Matthew_Hammelmann

Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician (d. 1887)

#Alvan_Clark

Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Anneke_van_Giersbergen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (d. 1788)

#Carl_Philipp_Emanuel_Bach

Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English banker and author (d. 1932)

#Kenneth_Grahame

Ben Tozer, English footballer

#Ben_Tozer

Mark Worrell, American baseball player

#Mark_Worrell

Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer

#Asier_Illarramendi

Buck Williams, American basketball player and coach

#Buck_Williams

Isak Strand, Norwegian drummer, composer, and producer

#Isak_Strand

Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer

#Sue_Ane_Langdon

Beatrice of Castile (d. 1359)

#Beatrice_of_Castile_(1293-1359)

Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer

#Michael_Beauchamp

LaMarcus Adna Thompson, American engineer and businessman, developed the roller coaster (d. 1917)

#LaMarcus_Adna_Thompson

Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (d. 1989)

#Laurie_Cunningham

Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer (d. 2014)

#Dylan_Tombides

Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (d. 1613)

#Carlo_Gesualdo

Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)

#Bramwell_Booth

Kenny Smith, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Kenny_Smith

Greg Barker, Baron Barker of Battle, English politician

#Greg_Barker,_Baron_Barker_of_Battle

Ann Packer, English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper

#Ann_Packer

Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1980)

#Sahir_Ludhianvi

Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (d. 2014)

#Ralph_H._Baer

Lena Sundström, Swedish journalist and author

#Lena_Sundström

Susan Clark, Canadian actress and producer

#Susan_Clark

John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (d. 1550)

#John_of_God

William Drury, English politician (d. 1590)

#William_Drury_(MP_for_Suffolk)

Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)

#Bob_Grim_(baseball)

Stephen Milne, Australian footballer

#Stephen_Milne

Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player

#Juan_Encarnación

Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas (d. 2003)

#Preston_Smith_(governor)

Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor

#Dick_Allen

Andy Ross, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Andy_Ross

Joost Posthuma, Dutch cyclist

#Joost_Posthuma

Matthew Nable, Australian rugby player and actor

#Matthew_Nable

George Coleman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader

#George_Coleman

Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer

#Leonidas_Kampantais

Hebe Camargo, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2012)

#Hebe_Camargo

James Van Der Beek, American actor

#James_Van_Der_Beek

Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

#Francisco_Rabal

Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi, philosopher, and scholar

#Jonathan_Sacks

Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece (d. 1998)

#Konstantinos_Karamanlis

Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician, 2nd President of Rwanda (d. 1994)

#Juvénal_Habyarimana

Aidan Quinn, Irish-American actor

#Aidan_Quinn

Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author (d. 1815)

#Jan_Potocki

Jason Elam, American football player

#Jason_Elam

Louise Beavers, American actress and singer (d. 1962)

#Louise_Beavers

Amago Haruhisa, Japanese daimy? (d. 1562)

#Amago_Haruhisa

Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Secretary of War (d. 1889)

#Simon_Cameron

Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)

#Cyd_Charisse

Florentino Pérez, Spanish engineer and businessman

#Florentino_Pérez

Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (d. 2015)

#Shigeru_Mizuki

Camryn Manheim, American actress

#Camryn_Manheim

Jeffrey Eugenides, American author and academic

#Jeffrey_Eugenides

Sean McClory, Irish-American actor and director (d. 2003)

#Sean_McClory

Jonathan Wright, Australian rugby league player

#Jonathan_Wright_(rugby_league)

Sidonie of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg (d. 1575)

#Sidonie_of_Saxony

Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (d. 1875)

#Wilhelm_Bleek

Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter and painter

#Carole_Bayer_Sager

Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)

#Carl_Furillo

Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author (d. 1979)

#Juana_de_Ibarbourou

Jaime Levy, American computer scientist and academic

#Jaime_Levy

Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician (d. 1998)

#Jennings_Randolph

Phil Edmonds, Zambian-English cricketer and businessman

#Phil_Edmonds

Vladimír Mišík, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Vladimír_Mišík

Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor

#Micky_Dolenz

Gyles Brandreth, German-English actor, screenwriter, and politician

#Gyles_Brandreth

Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (d. 1799)

#Richard_Howe,_1st_Earl_Howe

Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic (d. 1937)

#Colin_Campbell_Cooper

Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer (d. 1990)

#Beatrice_Shilling

Ignacy ?ukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp (d. 1882)

#Ignacy_?ukasiewicz

Robert W. Boyd, American physicist and academic

#Robert_W._Boyd

Jim Chapman, American lawyer and politician

#Jim_Chapman_(congressman)

Pete Dawkins, American football player, colonel, and politician

#Pete_Dawkins

Anthony Caro, English sculptor and illustrator (d. 2013)

#Anthony_Caro

Uki Satake, Japanese singer, actress, and radio host

#Uki_Satake

Shawn Mullins, American singer-songwriter

#Shawn_Mullins

John Kapelos, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#John_Kapelos

Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style (d. 1947)

#Frederic_Goudy

Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Sergey_Nikitin_(musician)

John III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1341)

#John_III,_Duke_of_Brittany

Johann Köler, Estonian painter and academic (d. 1899)

#Johann_Köler

Nick Zano, American actor and producer

#Nick_Zano

André Santos, Brazilian footballer

#André_Santos

Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

#Otto_Hahn

Jim Bouton, American baseball player and journalist

#Jim_Bouton

Tom Chaplin, English singer-songwriter

#Tom_Chaplin

Tom English, Australian rugby player

#Tom_English_(rugby_union)

André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (d. 1802)

#André_Michaux

Benny Blanco, American rapper and producer

#Benny_Blanco

Michael Grade, English businessman

#Michael_Grade

Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I (d. 1973)

#Howard_H._Aiken

Douglas Hurd, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

#Douglas_Hurd

Joel Johnston, American baseball player

#Joel_Johnston

John McPhee, American author and educator

#John_McPhee

Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor, British Baron (d. 1730)

#Thomas_Trevor,_1st_Baron_Trevor

Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (d. 1975)

#Charlotte_Whitton

Dionysis Simopoulos, Greek physicist and astronomer

#Dionysis_Simopoulos

Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player

#Petra_Kvitová

Sam Lacey, American basketball player (d. 2014)

#Sam_Lacey

Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist and composer (d. 1982)

#Gábor_Szabó

Andy McDonald, English lawyer and politician

#Andy_McDonald_(politician)

Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)

#Edward_Calvin_Kendall

Gaz Coombes, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Gaz_Coombes

Emil Imre, Romanian short track speed skater

Nico Salva, Filipino basketball player

Nicolas Armindo, French racing driver

Timothy Jordan II, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2005)

Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer

Freddie Prinze, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Mauro Briano, Italian footballer

Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer and manager

Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales, Mexican footballer

Michael Bartels, German race car driver

Kate Betts, American journalist and author

Irek Mukhamedov, Russian ballet dancer

William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer

Clive Burr, English rock drummer (d. 2013)

Steve James, American documentary filmmaker

George Allen, American lawyer and politician, 67th Governor of Virginia

Dianne Walker, American tap dancer

Teofilo Cubillas, Peruvian footballer

Mel Galley, English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)

Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player

Robert Jaworski, Filipino basketball player, coach, and politician

Sylvia Wiegand, American mathematician

Anselm Kiefer, German painter and sculptor

Norman Stone, Scottish-English historian, author, and academic

Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (d. 2011)

Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballerina and choreographer

Richard Fariña, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 1966)

Marv Breeding, American baseball player and scout (d. 2006)

Neil Postman, American author and critic (d. 2003)

Neil Adcock, South African cricketer (d. 2013)

Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic (d. 2014)

Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)

Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright (d. 1985)

Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (d. 2008)

Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer (d. 1987)

Meldrim Thomson, Jr., American publisher and politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire (d. 2001)

Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer (d. 2000)

Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach (d. 1966)

Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author (d. 1984)

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (d. 1935)