Births on 8 June
2000s
Francesca Capaldi
2004
American actress (born 2004)
1900s
Jeļena Ostapenko
1997
Latvian tennis player (born 1997)
Ferland Mendy
1995
French footballer (born 1995)
Liv Morgan
1994
American professional wrestler (born 1994)
Timea Bacsinszky
1989
Swiss professional tennis player
Keith Gill
1986
American financial analyst and investor (born 1986)
Javier Mascherano
1984
Argentine football manager and former player (born 1984)
Kim Clijsters
1983
Belgian former tennis player (born 1983)
Nadia Petrova
1982
Russian tennis player (born 1982)
Rachel Held Evans
1981
American writer
Maria Menounos
1978
American-Greek television host (born 1978)
Kanye West
1977
American rapper and producer (born 1977)
Lindsay Davenport
1976
American former tennis player (born 1976)
Mark Ricciuto
1975
Australian rules footballer
Lauren Burns
1974
Australian taekwondo practitioner (born 1974)
Bernard Grech
1971
Maltese politician and lawyer
Kelli Williams
1970
American actress
Russell E. Morris
1967
British chemist (born 1967)
Julianna Margulies
1966
American actress (born 1966)
Kevin Farley
1965
American actor (b. 1965)
Butch Reynolds
1964
American sprinter (born 1964)
Mary Bonauto
1961
American lawyer
Neil Baker
1960
Australian rugby league footballer
Mick Hucknall
1960
English singer and songwriter (born 1960)
Thomas Steen
1960
Swedish ice hockey player and coach
Mohsen Kadivar
1959
Iranian philosopher (born 1959)
Louise Richardson
1958
Irish political scientist (born 1958)
Scott Adams
1957
American cartoonist and author (1957–2026)
Tim Berners-Lee
1955
English computer scientist (born 1955)
José Antonio Camacho
1955
Spanish footballer (born 1955)
Kiril of Varna
1954
Sergei Storchak
1954
Russian politician
Ivo Sanader
1953
Croatian politician (born 1953)
Bonnie Tyler
1951
Welsh singer (born 1951)
Tony Rice
1951
American bluegrass musician (1951–2020)
Kathy Baker
1950
American actress (born 1950)
Sônia Braga
1950
Brazilian actress
Emanuel Ax
1949
American pianist, music professor (1949)
Hildegard Falck
1949
Retired West German runner
Annie Haslam
1947
English singer and painter (born 1947)
Sara Paretsky
1947
American author of detective fiction
Eric F. Wieschaus
1947
American evolutionary developmental biologist (born 1947)
Graham Henry
1946
New Zealand sportsman
Steven Fromholz
1945
American poet and singer-songwriter (1945–2014)
Derek Underwood
1945
English cricketer (1945–2024)
Marc Ouellet
1944
Canadian Catholic cardinal (born 1944)
Boz Scaggs
1944
American singer, songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
Colin Baker
1943
English actor (born 1943)
William Calley
1943
US Army officer convicted for massacre at My Lai, Vietnam (1943–2024)
Willie Davenport
1943
American athlete and bobsledder (1943–2002)
Doug Mountjoy
1942
Welsh snooker player (1942–2021)
Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician)
1941
British politician (1941–1981)
George Pell
1941
Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023)
Nancy Sinatra
1940
American singer (born 1940)
Herb Adderley
1939
American gridiron football player (1939–2020)
Angelo Amato
1938
Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church (1938–2024)
Gillian Clarke
1937
Welsh writer and broadcaster
James Darren
1936
American actor (1936–2024)
Kenneth G. Wilson
1936
American theoretical physicist (1936–2013)
Molade Okoya-Thomas
1935
Nigerian businessman and philanthropist
Millicent Martin
1934
English actress and singer
Joan Rivers
1933
American entertainer (1933–2014)
Ray Illingworth
1932
English cricketer, commentator and administrator (1932–2021)
Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood
1932
Scottish judge (1932–2017)
Dana Wynter
1931
German-born English actress (1931–2011)
Robert Aumann
1930
Israeli-American mathematician (born 1930)
Marcel Léger
1930
Canadian politician
Nada Inada
1929
Gustavo Gutiérrez
1928
Peruvian theologian (1928–2024)
Mimi Mariani
1928
Indonesian actress, model, and singer (1928–1971)
J. R. P. Suriyapperuma
1928
Sri Lankan politician (1928–2025)
Jerry Stiller
1927
American comedian and actor (1927–2020)
Barbara Bush
1925
First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993
Billie Dawe
1924
Canadian ice hockey player
Kenneth Waltz
1924
American political scientist (1924–2013)
Gordon McLendon
1921
American broadcaster (1921–1986)
Olga C. Nardone
1921
American actress (1921–2010)
LeRoy Neiman
1921
American painter and printmaker (1921–2012)
Alexis Smith
1921
American actress (1921–1993)
Suharto
1921
President of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998
Gwen Harwood
1920
Australian poet
John R. Deane Jr.
