Births on 8 August
2000s
Alysa Liu
2005
American figure skater (born 2005)
Félix Auger-Aliassime
2000
Canadian tennis player (born 2000)
1900s
Xiaojun
1999
Chinese singer and actor
Ryan Garcia
1998
American boxer (born 1998)
Shawn Mendes
1998
Canadian singer (born 1998)
Karim Walid
1997
Egyptian footballer (born 1997)
Panipak Wongpattanakit
1997
Thai taekwondo practitioner (born 1997)
A'ja Wilson
1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
S.Coups
1995
South Korean rapper (born 1995)
Cameron Payne
1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Emilie Mehl
1993
Norwegian politician (born 1993)
Josip Drmić
1992
Swiss footballer (born 1992)
Casey Cott
1992
American actor (born 1992)
Yandy Díaz
1991
Cuban baseball player (born 1991)
Nélson Oliveira
1991
Portuguese footballer
Tyrone Peachey
1991
Australian rugby league footballer
Joël Matip
1991
Cameroon international footballer (born 1991)
Vladimír Darida
1990
Czech footballer
Parker Kligerman
1990
American racing driver (born 1990)
Aleksandra Szwed
1990
Polish actress and singer (born 1990)
Kane Williamson
1990
New Zealand cricketer (born 1990)
Ken Baumann
1989
American actor
Anthony Rizzo
1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Hannah Miley
1989
Scottish swimmer
Prajakta Mali
1989
Indian actress (born 1989)
Princess Beatrice
1988
British princess (born 1988)
Danilo Gallinari
1988
Italian basketball player (born 1988)
Rinku Singh (baseball)
1988
Indian professional wrestler and actor (born 1984)
Laura Slade Wiggins
1988
American actress, singer and musician
Pierre Boulanger
1987
French actor (born 1987)
Katie Leung
1987
Scottish actress (born 1987)
Tatjana Maria
1987
German tennis player (born 1987)
Kateryna Volodko
1986
Ukrainian tennis player (born 1986)
Jackie Cruz
1986
Musical artist
Pierre Garçon
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Chris Pressley
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Toby Flood
1985
England international rugby union player
Ryan Koolwijk
1985
Surinamese football manager (born 1985)
James Morgan (actor)
1985
Welsh actor
Brett Ratliff
1985
American football player (born 1985)
Anita Włodarczyk
1985
Polish hammer thrower (born 1985)
Kirk Broadfoot
1984
Scottish footballer
Norbert Michelisz
1984
Hungarian racing driver
Martrez Milner
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Guy Burnet
1983
British actor (active since 2002)
Willie Tonga
1983
Australia international rugby league footballer
David Florence
1982
British slalom canoeist
Ross Ohlendorf
1982
American baseball player (born 1982)
Vanessa Amorosi
1981
Australian singer-songwriter and recording artist (born 1981)
Roger Federer
1981
Swiss tennis player (born 1981)
Meagan Good
1981
Guinean and American actress (born 1981)
Harel Skaat
1981
Israeli singer (born 1981)
Shayna Baszler
1980
American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kickboxer
Craig Breslow
1980
American baseball player and executive (born 1980)
Jack Cassel
1980
American baseball player (born 1980)
Denisse Guerrero
1980
Mexican musician and singer-songwriter (born 1980)
Sabine Klaschka
1980
German tennis player
Diego Markwell
1980
Dutch baseball player (born 1980)
Pat Noonan
1980
American soccer coach & player (born 1980)
Michael Urie
1980
American actor (born 1980)
Richard Harwood
1979
Musical artist
Rashard Lewis
1979
American basketball player (born 1979)
Richard Lyons (racing driver)
1979
British racing driver
Alan Maybury
1978
Irish footballer and coach
Louis Saha
1978
French association football player (born 1978)
Miho Shiraishi
1978
Japanese actress (born 1978)
Lindsay Sloane
1977
American actress (born 1977)
Darren Manzella
1977
American activist
Rocky Thompson
1977
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Nicolas Vogondy
1977
French cyclist
