8 August
Notable Births
Alysa Liu
b. 2005
American figure skater (born 2005)
Félix Auger-Aliassime
b. 2000
Canadian tennis player (born 2000)
Xiaojun
b. 1999
Chinese singer and actor
Ryan Garcia
b. 1998
American boxer (born 1998)
Shawn Mendes
b. 1998
Canadian singer (born 1998)
Panipak Wongpattanakit
b. 1997
Thai taekwondo practitioner (born 1997)
A'ja Wilson
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
S.Coups
b. 1995
South Korean rapper (born 1995)
Cameron Payne
b. 1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Emilie Mehl
b. 1993
Norwegian politician (born 1993)
Josip Drmić
b. 1992
Swiss footballer (born 1992)
Casey Cott
b. 1992
American actor (born 1992)
Yandy Díaz
b. 1991
Cuban baseball player (born 1991)
Nélson Oliveira
b. 1991
Portuguese footballer
Tyrone Peachey
b. 1991
Australian rugby league footballer
Joël Matip
b. 1991
Cameroon international footballer (born 1991)
Vladimír Darida
b. 1990
Czech footballer
Parker Kligerman
b. 1990
American racing driver (born 1990)
Aleksandra Szwed
b. 1990
Polish actress and singer (born 1990)
Kane Williamson
b. 1990
New Zealand cricketer (born 1990)
Notable Deaths
Issa Hayatou
d. 2024
Cameroonian basketball player and football executive (1946–2024)
Mitzi McCall
d. 2024
American actress (1930–2024)
Chi-Chi Rodríguez
d. 2024
Puerto Rican professional golfer (1935–2024)
Steve Symms
d. 2024
American politician and lobbyist (1938–2024)
Sixto Rodriguez
d. 2023
American musician (1942–2023)
Olivia Newton-John
d. 2022
British and Australian singer and actress (1948–2022)
Bill Davis
d. 2021
18th premier of Ontario (1929–2021)
Gabriel Ochoa Uribe
d. 2020
Colombian footballer and manager (1929–2020)
Alfredo Lim
d. 2020
Filipino politician (1929–2020)
Nicholas Bett
d. 2018
Kenyan hurdler (1990–2018)
Glen Campbell
d. 2017
American musician (1936–2017)
Sean Price
d. 2015
American rapper (1972–2015)
Gus Mortson
d. 2015
Ice hockey player
Menahem Golan
d. 2014
Israeli film director and producer (1929–2014)
Leonardo Legaspi
d. 2014
Filipino archbishop
Peter Sculthorpe
d. 2014
Australian composer (1929–2014)
Red Wilson (baseball)
d. 2014
American baseball and football player (1929–2014)
Karen Black
d. 2013
American actress, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter (1939–2013)
Johannes Bluyssen
d. 2013
20th and 21st-century Dutch Catholic bishop
Fernando Castro Pacheco
d. 2013
Mexican artist (1918–2013)