Births on 8 September
2000s
Lewis Hall (footballer)
2004
English footballer (born 2004)
Nicolas Cantu
2003
American actor (born 2003)
Gaten Matarazzo
2002
American actor (born 2002)
Bill Mamadou
2001
Singaporean footballer
Zak Butters
2000
Australian rules footballer (born 2000)
Miles McBride
2000
American basketball player (born 2000)
1900s
Shubman Gill
1999
Indian cricketer (born 1999)
Matheus Leist
1998
Brazilian racing driver (born 1998)
Lars Nootbaar
1997
American baseball player (born 1997)
Tim Gajser
1996
Slovenian motocross racer
Ellie Black
1995
Canadian artistic gymnast (born 1995)
Marco Benassi
1994
Italian professional footballer
Cameron Dallas
1994
American social media personality (born 1994)
Bruno Fernandes
1994
Portuguese footballer (born 1994)
Ćamila Mičijević
1994
Croatian handball player (born 1994)
Will Bosisto
1993
Australian cricketer
Yoshikazu Fujita
1993
Japan international rugby union player
Nino Niederreiter
1992
Swiss ice hockey player (born 1992)
Za'Darius Smith
1992
American football player (born 1992)
Joe Sugg
1991
English YouTuber (born 1991)
Matt Barkley
1990
American football player (born 1990)
Jos Buttler
1990
English cricketer (born 1990)
Gerrit Cole
1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Matthew Dellavedova
1990
Australian basketball player (born 1990)
Dianne Doan
1990
Canadian actress (born 1990)
Michal Kempný
1990
Czech ice hockey player (born 1990)
Tokelo Rantie
1990
South African soccer player
Gylfi Sigurðsson
1989
Icelandic footballer (born 1989)
Avicii
1989
Swedish DJ and music producer (1989–2018)
Arrelious Benn
1988
American football player (born 1988)
Rie Kaneto
1988
Japanese swimmer (born 1988)
Alexandre Bilodeau
1987
Canadian freestyle skier (born 1987)
Derrick Brown (basketball, born 1987)
1987
American basketball player
Danielle Frenkel
1987
Israeli high jumper (born 1987)
Wiz Khalifa
1987
American rapper and singer (born 1987)
Illya Marchenko
1987
Ukrainian tennis player (born 1987)
Marcel Nguyen
1987
German artistic gymnast
Carlos Bacca
1986
Colombian footballer (born 1986)
Matt Grothe
1986
American gridiron football player (born 1986)
João Moutinho
1986
Portuguese footballer (born 1986)
Bobby Parnell
1984
American baseball pitcher (born 1984)
Vitaly Petrov
1984
Russian racing driver (born 1984)
Tiago Treichel
1984
Brazilian footballer
Peter Whittingham
1984
English footballer (1984–2020)
Kate Beaton
1983
Canadian comics artist (born 1983)
Diego Benaglio
1983
Swiss footballer (born 1983)
Will Blalock
1983
American basketball player (born 1983)
Nick Hundley
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Chris Judd
1983
Australian rules footballer (born 1983)
Jason Mattera
1983
American writer, political activist, radio host, and journalist
Lewis Roberts-Thomson
1983
Former Australian rules footballer, born 1983
Sarah Stup
1983
American writer and advocate (born 1983)
Travis Daniels
1982
American football player (born 1982)
Kate Scott (British presenter)
1981
British sports broadcaster (born 1981)
Selim Benachour
1981
Former Tunisian footballer and coach (born 1981)
Morten Gamst Pedersen
1981
Norwegian footballer (born 1981)
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
1981
American actor and director (born 1981)
Eric Hutchinson
1980
American musician (born 1980)
Pink (singer)
1979
American singer and songwriter (born 1979)
Gerard Autet
1978
Spanish footballer
Emanuele Ferraro
1978
Italian footballer (born 1978)
Gil Meche
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Angela Rawlings
1978
Canadian writer and poet (born 1978)
Rebel (wrestler)
1978
American professional wrestler and manager
Marco Sturm
1978
German ice hockey player and coach
Jason Collier
1977
American basketball player (1977–2005)
Nate Corddry
1977
American actor (born 1977)
Jay McKee
1977
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)
Gerald Drummond
1976
Costa Rican footballer (born 1976)
Jervis Drummond
1976
Costa Rican footballer (born 1976)
Sjeng Schalken
1976
Dutch tennis player
Lee Eul-yong
1975
South Korean footballer
Keane (band)
1975
English alternative rock band
Chris Latham (rugby union)
1975
Australian rugby union footballer and coach
Elena Likhovtseva
1975
Russian tennis player
Larenz Tate
1975
American actor (born 1975)
Marios Agathokleous
