On This Day

Sunday · events, births, deaths, and who was alive.

March 8 2015

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Events on This Day

American Odyssey
Joely Richardson
milestone

Born on This Day

Died on This Day

🇦🇹Alfred Keller
deceased
Austrian painter and architect (1875-1945) · 1875–1945
Days lived
25,466
🇩🇪Anton Räderscheidt
deceased
German artist (1892-1970) · 1892–1970
Days lived
28,271

Who Was Alive

Notable people alive on this date, sorted by most days lived (top 20).

Animals Alive

Notable animals alive on this date.

Companies That Existed

Brands and companies already founded by this date.

Already Published

Notable books already in print.

Already Released

Films already out by this date.

Born on March 8 Died on March 8 On This Day Day Lookup

25,567

🇩🇪Arno Arthur Wachmann

deceased

German astronomer (1902–1990) · 1902–1990

Days lived

32,280

🇪🇸Asier Illarramendi

Spanish association football player · b. 1990

Days alive

9,131

🇺🇸Benny Blanco

Record producer · b. 1988

Days alive

9,861

🇩🇪Carl Mannich

deceased

chemist · 1877–1947

Days lived

25,500

🇺🇸Cyd Charisse

deceased

Actor · 1921–2008

Days lived

31,877

🇧🇷Danton Jobim

deceased

writer · 1906–1978

Days lived

26,288

🇺🇸David Cryer

American actor · b. 1936

Days alive

28,854

🇳🇱David Wilcock

deceased

Writer · 1973–2026

Days lived

19,401

🇺🇸Drew Allar

American football player · b. 2004

Days alive

4,017

🇮🇪Eddie Kelliher

deceased

Irish Olympic sailor · 1920–2017

Days lived

35,514

🇷🇺Elena Baturina

Russian businesswoman · b. 1963

Days alive

18,993

🇵🇹Fátima Lopes

Portuguese fashion designer (born 1965) · b. 1965

Days alive

18,262

🇺🇸Freddie Prinze Jr.