Mohammad Wasim (coach)
1977
Pakistani cricketer (born 1978)
JC Chasez
1976
American singer (born 1976)
Drew Lachey
1976
American singer & actor (born 1976)
Mick Moss
1975
Musical artist
Manjul Bhargava
1974
Canadian-American mathematician (born 1974)
Scott D'Amore
1974
Canadian professional wrestler, manager, and promoter
Brian Harvey
1974
English musician and former lead singer of East 17
Andy Priaulx
1974
British racing driver (born 1974)
Shane Lee (cricketer)
1973
Australian cricketer
Gert Olesk
1973
Estonian footballer
Scott Stapp
1973
American singer, lead vocalist of Creed
Mark Wills
1973
American singer (born 1973)
Ilka Agricola
1973
German mathematician
Joely Collins
1972
Canadian actress (born 1972)
Andrea de Rossi
1972
Italy international rugby union player
Axel Merckx
1972
Belgian cyclist
Steven Tweed
1972
Scottish footballer and manager
Liina Vahtrik
1972
Estonian actress
Johnny Balentina
1971
Curaçaoan baseball player (born 1971)
Trev Alberts
1970
American football player (born 1970)
Ben G. Davis
1970
Chemistry professor
José Francisco Molina
1970
Spanish footballer (born 1970)
Chester Williams
1970
South African rugby union player and coach (1970–2019)
Monika Tsõganova
1969
Estonian chess player (born 1969)
Faye Wong
1969
Chinese singer-songwriter and actress (born 1969)
Yvie Burnett
1968
Scottish mezzo-soprano and vocal coach
Aldo Calderón van Dyke
1968
Honduran journalist (died 2013)
Abey Kuruvilla
1968
Indian cricketer (born 1968)
Huey Morgan
1968
American musician (born 1968)
Marcelo Balboa
1967
American soccer player (born 1967)
Yūki Amami
1967
Japanese actress (born 1967)
Chris Eubank
1966
English boxer (born 1966)
John Hudek
1966
American baseball player (born 1966)
Angus Fraser
1965
English cricketer (born 1965)
Kate Langbroek
1965
Australian broadcaster
Giuseppe Conte
1964
Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 to 2021
Scott Sandelin
1964
American ice hockey player and coach
Paul Taylor (cricketer, born 1964)
1964
English cricketer (born 1964)
Hur Jin-ho
1963
South Korean film director and screenwriter (born 1963)
Ron Karkovice
1963
American baseball player (born 1963)
Emi Shinohara
1963
Japanese voice actress (1963–2024)
Rika Fukami
1963
Japanese voice actress, narrator and singer (born 1963)
Jon Turteltaub
1963
American film director, writer and producer (born 1963)
Stephen Walkom
1963
NHL's Director of Officiating (2005-2009; since 2013)
Kool Moe Dee
1962
American rapper
The Edge
1961
Irish and Welsh rock musician, U2 guitarist (born 1961)
Daniel House (musician)
1961
American record label owner
Ron Klain
1961
White House chief of staff from 2021 to 2023
Bruce Matthews
1961
American football player and coach (born 1961)
Rikki Rockett
1961
American drummer (born 1961)
Mustafa Balbay
1960
Turkish politician and journalist
Ulrich Maly
1960
German politician (born 1960)
Caroline Ansink
1959
Dutch musician (born 1959)
Deborah Norville
1958
American journalist (born 1958)
Dennis Drew
1957
Musical artist (b. 1957)
Chris Foreman
1956
English musician, singer-songwriter, and composer
David Grant (singer)
1956
Jamaican-English singer and vocal coach
Cecilia Roth
1956
Argentine actress (born 1956)
Diddú
1955
Icelandic soprano and songwriter
Herbert Prohaska
1955
Austrian footballer (born 1955)
Michael Roe (racing driver)
1955
Former Irish racing driver
Nick Holtam
1954
British Anglican bishop (born 1954)
Nigel Mansell
1953
British racing driver (born 1953)
Don Most
1953
American actor (born 1953)
Anton Fig
1952
South African drummer
Jostein Gaarder
1952
Norwegian author (born 1952)
Doug Melvin
1952
Canadian baseball executive (born 1952)
Robin Quivers
1952
American radio presenter
Sudhakar Rao
1952
Indian cricketer
Martin Brest
1951
American film director
Phil Carlson
1951
Australian cricketer (1951–2022)
Mohamed Morsi
