On This Day — March 8
4282 noted people were born and 2076 died on March 8 in our archive, including Ernest Vessiot, George Chrystal and Ole Danbolt Mjøs.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on March 8
Ernest Vessiot
1865 – 1952
George Chrystal
1851 – 1911
Ole Danbolt Mjøs
1939 – 2013
Aram I
b. 1947
Archibald Howie
b. 1934
Armen Harutyunyan
b. 1964
Axel A. Weber
b. 1957
Bohdan Pomahač
b. 1971
Carl Robert
1850 – 1922
Claude Malhuret
b. 1950
Dick Schoof
b. 1957
Edward Calvin Kendall
1886 – 1972
Fabrizio Barca
b. 1954
Francis Everitt
b. 1934
Ichiro Komatsu
1951 – 2014
John Corcoran
1937 – 2021
Jonathan Sacks
1948 – 2020
Joseph Orbeli
1887 – 1961
Josh Gottheimer
b. 1975
Leon Piniński
1857 – 1938
Martin Davis
1928 – 2023
Michael Foster
1836 – 1907
Michael Grade
b. 1943
Nicholas Kay
b. 1958
Peter Bürgisser
b. 1962
Pierre François Olive Rayer
1793 – 1867
Piet Steenkamp
1925 – 2016
Shamma Friedman
b. 1937
Thomas Bellut
b. 1955
Walter-Herwig Schuchhardt
1900 – 1976
Wilhelm Biltz
1877 – 1943
Zenshirō Hoshina
1891 – 1991
Abderrahmane Youssoufi
1924 – 2020
Adolf Köster
1883 – 1930
Alan Lowenthal
b. 1941
Alexander Aksenenko
b. 1986
Alexander Rodimtsev
1905 – 1977
Alfred J. Marrow
1905 – 1978
Anastasios Christomanos
1841 – 1906
Andor Lázár
1882 – 1971
Anja Feldmann
b. 1966
Anthony Caro
1924 – 2013
Antonio María Esquivel
1806 – 1857
António José de Ávila, 1st Duke of Ávila and Bolama
1806 – 1881
Arthur Alexandrovich Rean
b. 1957
Arthur Elmore Bostwick
1860 – 1942
Beatrice Shilling
1909 – 1990
Bernard Benjamin
1910 – 2002
Bob Dadae
b. 1961
Brigitte Le Brethon
b. 1951
Carl-Axel Torén
1887 – 1961
Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo
1764 – 1842
Cees Veerman
b. 1949
Charles Frédéric Girard
1822 – 1895
Charlotte Whitton
1896 – 1975
Cho Yang-ho
1949 – 2019
Christian Cambon
b. 1948
Christian Wolff
b. 1934
Damian Boeselager
b. 1988
David John Mark Green
b. 1954
Dionysis Simopoulos
1943 – 2022
Dorothy Roberts
b. 1956
Doug Larsen
1976 – 2023
Douglas Hurd
b. 1930
Ethel Portnoy
1927 – 2004
Eugeniusz Baziak
1890 – 1962
Frank A. Hutchins
1851 – 1914
Frank Fetter
1863 – 1949
Frank Matthews Leslie
1935 – 2000
Frederic Goudy
1865 – 1947
Frederick Brownell
1940 – 2019
Frederick Manson Bailey
1827 – 1915
Frédéric Masson
1847 – 1923
Gabriel París Gordillo
1910 – 2008
Genki Sudo
b. 1978
George Allen
b. 1952
George Magoffin Humphrey
1890 – 1970
Gianni Baget Bozzo
1925 – 2009
Giedrė Purvaneckienė
b. 1945
Gombojavyn Zandanshatar
b. 1970
Gotthilf Hempel
b. 1929
Hans Friedrich Gadow
1855 – 1928
Heinrich Riikoja
1891 – 1988
Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder
1798 – 1854
Hermann Mückler
b. 1964
Hervé Cassan
1947 – 2021
Howard H. Aiken
1900 – 1973
Hrachia Adjarian
1876 – 1953
Huang Fu
1883 – 1936
Ihor Rantsya
b. 1978
Ismail Gaspıralı
1851 – 1914
Jahana Hayes
b. 1973
Jaime Levy
b. 1966