1974
Cypriot footballer (born 1974)
Tanaz Eshaghian
1974
Iranian-American documentary filmmaker
Braulio Luna
1974
Mexican footballer (born 1974)
Rick Michaels
1974
American professional wrestler (born 1974)
Khamis Al-Owairan
1973
Saudi Arabian footballer (1973–2020)
Gabrial McNair
1973
American musician
Troy Sanders
1973
American bassist and singer (born 1973)
Matteo Strukul
1973
Italian writer
Markus Babbel
1972
German footballer (born 1972)
Os du Randt
1972
South African rugby union player
Kennedy (commentator)
1972
American political commentator
David Arquette
1971
American actor, producer, & former professional wrestler (born 1971)
Brooke Burke
1971
American television personality (born 1971)
Martin Freeman
1971
English actor (born 1971)
Lachlan Murdoch
1971
British-Australian-American businessman (born 1971)
Dustin O'Halloran
1971
American pianist and composer
Daniel Petrov
1971
Bulgarian boxer
Pierre Sévigny (ice hockey)
1971
Canadian ice hockey player
Neko Case
1970
American singer-songwriter (born 1970)
Paul DiPietro
1970
Canadian-born Swiss ice hockey player
Nidal Hasan
1970
American Army officer and mass murderer (born 1970)
Latrell Sprewell
1970
American basketball player (born 1970)
Lodi (wrestler)
1970
American professional wrestler
Andy Ward (rugby union)
1970
Irish rugby union player and coach
John Welborn
1970
Australia international rugby union player
Lars Bohinen
1969
Norwegian footballer (born 1969)
Oswaldo Ibarra
1969
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1969)
Chris Powell
1969
English footballer and manager (born 1969)
Gary Speed
1969
Welsh footballer and manager (1969–2011)
Wolfram Klein
1968
German footballer
Ray Wilson (musician)
1968
Scottish musician (born 1968)
Eerik-Niiles Kross
1967
Estonian politician (born 1967)
James Packer
1967
Australian businessman
Kimberly Peirce
1967
American film director
Peter Furler
1966
Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer
Tutilo Burger
1965
German priest
Darlene Zschech
1965
Australian singer and pastor
Michael Johns (policy analyst)
1964
American conservative commentator (born 1964)
Joachim Nielsen
1964
Norwegian rock musician and poet
Raven (wrestler)
1964
American professional wrestler and hardcore legend (born 1964)
Alexandros Alexiou
1963
Greek footballer and manager
Daniel Wolpert
1963
British neuroscientist
Thomas Kretschmann
1962
German actor (born 1962)
Timothy Well
1961
American professional wrestler (1961 – 2017)
Aimee Mann
1960
American singer-songwriter (born 1960)
David Steele (musician)
1960
Musical artist
Aguri Suzuki
1960
Japanese racing driver and motorsport executive (born 1960)
Batten Twins
1958
Professional wrestling tag team
Batten Twins
1958
Professional wrestling tag team
Michael Lardie
1958
American musician
Walt Easley
1957
American football player (1957–2013)
Heather Thomas
1957
American actress (born 1957)
Mick Brown (musician)
1956
American drummer
David Carr (journalist)
1956
American columnist, and author (1956–2015)
Maurice Cheeks
1956
American basketball coach and player (born 1956)
Stefan Johansson
1956
Swedish racing driver (born 1956)
David O'Halloran
1955
Australian rules footballer
Terry Tempest Williams
1955
American writer (born 1955)
Mark Lindsay Chapman
1954
English actor (b. 1954)
Ruby Bridges
1954
American civil rights activist (born 1954)
Johan Harmenberg
1954
Swedish fencer (born 1954)
Michael Shermer
1954
American science writer (born 1954)
Pascal Greggory
1953
French actor (born 1954)
Stein-Erik Olsen
1953
Musical artist
Will Lee (bassist)
1952
American bassist (born 1952)
Geoff Miller
1952
English cricketer
Graham Mourie
1952
Rugby player
Tim Gullikson
1951
American tennis player and coach
Tom Gullikson
1951
American tennis player and coach
John McDonnell
1951
British politician (born 1951)
Dezső Ránki
1951
Hungarian virtuoso concert pianist (born 1951)
Ian Davidson (Scottish politician)
1950
British politician (born 1950)
Zachary Richard
1950
American musician and poet
Mike Simpson
1950
American politician (born 1950)
Edward Hinds
1949
British physicist
The Great Kabuki
1948
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1948)
Jean-Pierre Monseré
1948
Belgian cyclist (1948–1971)
Valery Afanassiev
1947
Russian-born Belgian pianist, writer, and conductor