1951
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
Mamoru Oshii
1951
Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer (born 1951)
Randy Shilts
1951
American journalist and writer (1951–1994)
Louis van Gaal
1951
Dutch footballer and manager (born 1951)
Willie Hall (drummer)
1950
American drummer (born 1950)
Ken Kutaragi
1950
Japanese engineering technologist and businessman (born 1950)
Terry Burnham
1949
American former child performer
Keith Carradine
1949
American actor (born 1949)
Ricardo Londoño
1949
Colombian racing driver (1949–2009)
Svetlana Savitskaya
1948
Soviet cosmonaut (born 1948)
Margaret Urban Walker
1948
American feminist philosopher
Wincey Willis
1948
British broadcaster (1948–2024)
Ken Dryden
1947
Canadian hockey player and politician (1947–2025)
Larry Wilcox
1947
American actor and producer (born 1947)
Joe Bethancourt
1946
American folk musician (1946–2014)
John Holmes (actor)
1944
American pornographic actor (1944–1988)
Michael Johnson (singer)
1944
American musician and singer (1944–2017)
John Renbourn
1944
English guitarist and songwriter (1944–2015)
Simon Taylor (journalist)
1944
James J. Blanchard
1942
American politician (born 1942)
Dennis Canavan
1942
Scottish politician
John Gustafson (musician)
1942
English musical artist (1942–2014)
Vardo Rumessen
1942
Estonian pianist, musicologist and politician
Dilip Sardesai
1940
Indian cricketer (1940–2007)
Dennis Tito
1940
American engineer and entrepreneur, also the first space tourist (born 1940)
Jana Andrsová
1939
Czech ballerina and actress (1939–2023)
Viorica Viscopoleanu
1939
Romanian long jumper (born 1939)
Alexander Watson (diplomat)
1939
American diplomat
Jack Baldwin (chemist)
1938
British chemist (1938–2020)
Jacques Hétu
1938
Canadian composer (1938–2010)
Connie Stevens
1938
American actress and singer (born 1938)
Dustin Hoffman
1937
American actor and filmmaker (born 1937)
Sheila Varian
1937
American horse breeder (1937–2016)
Cornelis Vreeswijk
1937
Dutch singer-songwriter and poet active in Sweden (1937–1987)
Frank Howard (baseball)
1936
American baseball player, coach, and manager (1936–2023)
Jan Pieńkowski
1936
Polish-British author and illustrator (1936–2022)
Donald P. Bellisario
1935
American television producer and screenwriter (born 1935)
John Laws
1935
Australian radio presenter (1935–2025)
Sarat Pujari
1934
Indian actor
Joe Tex
1933
American singer and musician (1935–1982)
Mel Tillis
1932
American country music singer-songwriter (1932–2017)
Roger Penrose
1931
English mathematician, mathematical physicist (born 1931)
Terry Nation
1930
Welsh television writer (1930–1997)
Jerry Tarkanian
1930
American basketball coach (1930–2015)
Larisa Bogoraz
1929
Soviet dissident
Luis García Meza
1929
57th President of Bolivia (1980–1981)
Ronnie Biggs
1929
English criminal (1929–2013)
Don Burrows
1928
Australian jazz musician (1928–2020)
Johnny Temple
1927
American baseball player (1927–1994)
Maia Wojciechowska
1927
Polish-American children's writer
Richard Anderson
1926
American actor (1926–2017)
Alija Izetbegović
1925
Bosnian politician (1925–2003)
Aziz Sattar
1925
Indonesian-born Malaysian actor (1925–2014)
Rory Calhoun
1922
American actor (1922–1999)
Rudi Gernreich
1922
Austrian-born American fashion designer (1922–1985)
Gertrude Himmelfarb
1922
American historian (1922–2019)
Károly Reich
1922
Hungarian illustrator (1922–1988)
William Asher
1921
American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter (1921–2012)
Webb Pierce
1921
American country musician (1921–1991)
Esther Williams
1921
American swimmer and actress (1921–2013)
Leo Chiosso
1920
Italian lyricist
Jimmy Witherspoon
1920
American jump blues singer (1920–1997)
Dino De Laurentiis
1919
Italian-American film producer (1919–2010)
John David Wilson
1919
English artist, animator and producer
