History Births on August 08
Andrea de Rossi, Italian rugby player and coach
#Andrea_de_Rossi
John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (d. 2015)
#John_Renbourn
Matthew Henson, American explorer (d. 1955)
#Matthew_Henson
Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
#Jostein_Gaarder
Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (d. 1838)
#Ferenc_Kölcsey
Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager (d. 1989)
#Jimmy_Murphy_(footballer)
Ron Karkovice, American baseball player and manager
#Ron_Karkovice
Nick Holtam, English bishop
#Nick_Holtam
John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)
#John_Gustafson_(musician)
Donald P. Bellisario, American director, producer, and screenwriter
#Donald_P._Bellisario
Pat Noonan, American soccer player
#Pat_Noonan
Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach (d. 1984)
#Bill_Voce
Mike Hindert, American singer and bass player
#Mike_Hindert
Anita W?odarczyk, Polish track and field athlete
#Anita_W?odarczyk
Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (d. 1997)
#Jimmy_Witherspoon
Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (d. 1955)
#Arthur_Bernardes
Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
#Casper_(Maya_ruler)
Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (d. 2003)
#Benny_Carter
Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)
#Saint_Dominic
Drew Lachey, American singer and actor
#Drew_Lachey
Parker Kligerman, American race car driver
#Parker_Kligerman
Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer-songwriter
#Vanessa_Amorosi
Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
#Webb_Pierce
Kate Langbroek, Australian talk show host
#Kate_Langbroek
Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic
#Jack_Baldwin_(chemist)
Faye Wong, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
#Faye_Wong
Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian long jumper
#Viorica_Viscopoleanu
Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author
#Robin_Quivers
Willie Hall, American drummer and producer
#Willie_Hall_(drummer)
Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player
#Johnny_Balentina
Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Shawn_Mendes
Deborah Norville, American journalist
#Deborah_Norville
Craig Breslow, American baseball player
#Craig_Breslow
Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (d. 1796)
#Carl_Fredrik_Pechlin
Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
#Dilip_Sardesai
Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-American mathematician and academic
#Manjul_Bhargava
Brett Ratliff, American football player
#Brett_Ratliff
Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (d. 1987)
#Jack_Renshaw
Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
#Kateryna_Bondarenko
Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
#Marcelo_Balboa
Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
#Johnny_Temple
Nicolas Vogondy, French cyclist
#Nicolas_Vogondy
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade (d. 1948)
#Albert_Stanley,_1st_Baron_Ashfield
André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)
#André_Jolivet
Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2017)
#Michael_Johnson_(singer)
Chris Pressley, American football player
#Chris_Pressley
Monika Tsõganova, Estonian chess player
#Monika_Tsõganova
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1675)
#Cecil_Calvert,_2nd_Baron_Baltimore
Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (d. 2019)
#Mohamed_Morsi
Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer
#Aleksandra_Szwed
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, English noble (d. 1605)
#George_Clifford,_3rd_Earl_of_Cumberland
Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
#Mel_Tillis
Anthony Rizzo, American baseball player
#Anthony_Rizzo
Richard Anderson, American actor and producer (d. 2017)
#Richard_Anderson
Huey Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Huey_Morgan
James Blanchard, American diplomat and politician, 45th Governor of Michigan
#James_Blanchard
Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman
#Connie_Stevens
Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
#Rocky_Thompson
Keith Carradine, American actor
#Keith_Carradine
Denisse Guerrero, Mexican singer-songwriter
#Denisse_Guerrero
George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria (d. 1916)
#George_Turner_(Australian_politician)
Ulrich Maly, German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg
#Ulrich_Maly
Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer
#Larry_Wilcox
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (d. 1953)
#Marjorie_Kinnan_Rawlings
Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (d. 1952)
#Adolf_Busch
Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (d. 1933)
#Sara_Teasdale
The Edge, British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter
#The_Edge
Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (d. 1723)
#Godfrey_Kneller
Bruce Matthews, American football player and coach
#Bruce_Matthews_(American_football)
Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
#Paul_Dirac
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1977)
#Charles_Lyttelton,_10th_Viscount_Cobham
Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999)
#Rory_Calhoun
Ryan Koolwijk, Dutch footballer
#Ryan_Koolwijk
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. 1954)
#Paul_Ludwig_Ewald_von_Kleist
Ron Klain, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
#Ron_Klain
Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1987)
#Cornelis_Vreeswijk
Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter and producer
#Scott_Stapp
Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut
#Svetlana_Savitskaya
Willie Tonga, Australian rugby league player
#Willie_Tonga
Brian Harvey, English singer-songwriter
#Brian_Harvey
Nigel Mansell, English racing driver
#Nigel_Mansell
Mustafa Balbay, Turkish journalist and politician
#Mustafa_Balbay
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (d. 1929)
#Varghese_Payyappilly_Palakkappilly
Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
#Leo_Chiosso
Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher
#Roger_Penrose
Ronan Parke, English singer-songwriter
#Ronan_Parke
Nélson Oliveira, Portuguese footballer
#Nélson_Oliveira
Anton Fig, South African-American drummer
#Anton_Fig
Rikki Rockett, American glam rock drummer
#Rikki_Rockett
Nelson A. Miles, American general (d. 1925)
#Nelson_A._Miles
Harel Skaat, Israeli singer-songwriter
#Harel_Skaat
JC Chasez, American singer and dancer
#JC_Chasez
Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player
#Tyrone_Peachey
Sheila Varian, American horse breeder (d. 2016)
#Sheila_Varian
Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
#Jerry_Tarkanian
Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
#Mamoru_Oshii
Cecilia Roth, Argentinian actress
#Cecilia_Roth
Don Most, American actor and director
#Don_Most
Dennis Drew, American keyboard player
#Dennis_Drew
Jana Andrsová, Czech actress and ballerina
#Jana_Andrsová
Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
#Rashard_Lewis
Chris Eubank, English boxer
#Chris_Eubank
Alija Izetbegovi?, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2003)
#Alija_Izetbegovi?
