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Famous People Born on August 8(259 people)
Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player
Shawn Mendes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
A'ja Wilson, American basketball player
S.Coups, South Korean rapper and singer
Cameron Payne, American basketball player
Tyrone Peachey, Australian rugby league player
Parker Kligerman, American race car driver
Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer
Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain
Anthony Rizzo, American baseball player
Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
Rinku Singh, Indian baseball player and wrestler
Laura Slade Wiggins, American actress and singer
Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
Jackie Cruz, Dominican-American actress and singer
Pierre Garçon, American football player
Chris Pressley, American football player
Brett Ratliff, American football player
Anita Włodarczyk, Polish track and field athlete
Norbert Michelisz, Hungarian racing driver
Martrez Milner, American football player
Willie Tonga, Australian rugby league player
David Florence, English canoe racer
Ross Ohlendorf, American baseball player
Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer-songwriter
Meagan Good, American actress and producer
Harel Skaat, Israeli singer-songwriter
Shayna Baszler, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Craig Breslow, American baseball pitcher and executive
Denisse Guerrero, Mexican singer-songwriter
Michael Urie, American actor, director, and producer
Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
Richard Lyons, Northern Irish racing driver
Alan Maybury, Irish footballer and coach
Darren Manzella, American sergeant (died 2013)
Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
Manjul Bhargava, Canadian-American mathematician and academic
Scott D'Amore, Canadian wrestler and manager
Brian Harvey, English singer-songwriter
Andy Priaulx, Guernseyan racing driver
Shane Lee, Australian cricketer and guitarist
Gert Olesk, Estonian footballer and manager
Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter and producer
Mark Wills, American singer-songwriter
Joely Collins, Canadian actress and producer
Andrea de Rossi, Italian rugby player and coach
Steven Tweed, Scottish footballer and manager
Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player
Trev Alberts, American football player and journalist
Ben G. Davis, English chemist and academic
José Francisco Molina, Spanish footballer and manager
Chester Williams, South African rugby player and coach (died 2019)
Monika Tsõganova, Estonian chess player
Faye Wong, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
Aldo Calderón van Dyke, Honduran journalist (died 2013)
Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer and coach
Huey Morgan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
Yūki Amami, Japanese theater and film actress
John Hudek, American baseball player and coach
Angus Fraser, English cricketer, manager, and journalist
Kate Langbroek, Australian talk show host
Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy
Scott Sandelin, American ice hockey player and coach
Hur Jin-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
Ron Karkovice, American baseball player and manager
Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2024)
Rika Fukami, Japanese voice actress and singer
Jon Turteltaub, American director and producer
Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager
Kool Moe Dee, American musician, singer and actor
The Edge, British-Irish musician, singer and songwriter
Daniel House, American bass player and producer
Ron Klain, American lawyer and politician, White House Chief of Staff
Bruce Matthews, American football player and coach
Rikki Rockett, American glam rock drummer
Mustafa Balbay, Turkish journalist and politician
Ulrich Maly, German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg
Caroline Ansink, Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
Dennis Drew, American keyboard player
Chris Foreman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer and manager
Nigel Mansell, English racing driver
Anton Fig, South African-American drummer
Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager
Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author
Martin Brest, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer (died 2022)
Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt (died 2019)
Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (died 1994)
Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager
Willie Hall, American drummer and producer
Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation
Terry Burnham, American actress (died 2013)
Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver (died 2009)
Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut
Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher
Wincey Willis, British broadcaster (died 2024)
Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician (died 2025)
Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer
Joe Bethancourt, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
John C. Holmes, American film actor (died 1988)
Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2017)
John Renbourn, English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (died 2015)
Simon Taylor, English journalist and author
James Blanchard, American diplomat and politician, 45th Governor of Michigan
Dennis Canavan, Scottish educator and politician
John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014)
Vardo Rumessen, Estonian pianist and musicologist (died 2015)
Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (died 2007)
Dennis Tito, American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
Jana Andrsová, Czech actress and ballerina (died 2023)
Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian long jumper
Alexander Watson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru
Jack Baldwin, English chemist and academic (died 2020)
Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator (died 2010)
Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman
Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
Sheila Varian, American horse breeder (died 2016)
Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1987)
Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager (died 2023)
Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator (died 2022)
Donald P. Bellisario, American director, producer, and screenwriter
John Laws, Papua New Guinean-born Australian singer and radio host (died 2025)
Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (died 1982)
Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist (died 2004)
Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia (died 2018)
Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (died 2013)
Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (died 2020)
Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach (died 1994)
Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (died 2002)
Richard Anderson, American actor and producer (died 2017)
Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (died 2003)
Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (died 2014)
Rory Calhoun, American actor (died 1999)
Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini (died 1985)
Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian, author, and academic (died 2019)
Károly Reich, Hungarian illustrator (died 1988)
William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1991)
Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (died 2013)
Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer (died 2006)
Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (died 1997)
Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (died 2010)
John David Wilson, English animator and producer (died 2013)
James Elliott, American runner and coach (died 1981)
Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (died 2002)
Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager (died 1989)
Sylvia Sidney, American actress (died 1999)
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1977)
Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales (died 1987)
Bill Voce, England cricketer and coach (died 1984)
Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1990)
Benny Carter, American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (died 2003)
Jimmy Steele (Irish republican), lifelong militant and editor (died 1970)
André Jolivet, French composer (died 1974)
Achille Varzi, Italian racing driver (died 1948)
Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (died 1953)
Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (died 1952)
Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (died 1977)
Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (died 1933)
Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 1965)
Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (died 1954)
Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1961)
Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (died 1950)
Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (died 1919)
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (died 1929)
Artur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (died 1955)
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, President of the Board of Trade (died 1948)
Matthew Henson, American explorer (died 1955)
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (died 1930)
Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (died 1944)
Thomas Anstey Guthrie, English journalist and author (died 1934)
George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria (died 1916)
Nelson A. Miles, American general (died 1925)
George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (died 1894)
Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge (died 1902)
Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (died 1892)
Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (died 1838)
Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter (died 1828)
Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist (died 1816)
Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (died 1796)
Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist (died 1779)
Johan Augustin Mannerheim, Swedish nobleman and military leader (died 1778)
Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher and academic (died 1746)
Laurent Belissen, French composer (died 1762)
Godfrey Kneller, German-English painter (died 1723)
Amalia Catharina, German poet and composer (died 1697)
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (died 1675)
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, English noble (died 1605)
Conrad Lycosthenes, French-German scholar and author (died 1561)
Matteo Tafuri, Italian alchemist (died 1582)
Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (died 1221)
Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
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💰 Richest People Born on August 8
Net worth of notable people who share this birthday. Tap a name for the full breakdown.
Who Was Born on August 8?
Our records list 259 notable people born on August 8, with confirmed birth years spanning from 422 (Casper, ruler of the Maya city of Palenque) to 2000 (Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canadian tennis player). At least 259 of them have no recorded death year.
Most Common Fields for August 8 Births
The people in our list for this date are concentrated in a handful of fields:
- Notable Figure — 51 people
- Athlete — 45 people
- Musician — 41 people
- Actor — 41 people
- Writer — 17 people
- Politician — 16 people
August 8 is also the birthday of 7 people tracked in our net-worth data, led by Anne Beaufour. See the full breakdown in the “Richest People Born on This Day” section above.
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