Births on 8 April
2000s
A.J. & Big Justice
2013
American father-and-son social media duo
Zaccharie Risacher
2005
French basketball player (born 2005)
Jamie Drysdale
2002
Canadian ice hockey player (born 2002)
Viktória Forster
2002
Slovak athlete (born 2002)
Skai Jackson
2002
American actress (born 2002)
1900s
CeeDee Lamb
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Lavinia Valbonesi
1998
First Lady of Ecuador since 2023
Kim Woojin
1997
South Korean singer (born 1997)
Saygrace
1997
Australian singer (born 1997)
Roquan Smith
1997
American football player (born 1997)
Arno Verschueren
1997
Belgian footballer (born 1997)
Keira Walsh
1997
English footballer (born 1997)
Anna Korakaki
1996
Greek sport shooter (born 1996)
Forrest Frank
1995
American singer, songwriter and producer (born 1995)
Cedi Osman
1995
Turkish basketball player (born 1995)
Josh Chudleigh
1994
Australian rugby league footballer
Viktor Arvidsson
1993
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1993)
TBJZL
1993
English YouTuber (born 1993)
Jeff McNeil
1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Jonghyun
1990
South Korean singer-songwriter (1990–2017)
Matty Healy
1989
English singer-songwriter (born 1989)
Jenni Asserholt
1988
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1988)
Royston Drenthe
1987
Dutch former association footballer (born 1987)
Jeremy Hellickson
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Elton John (footballer)
1987
Trinidad Tobago footballer
Sam Rapira
1987
New Zealand international rugby league footballer
Igor Akinfeev
1986
Russian footballer (born 1986)
Félix Hernández
1986
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1986)
Carlos Santana (baseball)
1986
Dominican-American baseball player (born 1986)
Patrick Schliwa
1985
Germany international rugby union player
Yemane Tsegay
1985
Ethiopian long-distance runner
Michelle Donelan
1984
British politician (born 1984)
Ezra Koenig
1984
American rock musician (born 1984)
Pablo Portillo
1984
Mexican singer and actor (born 1984)
Taran Noah Smith
1984
American businessman
Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova
1983
Russian long-distance runner
Gennady Golovkin
1982
Kazakhstani boxer (born 1982)
Brett White
1982
Australia & Ireland international rugby league footballer and coach
Allu Arjun
1982
Indian actor (born 1982)
Frédérick Bousquet
1981
French swimmer (born 1981)
Taylor Kitsch
1981
Canadian actor (born 1981)
Ofer Shechter
1981
Israeli actor
Manuel Ortega (singer)
1980
Austrian singer of Spanish origin (born 1980)
Katee Sackhoff
1980
American actress (born 1980)
Mariko Seyama
1980
Japanese announcer and former model (born 1980)
Alexi Laiho
1979
Finnish musician (1979–2020)
Amit Trivedi
1979
Indian music composer, singer, and lyricist (born 1979)
Daigo (musician)
1978
Japanese musician and actor (born 1978)
Bernt Haas
1978
Swiss footballer (born 1978)
Rachel Roberts (model)
1978
Canadian actress and model (born 1978)
Jocelyn Robichaud
1978
Canadian tennis player
Evans Rutto
1978
Kenyan long-distance runner
Ana de la Reguera
1977
Mexican actress
Mehran Ghassemi
1977
Iranian journalist
Mark Spencer (computer engineer)
1977
American computer engineer
Anouk (singer)
1975
Dutch singer (born 1975)
Francesco Flachi
1975
Italian footballer (born 1975)
Timo Pérez
1975
Dominican baseball player (born 1975)
Funda Arar
1975
Turkish singer (born 1975)
Toutai Kefu
1974
Australia international rugby union player (born 1974)
Chris Kyle
1974
American sniper (1974–2013)
Nnedi Okorafor
1974
Nigerian-American writer of science fiction and fantasy (born 1974)
Nayden Todorov
1974
Bulgarian conductor (born 1974)
Khaled Badra
1973
Tunisian footballer (born 1973)
Emma Caulfield
1973
American actress
Christof May
1973
German Catholic theologian and priest (1973–2022)
Paul Gray (American musician)
1972
American bassist (1972–2010)
Sergei Magnitsky
1972
Russian lawyer and tax advisor (1972–2009)
Darren Jessee
1971
American musician (born 1971)
Patricia Arquette
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Patricia Girard
1968
French athlete (born 1968)
Tracy Grammer
1968
American folk singer
Kenny Benjamin
1967
Antiguan cricketer (born 1967)
Iveta Bartošová
1966
Musical artist
Mark Blundell
1966
British racing driver (born 1966)
Andy Currier
1966
GB international rugby league & union footballer
Charlotte Dawson
1966
New Zealand–Australian television personality
Dalton Grant
1966
British high jumper (born 1966)
Mazinho
1966
Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1966)
Harri Rovanperä
1966
Finnish rally driver (born 1966)
Evripidis Stylianidis
1966
Greek politician
Robin Wright
1966
