Births on 8 October
2000s
Ángela Aguilar
2003
Mexican and American singer (born 2003)
Brian Thomas Jr.
2002
American football player (born 2002)
Zheng Qinwen
2002
Chinese tennis player (born 2002)
1900s
Putthipong Assaratanakul
1999
Thai actor and singer (born 1999)
Camila Rossi
1999
Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
Bella Thorne
1997
American actress and singer (born 1997)
Sara Sorribes Tormo
1996
Spanish tennis player (born 1996)
Sara Takanashi
1996
Japanese ski jumper (born 1996)
Grayson Allen
1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
G Herbo
1995
American rapper (born 1995)
Angus T. Jones
1993
American actor
Garbiñe Muguruza
1993
Spanish former tennis player (born 1993)
Molly C. Quinn
1993
American actress
Bubba Wallace
1993
American racing driver (born 1993)
Chelsea Gray
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Jordan McLean
1991
Australia international rugby league footballer
Rachel Klamer
1990
Dutch triathlete (born 1990)
Aya Hirano
1987
Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1987)
Hassan Maatouk
1987
Lebanese footballer (born 1987)
Camilla Herrem
1986
Norwegian handball player (born 1986)
Bruno Mars
1985
American singer-songwriter (born 1985)
Domenik Hixon
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Travis Pastrana
1983
American racing driver and stunt performer (born 1983)
Miloš Pavlović (racing driver)
1982
Serbian racing driver
Annemiek van Vleuten
1982
Dutch cyclist (born 1982)
Raffi Torres
1981
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1981)
Nick Cannon
1980
American comedian (born 1980)
The Miz
1980
American wrestler and media personality (born 1980)
J. R. Ramirez
1980
Cuban-American actor (born 1980)
Paul Burchill
1979
English professional wrestler (born 1979)
Kristanna Loken
1979
American actress, model and director (born 1979)
Anne-Caroline Chausson
1977
French cyclist (born 1977)
Jamie Marchi
1977
American voice actress
Karina Bacchi
1976
Brazilian actress, model and reality television personality
Jinnih Beels
1976
Belgian politician (born 1976)
Renate Groenewold
1976
Dutch speed skater and cyclist
Kevyn Adams
1974
American ice hockey player and executive
Fredrik Modin
1974
Swedish ice hockey player
Koji Murofushi
1974
Former Japanese hammer thrower
Jim Fairchild
1973
American guitarist and singer-songwriter
Kari Korhonen
1973
Finnish cartoonist (born 1973)
Terry Balsamo
1972
American guitarist
Stanislav Varga
1972
Slovak footballer (born 1972)
Marc Ellis (rugby)
1971
NZ dual-rugby international player
David Gauke
1971
British politician and solicitor (born 1971)
Pınar Selek
1971
Turkish sociologist, feminist, writer
Monty Williams
1971
American basketball coach and former player (born 1971)
Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui
1970
Congolese colonel and former rebel
Matt Damon
1970
American actor (born 1970)
Anne-Marie Duff
1970
British actress (born 1970)
Sadiq Khan
1970
Mayor of London since 2016
Tetsuya Nomura
1970
Japanese video game designer (born 1970)
Zvonimir Boban
1968
Croatian footballer (born 1968)
Emily Procter
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Teddy Riley
1967
American record producer (born 1967)
Art Barr
1966
American professional wrestler
Karyn Parsons
1966
American actress (born 1966)
Matt Biondi
1965
American swimmer (born 1965)
Ardal O'Hanlon
1965
Irish comedian and actor (born 1965)
Harri Koskela
1965
Finnish wrestler (born 1965)
C. J. Ramone
1965
American musician (born 1965)
Jakob Arjouni
1964
German author (1964–2013)
CeCe Winans
1964
American gospel singer (born 1964)
Bruno Thiry
1962
Belgian rally driver (born 1962)
Chen Xiaoxia
1962
Chinese diver
Jon Stevens
1961
New Zealand singer (born 1961)
Simon Burke
1961
Australian actor (born 1961)
Kim Wayans
1961
American actress, comedian and director
Andrea Anastasi
1960
Italian volleyball player
Bryndís Hlöðversdóttir
1960
Icelandic politician (born 1960)
Reed Hastings
1960
American entrepreneur and education philanthropist (born 1960)
Rano Karno
1960
Indonesian actor and politician
Ralf Minge
1960
German footballer and manager
François Pérusse
1960
Musical artist
Mike Teague
1960
British Lions & England international rugby union player
Gavin Friday
1959
Irish singer and songwriter (born 1959)
Erik Gundersen
1959
Danish speedway rider
Peter Horrocks
1959
British broadcast executive
Mike Morgan (baseball)
1959
American baseball player (born 1959)
Carlos I. Noriega
1959
Peruvian-American astronaut (born 1959)
Steve Coll
1958
Journalist, author, academic, and business executive (born 1958)