James Crafts
1839 – 1917
Jan Potocki
1761 – 1815
Jan Stach
1877 – 1975
Japetus Steenstrup
1813 – 1897
Jean Cabanis
1816 – 1906
Jean Jacques Rambonnet
1864 – 1943
Jean-Charles Naouri
b. 1949
Jean-Delphin Alard
1815 – 1888
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides
b. 1960
Jennings Randolph
1902 – 1998
Joachim Schepke
1912 – 1941
Johann Köler
1826 – 1899
John McPhee
b. 1931
Josep Huguet i Biosca
b. 1951
Joseph Hormisdas Rainville
1875 – 1942
José Manuel Lara Bosch
1946 – 2015
Juvénal Habyarimana
1937 – 1994
Jørgen Kvist
b. 1965
Karl Everhard Goebel
1855 – 1932
Karl Weber
1898 – 1985
Kathleen Ferrier
b. 1957
Kathy Sullivan
b. 1942
Kawasaki Takukichi
1871 – 1936
Kenkichi Ueda
1875 – 1962
Kent L. Norman
b. 1947
Kim Young-bae
b. 1967
Kokhir Rasulzoda
b. 1961
Konstantinos Karamanlis
1907 – 1998
Leslie Fiedler
1917 – 2003
Lester Holt
b. 1959
László Rajk
1909 – 1949
Maja Haderlap
b. 1961
Maria Ohisalo
b. 1985
Mary Wright Plummer
1856 – 1916
Maurice Koechlin
1856 – 1946
Maximilian von Lingg
1842 – 1930
Medea Abrahamyan
1932 – 2021
Meldrim Thomson, Jr.
1912 – 2001
Merrick Posnansky
1931 – 2024
Nadia Al-Sakkaf
b. 1977
Nikolai Kravkov
1865 – 1924
Nripendra Misra
b. 1945
Oliver Wendell Holmes
1841 – 1935
Otto Hahn
1879 – 1968
Otto Lous Mohr
1886 – 1967
Pascal Van Hentenryck
b. 1963
Per Almaas
1898 – 1991
Peter Daniel Baade
1737 – 1823
Pierre Billotte
1906 – 1992
Princess Tsuguko of Takamado
b. 1986
Ragnar Josephson
1891 – 1966
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
1726 – 1799
Robert W. Boyd
b. 1948
Robin Barnett
b. 1958
Ruben Rubinyan
b. 1990
Ryuji Yamane
1948 – 2022
Salahuddin of Selangor
1926 – 2001
Samy Vellu
1936 – 2022
Sandrine Rousseau
b. 1972
Serge Tisseron
b. 1948
Sergey Nikitin
b. 1944
Simon Gächter
b. 1965
Simon Halsey
b. 1958
Sir Henry Abel Smith
1900 – 1993
Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet
1826 – 1902
Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
1788 – 1856
Slavamir Adamovich
b. 1962
Solange Lamblin
1900 – 1984
Spencer R. Weart
b. 1942
Stanisław Kania
1927 – 2020
Steven Lukes
b. 1941
Sven Nilsson
1787 – 1883
Sviatoslav Piskun
b. 1959
Tanvir Mokammel
b. 1955
Temirkhan Dosmukhanbetov
1949 – 2021
Thomas Clifton Webb
1889 – 1962
Ulises Rosales del Toro
b. 1942
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
b. 1943
Valeriu Streleț
b. 1970
Vasily Andrianov
1902 – 1978
Veronika Wand-Danielsson
b. 1959
Victor Luntz
1840 – 1903
Vladimir Bakarić
1912 – 1983
Waldemar Łysiak
b. 1944
Waldenor Pereira
b. 1954
Walter Jens
1923 – 2013
Wolfram Bode
1942 – 2025
Yemi Osinbajo
b. 1957
Yuzuru Hiraga
1878 – 1943
Zbigniew Chlebowski
b. 1964
Øystein Fischer
1942 – 2013
Aber Kawas
b. 1992
Addie L. Wyatt
1924 – 2012
Adrian Benepe
b. 1957
Adéla Kochanovská
1907 – 1985
Aidan Quinn
b. 1959
Alain Bernaud
1932 – 2020
Alan H. Borning
b. 1950
Alan Hale, Jr.
