| 26281 | March 8 | Death | 1930 – William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857) |
| 26282 | March 8 | Death | 1930 – Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865) |
| 26283 | March 8 | Death | 1935 – Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923) |
| 26284 | March 8 | Death | 1937 – Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902) |
| 26285 | March 8 | Death | 1941 – Sherwood Anderson, American author and poet (b. 1876) |
| 26286 | March 8 | Death | 1942 – José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (b. 1888) |
| 26287 | March 8 | Death | 1943 – Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (b. 1878) |
| 26288 | March 8 | Death | 1945 – Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864) |
| 26289 | March 8 | Death | 1948 – Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and seismologist (b. 1889) |
| 26290 | March 8 | Death | 1951 – Martha Beck, American murderer (b. 1920) |
| 26291 | March 8 | Death | 1951 – Raymond Fernandez, American murderer (b. 1914) |
| 26292 | March 8 | Death | 1957 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886) |
| 26293 | March 8 | Death | 1961 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879) |
| 26294 | March 8 | Death | 1971 – Harold Lloyd, American actor and producer (b. 1893) |
| 26295 | March 8 | Death | 1972 – Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German SS officer (b. 1899) |
| 26296 | March 8 | Death | 1973 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (Grateful Dead) (b. 1945) |
| 26297 | March 8 | Death | 1975 – George Stevens, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904) |
| 26298 | March 8 | Death | 1976 – Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (b. 1908) |
| 26299 | March 8 | Death | 1981 – Joseph Henry Woodger, English biologist and philosopher (b. 1894) |
| 26300 | March 8 | Death | 1983 – Chabuca Granda, Peruvian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1920) |
| 26301 | March 8 | Death | 1983 – Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1904) |
| 26302 | March 8 | Death | 1983 – William Walton, English composer (b. 1902) |
| 26303 | March 8 | Death | 1985 – Edward Andrews, American actor (b. 1914) |
| 26304 | March 8 | Death | 1986 – Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (b. 1913) |
| 26305 | March 8 | Death | 1988 – Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1961) |
| 26306 | March 8 | Death | 1988 – Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic (b. 1912) |
| 26307 | March 8 | Death | 1989 – Charles Exbrayat, French author (b. 1906) |
| 26308 | March 8 | Death | 1991 – John Bellairs, American author and academic (b. 1938) |
| 26309 | March 8 | Death | 1993 – Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1914) |
| 26310 | March 8 | Death | 1993 – Johannes Türn, Estonian chess and draughts player (b. 1899) |