Jumbo Elliott (coach)
1915
American track and field coach
Rosetta LeNoire
1911
American actress (1911–2002)
Jimmy Murphy (footballer)
1910
Welsh footballer and manager
Sylvia Sidney
1910
American actress (1910–1999)
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
1909
English aristocrat; 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (1909–1977)
Jack Renshaw
1909
Australian politician (1909–1987)
Bill Voce
1909
English cricketer
Arthur Goldberg
1908
American statesman and jurist (1908–1990)
Benny Carter
1907
American jazz musician, composer, and bandleader (1907–2003)
Jimmy Steele (Irish republican)
1907
Irish republican militant and editor
André Jolivet
1905
French composer (1905–1974)
Achille Varzi
1904
Italian racing driver (1904–1948)
Paul Dirac
1902
British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
Ernest Lawrence
1901
American accelerator physicist (1901–1958)
1800s
Marguerite Bise
1898
French chef (1898–1965)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1896
American novelist (1896–1953)
Adolf Busch
1891
German–Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer
Hans Egede Budtz
1889
Danish actor (1889–1968)
Jack Ryder (cricketer)
1889
Australian cricketer (1889–1977)
Sara Teasdale
1884
American writer and poet (1884–1933)
Ladislas Starevich
1882
Polish-Russian stop-motion animator (1882–1965)
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist
1881
German field marshal during World War II
Earle Page
1880
Prime Minister of Australia in 1939
Bob Smith (doctor)
1879
19/20th-century American physician and cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous
Emiliano Zapata
1879
Mexican revolutionary (1879–1919)
Varghese Payyappilly
1876
Indian Catholic priest (1876–1929)
Artur Bernardes
1875
President of Brazil from 1922 to 1926
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield
1874
British-American businessperson and politician (1874–1948)
Matthew Henson
1866
American explorer (1866–1955)
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
1863
American painter (1863–1930)
Cécile Chaminade
1857
French composer and pianist (1857–1944)
Thomas Anstey Guthrie
1856
English author
George Turner (Australian politician)
1851
Australian politician
Nelson A. Miles
1839
American military officer (1839–1925)
George Stoneman
1822
Union Army General and governor of California (1822–1894)
Esther Hobart Morris
1814
American judge (1814–1902)
Emilie Flygare-Carlén
1807
Swedish novelist
Before 1800
Ferenc Kölcsey
1790
Hungarian politician and writer (1790–1838)
Friedrich Georg Weitsch
1758
German painter and etcher (1758–1828)
Hipólito Ruiz López
1754
Spanish botanist (1754-1816)
Carl Fredrik Pechlin
1720
Swedish politician (1720–1796)
Hermann Anton Gelinek
1709
German monk and musician
Johan Augustin Mannerheim
1706
Swedish nobleman and military leader (1706–1778)
Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)
1694
Scottish philosopher (1694–1746)
Laurent Belissen
1693
French composer (1693–1762)
John Ker
1673
Scottish spy during the Jacobite risings (1673–1726)
Godfrey Kneller
1646
German-born British painter (1646–1723)
Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck
1640
German noblewoman, poet and composer
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
1605
English politician and lawyer (1605–1675)
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
1558
English noble (1558–1605)
Conrad Lycosthenes
1518
Alsatian humanist and encyclopedist
Matteo Tafuri
1492
Italian alchemist and astrologer
Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine
1306
Count Palatine of the Rhine
Saint Dominic
1170
Founder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)
Emperor Horikawa
1079
Emperor of Japan from 1087 to 1107
Casper (Maya ruler)
422
Ajaw of the Maya city of Palenque