| 26125 | March 8 | Birth | 1947 – Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter and painter |
| 26126 | March 8 | Birth | 1947 – Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (d. 2011) |
| 26127 | March 8 | Birth | 1947 – Vladimír Mišík, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Matadors, Blue Effect, Flamengo, and Etc...) |
| 26128 | March 8 | Birth | 1947 – Florentino Pérez, Spanish engineer and businessman |
| 26129 | March 8 | Birth | 1948 – Robert W. Boyd, American Physicist |
| 26130 | March 8 | Birth | 1948 – Gyles Brandreth, English writer, broadcaster, actor and politician |
| 26101 | March 8 | Birth | 1939 – Lynn Seymour, Canadian ballerina and choreographer |
| 26102 | March 8 | Birth | 1939 – Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach |
| 26103 | March 8 | Birth | 1939 – Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (d. 2011) |
| 26104 | March 8 | Birth | 1940 – Susan Clark, Canadian actress and producer |
| 26105 | March 8 | Birth | 1940 – Jacques Doucet, Canadian sportscaster |
| 26106 | March 8 | Birth | 1941 – Norman Stone, Scottish-English historian, author, and academic |
| 26107 | March 8 | Birth | 1942 – Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor |
| 26108 | March 8 | Birth | 1942 – Palito Ortega, Argentinian singer, actor, and politician |
| 26109 | March 8 | Birth | 1942 – Ann Packer, English sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper |
| 26110 | March 8 | Birth | 1943 – Michael Grade, English businessman |
| 26111 | March 8 | Birth | 1943 – Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (d. 2010) |
| 26112 | March 8 | Birth | 1943 – Dionysis Simopoulos, Greek physicist and astronomer |
| 26113 | March 8 | Birth | 1944 – Buzz Hargrove, Canadian union leader |
| 26114 | March 8 | Birth | 1944 – Sergey Nikitin, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 26115 | March 8 | Birth | 1944 – Pepe Romero, Spanish guitarist and composer (The Romeros) |
| 26116 | March 8 | Birth | 1945 – Bruce Broughton, American composer |
| 26117 | March 8 | Birth | 1945 – Jim Chapman, American lawyer and politician |
| 26118 | March 8 | Birth | 1945 – Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (The Monkees) |
| 26119 | March 8 | Birth | 1945 – Anselm Kiefer, German painter and sculptor |
| 26120 | March 8 | Birth | 1945 – Sylvia Wiegand, American mathematician and professor |
| 26121 | March 8 | Birth | 1946 – Robert Jaworski, Filipino basketball player, coach, and politician |
| 26122 | March 8 | Birth | 1946 – Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Eagles and Poco) |
| 26123 | March 8 | Birth | 1946 – Yiannis Parios, Greek singer |
| 26124 | March 8 | Birth | 1947 – Michael Allsup, American guitarist (Three Dog Night) |