American actress (born 1966)
Steven Blaney
1965
Canadian politician (born 1965)
Michael Jones (rugby union)
1965
NZ & Western Samoa international rugby union player
Biz Markie
1964
American rapper and singer (1964–2021)
John McGinlay
1964
Scottish footballer
Tine Asmundsen
1963
Norwegian jazz bassist
Julian Lennon
1963
English musician, photographer, and philanthropist (born 1963)
Dean Norris
1963
American actor (born 1963)
Terry Porter
1963
American basketball player & coach (born 1963)
Donita Sparks
1963
American singer and guitarist
Alec Stewart
1963
English cricketer
Paddy Lowe
1962
British Formula One engineer (born 1962)
Izzy Stradlin
1962
American guitarist (born 1962)
Richard Hatch (Survivor contestant)
1961
American reality television contestant (born 1961)
Brian McDermott (footballer)
1961
Association football player and manager (born 1961)
John Schneider (screen actor)
1960
American actor and singer (born 1960)
Alain Bondue
1959
French cyclist (born 1959)
Detlef Bruckhoff
1958
German footballer
Tom Petranoff
1958
American javelin thrower
Michael Benton
1956
British palaeontologist
Christine Boisson
1956
French actress (1956–2024)
Roman Dragoun
1956
Czech musician (born 1956)
Gerrie Coetzee
1955
South African professional boxer (1955–2023)
Ron Johnson
1955
American politician (born 1955)
Barbara Kingsolver
1955
American author, poet, and essayist (born 1955)
David Wu
1955
American politician (born 1955)
Gary Carter
1954
American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (1954–2012)
Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco
1954
Moroccan royal
G. V. Loganathan
1954
Indian-American professor (1954–2007)
Ahmet Piriştina
1952
Turkish politician (1952–2004)
Gerd Andres
1951
German politician and member of the SPD
Geir Haarde
1951
Icelandic politician
Mel Schacher
1951
American bassist (born 1951)
Joan Sebastian
1951
Mexican singer (1951–2015)
Phil Schaap
1951
American jazz disc jockey (1951–2021)
Grzegorz Lato
1950
Polish footballer and manager (born 1950)
K. C. Kamalasabayson
1949
John Madden (director)
1949
English theatre, film, television, and radio director
Brenda Russell
1949
American-Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1949)
John Scott (sociologist)
1949
English sociologist
Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone
1948
BBC Governor, Peer and Chancellor of Cranfield University (born 1948)
Tom DeLay
1947
American politician (born 1947)
Steve Howe
1947
English guitarist (born 1947)
Pascal Lamy
1947
French businessman and political advisor
Larry Norman
1947
American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer (1947–2008)
Catfish Hunter
1946
American baseball player (1946–1999)
Tim Thomerson
1946
American actor (born 1946)
Derrick Walker
1945
British racing team owner
Jang Yong
1945
South Korean actor (born 1945)
Hywel Bennett
1944
Welsh actor (1944–2017)
Odd Nerdrum
1944
Norwegian figurative painter (born 1944)
Michael Bennett (theater)
1943
American choreographer (1943–1987)
Miller Farr
1943
American football player (1943–2023)
James Herbert
1943
English horror writer (1943–2013)
Chris Orr (artist)
1943
English artist and printmaker
Tony Banks, Baron Stratford
1942
British politician (1942–2006)
Roger Chapman
1942
English rock vocalist (born 1942)
Douglas Trumbull
1942
American film director, special effects designer (1942–2022)
Vivienne Westwood
1941
British fashion designer (1941–2022)
John Havlicek
1940
American basketball player (1940–2019)
Manolis Angelopoulos
1939
Greek singer (1939–1989)
John Arbuthnott (microbiologist)
1939
Scottish microbiologist (1939–2023)
Trina Schart Hyman
1939
American children's book illustrator
Martin J. Schreiber
1939
American politician (born 1939)
Kofi Annan
1938
UN Secretary-General from 1997 to 2006
John Hamm
1938
Premier of Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2006
Mary W. Gray
1938
American mathematician, statistician, and lawyer
Tony Barton (footballer)
1937
English footballer (1937–1993)
Seymour Hersh
1937
American investigative journalist (born 1937)
Momo Kapor
1937
Serbian novelist and painter
Ghassan Kanafani
1936
Palestinian author and militant (1936–1972)
Oscar Zeta Acosta
1935
Mexican-American attorney, politician and novelist
Albert Bustamante
1935
American politician (1935–2021)
Kisho Kurokawa
1934
Japanese Metabolist architect (1934–2007)
James Lockhart (historian)
1933
American historian of colonial Spanish America
Iskandar of Johor
1932
Yang di-Pertuan Agong from 1984 to 1989
John Gavin
1931
American actor (1931–2018)
Jack Le Goff
1931
French equestrian
Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma
1930