1921 – 1990
Alberto Jiménez Mendez
b. 1947
Aleksandr Kochetov
1919 – 1994
Aleksandër Meksi
b. 1939
Alexander Chervyakov
1892 – 1937
Alexander Vertinsky
1889 – 1957
Alexei Mishin
b. 1941
Alfred Austell Cunningham
1881 – 1939
Alfred C. Chapin
1848 – 1936
… and 4,082 more
Died on March 8
Christopher Wren
1632 – 1723
Jason Reese
1967 – 2019
Benjamín Carrión
1897 – 1979
César Lattes
1924 – 2005
Edmond Bour
1832 – 1866
Frederick Bligh Bond
1864 – 1945
George Andrew Olah
1927 – 2017
Giles Paxman
1951 – 2025
Herbert Kroemer
1928 – 2024
Jean Langlois
1824 – 1886
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
1837 – 1923
Michael Armacost
1937 – 2025
Philip Bourne
1953 – 2026
Rab Butler
1902 – 1982
Stéphane Leduc
1853 – 1939
Tetsurō Furukaki
1900 – 1987
Thurstan Shaw
1914 – 2013
William Howard Taft
1857 – 1930
William Penn Brooks
1851 – 1938
Zbigniew Religa
1938 – 2009
Adrián Recinos
1886 – 1962
Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton
1904 – 1983
Albert Darcq
1848 – 1895
Albert Verwey
1865 – 1937
Alejandro Magariños Cervantes
1825 – 1893
Aleksandr Orlov
1938 – 2024
Alfons Rebane
1908 – 1976
Anthony James Leggett
1938 – 2026
Aslan Maskhadov
1951 – 2005
B. G. Kher
1888 – 1957
Benjamín de Arriba y Castro
1886 – 1973
Bernardo Bernardo
1945 – 2018
Cyril Cobb
1861 – 1938
David Kimche
1928 – 2010
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
1871 – 1940
Donald C. MacDonald
1913 – 2008
Eduardo Dato
1856 – 1921
Emmanouil Mantakas
1891 – 1968
Emory Leon Chaffee
1885 – 1975
Enrique Molina Garmendia
1871 – 1964
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
1899 – 1972
Esper S. Larsen, Jr.
1879 – 1961
Federico Sclopis di Salerano
1798 – 1878
Fernand Gillet
1882 – 1980
Frederick W. Lanchester
1868 – 1946
George Cunliffe McVittie
1904 – 1988
George Martin
1926 – 2016
Gerard Mortier
1943 – 2014
Guy Boutilier
1959 – 2024
Gyo Obata
1923 – 2022
Henry Pellatt
1859 – 1939
Herb Kawainui Kane
1928 – 2011
Hervé Cassan
1947 – 2021
Hjalmar Procopé
1889 – 1954
Ian Lawrence
1937 – 2019
Inezita Barroso
1925 – 2015
Isaac Henry Burkill
1870 – 1965
Ivan Shishkin
1831 – 1898
Jaroslav Kocián
1883 – 1950
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
1753 – 1824
Jim Chamberlin
1915 – 1981
Johannes Bergh
1837 – 1906
John Cowan
1866 – 1953
John Gavan Duffy
1844 – 1917
Jonathan Hunt
1938 – 2024
Joseph Bech
1887 – 1975
Joseph Beeston
1859 – 1921
Joseph Jekyll
1754 – 1837
Li Yuan-tsu
1923 – 2017
Luis Racionero
1940 – 2020
Manuel García-Prieto, 1st Marquis of Alhucemas
1859 – 1938
Mario Romañach
1917 – 1984
Mario Roques
1875 – 1961
Michael Goodfellow
1941 – 2024
Mikhail Khilkov
1834 – 1909
Milko Kelemen
1924 – 2018
Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan
1900 – 1995
Ninette de Valois
1898 – 2001
Olena Kulchytska
1877 – 1967
Olive Hazlett
1890 – 1974
Oliver Effersøe
1863 – 1933
Paul Hymans
1865 – 1941
Paul Ramdohr
1890 – 1985
Rafael Obligado
1851 – 1920
Raoul Lamourdedieu
1877 – 1953
Risto Hyvärinen
1926 – 2018
Rolf Nordhagen
1894 – 1979
Roy Harrod
1900 – 1978
Rudolf Kohlrausch
1809 – 1858
Sadasue Senda
1892 – 1945
Sam Simon
1955 – 2015
Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar
1930 – 2004
Togo D. West, Jr.
