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August 8 birthdays

330 notable historical figures were born on August 8, and 170 died on this day. Everyone born on August 8 is a Leo.

16% of August 8 birthdays work in Entertainment, more than any other field. More come from United States (87) than any other country.

Born on August 8

• Roger Federer (born 1981. Swiss tennis player (born 1981))
• Dustin Hoffman (born 1937. American actor and filmmaker (born 1937))
• Lloyd Austin (born 1953. American general (born 1953))
• Roger Penrose (born 1931. English mathematician, mathematical physicist (born 1931))
• Emiliano Zapata (1879 to 1919. Mexican revolutionary (1879–1919))
• Paul Dirac (1902 to 1984. British physicist (1902–1984))
• Mohamed Morsi (1951 to 2019. President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013)
• Ernest Lawrence (1901 to 1958. American physicist (1901–1958))
• Esther Williams (1921 to 2013. American swimmer and actress (1921–2013))
• Dino De Laurentiis (1919 to 2010. Italian-American film producer (1919–2010))
• Giuseppe Conte (born 1964. Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 to 2021)
• Moza bint Nasser (born 1959. Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation)
• Lexie Grey (1984 to 2012. Character from the television show Grey's Anatomy)
• Mamoru Oshii (born 1951. Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer (born 1951))
• Maria Alexandrovna (1824 to 1880. Empress of Russia from 1855 to 1880)
• Kuenssberg, Laura (born 1976. British journalist, former Political Editor of BBC News (born 1976))
• Manjul Bhargava (born 1974. Canadian-American mathematician (born 1974))
• Ralph Gonsalves (born 1946. Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from 2001 to 2025)
• Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1887 to 1970. Israeli writer and Nobel laureate)
• Catherine of Bologna (1413 to 1463. Italian writer, artist (1413–1463))
• Arthur Goldberg (1908 to 1990. American statesman and jurist (1908–1990))
• Eileen Gray (1878 to 1976. Irish architect and furniture designer)
• Bhisham Sahni (1915 to 2003. Indian playwright and actor (1915–2003))
• Sara Teasdale (1884 to 1933. American writer and poet (1884–1933))
• Shawn Mendes (born 1998. Canadian singer (born 1998))
• Earle Page (1880 to 1961. Prime Minister of Australia in 1939)
• Kengo Kuma (born 1954. Japanese architect (born 1954))
• Wincey Willis (1948 to 2024. British broadcaster (1948–2024))
• Godfrey Kneller (1646 to 1723. German-born British painter (1646–1723))
• Alberto Granado (1922 to 2011. Companion of Che Guevara during his 1952 motorcycle tour in Latin America)
• George (1832 to 1904. King of Saxony from 1902 to 1904)
• Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857 to 1935. American geologist and eugenicist (1857–1935))
• Francis Hutcheson (philosopher) (1694 to 1746. Irish philosopher (1694–1746))
• Luis García Meza (1929 to 2018. 57th President of Bolivia (1980–1981))
• Victor Young (1900 to 1956. American violinist, composer and conductor (1899–1956))
• Masahiro Hara (born 1957. Japanese inventor of the QR code (born 1957))
• Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709 to 1716. Military ruler of Japan from 1713 to 1716)
• David Ray Griffin (1939 to 2022. American philosopher (1939–2022))
• Gertrude Himmelfarb (1922 to 2019. American historian (1922–2019))
• Margarita Rosa de Francisco (born 1965. Colombian actress and singer)
• Emperor Horikawa (1079 to 1107. Emperor of Japan from 1087 to 1107)
• Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909 to 1992. Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist (1909–1992))
• Deborah Ellis (born 1960. Canadian fiction writer and activist)
• Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1845 to 1907. German prince)
• Thomas DiLorenzo (born 1954. American economist (born 1954))
• Chivu Stoica (1908 to 1975. 48th Prime Minister of Romania (1908–1975))
• C. K. Prahalad (1941 to 2010. Indian-American Strategist, educator and author)
• Abdellah Taïa (born 1973. Moroccan writer and filmmaker (born 1973))
• John P. Meier (1942 to 2022. American biblical scholar, Catholic priest (1942–2022))
• Charles Bulfinch (1763 to 1844. American architect (1763–1844))
• Sebastian Horsley (1962 to 2010. British artist)
• Sarah Dunant (born 1950. British writer, broadcaster and critic (born 1950))
• Louis van Gaal (born 1951. Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951))
• Simón Díaz (1928 to 2014. Musical artist)
• Henry Gauthier-Villars (1859 to 1931. French author (1859–1931))
• Rúhíyyih Khánum (1910 to 2000. Wife of Baháʼí leader Shoghi Effendi)
• Charles Anderson Dana (1819 to 1897. American journalist and government official (1819–1897))
• Nathaniel Palmer (1799 to 1877. American naval explorer and seal hunter (1799–1877))
• John Yudkin (1910 to 1995. British physiologist and nutritionist)
• Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499 to 1551. Chagatai Turco-Mongol military general (died 1551))

Died on August 8

• Karen Black (1939 to 2013. American actress, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter (1939–2013))
• Shirley Jackson (1916 to 1965. American novelist, short-story writer (1916–1965))
• Baldur von Schirach (1907 to 1974. German Nazi politician (1907–1974))
• George Canning (1770 to 1827. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1827)
• William H. Webster (1924 to 2025. American attorney and jurist (1924–2025))
• James Irwin (1930 to 1991. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1991))
• Olivia Newton-John (1948 to 2022. British–Australian singer (1948–2022))
• Jacob Burckhardt (1818 to 1897. Swiss historian (1818–1897))
• Jeanne Baret (1740 to 1807. French explorer, naturalist, botanist (1740–1807))
• Lothair II (835 to 869. King of Lotharingia from 855 to 869)
• Eugène Boudin (1824 to 1898. French painter)
• Francis Hutcheson (philosopher) (1694 to 1746. Irish philosopher (1694–1746))
• Paul Rudolph (architect) (1918 to 1997. American architect (1918–1997))
• Sayf ad-Din Qa'itbay (1416 to 1496. Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (1468–1496))
• Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828 to 1897. Spanish politician and Bourbon Restoration architect (1828–1897))
• Barbara Mertz (1927 to 2013. American novelist (1927–2013))
• Princess Zénaïde (1801 to 1854. 19th-century French noble)
• Nicholas Monsarrat (1910 to 1979. English writer (1910–1979))
• Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of the Two Sicilies (1816 to 1867. Queen of the Two Sicilies from 1837 to 1859)
• Leonid Leonov (1899 to 1994. Russian writer)
• Carl Peter Thunberg (1743 to 1828. Swedish naturalist (1743–1828))
• Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński (1776 to 1853. Polish philosopher (1776–1853))
• Joaquín Torres-García (1874 to 1949. Spanish Uruguayan artist (1874–1949))
• Nevill Mott (1905 to 1996. British theoretical physicist (1905–1996))
• Vilhelm Moberg (1898 to 1973. Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater)
• Rudolf Duala Manga Bell (1873 to 1914. King and resistance leader in the former German colony of Kamerun)
• Antoine Arnauld (1612 to 1694. French Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician (1612–1694))
• Kunio Yanagita (1875 to 1962. Japanese folklorist (1875–1962))
• Margaret of Sicily (1237 to 1270. Princess of Sicily)
• Chua Jim Neo (1907 to 1980. Singaporean writer)

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