Actor · b. 1976

Days alive

14,244

🇩🇪Georg Lindemann

deceased

German general (1884–1963) · 1884–1963

Days lived

29,054

🇨🇳Guyi Shen

businessperson · b. 1979

Days alive

13,149

🇧🇷Hebe Camargo

deceased

singer · 1929–2012

Days lived

30,521

🇩🇪Herbert Otto Gille

deceased

military person · 1897–1966

Days lived

25,494

🇦🇹Hermann Mückler

Anthropologist from Austria · b. 1964

Days alive

18,627

🇺🇸Hines Ward

film director · b. 1976

Days alive

14,244

🇺🇸Jaime Levy

American interface designer and user experience strategists · b. 1966

Days alive

17,897

🇦🇺Johnny Ruffo

deceased

singer · 1988–2023

Days lived

13,030

🇺🇸Joyce K. Reynolds

deceased

American computer scientist (1952 – 2015) · 1952–2015

Days lived

23,305

🇬🇧Kit Connor

Film actor · b. 2004

Days alive

4,017

🇩🇪Klaus Perwas

basketball player · b. 1971

Days alive

16,071

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,924

🇩🇪Laura Osswald

actor · b. 1982

Days alive

12,053

🇬🇧Laura Unsworth

British field hockey player · b. 1988

Days alive

9,861

🇳🇱Marieke Veenhoven-Mattheussens

field hockey player · b. 1984

Days alive

11,322

🇳🇱Mariska Hulscher

Dutch presenter and columnist · b. 1964

Days alive

18,627

🇧🇷Marjorie Estiano

Actor · b. 1982

Days alive

12,053

🇮🇳Marloes Horst

writer · b. 1989

Days alive

9,496

🇺🇦Max Barskih

Ukrainian singer-songwriter · b. 1990

Days alive

9,131

🇺🇸Michael S. Hart

deceased

writer · 1947–2011

Days lived

23,558

🇪🇸Paco Campos

deceased

football player · 1916–1995

Days lived

29,038

🇬🇧Paul Lytton

British musician · b. 1947

Days alive

24,837

Quincy Detenamo

Nauruan weightlifter · b. 1979

Days alive

13,149

🇺🇸Ralph H. Baer

deceased

entrepreneur · 1922–2014

Days lived

33,876

🇺🇸Ryan Freel

deceased

American baseball player (1976–2012) · 1976–2012

Days lived

13,438

Sif Eddine

businessperson · b. 1947

Days alive

24,837

🇬🇧Simon Webster

Scottish rugby union player · b. 1981

Days alive

12,418

Warren Zaïre-Emery

association football player · b. 2006

Days alive

3,287

🇳🇱Win Remmerswaal

deceased

baseball player (1954–2022) · 1954–2022

Days lived

24,975

🇨🇳Zhou Peishun

Chinese weightlifter · b. 1962

Days alive

19,358

🇩🇪Brigitte Mira

deceased

German actress and singer (1910–2005) · 1910–2005

Days lived

34,656

Dick Esser

deceased

field hockey player (1918-1979) · 1918–1979

Days lived

22,157

Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski

deceased

Notable Trials · 1899–1972

Days lived

26,670

🇩🇪Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin

deceased

German resistance member (1922–2013) · 1922–2013

Days lived

33,114

🇺🇸Francis Wolff

deceased

American record producer · 1907–1971

Days lived

23,347

🇬🇧George Martin

deceased

English record producer (1926–2016) · 1926–2016

Days lived

32,937

🇺🇸George Stevens

deceased

American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer (1904–1975) · 1904–1975

Days lived

25,647

🇦🇹Hans Müller-Einigen

deceased

Austrian author (1882–1950) · 1882–1950

Days lived

24,605

🇺🇸Harold Lloyd

deceased

American actor and comedian (1893–1971) · 1893–1971

Days lived

28,445

🇺🇸Jack Lummus

deceased

United States Marine Corps officer (1915-1945) · 1915–1945

Days lived

10,730

🇨🇺José Ignacio Rivero

deceased

Cuban journalist (1920–2011) · 1920–2011

Days lived

33,003

🇪🇸José Ignacio Tellechea Idígoras

deceased

Spanish theologian (1928-2008) · 1928–2008

Days lived

29,184

🇩🇪Justus Pfaue

deceased

actor · 1942–2014

Days lived

26,097

🇦🇹Karl Harbacher

deceased

actor · 1879–1943

Days lived

23,136

🇬🇧Ken Johnson

deceased

British jazz band-leader and dancer (1914–1941) · 1914–1941

Days lived

9,676

Lyudmila Frolova

deceased

Soviet field hockey player · 1953–2013

Days lived

21,772

🇺🇸Max Gerson

deceased

German physician, originator of Gerson Therapy (1881-1959) · 1881–1959

Days lived

28,264

🇩🇪Otto Wolff von Amerongen

deceased

entrepreneur · 1918–2007

Days lived

32,356

🇧🇪Paul Hymans

deceased

Belgian politician (1865–1941) · 1865–1941

Days lived

27,743

🇦🇹Sergei Mandreko

deceased

Russian footballer (1971–2022) · 1971–2022

Days lived

18,482

🇦🇹Walter Kolm-Veltée

deceased

actor · 1910–1999

Days lived

32,213

🇺🇸William Howard Taft

deceased

president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 · 1857–1930

Days lived

26,471

🇺🇸Frank J. Skinner

American football player · b. 1891

Days alive

45,261

Lajos Perley

athlete · b. 1892

Days alive

44,924

🇺🇸George Polley

American urban climber · b. 1898

Days alive

42,799

🇪🇸Miguel Pérez de los Mozos

Ceo, economist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇬🇧Keith Padgett

Falkland Islands politician · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇺🇸Diane Pozefsky

American computer scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

Shrikrishna Raut

Marathi poet · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇺🇸David Segal

newspaper columnist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇦🇺Clifford Swann

Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇸🇻Eduardo Hernández Martínez

Salvadoran footballer · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇨🇦Shaherose Charania

entrepreneur · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇻🇪Giovanny Ramos

Venezuelan athlete · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇬🇧Fee Plumley