1919
United States Army general
George Edward Hughes
1918
New Zealand philosopher and logician (1918–1994)
Robert Preston (actor)
1918
American actor and singer (1918–1987)
John D. Roberts
1918
American chemist (1918–2016)
Byron White
1917
US Supreme Court justice and pro football player (1917–2002)
Francis Crick
1916
English physicist and biologist (1916–2004)
Luigi Comencini
1916
Italian film director
Richard Pousette-Dart
1916
American abstract expressionist artist (1916–1992)
Seán McCaughey
1915
Irish militant and Republican activist
Kayyar Kinhanna Rai
1915
Indian poet and activist (1915–2015)
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
1912
British abstract artist (1912–2004)
Maurice Bellemare
1912
Canadian politician
Harry Holtzman
1912
American artist
Edmundo Rivero
1911
Musical artist
John W. Campbell
1910
American science fiction writer and editor (1910–1971)
Fernand Fonssagrives
1910
American photographer (1910–2003)
Ralph Yarborough
1903
American politician (1903–1996)
Marguerite Yourcenar
1903
French novelist and essayist (1903–1987)
Lena Baker
1900
African American wrongful execution victim (1900-1945)
1800s
Eugène Lapierre
1899
Canadian musician
Ernst-Robert Grawitz
1899
German Nazi physician and SS-Obergruppenführer (1899–1945)
John G. Bennett
1897
British academic and writer (1897–1974)
Santiago Bernabéu (footballer)
1895
Spanish footballer (1895–1978)
Erwin Schulhoff
1894
Czech composer and pianist
Ernst Marcus (zoologist)
1893
German zoologist
Gaby Morlay
1893
French actress (1893–1964)
William Funnell (public servant)
1891
Australian public servant (1891–1962)
Karl Genzken
1885
WW2 SS Doctor & war criminal
Evan Roberts (minister)
1878
Welsh evangelist
Alexandre Tuffèri
1876
Athletics competitor
Jan Frans De Boever
1872
Belgian Symbolist painter
Robert Robinson Taylor
1868
American architect (1868–1942)
Frank Lloyd Wright
1867
American architect (1867–1959)
Alicia Boole Stott
1860
Irish mathematician (1860–1940)
Charlotte Scott
1858
British mathematician (1858–1931)
George Charles Haité
1855
English painter
Douglas Cameron (politician)
1854
Canadian politician
Guido Banti
1852
Italian physician and pathologist
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
1851
French physician and physicist (1851-1940)
John Q. A. Brackett
1842
American politician
Thomas J. Higgins
1831
John Everett Millais
1829
British painter and illustrator (1829–1896)
Robert Schumann
1810
German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)
Before 1800
Charles A. Wickliffe
1788
American politician (1788–1869)
Thomas Rickman
1776
English architect (1776–1841)
Ercole Consalvi
1757
Italian religious figure
Caspar Wessel
1745
Danish–Norwegian mathematician and cartographer
John Smeaton
1724
British engineer (1724–1792)
John Collins (Continental Congress)
1717
American Founding Father and politician
Tomaso Albinoni
1671
Italian composer (1671–1751)
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
1625
Mathematician and astronomer (1625–1712)
George I Rákóczi
1593
Hungarian prince of Transylvania
Primož Trubar
1508
Carniolan writer, Protestant reformer
Emperor Xizong of Tang
862
Emperor of China from 873 to 888