Head of the House of Bourbon-Parma from 1977 to 2010
Jacques Brel
1929
Belgian singer (1929–1978)
Renzo De Felice
1929
Italian historian (1929–1996)
Fred Ebb
1928
American lyricist (1928–2004)
Tilly Armstrong
1927
British novelist (1927–2010)
Ollie Mitchell
1927
Musical artist (1927–2013)
Henry N. Cobb
1926
American architect (1926–2020)
Shecky Greene
1926
American comedian (1926–2023)
Jürgen Moltmann
1926
German Reformed theologian (1926–2024)
Frédéric Back
1924
Canadian animator
Anthony Farrar-Hockley
1924
British Army general (1924–2006)
Kumar Gandharva
1924
Indian classical singer (1924–1992)
Sara Northrup Hollister
1924
American occultist (1924–1997)
George Fisher (cartoonist)
1923
American cartoonist
Edward Mulhare
1923
Irish American actor (1923–1997)
Franco Corelli
1921
Italian opera singer (1921–2003)
Jan Novák (composer)
1921
Czech composer
Herman van Raalte
1921
Dutch footballer
Carmen McRae
1920
American jazz singer (1920–1994)
Ian Smith
1919
Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 to 1979
Betty Ford
1918
First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
Glendon Swarthout
1918
American writer (1918–1992)
Winifred Asprey
1917
American computer scientist and mathematician
Lloyd Bott
1917
Australian public servant
Hubertus Ernst
1917
Dutch Catholic bishop
Grigori Kuzmin
1917
Estonian astronomer
Ivan Supek
1915
Croatian physicist (1915–2007)
María Félix
1914
Mexican actress and singer (1914–2002)
Alois Brunner
1912
Austrian war criminal (1912–2001/2010)
Sonja Henie
1912
Norwegian figure skater and film star (1912–1969)
Melvin Calvin
1911
American biochemist
Emil Cioran
1911
Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist (1911–1995)
George Musso
1910
American football player (1910–2000)
John Fante
1909
American writer (1909–1983)
Hugo Fregonese
1908
Argentina-born film director (1908–1987)
Raoul Jobin
1906
Canadian opera singer
Joachim Büchner
1905
German sprinter
Helen Joseph
1905
South African anti-apartheid activist (1905–1992)
Erwin Keller
1905
German field hockey player (1905–1971)
John Hicks
1904
British economist (1904–1989)
Hirsch Jacobs
1904
American racehorse trainer and breeder
Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)
1902
British mountaineer (1902–1924)
Maria Maksakova (mezzo-soprano, born 1902)
1902
Marie Byles
1900
20th-century Australian lawyer, explorer and conservationist
1800s
Yip Harburg
1896
American lyricist (1896–1981)
Richard Neutra
1892
Austrian-American architect (1892–1970)
Mary Pickford
1892
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
Adrian Boult
1889
English conductor (1889–1983)
Dennis Chávez
1888
American politician
Margaret Ayer Barnes
1886
American dramatist
Dimitrios Levidis
1885
Greek composer
R. P. Keigwin
1883
English academic and sportsman
Julius Seljamaa
1883
Estonian politician, diplomat and journalist
Albert I of Belgium
1875
King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934
Manuel Díaz (fencer)
1874
Cuban fencer
Stanisław Taczak
1874
Polish general
Clarence Hudson White
1871
American photographer
Harvey Cushing
1869
American neurosurgeon (1869–1939)
Allen Butler Talcott
1867
American painter
Carlos Deltour
1864
French rower (1864–1920)
Edmund Husserl
1859
Austrian-German philosopher (1859–1938)
Elizabeth Bacon Custer
1842
Wife of General Custer (1842–1933)
Ramón Emeterio Betances
1827
Puerto Rican independence advocate (1827–1898)
Pancha Carrasco
1826
Costa Rican soldier
Christian IX
1818
King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
1818
German chemist (1818–1892)
Before 1800
Dionysios Solomos
1798
Greek national poet (1798–1857)
John Thomas Campbell
1770
Australian public servant and politician
William Joseph Chaminade
1761
French Catholic priest (1761–1850)
David Rittenhouse
1732
American astronomer (1732–1796)
Lewis Morris
1726
American Founding Father and developer
Giuseppe Tartini
1692
Italian composer and violinist (1692–1770)
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
1641
English Army officer and politician (1641–1704)
Philip IV of Spain
1605
King of Spain (1621–1665) and Portugal (1621–1640)
Mary Stuart (1605–1607)
1605
English-Scottish princess
Juan van der Hamen
1596
Spanish painter
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
1580
English politician and courtier (1580–1630)
Michele Mercati
1541
Italian physician (1541–1593)
Barbara of Hesse
1536
German noblewoman
Claudio Merulo
1533
Italian composer (1533–1604)
John Clifford, 9th Baron Clifford
1435
15th-century English noble
Hedwig Jagiellon (1408–1431)
1408
Polish and Lithuanian princess (1408–1431)
Peter I of Portugal
1320
King of Portugal from 1357 to 1367