Bret Lott
1958
American novelist
Ruffin McNeill
1958
American football player and coach (born 1958)
Ursula von der Leyen
1958
President of the European Commission since 2019
Antonio Cabrini
1957
Italian footballer and manager (born 1957)
Jeff Lahti
1956
American baseball player (born 1956)
Janice E. Voss
1956
American astronaut and engineer (1956–2012)
Stephanie Zimbalist
1956
American actress (born 1956)
Bill Elliott
1955
American racing driver and team owner (born 1955)
Alain Ferté
1955
French racing driver (born 1955)
Darrell Hammond
1955
American actor and comedian (born 1955)
Paul Lennon
1955
Australian politician (born 1955)
Lonnie Pitchford
1955
American blues singer (1955–1998)
Michael Dudikoff
1954
American actor
Huub Rothengatter
1954
Dutch racing driver (born 1954)
Robert Saxton
1953
British composer (born 1953)
Takis Koroneos
1952
Greek basketball player and coach
Jan Marijnissen
1952
Dutch politician (born 1952)
Edward Zwick
1952
American filmmaker and producer
Jack O'Connell (American politician)
1951
American politician (born 1951)
Timo Salonen
1951
Finnish rally driver (born 1951)
Shannon C. Stimson
1951
Adrian Palmer, 4th Baron Palmer
1951
British aristocrat (1951–2023)
Robert "Kool" Bell
1950
American musician, founding member of Kool & the Gang
Blake Morrison
1950
English poet and author (born 1950)
Hamish Stuart
1949
Scottish musician (born 1949)
Sigourney Weaver
1949
American actress (born 1949)
Benjamin Cheever
1948
American writer and editor
Claude Jade
1948
French actress (1948–2006)
Johnny Ramone
1948
American guitarist (1948–2004)
Richard Morris (archaeologist)
1947
English archaeologist and historian
Emiel Puttemans
1947
Belgian runner
Stephen Shore
1947
American photographer (born 1947)
Bill Zorn
1947
American folk musician
Hansa Yogendra
1947
Indian yoga guru, author, researcher and TV personality
Hanan Ashrawi
1946
Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar (born 1946)
Jean-Jacques Beineix
1946
French film director (1946–2022)
Dennis Kucinich
1946
American politician (born 1946)
Bel Mooney
1946
English journalist and broadcaster (born 1946)
Jon Ekerold
1946
South African motorcycle racer
Ed Kirkpatrick
1944
American baseball player (1944–2010)
Susan Raye
1944
American country music singer
Chevy Chase
1943
American comedian, writer and actor (born 1943)
R. L. Stine
1943
American writer and producer (born 1943)
Stanley Bates
1942
British actor and screenwriter (born 1942)
The Tornados
1941
English instrumental rock group
Jesse Jackson
1941
American minister, activist and politician (1941–2026)
Shane Stevens (author)
1941
American novelist
Fred Cash
1940
American soul singer (born 1940)
Paul Hogan
1939
Australian actor and comedian (born 1939)
Elvīra Ozoliņa
1939
Soviet javelin thrower
Harvey Pekar
1939
American comic book writer, music critic and media personality
Lynne Stewart
1939
American lawyer
William Corlett
1938
English author (1938–2005)
Walter Gretzky
1938
Canadian ice hockey coach (1938–2021)
Bronislovas Lubys
1938
Lithuanian politician and businessman (1938–2011)
Fred Stolle
1938
Australian tennis player (1938–2025)
Merle Park
1937
British ballet dancer and teacher
Paul Schell
1937
Former mayor of Seattle
Rona Barrett
1936
American gossip and philanthropist
Albert Roux
1935
French chef and restaurateur (1935–2021)
Kader Asmal
1934
South African politician
Gerry Hitchens
1934
English footballer
James Holshouser
1934
American politician (1934–2013)
Ray Reardon
1932
Welsh professional snooker player (1932–2024)
Bill Brown (footballer, born 1931)
1931
Scottish footballer
Pepper Adams
1930
American jazz saxophonist (1930–1986)
Alasdair Milne
1930
British television producer and executive (1930–2013)
Faith Ringgold
1930
American artist (1930–2024)
Tōru Takemitsu
1930
Japanese composer and writer (1930–1996)
Betty Boothroyd
1929
British politician (1929–2023)
Didi (footballer, born 1928)
1928
Brazilian footballer (1928–2001)
M. Russell Ballard
1928
American businessman and religious leader (1928–2023)
Neil Harvey
1928
Australian cricketer (born 1928)
Bill Maynard
1928
English comedian and actor (1928–2018)
Jim Elliot
1927
American Christian missionary
César Milstein
1927
Argentine biochemist (1927–2002)
Raaj Kumar
1926
Indian film actor (1926-1996)
Álvaro Magaña
1925
President of El Salvador from 1982 to 1984
Alphons Egli
1924
Swiss politician (1924–2016)
Aloísio Lorscheider
1924
Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinal
Thirunalloor Karunakaran
1924
Indian writer (1924–2006)
John Nelder
