List of Famous people born on March 8th

Kathleen Mary Margaret Bryant, professionally known as Margot Bryant was an English actress, of stage, television and film best known for playing Minnie Caldwell on the soap opera Coronation Street from its inception in 1960 until her departure in 1976.

James Peachey, 1st Baron Selsey, known as Sir James Peachey, Bt, between 1765 and 1794, was a British politician and courtier.

Morita Kan'ya XIV was a Japanese kabuki actor. He was a tachiyaku actor, specializing in playing the roles of young, handsome lovers in the wagoto style, a type of role known as nimaime. Kan'ya is also known for his early postwar film career, and as the adoptive father of Bandō Tamasaburō V, the most famous and popular onnagata of today.

Jean Louis Cabanis was a German ornithologist.

Huang Fu was a general and politician in early Republic of China.

Hisatora Kumagai was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Preston Hopkins Leslie was the 26th Governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875 and territorial governor of Montana from 1887 to 1889. He ascended to the office of governor by three different means. First, he succeeded Kentucky governor John W. Stevenson upon the latter's resignation to accept a seat in the United States Senate in 1871. Later that year, he was elected to a full term as governor, defeating John Marshall Harlan in the general election. Finally, he was appointed territorial governor by President Grover Cleveland.

Harry George Peter, was an American newspaper illustrator and cartoonist known for his work on the Wonder Woman comic book and for Bud Fisher of the San Francisco Chronicle.