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October 8 birthdays

319 notable historical figures were born on October 8, and 177 died on this day. Everyone born on October 8 is a Libra.

18% of October 8 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on October 8

• Bruno Mars (born 1985. American singer-songwriter (born 1985))
• Matt Damon (born 1970. American actor (born 1970))
• Ursula von der Leyen (born 1958. President of the European Commission since 2019)
• Bella Thorne (born 1997. American actress and singer (born 1997))
• Juan Perón (1895 to 1974. President of Argentina (1946–1955, 1973–1974))
• Sadiq Khan (born 1970. Mayor of London since 2016)
• Zog I (1895 to 1961. Leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939)
• Edward Zwick (born 1952. American filmmaker and producer)
• Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883 to 1970. German physiologist and Nobel laureate (1883–1970))
• Chen Duxiu (1879 to 1942. Chinese intellectual and revolutionary (1879–1942))
• Sonya Blade (born 1982. Mortal Kombat character)
• Dickon Mitchell (born 1978. Prime Minister of Grenada since 2022)
• Faith Ringgold (1930 to 2024. American artist (1930–2024))
• Gus Hall (1910 to 2000. American communist activist (1910–2000))
• Tōru Takemitsu (1930 to 1996. Japanese composer and writer (1930–1996))
• Mark Oliphant (1901 to 2000. Australian physicist (1901–2000))
• Sigourney Weaver (born 1949. American actress (born 1949))
• Hanan Ashrawi (born 1946. Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar (born 1946))
• Rona Barrett (born 1936. American gossip and philanthropist)
• Jesse Jackson (1941 to 2026. American minister, activist and politician (1941–2026))
• Isadore Sharp (born 1931. Canadian businessman (born 1931))
• Zoran Zaev (born 1974. Prime minister of North Macedonia from 2017 to 2022)
• Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948. Austrian–Irish visual artist (born 1948))
• Jay Graydon (born 1949. Musical artist (born 1949))
• Murad Bakhsh (1624 to 1661. Mughal prince (1624–1661))
• Prince Harald of Denmark (1876 to 1949. Danish prince (1876–1949))
• Abul Hasan Qutb Shah (1600 to 1699. Sultan of Golconda from 1672 to 1687)
• John Cowper Powys (1872 to 1963. English novelist and philosopher (1872–1963))
• Louis Vierne (1870 to 1937. French organist and composer (1870–1937))
• M. Russell Ballard (1928 to 2023. American businessman and religious leader (1928–2023))
• César Milstein (1927 to 2002. Argentine biochemist (1927–2002))
• G. N. Ramachandran (1922 to 2001. Indian physicist (1922–2001))
• Ferenc Nagy (1903 to 1979. Hungarian politician)
• Giulio Caccini (1551 to 1618. Italian composer (1551–1618))
• Aloísio Lorscheider (1924 to 2007. Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal)
• Fan Ho (1931 to 2016. Chinese photographer and film director)
• Alexey Shchusev (1873 to 1949. Russian architect (1873–1949))
• Siva Shakthi Datta (1932 to 2025. Indian lyricist and screenwriter (1932–2025))
• Vicente Rojo Lluch (1894 to 1966. Spanish republican general)
• Nguyễn Minh Triết (born 1942. Sixth President of Vietnam (2006-2011))
• Michael Abels (born 1962. American classical/film composer)
• Branislav Nušić (1864 to 1938. Serbian playwright (1864–1938))
• Andrei Sinyavsky (1925 to 1997. Soviet Russian literary critic, writer and dissident)
• Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907 to 1990. English colonial administrator and diplomat (1907–1990))
• István Bethlen (1874 to 1946. Hungarian politician (1874–1946))
• Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873 to 1967. Danish chemist and astronomer (1873–1967))
• John H. Reagan (1818 to 1905. American politician (1818–1905))
• William Swainson (1789 to 1855. English naturalist and artist (1789–1855))
• Martha Kearney (born 1957. British-Irish journalist and broadcaster (born 1957))
• Baldwin Spencer (politician) (born 1948. Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 2004 to 2014)
• Yulian Semyonov (1931 to 1993. Russian writer)
• Ram Dass Katari (1911 to 1983. Indian admiral)
• Muhammad II of Granada (1236 to 1302. Sultan of Granada from 1273 to 1302)
• Fidus (1868 to 1948. German painter (1868–1948))
• Jens Christian Skou (1918 to 2018. Danish chemist (1918–2018))
• Jean-Claude Gaudin (1939 to 2024. French politician (1939–2024))
• Max Slevogt (1868 to 1932. German artist)
• Pierre De Geyter (1848 to 1932. Belgian socialist and composer (1848–1932))
• Dana X. Bible (1891 to 1980. American football player and sports coach (1891–1980))
• Abdel Wahab El-Messiri (1938 to 2008. Egyptian scholar)

Died on October 8

• Franklin Pierce (1804 to 1869. President of the United States from 1853 to 1857)
• Clement Attlee (1883 to 1967. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951)
• Jacques Derrida (1930 to 2004. French philosopher (1930–2004))
• John Hancock (1737 to 1793. American Founding Father (1737–1793))
• Premchand (1880 to 1936. Indian Hindustani writer (1880–1936))
• Yongzheng (1678 to 1735. Emperor of China from 1722 to 1735)
• Wendell Willkie (1892 to 1944. American lawyer and corporate executive (1892–1944))
• Henry Fielding (1707 to 1754. English writer and judge (1707–1754))
• Henri Christophe (1767 to 1820. Haitian revolutionary; founder and ruler of the Kingdom of Haiti (1807–11))
• John Monash (1865 to 1931. Australian Army officer (1865–1931))
• Remedios Varo (1908 to 1963. Spanish Catalan artist (1908–1963))
• Dilras Banu Begum (1622 to 1657. First wife of Emperor Aurangzeb (c. 1622 – 1657))
• Mark (300 to 336. Head of the Catholic Church in 336)
• Filippo Lippi (1406 to 1469. Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1406–1469))
• Gabriel Marcel (1889 to 1973. French philosopher, playwright and music critic (1889–1973))
• Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (1845 to 1936. Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1909, 1918–1919, 1920–1922))
• Felix Salten (1869 to 1945. Austro-Hungarian Jewish author and literary critic (1869–1945))
• Raymond T. Odierno (1954 to 2021. US Army general (1954–2021))
• Isabella Bird (1831 to 1904. English explorer and writer (1831–1904))
• George du Maurier (1834 to 1896. French-British cartoonist and novelist (1834–1896))
• Kaloyan (1168 to 1207. Emperor of Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207)
• Philip Noel-Baker (1889 to 1982. British athlete and politician (1889–1982))
• John George I (1585 to 1656. Elector of Saxony from 1611 to 1656)
• Juan O'Donojú O'Ryan (1762 to 1821. Spanish army officer and colonial governor (1762–1821))
• László Sólyom (1942 to 2023. President of Hungary from 2005 to 2010)
• Jacqueline (1401 to 1436. Countess of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland)
• Vittorio Alfieri (1749 to 1803. Italian dramatist and poet (1749–1803))
• Emperor Fushimi (1265 to 1317. Emperor of Japan from 1287 to 1298)
• Maria Konopnicka (1842 to 1910. Polish poet (1842–1910))
• Gideon Johnson Pillow (1806 to 1878. Confederate States Army general)

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