Urara Ashikawa

Japanese artistic gymnast (born 2003).

Born March 8th, 2003 (age 23 years) in Fuji.

Paco Campos

Spanish footballer and manager (1916-1995).

Born March 8th, 1916 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Died September 8th, 1995 at 79 years old in Madrid.

Gabriel París Gordillo

President of colombia (1910-2008).

Born March 8th, 1910 in Ibagué.

Died March 21st, 2008 at 98 years old in Girardot (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Bogdan Lalić

Croatian chess player.

Born March 8th, 1964 (age 62 years) in Zagreb.

Jean-Delphin Alard

French musician (1815–1888).

Born March 8th, 1815 in Bayonne.

Died February 22nd, 1888 at 72 years old in rue Christophe-Colomb (stroke).

Marie-Theres Nadig

Alpine skier.

Born March 8th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Flums.

Giorgos Georgiadis

Greek soccer player and manager.

Born March 8th, 1972 (age 54 years).

Gerhard Doerfer

German turkologist (1920–2003).

Born March 8th, 1920 in Kaliningrad, Königsberg.

Died December 27th, 2003 at 83 years old in Göttingen.

Víctor Sada

Spanish basketball player.

Born March 8th, 1984 (age 42 years) in Badalona.

Peter Larsson

Swedish footballer (born 1961).

Born March 8th, 1961 (age 65 years) in Torsby.

Karel Lismont

Belgian long-distance runner (born 1949).

Born March 8th, 1949 (age 77 years) in Borgloon.

Antonio María Esquivel

Spanish painter (1806-1857).

Born March 8th, 1806 in Seville.

Died April 9th, 1857 at 51 years old in Madrid.

Luca Ronconi

Italian opera director (1933–2015).

Born March 8th, 1933 in Sousse.

Died February 21st, 2015 at 81 years old in Milan. ^[ref]

Šatrijos Ragana

Lithuanian writer, teacher (1877–1930).

Born March 8th, 1877 in Medingėnai.

Died August 24th, 1930 at 53 years old in Židikai.

José María Forqué

Spanish film director (1923-1995).

Born March 8th, 1923 in Zaragoza.

Died March 17th, 1995 at 72 years old in Madrid (liver cancer).

Steffen Hagen

Norwegian footballer.

Born March 8th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Kristiansand.

Jean Cabanis

German ornithologist (1816-1906).

Born March 8th, 1816 in Berlin.

Died February 20th, 1906 at 89 years old in Friedrichshagen.

Yevgeny Matveyev

Soviet and russian actor, film director, screenwriter (1922–2003).

Born March 8th, 1922 in Novoukrainka.

Died June 1st, 2003 at 81 years old in Moscow (lung cancer).

Roya Sadat

Afghan film producer and director.

Born March 8th, 1983 (age 43 years) in Herat.

Hervé Boussard

Olympic cyclist (1966–2013).

Born March 8th, 1966 in Pithiviers.

Died June 26th, 2013 at 47 years old in Lésigny (epilepsy).

António José de Ávila, 1st Duke of Ávila and Bolama

Politician (1806-1881).

Born March 8th, 1806 in Horta.

Died May 3rd, 1881 at 75 years old in Lisbon.

Alexander Rodimtsev

Soviet military commander (1905–1977).

Born March 8th, 1905 in Sharlyk.

Died April 13th, 1977 at 72 years old in Moscow.

Mato Lovrak

Croatian writer for children (1899–1974).

Born March 8th, 1899 in Veliki Grđevac.

Died March 14th, 1974 at 75 years old in Zagreb.

Piotr Gruszka

Former polish volleyball player, coach.

Born March 8th, 1977 (age 49 years) in Oświęcim.

Vladimir Vasyutin

Soviet cosmonaut (1952–2002).

Born March 8th, 1952 in Kharkiv.

Died July 19th, 2002 at 50 years old in Moscow (cancer).