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Famous People Born on July 8(172 people)
Bryce Love, American football player
Marlon Humphrey, American football player
Ariel Camacho, Mexican singer-songwriter (died 2015)
Yarden Gerbi, Israeli Judo champion
Tor Marius Gromstad, Norwegian footballer (died 2012)
Miki Roqué, Spanish footballer (died 2012)
Josh Harrison, American baseball player
Rich Peverley, Canadian ice hockey player
Shonette Azore-Bruce, Barbadian netball player
Sophia Bush, American actress and director
Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
Anastasia Myskina, Russian tennis player
Eric Chouinard, American-Canadian ice hockey player
Mat McBriar, American football player
Ben Jelen, Scottish-American singer-songwriter
Milo Ventimiglia, American actor, director, and producer
Hu Liang, Chinese field hockey player
Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and writer
Karl Dykhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
Neil Jenkins, Welsh rugby player and coach
Beck, American singer-songwriter and producer
Sylvain Gaudreault, Canadian educator and politician
Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach
Sugizo, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
Shane Howarth, New Zealand rugby player and coach
Ralf Altmeyer, German-Chinese virologist and academic
Dan Levinson, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader
Alexei Gusarov, Russian ice hockey player and manager
Mark Christopher, American director and screenwriter
Joan Osborne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Andrew Fletcher, English keyboard player (died 2022)
Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2024)
Karl Seglem, Norwegian saxophonist and record producer
Mal Meninga, Australian rugby league player and coach
Kevin Bacon, American actor and musician
Andreas Carlgren, Swedish educator and politician, 8th Swedish Minister for the Environment
Tzipi Livni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th Justice Minister of Israel
Carlos Cavazo, Mexican-American guitarist and songwriter
Aleksandr Gurnov, Russian journalist and author
Terry Puhl, Canadian baseball player and coach
Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
Alan Ashby, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
Anjelica Huston, American actress and director
Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (died 2009)
Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter
Ruby Sales, American civil-rights activist
Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (died 2016)
Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
Phil Gramm, American economist and politician
Dario Gradi, Italian-English footballer, coach, and manager
Joe B. Mauldin, American bass player and songwriter (died 2015)
Ed Lumley, Canadian businessman and politician, 8th Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2025)
Diane Clare, English actress (died 2013)
John David Crow, American football player and coach (died 2015)
Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (died 2024)
Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and cosmonaut (died 2010)
Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (died 2012)
Edward D. DiPrete, American politician, 70th Governor of Rhode Island (died 2025)
Marty Feldman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1982)
Antonio Lamer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Chief Justice of Canada (died 2007)
Jerry Vale, American singer (died 2014)
Balakh Sher Mazari, former prime minister of Pakistan (died 2022)
Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (died 2017)
Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tibetan religious leader
Bob Beckham, American country singer (died 2013)
David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (died 2014)
John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician (died 2019)
Martin Riesen, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender (died 2003)
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (died 2004)
Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (died 2014)
Arthur Imperatore Sr., Italian-American businessman (died 2020)
Bill Mackrides, American football quarterback (died 2019)
Dominique Nohain, French actor, screenwriter and director (died 2017)
Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (died 2005)
Charles C. Droz, American politician (died 2025)
Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler (died 2019)
John Money, New Zealand psychologist and sexologist, known for his research on gender identity, and responsible for controversial involuntary sex reassignment of David Reimer (died 2006)
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (died 1995)
Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany (died 2016)
Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy (died 2009)
Irwin Hasen, American illustrator (died 2015)
Oluf Reed-Olsen, Norwegian resistance member and pilot (died 2002)
Julia Pirie, British spy working for MI5 (died 2008)
Edward B. Giller, American Air Force major general (died 2017)
Craig Stevens, American actor (died 2000)
Pamela Brown, English actress (died 1975)
Faye Emerson, American actress (died 1983)
J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (died 1999)
Jean Rouverol, American author, actress and screenwriter (died 2017)
Neil D. Van Sickle, American Air Force major general (died 2019)
Lowell English, United States Marine Corps general (died 2005)
Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 2010)
Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (died 1993)
Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician (died 2017)
Ken Farnes, English cricketer (died 1941)
Carlos Betances Ramírez, Puerto Rican general (died 2001)
Alan Brown, English soldier (died 1971)
Ike Petersen, American football player (died 1995)
Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (died 1975)
Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (died 1979)
V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator (died 1991)
George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (died 1995)
Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (died 2005)
Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (died 1997)
Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (died 2008)
George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (died 1959)
Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)
Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author (died 1968)
Richard Aldington, English author and poet (died 1962)
Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter (died 1973)
Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic (died 1977)
Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (died 1948)
Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (died 1961)
Alexandros Papanastasiou, Greek sociologist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (died 1936)
Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (died 1945)
Alfred Binet, French psychologist and graphologist (died 1911)
Arthur Evans, English archaeologist and academic (died 1941)
John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (died 1916)
John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company (died 1937)
Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and Company (died 1898)
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Airship Company (died 1917)
Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (died 1914)
John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (died 1888)
Frederick W. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (died 1915)
Francis Leopold McClintock, Irish admiral and explorer (died 1907)
Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (died 1851)
Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (died 1842)
Christian Kramp, French mathematician and academic (died 1826)
Jean de La Fontaine, French author and poet (died 1695)
Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian painter (died 1653)
Alberto Bolognetti, Roman Catholic cardinal (died 1585)
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (died 1580)
Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (died 1550)
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💰 Richest People Born on July 8
Net worth of notable people who share this birthday. Tap a name for the full breakdown, including inflation-adjusted figures for those no longer living.
Who Was Born on July 8?
Our records list 172 notable people born on July 8, with confirmed birth years spanning from 1478 (Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian linguist, poet, and playwright (died 1550)) to 1999 (İpek Öz, Turkish tennis player). At least 172 of them have no recorded death year.
Most Common Fields for July 8 Births
The people in our list for this date are concentrated in a handful of fields:
- Notable Figure — 33 people
- Actor — 26 people
- Athlete — 22 people
- Politician — 21 people
- Musician — 17 people
- Writer — 12 people
July 8 is also the birthday of 8 people tracked in our net-worth data, led by Giuliana Benetton. See the full breakdown in the “Richest People Born on This Day” section above.
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