Jon Turteltaub, American director and producer
#Jon_Turteltaub
Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician
#Ken_Dryden
Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer
#Kirk_Broadfoot
Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (d. 1977)
#Jack_Ryder_(cricketer)
Josip Drmi?, Swiss footballer
#Josip_Drmi?
Mark Lazarowicz, English politician
#Mark_Lazarowicz
Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999)
#Sylvia_Sidney
Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Chris_Foreman
Daniel House, American bass player and producer
#Daniel_House
Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1961)
#Earle_Page
Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer and manager
#Herbert_Prohaska
Mick Moss, English singer-songwriter
#Mick_Moss
Pierre Boulanger, French actor
#Pierre_Boulanger
Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (d. 2013)
#Esther_Williams
Pierre Garçon, American football player
#Pierre_Garçon
Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain
#Kane_Williamson
Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
#Roger_Federer
Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (d. 1902)
#Esther_Hobart_Morris
Chester Williams, South African rugby player and coach
#Chester_Williams
Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru
#Alexander_Watson_(diplomat)
Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
#Ernest_Lawrence
Scott D'Amore, Canadian wrestler and manager
#Scott_D'Amore
Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
#Dustin_Hoffman
Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager
#Doug_Melvin
Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
#Vladimír_Darida
Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1965)
#Ladislas_Starevich
Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist (d. 1816)
#Hipólito_Ruiz_López
Mark Wills, American singer-songwriter
#Mark_Wills
Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
#Joe_Tex
Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation
#Ken_Kutaragi
Andy Priaulx, Guernseyan racing driver
#Andy_Priaulx
Ben G. Davis, English chemist and academic
#Ben_G._Davis
David Florence, English canoe racer
#David_Florence
Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
#Dennis_Tito
Hannah Miley, English-Scottish swimmer
#Hannah_Miley
Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
#Sarat_Pujari
Conrad Lycosthenes, French-German scholar and author (d. 1561)
#Conrad_Lycosthenes
Guy Burnet, English actor and producer
#Guy_Burnet
Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (d. 1892)
#Emilie_Flygare-Carlén
Lindsay Sloane, American actress
#Lindsay_Sloane
Laura Slade Wiggins, American actress and singer
#Laura_Slade_Wiggins
Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager
#Frank_Howard_(baseball)
Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager
#Louis_van_Gaal
Michael Urie, American actor, director, and producer
#Michael_Urie
Norbert Michelisz, Hungarian racing driver
#Norbert_Michelisz
Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1990)
#Arthur_Goldberg
Toby Flood, English rugby player
#Toby_Flood
Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player
#Félix_Auger-Aliassime
Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author (d. 1934)
#Thomas_Anstey_Guthrie
Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher and academic (d. 1746)
#Francis_Hutcheson_(philosopher)
Meagan Good, American actress and producer
#Meagan_Good
Louis Saha, French footballer
#Louis_Saha
José Francisco Molina, Spanish footballer and manager
#José_Francisco_Molina
Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy
#Giuseppe_Conte
Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver (d. 1948)
#Achille_Varzi
Axel Merckx, Belgian cyclist
#Axel_Merckx
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (d. 1919)
#Emiliano_Zapata
Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
#Danilo_Gallinari
Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. 1944)
#Cécile_Chaminade
Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (d. 2010)
#Dino_De_Laurentiis