Some famous birthdays today:

• Bayezid I (ruler, born February 28, 1354)
• Alfonso VII of León and Castile (ruler, born March 1, 1105)
• Konstantinos Karamanlis (politician, born March 8, 1907)
• William V (politician, born March 8, 1748)
• Gyula Andrássy (politician, economist, diplomat, born March 8, 1823)
• Juvénal Habyarimana (politician, born March 8, 1937)
• Carlo Gesualdo (composer, born February 26, 1566)
• Oliver Wendell Holmes (politician, lawyer, jurist, university teacher, judge, born March 8, 1841)
• Anawrahta (sovereign, born March 2, 1015)
• Lynn Redgrave (playwright, writer, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born March 8, 1943)
• Cyd Charisse (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, ballet dancer, born March 8, 1921)
• Antonello Venditti (singer, singer-songwriter, pianist, born March 8, 1949)
• Jan Potocki (writer, historian, anthropologist, born March 8, 1761)
• Hebe Camargo (singer, film actor, television actor, television presenter, socialite, born March 8, 1929)
• Francisco Rabal (screenwriter, film director, actor, film actor, stage actor, born March 8, 1926)
• László Rajk (politician, diplomat, born March 8, 1909)
• Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (politician, military personnel, born March 8, 1726)
• Claire Trevor (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born March 8, 1910)
• Freddie Prinze (screenwriter, actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born March 8, 1976)
• Emperor Gaozu of Later Han (writer, born March 4, 895)
• Aidan Quinn (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born March 8, 1959)
• Mitsuko Horie (singer, actor, seiyū, born March 8, 1957)
• Florentino "El ladrón" (politician, civil engineer, businessperson, born March 8, 1947)
• Salahuddin of Selangor (politician, born March 8, 1926)
• Micky Dolenz (singer, musician, guitarist, actor, songwriter, television actor, voice actor, theatre director, disc jockey, drummer, born March 8, 1945)
• Carole Bayer Sager (singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, born March 8, 1947)
• Vladimir Bakarić (politician, economist, political commissar, born March 8, 1912)
• James Van Der Beek (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born March 8, 1977)
• Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (aristocrat, born March 8, 1724)