Anniversaries 8 March
Birth
German harpsichordist and composer
1714–1788
Scottish metaphysician (1788–1856)
1788–1856
American writer
1819–1886
British politician
1826–1902
United States Supreme Court justice
1841–1935
British novelist
1859–1932
American economist
1888–1985
American journalist
1890–1960
Canadian politician
1896–1975
pioneer in computing, original conceptual designer behind I…
1900–1973
Armenian-American composer
1911–2000
German philosopher
1917–2010
American leadership expert
1925–2014
Brazilian television host
1929–2012
British Conservative politician and novelist
1930
American writer and academic
1931–2003
Malaysian politician
1936
American baseball player, writer
1939–2019
Italian writer and archaeologist
1943
Polish art historian
1944
German painter and sculptor
1945
British writer, broadcaster and former Member of Parliament
1948
14th Vice President of Nigeria
1957
Novelist, short story writer, teacher
1960
American actress and comedian
1977
Death
English architect
1632–1723
Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland
1650–1702
American politician, 13th President of the United States (i…
1800–1874
French Romantic composer
1803–1869
American clergyman and activist
1813–1887
painter from the Netherlands
1838–1865
American politician, 27th President of the United States (i…
1857–1930
British polymath
1868–1946
British conductor and impresario
1879–1961
Cuban chess player
1888–1942
American film actor and producer
1893–1971
German politician and SS functionary
1899–1972
Australian writer in the United Kingdom
1900–1990
Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament, ru…
1901–1957
British politician
1902–1982
Argentine novelist
1914–1999
Guyanese writer
1921–2018
American novelist, primarily speculative fiction for childr…
1938–1991
Chechen warlord
1951–2005