Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Howard Aiken |
Physicist |
8-Mar-1900 |
14-Mar-1973 |
Designer of early computers |
Dick Allen |
Baseball |
8-Mar-1942 |
|
Outspoken MLB slugger |
George Allen |
Politician |
8-Mar-1952 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07 |
Mike Allsup |
Guitarist |
8-Mar-1947 |
|
Guitarist for Three Dog Night |
Alexander T. Augusta |
Doctor |
8-Mar-1825 |
21-Dec-1890 |
First black battlefield surgeon |
Ralph Baer |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1922 |
|
Inventor of the home video game console |
Louise Beavers |
Actor |
8-Mar-1902 |
26-Oct-1962 |
She Done Him Wrong |
Warren Bennis |
Educator |
8-Mar-1925 |
|
Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge |
Earle Bruce |
Football |
8-Mar-1931 |
|
OSU Head Coach, 1979-87 |
Gerald Bull |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1928 |
22-Mar-1990 |
Supergun builder |
Hannah Van Buren |
First Lady |
8-Mar-1783 |
5-Feb-1819 |
Wife of US President Martin Van Buren |
Pat Califia |
Author |
8-Mar-1954 |
|
FTM transgendered sex writer |
Simon Cameron |
Politician |
8-Mar-1799 |
26-Jun-1889 |
The Czar of Pennsylvania |
Jim Chapman |
Politician |
8-Mar-1945 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1985-97 |
Cyd Charisse |
Dancer |
8-Mar-1922 |
17-Jun-2008 |
Vamp dancer in Singin' in the Rain |
Alvan Clark |
Astronomer |
8-Mar-1804 |
19-Aug-1887 |
Telescope maker |
Susan Clark |
Actor |
8-Mar-1940 |
|
Katherine Papadapolis on Webster |
Josephine Cochrane |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1839 |
3-Aug-1913 |
Invented the dishwasher |
Charles M. Dale |
Politician |
8-Mar-1893 |
28-Sep-1978 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1945-49 |
Pete Dawkins |
Football |
8-Mar-1938 |
|
Winner, 1958 Heisman Trophy |
João de Deus |
Poet |
8-Mar-1830 |
11-Jan-1896 |
Flores do Campo |
Micky Dolenz |
Actor |
8-Mar-1945 |
|
Drummer for The Monkees |
Cari M. Dominguez |
Government |
8-Mar-1949 |
|
Chairman of the EEOC, 2001-06 |
Elaine S. Edwards |
Politician |
8-Mar-1929 |
|
US Senator from Louisiana, 1972 |
Jeffrey Eugenides |
Author |
8-Mar-1960 |
|
The Virgin Suicides |
Leslie A. Fiedler |
Critic |
8-Mar-1917 |
29-Jan-2003 |
Love and Death in the American Novel |
Frederic W. Goudy |
Typographer |
8-Mar-1865 |
11-May-1947 |
Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts |
Kenneth Grahame |
Novelist |
8-Mar-1859 |
6-Jul-1932 |
The Wind in the Willows |
Kimberly Guilfoyle |
Attorney |
8-Mar-1969 |
|
Gavin Newsom's ex-wife, Fox News pundit |
Otto Hahn |
Chemist |
8-Mar-1879 |
28-Jul-1968 |
Demonstrated fission |
Alan Hale, Jr. |
Actor |
8-Mar-1921 |
2-Jan-1990 |
The Skipper on Gilligan's Island |
Michael S. Hart |
Curator |
8-Mar-1947 |
6-Sep-2011 |
Founder of Project Gutenberg |
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
Judge |
8-Mar-1841 |
6-Mar-1935 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1902-32 |
Lester Holt |
Journalist |
8-Mar-1959 |
|
NBC Reporter, Weekend Anchor |
Richard Howe |
Military |
8-Mar-1726 |
5-Aug-1799 |
First Lord of the Admiralty |
George M. Humphrey |
Government |
8-Mar-1890 |
20-Jan-1970 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57 |
Douglas Hurd |
Politician |
8-Mar-1930 |
|
Former UK Home, Foreign Secretary |
Dick Hyman |
Pianist |
8-Mar-1927 |
|
Pianist, Organist, Conductor, Composer |
