List of Famous people born on March 8th
Alex Castro
Alex Stik Castro Giraldo is a Colombian football player who plays as winger for Atlético Nacional in Categoría Primera A, on loan from Cruz Azul.
Hans Fogh
Hans Marius Fogh was one of the most successful competitive sailors in history, with dozens of national and international championships and in many different classes, including two Olympic medals.
Vladimir Yakovlev
Vladimir Egorovich Yakovlev is a founder and an editor-in-chief of the Kommersant Newspaper, the first Russian daily business-oriented newspaper. He is a former CEO and owner of Kommersant Publishing house. Yakovlev is considered to be one of the creators of the Post-Soviet format of Russian journalism.
Marloes Horst
Marloes Horst is a Dutch fashion model.
Tatsiana Karatkevich
Tatsiana Mikalayewna Karatkevich is a Belarusian politician, member of civic campaign Tell the Truth. She was a candidate for the 2015 presidential election.
Eri Yamada
Eri Yamada is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Kazuyuki Okitsu
Kazuyuki Okitsu is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. After he graduated from the Osaka University of Arts he was initially represented by the REM talent agency but from May, 2007 he has been affiliated with Kekke Corporation. When he was a 3rd year high school student he was the moderator for the 79th Japanese High School Baseball Championship opening ceremony.
Rui Sakuragi
Rui Sakuragi , is a former Japanese AV Idol, gravure idol and erotic dancer who has been described as a "real AV Queen", the "top Japanese AV idol of the mid-1990s" and the "biggest star" in AV in 1992. She has also appeared widely in mainstream films and videos and on TV.
Christo Popov
Christo Popov is a French badminton player from Fos club. He was the boys' doubles European U15 and U17 Junior Champions, also won the boys' singles silver medals at the 2018 European and 2019 World Junior Championships. He reached a career high as boys' singles World Junior number 1 in January 2020.
Colin Campbell Cooper
Colin Campbell Cooper, Jr. was an American Impressionist painter, perhaps most renowned for his architectural paintings, especially of skyscrapers in New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago. An avid traveler, he was also known for his paintings of European and Asian landmarks, as well as natural landscapes, portraits, florals, and interiors. In addition to being a painter, he was also a teacher and writer. His first wife, Emma Lampert Cooper, was also a highly regarded painter.