Halldór Ásgrímsson
1947
Icelandic politician
Ann Beattie
1947
American novelist and short story writer
Benjamin Orr
1947
American musician (1947–2000)
Marianne Wiggins
1947
American author (born 1947)
L. C. Greenwood
1946
American football player (1946–2013)
Aziz Sancar
1946
Turkish biochemist and molecular biologist (born 1946)
Wong Kan Seng
1946
Singaporean politician
Lem Barney
1945
American football player (born 1945)
Kelly Groucutt
1945
British bassist (1945–2009)
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
1945
American musician (1945–1973)
Vinko Puljić
1945
Bosnian Catholic cardinal (born 1945)
Rogie Vachon
1945
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1945)
Peter Bellamy
1944
English singer (1944–1991)
Margaret Hodge
1944
British politician and life peer (born 1944)
Terry Jenner
1944
Australian cricketer (1944–2011)
Adelaide C. Eckardt
1943
American politician (born 1943)
Brian Cole (musician)
1942
American bassist (1942–1972)
Judith Hann
1942
English broadcaster
Sal Valentino
1942
American rock musician, singer and songwriter (born 1942)
Bernie Sanders
1941
American politician and activist (born 1941)
Quentin L. Cook
1940
American religious leader
Jerzy Robert Nowak
1940
Polish historian and columnist
Jack Prelutsky
1940
American writer of children's poetry
Carsten Keller
1939
German field hockey player (born 1939)
Guitar Shorty
1939
American blues guitarist (1934–2022)
Adrian Cronauer
1938
American radio personality and lawyer (1938–2018)
Kenichi Horie
1938
Japanese sailor
Sam Nunn
1938
American lawyer and politician (born 1938)
Edna Adan Ismail
1937
Somali politician (born 1937)
Barbara Frum
1937
Canadian journalist (1937–1992)
Archie Goodwin (comics)
1937
American writer (1937–1998)
Roy Newman
1936
Rodrigue Biron
1934
Canadian politician (1934–2025)
Ross Brown (rugby union)
1934
Rugby player
Peter Maxwell Davies
1934
English composer and conductor (1934–2016)
Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue
1934
British Labour Party politician, academic, businessman and author
Asha Bhosle
1933
Indian playback singer (born 1933)
Michael Frayn
1933
English playwright, novelist (born 1933)
Jeffrey Koo Sr.
1933
Taiwanese banker (1933–2012)
Eric Salzman
1933
American classical composer
Maigonis Valdmanis
1933
Latvian basketball player
Patsy Cline
1932
American country singer (1932–1963)
Marion Brown
1931
American saxophonist (1931–2010)
John Garrett (British politician)
1931
British management consultant and Labour Party politician
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
1930
Vice President of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1971
Christoph von Dohnányi
1929
German conductor (1929–2025)
Harlan Howard
1927
American country music songwriter (1927–2002)
Robert L. Rock
1927
American politician
Marguerite Frank
1927
American-French mathematician (1927–2024)
Bhupen Hazarika
1926
Indian singer (1926–2011)
Jacqueline Ceballos
1925
American feminist and activist (born 1925)
Peter Sellers
1925
English actor and comedian (1925–1980)
Wendell Ford
1924
American politician (1924–2015)
Marie-Claire Kirkland
1924
Canadian politician
Grace Metalious
1924
American-French writer (1924–1964)
Mimi Parent
1924
Canadian artist (1924–2005)
Rasul Gamzatov
1923
Avar poet (1923–2003)
Wilbur Ware
1923
American bassist (1923–1979)
Sid Caesar
1922
American comic actor and writer (1922–2014)
Lyndon LaRouche
1922
American political activist (1922–2019)
Harry Secombe
1921
Welsh entertainer (1921–2001)
Dinko Šakić
1921
Croatian war criminal (1921–2008)
Gianni Brera
1919
Italian sports journalist and novelist (1919–1992)
Maria Lassnig
1919
Austrian artist (1919–2014)
Derek Barton
1918
English chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
Jan Sedivka
1917
N. V. M. Gonzalez
1915
Philippine National Artist for Literature
Demetrios I of Constantinople
1914
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1972 to 1991
Denys Lasdun
1914
English architect (1914–2001)
Jean-Louis Barrault
1910
French actor and theatre director (1910–1994)
Józef Noji
1909
Polish long-distance runner
Bill Wentworth
1907
Australian politician (1907–2003)
Andrei Kirilenko (politician)
1906
Soviet politician (1906–1990)
Eino Tainio
1905
Finnish politician (1905–1970)
Jane Arbor
1903
