Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Famous Births on 8 Mar

Famous Births on 8 Mar

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)
1560 - Don Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (d. 1613)
1659 - Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)
1700 - 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, British admiral (d. 1799)
1746 - André Michaux, French botanist (d. 1802)
1748 - William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic
1783 - Hannah Van Buren, wife of Martin Van Buren (d. 1819)
1799 - Simon Cameron, U.S. Secretary of War (d. 1889)
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., U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1935)
1856 - Bramwell Booth, the 2nd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1929)
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-born actress and singer (d. 1918)
1879 - Otto Hahn, German Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1886 - Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1972)
1891 - Sam Jaffe, American actor (d. 1984)
1892 - Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer and guitarist (d. 1966)
1896 - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician (d. 1975)
1899 - Elmer Keith, Firearms enthusiast and Author (d. 1984)
1902 - Louise Beavers, American actress (d. 1962)
1902 - Jennings Randolph, U.S. Senator from West Virginia (d. 1998)
1907 - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician, President of Greece (d. 1998)
1910 - Bernard Benjamin, statistician, actuary and demographer (d. 2002)
1910 - Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)
1911 - Alan Hovhaness, American composer (d. 2000)
1912 - Preston Smith, 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 Seybold, American economist and computer typesetting pioneer (d. 2004)
1920 - Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (d. 1985)
1921 - Alan Hale, Jr., American actor (d. 1990)
1922 - Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
1922 - Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese soldier and Mangaka
1922 - Carl Furillo, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1922 - Ralph Baer, Creator of the first video game console
1925 - Warren Bennis, American educator and author
1926 - Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (d. 2001)
1927 - Dick Hyman, American pianist, conductor, and composer
1930 - Bob Grim, American baseball player (d. 1996)
1931 - John McPhee, American writer and professor
1931 - Neil Postman, American cultural critic (d. 2003)
1933 - Luca Ronconi, Italian actor, 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
1944 - Palito Ortega, Argentine singer and actor
1944 - Pepé Romero, Spanish guitarist
1944 - Sergey Nikitin, Russian composer
1944 - Buzz Hargrove, Canadian labour leader
1945 - Bruce Broughton, American composer
1945 - Jim Chapman, American politician
1945 - Anselm Kiefer, German painter
1945 - Micky Dolenz, American musician (The Monkees)
1946 - Randy Meisner, American musician (The Eagles)
1947 - Florentino Pérez, Spanish football executive
1947 - Carole Bayer Sager, American composer
1947 - Mike Allsup, American musician (Three Dog Night)
1948 - Peggy March, American pop singer
1949 - Karel Lismont, Belgian athlete
1952 - George Felix Allen, American politician
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 - John Kapelos, Canadian actor
1956 - Laurie Cunningham, English former footballer (d. 1989)
1957 - Clive Burr, British musician (Iron Maiden)
1957 - Billy Childs, composer/pianist
1957 - Cynthia Rothrock, American actress
1957 - Bob Stoddard, American baseball player
1957 - John Butcher, American baseball player
1958 - Gary Numan, British singer
1958 - Nick Capra, American baseball player
1959 - Aidan Quinn, American actor
1960 - Max Metzker, Australian swimmer
1961 - Camryn Manheim, American actress
1961 - Larry Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 - Mark Salas, American baseball player
1963 - Lorelei, American fetish model and photographer
1963 - Mike Lalor, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 - Lance McCullers, American baseball player
1964 - Thomas Bezucha, American screenwriter and director
1965 - Fátima Lopes, Portuguese fashion designer
1967 - Joel Johnston, American baseball player
1968 - Michael Bartels, German race car driver
1968 - Ellen Forney, American cartoonist
1968 - Shawn Mullins, American musician
1968 - Jim Dougherty, American baseball player
1969 - Andrea Parker, American actress, ballet dancer
1970 - Jason Elam, American football player
1971 - Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
1972 - Georgios Georgiadis, Greek footballer
1972 - Fergal O'Brien, Irish snooker player
1972 - Angie Hart, Australian pop singer
1973 - Anneke van Giersbergen, Dutch singer (The Gathering)
1973 - Boris Kodjoe, Austrian model
1973 - Kurt Mollekens, Belgian racing car driver
1973 - Justin Thompson, American baseball player
1973 - Mark Lukasiewicz, American baseball player
1974 - Mike Moriarty, American baseball player
1975 - Peggy Zina, Greek singer
1975 - Fardeen Khan, Indian actor
1976 - Gaz Coombes, English singer (Supergrass)
1976 - Juan Encarnacion, American baseball player
1976 - Ryan Freel, American baseball player
1976 - Hines Ward, American football player
1976 - Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor
1977 - James Van Der Beek, American actor
1977 - Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer
1978 - Nick Zano, American actor
1979 - Andy Ross, American guitarist (OK Go)
1979 - Tom Chaplin, English singer (Keane)
1981 - Michael Beauchamp, Australian footballer
1981 - Jessica Jaymes, American porn actress
1981 - Timothy Jordan II, American musician (The All American Rejects, Jonezetta) (d. 2005)
1982 - Craig Stansberry, American baseball player
1982 - Leonidas Kabantais, Greek footballer
1982 - Nicolas Armindo, race car driver
1982 - Kat Von D, Mexican-American tattoo artist
1982 - Nicoleta Onel, Romanian gymnast
1983 - Mark Worrell, American baseball player.
1984 - Dave Moffatt, Canadian musician
1985 - Ewa Sonnet, Polish model and pop singer
1988 - Armanti Edwards, American college football player
1990 - Ben Tozer, English footballer
1991 - Devon Werkheiser, American actor
1992 - Charlie Ray, American actress
1996 - Lorna Fitzgerald, English actress

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