1942 – 2018
Vladimir Wagner
1849 – 1934
Vojtěch Suk
1879 – 1967
Volodymyr Antonovych
1834 – 1908
Víctor Manuel Blanco
1918 – 2011
Walid Khalidi
1925 – 2026
Wallace M. Greene
1907 – 2003
Werner Hartmann
1912 – 1988
Wilhelm Wiegand
1851 – 1915
William III of England
1650 – 1702
Włodzimierz Czacki
1834 – 1888
Zoe Băicoianu
1910 – 1987
Aaron V. Brown
1795 – 1859
Abdul Rashid
1922 – 1988
Ad Havermans
1934 – 2022
Adolfo Bioy Casares
1914 – 1999
Adolph Meyer
1842 – 1908
Adolph van der Voort van Zijp
1892 – 1978
Albert Ernest Kitson
1868 – 1937
Albert P. Clark
1913 – 2010
Aldo Ferrer
1927 – 2016
Aleksandr Baryatinsky
1870 – 1910
Alessandro Lami
1949 – 2015
Alexander Alexeyevich Svechin
1826 – 1896
Alexander Cumming
1733 – 1814
Alexandru Hurmuzaki
1823 – 1871
Alfonso Gatto
1909 – 1976
Alfred Erich Senn
1932 – 2016
Alfred Sokołowski
1849 – 1924
Alfred William Pollard
1859 – 1944
Andrey Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
1866 – 1942
Antoni Lubomirski
1718 – 1782
Antonio Ambrogio Alciati
1878 – 1929
Apollon Maykov
1821 – 1897
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
1802 – 1878
Arnold II of Horne
1339 – 1389
Arnold Zadikow
1884 – 1943
Arthur Clifton
1771 – 1869
Arthur W. Overmyer
1879 – 1952
Asbjørn Lindboe
1889 – 1967
Auguste Gougeard
1827 – 1886
Auguste Tolbecque
1830 – 1919
Augustus C. Hand
1803 – 1878
Basil Moore
1933 – 2018
Bengt Hägglund
1920 – 2015
Billy Eckstine
1914 – 1993
Carl A. Youngdale
1912 – 1993
Carl Ferdinand von Stumm-Halberg
1836 – 1901
Chabuca Granda
1920 – 1983
Charles Alfred Bell
1870 – 1945
Charles Douglas Wiggin
1922 – 1977
Charles Jalabert
1818 – 1901
Charles R. Thomas
1861 – 1931
Charles XIV John of Sweden
1763 – 1844
Christopher Magee
1848 – 1901
Cipto Mangunkusumo
1886 – 1943
Clara Kathleen Rogers
1844 – 1931
D. Shelton A. Gunaratne
1940 – 2019
Danilo Mainardi
1933 – 2017
David Keene
1945 – 2026
David Martin
1929 – 2019
David S. Johnson
1945 – 2016
Desislav Chukolov
1974 – 2022
Diana Conti
1956 – 2024
Dick Nichols
1926 – 2019
Dmitry Mezhevich
1940 – 2017
Dominique Warluzel
1957 – 2022
Don Barksdale
1923 – 1993
Donald M. Weller
1908 – 1985
Eduardo Pondal
1835 – 1917
Edward C. Curtis
1865 – 1920
Edward H. Litchfield
1914 – 1968
Edward King
1829 – 1910
Edward O. Smith
1817 – 1892
Edward Terry Sanford
1865 – 1930
Ernestine Wiedenbach
1900 – 1998
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin
1922 – 2013
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
1838 – 1917
Forrest Smith
1886 – 1962
Francesco Carnelutti
1879 – 1965
Francesco I Sforza
1401 – 1466
Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater
1736 – 1803
Francis H. Brownell
1867 – 1954
Frederic Madden
1801 – 1873
Gala Galaction
1879 – 1961
Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy
1883 – 1929
George F. Carrier
1918 – 2002
George Morell
1786 – 1845
George Thurland Prior
1862 – 1936
George Watson
1914 – 1943
George Wilkins Guthrie
1848 – 1917
Gianni Granzotto
1914 – 1985
Gordon Carpenter
1919 – 1988
Gordon Johnston
1874 – 1934
Hans Bielenstein
1920 – 2015
Hardin Cox
1928 – 2013
Harold Lloyd
1893 – 1971
Harold M. Ryan
1911 – 2007
Harry J. Collins
1895 – 1963
Hector Berlioz
1803 – 1869
Heinrich Rudolf Schinz
1777 – 1861
Henry Baker Tristram
1822 – 1906
Henry D. Todd
1838 – 1907
Henry Henry
1846 – 1908
Hippolyte Rolin
1804 – 1888
Hiram Willey
1818 – 1910
Honoré Fabri
1607 – 1688
Howard Craufurd Elphinstone
1829 – 1890
… and 1,876 more