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July 8 birthdays

273 notable historical figures were born on July 8, and 193 died on this day. Everyone born on July 8 is a Cancer.

19% of July 8 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (80) than any other country.

Born on July 8

• Kevin Bacon (born 1958. American actor (born 1958))
• Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 to 1653. Italian painter (born 1593))
• Yann LeCun (born 1960. French computer scientist (born 1960))
• John Money (1921 to 2006. New Zealand psychologist and sexologist (1921–2006))
• Börte (1161 to 1230. First wife of Genghis Khan (c. 1161–1230))
• George W. Romney (1907 to 1995. American businessman and politician (1907–1995))
• Chamberlain, Joseph (1836 to 1914. British politician (1836–1914))
• Jean de La Fontaine (1621 to 1695. French fabulist and poet (1621–1695))
• Philip Johnson (1906 to 2005. American architect (1906–2005))
• Carlos Prince of Asturias (1545 to 1568. Heir apparent to Philip II of Spain (1545–1568))
• Alice Levine (born 1986. British broadcaster, DJ, and narrator (born 1986))
• Eli Lilly (1838 to 1898. American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropist (1838–1898))
• Ellen MacArthur (born 1976. English yachtswoman (born 1976))
• Percy Grainger (1882 to 1961. Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist (1882–1961))
• Son Heung-min (born 1992. South Korean footballer (born 1992))
• Walter Scheel (1919 to 2016. President of Germany from 1974 to 1979)
• Ernst Bloch (1885 to 1977. German Marxist philosopher (1885–1977))
• Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640 to 1660. English and Scottish prince (1640–1660))
• Gulnara Karimova (born 1972. Uzbek diplomat and businesswoman (born 1972))
• George Antheil (1900 to 1959. American composer and inventor (1900–1959))
• Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908 to 1979. Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977)
• Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830 to 1911. Grand Duchess of Russia (1830–1911))
• Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528 to 1580. Duke of Savoy from 1553 to 1580)
• Stan Lathan (born 1945. American film director (born 1945))
• Virgil van Dijk (born 1991. Dutch footballer (born 1991))
• Edgar Morin (1921 to 2026. French philosopher and sociologist (born 1921))
• Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792 to 1854. Queen of Bavaria from 1825 to 1848)
• Igor Tamm (1895 to 1971. Soviet physicist (1895–1971))
• Stephanie Garber (born 1987. American author)
• Dominique Jean Larrey (1766 to 1842. French surgeon and soldier (1766–1842))
• David Aaronovitch (born 1954. English journalist and author (born 1954))
• Brian Walden (1932 to 2019. British politician and broadcaster)
• Henri Cartan (1904 to 2008. French mathematician (1904–2008))
• John Calley (1930 to 2011. American film studio executive and producer)
• Princess Zénaïde (1801 to 1854. 19th-century French noble)
• Pyotr Ufimtsev (born 1931. Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist)
• Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov (1869 to 1922. Russian criminologist and politician (1877–1922))
• Nicholas Brathwaite (1925 to 2016. Grenadian politician)
• Robbie Keane (born 1980. Irish footballer & manager (born 1980))
• Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621 to 1698. Danish noble and writer (1621–1698))
• Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1827 to 1900. Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1853 to 1900)
• David Malet Armstrong (1926 to 2014. Australian philosopher (1926–2014))
• Ahmed Nazif (born 1952. Prime Minister of Egypt from 2004 to 2011)
• Tadeusz Reichstein (1897 to 1996. Polish-Swiss chemist (1897–1996))
• Anjelica Huston (born 1951. American actress (born 1951))
• Beck (born 1970. American musician (born 1970))
• Alec Waugh (1898 to 1981. British novelist (1898–1981))
• Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478 to 1550. Venetian humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, linguist and philosopher (1478–1550))
• Catherine Wells (1872 to 1927. English writer and poet (1872–1927))
• I Gusti Kompyang Manila (1942 to 2025. Indonesian military officer and politician (1942–2025))
• Jay Chattaway (born 1946. American composer)
• Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski (1824 to 1887. Polish-American engineer and army officer)
• Austin Bradford Hill (1897 to 1991. English epidemiologist and statistician (1897–1991))
• Samuel D. Gross (1805 to 1884. 19th century American academic trauma surgeon)
• Sophia Bush (born 1982. American actress (born 1982))
• Mehmed Alagić (1947 to 2003. Bosnian general)
• Kassa Haile Darge (1881 to 1956. Ethiopian noble (1881–1956))
• Alfonso Rueda (born 1968. Spanish politician (born 1968))
• Jaden Smith (born 1998. American rapper and actor (born 1998))
• Walter Kerr (1913 to 1996. American writer and theatre critic)

Died on July 8

• Kim Il Sung (1912 to 1994. Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994)
• Shinzo Abe (1954 to 2022. Prime Minister of Japan (2006–2007; 2012–2020))
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 to 1822. English poet (1792–1822))
• Ernest Borgnine (1917 to 2012. American actor (1917–2012))
• Edgar, King of England (943 to 975. King of the English from 959 to 975)
• Betty Ford (1918 to 2011. First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977)
• Chandra Shekhar (1927 to 2007. Prime Minister of India from 1990 to 1991)
• Christiaan Huygens (1629 to 1695. Dutch mathematician and physicist (1629–1695))
• Oscar I of Sweden (1799 to 1859. King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to 1859)
• Ghassan Kanafani (1936 to 1972. Palestinian author and militant (1936–1972))
• Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774 to 1850. British prince (1774–1850))
• Pete Conrad (1930 to 1999. American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–1999))
• José Eduardo dos Santos (1942 to 2022. President of Angola from 1979 to 2017)
• Havelock Ellis (1859 to 1939. British physician, eugenicist, writer, and social reformer (1859–1939))
• Pepin of Italy (777 to 810. King of Italy, son of Charlemagne (777–810))
• Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805 to 1873. German painter and lithographer (1805–1873))
• Mori Ōgai (1862 to 1922. Japanese writer (1862–1922))
• FM-2030 (1930 to 2000. Transhumanist and futurist (1930–2000))
• Diego de Almagro (1475 to 1538. Spanish conquistador (1475–1538))
• Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (1906 to 1979. Japanese physicist (1906-1979))
• Vivien Leigh (1913 to 1967. British actress (1913–1967))
• Gregory XV (1554 to 1623. Head of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623)
• Robert Burns Woodward (1917 to 1979. American chemist (1917–1979))
• Pope Eugene III (1200 to ?. Head of the Catholic Church from 1145 to 1153)
• Antoun Saadeh (1904 to 1949. Lebanese politician, philosopher, and writer (1904–1949))
• Daniel Parke Custis (1711 to 1757. American planter and politician (1711–1757))
• Theobald I the Posthumous (1201 to 1253. King of Navarre from 1234 to 1253)
• Luís Fróis (1532 to 1597. Portuguese missionary in Japan (1532–1597))
• Fanny Howe (1940 to 2025. American poet and novelist (1940–2025))
• Louis Franchet d'Espèrey (1856 to 1942. French general during World War I (1856–1942))

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