| 26131 | March 8 | Birth | 1948 – Sam Lacey, American basketball player (d. 2014) |
| 26132 | March 8 | Birth | 1948 – Peggy March, American singer |
| 26133 | March 8 | Birth | 1948 – Jonathan Sacks, English rabbi and scholar |
| 26134 | March 8 | Birth | 1949 – Natalia Kuchinskaya, Russian gymnast and coach |
| 26135 | March 8 | Birth | 1949 – Karel Lismont, Belgian runner |
| 26136 | March 8 | Birth | 1949 – Antonello Venditti, Italian singer-songwriter |
| 26137 | March 8 | Birth | 1950 – Richard Ouzounian, Canadian-American director and critic |
| 26138 | March 8 | Birth | 1951 – Ian Brown, English director and producer |
| 26139 | March 8 | Birth | 1951 – Phil Edmonds, Zambian-English cricketer and businessman |
| 26140 | March 8 | Birth | 1952 – George Allen, American lawyer and politician, 67th Governor of Virginia |
| 26141 | March 8 | Birth | 1953 – Angelos Anastasiadis, Greek footballer and coach |
| 26142 | March 8 | Birth | 1953 – Pepper MaShay, American singer-songwriter |
| 26143 | March 8 | Birth | 1953 – Jim Rice, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster |
| 26144 | March 8 | Birth | 1953 – Don Werner, American baseball player and coach |
| 26145 | March 8 | Birth | 1954 – Cheryl Baker, English singer (Bucks Fizz and Co-Co) |
| 26146 | March 8 | Birth | 1954 – Bob Brozman, American guitarist (R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders) (d. 2013) |
| 26147 | March 8 | Birth | 1954 – David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer |
| 26148 | March 8 | Birth | 1955 – Don Ashby, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1981) |
| 26149 | March 8 | Birth | 1956 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (d. 1989) |
| 26150 | March 8 | Birth | 1956 – John Kapelos, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 26151 | March 8 | Birth | 1957 – Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (Iron Maiden, Samson, and Trust) (d. 2013) |
| 26152 | March 8 | Birth | 1957 – William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer |
| 26153 | March 8 | Birth | 1957 – Cynthia Rothrock, American actress and martial artist |
| 26154 | March 8 | Birth | 1957 – Bob Stoddard, American baseball player |
| 26155 | March 8 | Birth | 1958 – Nick Capra, American baseball player and manager |
| 26156 | March 8 | Birth | 1958 – Andy McDonald, English lawyer and politician |
| 26157 | March 8 | Birth | 1958 – Gary Numan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tubeway Army) |
| 26158 | March 8 | Birth | 1959 – Lester Holt, American journalist and actor |
| 26159 | March 8 | Birth | 1959 – Aidan Quinn, American actor |
| 26160 | March 8 | Birth | 1960 – Jeffrey Eugenides, American author and academic |