artist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇺🇸Rebecca W. Keller

scientist · b. 1901

Days alive

41,704

🇺🇸Pete Briggs

American musician · b. 1904

Days alive

40,609

🇦🇹Günter Fronius

deceased

entrepreneur · 1907–2015

Days lived

39,334

🇵🇹Manoel de Oliveira

deceased

actor · 1908–2015

Days lived

38,828

🇷🇺Barys Kit

deceased

scientist · 1910–2018

Days lived

39,383

🇺🇸Kanzi

Bonobo · b. 1980

Days alive

12,549

🇺🇸Tilikum

deceased

Orca · 1981–2017

Days lived

12,796

🇺🇸Stubbs

deceased

Orange tabby cat · 1997–2017

Days lived

7,405

🇯🇵Tama

deceased

Calico cat · 1999–2015

Days lived

5,898

🇺🇸Harambe

deceased

Western lowland gorilla · 1999–2016

Days lived

6,211

🇺🇸April

deceased

Reticulated giraffe · 2000–2021

Days lived

7,762

🇺🇸Berkshire Hathaway

Conglomerate / Investments · b. 1839

Days since founding

64,349

🇬🇧HSBC

Banking · b. 1865

Days since founding

54,791

🇮🇳Tata Group

Conglomerate · b. 1868

Days since founding

53,757

🇺🇸Goldman Sachs

Investment Banking · b. 1869

Days since founding

53,391

🇺🇸Eli Lilly

Pharmaceuticals · b. 1876

Days since founding

50,835

🇺🇸Chevron

Oil & Gas · b. 1879

Days since founding

49,487

🇬🇧Pride and Prejudice

Romance/Satire Book · b. 1813

Days in print

73,818

🇷🇺Crime and Punishment

Psychological Fiction Book · b. 1866

Days in print

54,487

🇺🇸The Great Gatsby

Tragedy/Modernist Book · b. 1925

Days in print

32,839

🇬🇧Brave New World

Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book · b. 1932

Days in print

30,382

🇬🇧The Hobbit

Fantasy/Adventure Book · b. 1937

Days in print

28,292

🇫🇷The Little Prince

Novella/Fantasy Book · b. 1943

Days in print

26,269

🇺🇸The Godfather

Crime/Drama Film · b. 1972

Days since release

15,689

🇺🇸Jaws

Thriller/Adventure Film · b. 1975

Days since release

14,506

🇺🇸Star Wars: A New Hope

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film · b. 1977

Days since release

13,801

Mad Max

Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,114

🇺🇸Alien

Sci-Fi/Horror Film · b. 1979

Days since release

13,071

The Shining

Film · b. 1980

Days since release

12,850

On This Day

Events on This Day

Born on This Day

🇩🇪Andreas Becker

🇩🇪Andreas Maurer

🇦🇹Anselm Kiefer

Died on This Day

🇦🇹Alfred Keller

🇩🇪Anton Räderscheidt

Who Was Alive

Sándor Farkas

Horst von der Goltz

Animals Alive

🇸🇭Jonathan

🇺🇸Koko

Companies That Existed

🇫🇷Hermes

🇺🇸Procter & Gamble

Already Published

🇮🇹Meditations

🇪🇸Don Quixote

Already Released

Wuthering Heights

🇺🇸12 Angry Men

🇩🇪Arno Arthur Wachmann

🇪🇸Asier Illarramendi

🇺🇸Benny Blanco

🇩🇪Carl Mannich

🇺🇸Cyd Charisse

🇧🇷Danton Jobim

🇺🇸David Cryer

🇳🇱David Wilcock

🇺🇸Drew Allar

🇮🇪Eddie Kelliher

🇷🇺Elena Baturina

🇵🇹Fátima Lopes

🇺🇸Freddie Prinze Jr.

🇩🇪Georg Lindemann

🇨🇳Guyi Shen

🇧🇷Hebe Camargo

🇩🇪Herbert Otto Gille

🇦🇹Hermann Mückler

🇺🇸Hines Ward

🇺🇸Jaime Levy

🇦🇺Johnny Ruffo

🇺🇸Joyce K. Reynolds

🇬🇧Kit Connor

🇩🇪Klaus Perwas

Lajos Perley

🇩🇪Laura Osswald

🇬🇧Laura Unsworth

🇳🇱Marieke Veenhoven-Mattheussens

🇳🇱Mariska Hulscher

🇧🇷Marjorie Estiano

🇮🇳Marloes Horst

🇺🇦Max Barskih

🇺🇸Michael S. Hart

🇪🇸Paco Campos

🇬🇧Paul Lytton

Quincy Detenamo

🇺🇸Ralph H. Baer

🇺🇸Ryan Freel

Sif Eddine

🇬🇧Simon Webster

Warren Zaïre-Emery

🇳🇱Win Remmerswaal

🇨🇳Zhou Peishun

🇩🇪Brigitte Mira

Dick Esser

Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski

🇩🇪Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin

🇺🇸Francis Wolff

🇬🇧George Martin

🇺🇸George Stevens

🇦🇹Hans Müller-Einigen

🇺🇸Harold Lloyd

🇺🇸Jack Lummus

🇨🇺José Ignacio Rivero

🇪🇸José Ignacio Tellechea Idígoras

🇩🇪Justus Pfaue