8 June
Notable Births
Francesca Capaldi
b. 2004
American actress (born 2004)
Jeļena Ostapenko
b. 1997
Latvian tennis player (born 1997)
Ferland Mendy
b. 1995
French footballer (born 1995)
Liv Morgan
b. 1994
American professional wrestler (born 1994)
Timea Bacsinszky
b. 1989
Swiss professional tennis player
Javier Mascherano
b. 1984
Argentine football manager and former player (born 1984)
Kim Clijsters
b. 1983
Belgian former tennis player (born 1983)
Nadia Petrova
b. 1982
Russian tennis player (born 1982)
Rachel Held Evans
b. 1981
American writer
Maria Menounos
b. 1978
American-Greek television host (born 1978)
Kanye West
b. 1977
American rapper and producer (born 1977)
Lindsay Davenport
b. 1976
American former tennis player (born 1976)
Mark Ricciuto
b. 1975
Australian rules footballer
Bernard Grech
b. 1971
Maltese politician and lawyer
Russell E. Morris
b. 1967
British chemist (born 1967)
Julianna Margulies
b. 1966
American actress (born 1966)
Kevin Farley
b. 1965
American actor (b. 1965)
Jerry Stiller
b. 1927
American comedian and actor (1927–2020)
Barbara Bush
b. 1925
First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993
Frank Lloyd Wright
b. 1867
American architect (1867–1959)
Notable Deaths
Ramoji Rao
d. 2024
Indian businessman, media proprietor and film producer (1936–2024)
Chet Walker
d. 2024
American basketball player (1940–2024)
Pat Robertson
d. 2023
American media mogul and minister (1930–2023)
Paula Rego
d. 2022
Portuguese visual artist (1935–2022)
Andre Matos
d. 2019
Brazilian singer and musician (1971–2019)
Anthony Bourdain
d. 2018
American chef and travel documentarian (1956–2018)
Chea Sim
d. 2015
Cambodian politician (1932–2015)
Alexander Imich
d. 2014
Polish–American scientist (1903–2014)
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura
d. 2014
Japanese prince (1948–2014)
Paul Cellucci
d. 2013
American lawyer and politician (1948–2013)
Yoram Kaniuk
d. 2013
Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theatre critic (1930–2013)
Taufiq Kiemas
d. 2013
Indonesian politician (1942–2013)
Charles E. M. Pearce
d. 2012
New Zealand/Australian mathematician
Ghassan Tueni
d. 2012
Lebanese journalist and politician (1926–2012)
Omar Bongo
d. 2009
President of Gabon from 1967 to 2009
Mack Jones
d. 2004
American baseball player (1938–2004)
Frédéric Dard
d. 2000
French crime writer
Maria Reiche
d. 1998
Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator (1903–1998)
Karen Wetterhahn
d. 1997
American chemist (1948–1997)
Abraham Maslow
d. 1970
American psychologist (1908–1970)