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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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