British writer
Hendrik Verwoerd
1901
Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966
Tilly Devine
1900
English-Australian criminal (1900–1970)
Claude Pepper
1900
American politician (1900–1989)
1800s
Jimmie Rodgers
1897
American country singer (1897–1933)
Howard Dietz
1896
Musical artist
John Samuel Bourque
1894
Canadian politician (1894–1974)
Willem Pijper
1894
Dutch composer, music critic and teacher (1894–1947)
Robert A. Taft
1889
American politician (1889–1953)
Ida McNeil
1888
American broadcaster (1888–1974)
Sivananda Saraswati
1887
Hindu spiritual teacher (1887-1963)
Siegfried Sassoon
1886
English war poet and writer (1886–1967)
Ninon Vallin
1886
French soprano
Théodore Pilette
1884
Belgian racing driver (1883–1921)
Harry Hillman
1881
American athletics competitor
Refik Saydam
1881
4th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1939 to 1942
Inez Knight Allen
1876
Mormon missionary and Utah politician (1876–1937)
Alfred Jarry
1873
French symbolist writer (1873–1907)
David O. McKay
1873
American religious leader (1873–1970)
James William McCarthy
1872
American judge
Samuel McLaughlin
1871
Canadian businessman and philanthropist (1871–1972)
José María Pino Suárez
1869
7th Vice President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913
Seth Weeks
1868
African-American musician (1868–1953)
Alexander Parvus
1867
Russian-German Marxist theorist and revolutionary (1867–1924)
Mary of the Divine Heart
1863
19th-century German religious sister
W. W. Jacobs
1863
English fiction writer (1863–1943)
Georg Michaelis
1857
Chancellor of the German Empire in 1917
Gojong of Korea
1852
Monarch of Korea from 1864 to 1907
John Jenkins (Australian politician)
1851
American-Australian politician (1851–1923)
Paul Chater
1846
British businessman (1846 – 1926)
Antonín Dvořák
1841
Czech composer (1841–1904)
Charles J. Guiteau
1841
Assassin of James A. Garfield (1841–1882)
Wilhelm Raabe
1831
German novelist (1831-1910)
Frédéric Mistral
1830
French Provençal writer and lexicographer (1830–1914)
Joshua Chamberlain
1828
Union Army general and Medal of Honor recipient
Clarence Cook
1828
American writer and art critic
Jaime Nunó
1824
Spanish composer (1824–1908)
Karl von Ditmar
1822
Baltic German geologist and explorer
Giuseppina Strepponi
1815
Italian opera singer (1815–1897)
Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg
1814
French ethnographer, historian, and priest (1814–1874)
Eduard Mörike
1804
19th-century German poet
Before 1800
N. F. S. Grundtvig
1783
Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783–1872)
Mustafa IV
1779
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1807 to 1808
Anne Catherine Emmerich
1774
Beatified German Augustinian canoness and mystic (1774–1824)
August Wilhelm Schlegel
1767
German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)
Carl Stenborg
1752
Swedish opera singer (1752–1813)
Tanikaze Kajinosuke
1750
Japanese sumo wrestler (1750–1795)
Yolande de Polastron
1749
French aristocrat and courtier (1749–1793)
Ozias Humphry
1742
English painter (1742–1810)
François Francoeur
1698
French composer and violinist
Nicolas de Grigny
1672
French organist and composer
Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans
1633
King of the Romans from 1653 to 1654
Louis, Grand Condé
1621
French military leader (1621–1686)
Johann Friedrich Gronovius
1611
German classical scholar, librarian and critic (1611–1671)
Toyotomi Hideyori
1593
Japanese samurai (1593–1615)
Marin Mersenne
1588
French polymath (1588–1648)
Alfonso Salmeron
1515
Spanish scholar
Ludovico Ariosto
1474
Italian poet (1474–1533)
Henry Medwall
1462
English dramatist
John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford
1442
English noble and soldier (1442–1513)
Catherine of Bologna
1413
Italian writer, artist (1413–1463)
Bernardino of Siena
1380
Italian Franciscan missionary and saint
Charles Martel of Anjou
1271
Titular King of Hungary and Croatia
Sancho II of Portugal
1209
King of Portugal from 1223 to 1247
Richard I of England
1157
King of England from 1189 to 1199
Ali al-Hadi
828
Tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
Ansgar
801
Christian saint, Archbishop, and missionary
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang
685
Emperor of the Tang dynasty from 713 to 756