1924
British statistician
Nils Liedholm
1922
Swedish footballer and manager (1922–2007)
Herbert B. Leonard
1922
American film producer
Abraham Sarmiento
1921
Filipino jurist
Frank Herbert
1920
American science-fiction author (1920–1986)
Jack McGrath (racing driver)
1919
American racing driver (1919–1955)
Kiichi Miyazawa
1919
Prime Minister of Japan from 1991 to 1993
Halfdan Hegtun
1918
Norwegian politician
Jens Christian Skou
1918
Danish chemist (1918–2018)
Billy Conn
1917
American boxer (1917–1993)
Walter Lord
1917
American author (1917–2002)
Danny Murtaugh
1917
American baseball player and manager (1917–1976)
Rodney Porter
1917
English biochemist and Nobel laureate
Robert R. Gilruth
1913
American aerospace engineer (1913–2000)
Marios Makrionitis
1913
Greek Jesuit prelate
Kirk Alyn
1910
American actor (1910–1999)
Paulette Dubost
1910
French actress
Gus Hall
1910
American communist activist (1910–2000)
Helmut Kallmeyer
1910
German chemist (1910–2006)
Ray Lewis (sprinter)
1910
Canadian sprinter
Ezekias Papaioannou
1908
Greek Cypriot communist politician (1908–1988)
Richard Sharpe Shaver
1907
American writer and conspiracy theorist (1907–1975)
Yves Giraud-Cabantous
1904
French racing driver (1904–1973)
Georgy Geshev
1903
Bulgarian chess player
Eivind Groven
1901
Norwegian composer of classical music
Mark Oliphant
1901
Australian physicist (1901–2000)
1800s
Rouben Mamoulian
1897
American film and theatre director (1897–1987)
Marcel Herrand
1897
French actor (1897–1953)
Julien Duvivier
1896
French film director and screenwriter (1896–1967)
Zog I
1895
Leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939
Juan Perón
1895
President of Argentina (1946–1955, 1973–1974)
Clarence Williams (musician)
1893
American jazz pianist, composer, producer, and publisher (1898 or 1893–1965)
Marina Tsvetaeva
1892
Russian poet (1892–1941)
Snuffy Browne
1890
Barbadian cricketer
Eddie Rickenbacker
1890
American World War I aviator (1890–1973)
Philippe Thys (cyclist)
1890
Belgian cyclist
R. Fraser Armstrong
1889
Collett E. Woolman
1889
American entrepreneur (1889–1966)
Ernst Kretschmer
1888
German psychchiatrist
Ping Bodie
1887
American baseball player (1887–1961)
Donie Bush
1887
American baseball player, manager, owner, and scout (1887–1972)
Walter von Reichenau
1884
German field marshal (1884–1942)
Dick Burnett (musician)
1883
American folksinger and songwriter (1883–1977)
Otto Heinrich Warburg
1883
German physiologist and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)
Harry McClintock
1882
American singer-songwriter (1884–1957)
Huntley Gordon
1879
Canadian actor (1879–1956)
Hans Heysen
1877
Australian artist (1877–1968)
Fred Montague, 1st Baron Amwell
1876
British politician
Laurence Doherty
1875
English tennis player
Ejnar Hertzsprung
1873
Danish chemist and astronomer (1873–1967)
Alexey Shchusev
1873
Russian architect (1873–1949)
Mary Engle Pennington
1872
American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (1872–1952)
Louis Vierne
1870
French organist and composer (1870–1937)
Ozias Leduc
1864
Edythe Chapman
1863
American actress (1863–1948)
John D. Batten
1860
British artist (1860–1932)
Henry Louis Le Chatelier
1850
French chemist (1850–1936)
Pierre De Geyter
1848
Belgian socialist and composer (1848–1932)
Rose Scott
1847
Australian suffragist (1847–1925)
Salomon Kalischer
1845
German physicist and composer (1845–1924)
Walter Kittredge
1834
John H. Reagan
1818
American politician (1818–1905)
Harriet Taylor Mill
1807
English philosopher and women's rights advocate (1807–1858)
Before 1800
John Ruggles
1789
American politician
William Swainson
1789
English naturalist and artist (1789–1855)
Harman Blennerhassett
1765
Anglo-Irish lawyer and plantation owner (1764–1831)
Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg
1753
Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg
Jean-François Rewbell
1747
French lawyer and diplomat (1747–1807)
Michel Benoist
1715
Yechezkel Landau
1713
18th century European rabbi & halachic authority
Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro
1676
Spanish monk and scholar (1676–1764)
John Clarke (Baptist minister)
1609
English politician, physician, and minister
Heinrich Schütz
1585
German composer and organist (1585–1672)
Jacques Auguste de Thou
1553
French historian (1553–1617)
Giulio Caccini
1551
Italian composer (1551–1618)
Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox
1515
English noblewoman (1515–1578)
Narapatisithu
1150
King of Pagan Dynasty, Myanmar
Pyrrhus of Epirus
-319
King of Epirus from 297 to 272 BC