John Kapelos |
Actor |
8-Mar-1956 |
|
Det. Schanke on Forever Knight |
Kat Von D |
Artist |
8-Mar-1982 |
|
Tattoo artist, Miami Ink |
Boris Kodjoe |
Actor |
8-Mar-1973 |
|
Soul Food |
Sue Ane Langdon |
Actor |
8-Mar-1936 |
|
Lillian Nuvo on Arnie |
Ruggero Leoncavallo |
Composer |
8-Mar-1857 |
9-Aug-1919 |
Pagliacci |
Mike Lowry |
Politician |
8-Mar-1939 |
|
Governor of Washington, 1993-97 |
Paul Lytton |
Drummer |
8-Mar-1947 |
|
Free improv drummer, instrument builder |
Camryn Manheim |
Actor |
8-Mar-1961 |
|
Ellenor Frutt on The Practice |
Peggy March |
Singer |
8-Mar-1948 |
|
I Will Follow Him |
Sean McClory |
Actor |
8-Mar-1924 |
10-Dec-2003 |
The Quiet Man |
John McPhee |
Author |
8-Mar-1931 |
|
Annals of the Former World |
Laurence H. Meyer |
Economist |
8-Mar-1944 |
|
Federal Reserve Governor, 1996-2002 |
Gary Numan |
Musician |
8-Mar-1958 |
|
Cars |
Louie B. Nunn |
Politician |
8-Mar-1924 |
29-Jan-2004 |
Governor of Kentucky, 1967-71 |
Andrea Parker |
Actor |
8-Mar-1969 |
|
Catherine Parker on The Pretender |
Reagan Pasternak |
Actor |
8-Mar-1977 |
|
Julianne Giacomelli on Being Erica |
Christiane Paul |
Actor |
8-Mar-1974 |
|
In July |
Freddie Prinze, Jr. |
Actor |
8-Mar-1976 |
|
She's All That |
Aidan Quinn |
Actor |
8-Mar-1959 |
|
Reckless |
Jennings Randolph |
Politician |
8-Mar-1902 |
8-May-1998 |
US Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85 |
Lynn Redgrave |
Actor |
8-Mar-1943 |
2-May-2010 |
The Happy Hooker |
John Reinhardt |
Diplomat |
8-Mar-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1971-75 |
James Reston, Jr. |
Author |
8-Mar-1941 |
|
The Conviction of Richard Nixon |
Leon Robinson |
Actor |
8-Mar-1962 |
|
Cool Runnings |
Cynthia Rothrock |
Actor |
8-Mar-1957 |
|
China O'Brien |
Carole Bayer Sager |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Mar-1947 |
|
That's What Friends Are For |
Everett Sanders |
Politician |
8-Mar-1882 |
12-May-1950 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1917-25 |
John W. Seybold |
Business |
8-Mar-1916 |
14-Mar-2004 |
Computerized typesetting pioneer |
Preston Smith |
Politician |
8-Mar-1912 |
18-Oct-2003 |
Governor of Texas, 1969-73 |
Orson Swindle |
Government |
8-Mar-1937 |
|
Federal Trade Commissioner, 1997-2005 |
Gabor Szabo |
Jazz Musician |
8-Mar-1936 |
26-Feb-1982 |
Innovative jazz guitarist |
Ede Szigligeti |
Playwright |
8-Mar-1814 |
19-Jan-1878 |
Leading Hungarian dramatist |
Lewis Teague |
Film Director |
8-Mar-1938 |
|
The Jewel of the Nile |
David S. Terry |
Judge |
8-Mar-1823 |
14-Aug-1889 |
California Chief Justice, 1857-59 |
Meldrim Thomson, Jr. |
Politician |
8-Mar-1912 |
19-Apr-2001 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79 |
Claire Trevor |
Actor |
8-Mar-1910 |
8-Apr-2000 |
Key Largo |
James Van Der Beek |
Actor |
8-Mar-1977 |
|
Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek |
Hines Ward |
Football |
8-Mar-1976 |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers |
Joseph M. Watt |
Judge |
8-Mar-1947 |
|
Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court |
Devon Werkheiser |
Actor |
8-Mar-1991 |
|
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide |
Robert Wolf |
Business |
8-Mar-1962 |
|
Chairman of UBS Group Americas |
Christian Wolff |
Composer |
8-Mar-1934 |
|
Burdocks |
Nick Zano |
Actor |
8-Mar-1979 |
|
Vince on What I Like About You |