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Celebrity Half
Birthdays for April 8

Discover
all the world-renowned actors, singers,
athletes, political leaders, and other
celebrities who share a half birthday on this
day. (Source: Wikipedia) And
hey, don't forget to calculate half birthdays of family &
friends and mark your calendar with alerts at
least a week before so you can plan!
- 1515 – Margaret
Douglas, English wife of Matthew
Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (d.
1578)
- 1585 – Heinrich
Schütz, German organist and composer (d.
1672)
- 1676 – Benito
Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk
and scholar (d. 1764)
- 1713 – Yechezkel
Landau, Polish rabbi (d. 1793)
- 1715 – Michel
Benoist, French scientist and missionary (d.
1774)
- 1720 – Jonathan
Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766)
- 1747 – Jean-François
Rewbell, French lawyer and politician (d.
1807)
- 1765 – Harman
Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and
politician (d. 1831)
- 1789 – John
Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)
- 1789 – William
John Swainson, English-New Zealand
ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855)
- 1807 – Harriet
Taylor Mill, English philosopher and
activist (d. 1858)
- 1818 – John
Henninger Reagan, American politician (d.
1905)
- 1834 – Walter
Kittredge, American violinist and composer
(d. 1905)
- 1847 – Rose Scott,
Australian activist (d. 1925)
- 1848 – Pierre De
Geyter, Belgian composer (d. 1932)
- 1850 – Henry Louis
Le Chatelier, French chemist (d. 1936)
- 1863 – Edythe
Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)
- 1864 – Ozias Leduc,
Canadian painter (d. 1955)
- 1870 – Louis
Vierne, French organist and composer (d.
1937)
- 1875 – Laurence
Doherty, English tennis player (d. 1919)
- 1876 – Frederick
Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English
politician (d. 1966)
- 1877 – Hans Heysen,
German-Australian painter (d. 1968)
- 1878 – Walter
Katzenstein, German rower (d. 1929)
- 1883 – Dick
Burnett, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 1977)
- 1883 – Otto
Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and
physician, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1970)
- 1884 – Walther von
Reichenau, German general (d. 1942)
- 1887 – Huntley
Gordon, Canadian-American actor (d. 1956)
- 1888 – Ernst
Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
- 1889 – Collett E.
Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air
Lines (d.
1966)
- 1890 – Snuffy
Browne, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1964)
- 1890 – Eddie
Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of
Honor recipient
(d. 1973)
- 1890 – Philippe
Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
- 1893 – Clarence
Williams, American pianist and composer (d.
1965)
- 1895 – Zog I of
Albania (d.
1961)
- 1895 – Juan Perón,
Argentinian general and politician, 29th President
of Argentina (d.
1974)
- 1896 – Julien
Duvivier, French director, producer, and
screenwriter (d. 1967)
- 1897 – Rouben
Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and
screenwriter (d. 1987)
- 1901 – Eivind
Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (d.
1977)
- 1910 – Kirk Alyn,
American actor (d. 1999)
- 1910 – Paulette
Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)
- 1910 – Gus Hall,
American soldier and politician (d. 2000)
- 1910 – Ray Lewis,
Canadian runner (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Robert R.
Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (d.
2000)
- 1917 – Billy Conn,
American boxer (d. 1993)
- 1917 – Walter Lord,
American historian and author (d. 2002)
- 1917 – Danny
Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach,
and manager (d. 1976)
- 1917 – Rodney
Robert Porter, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 1985)
- 1918 – Halfdan
Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician
(d. 2012)
- 1918 – Ron Randell,
Australian-American actor (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Jens
Christian Skou, Danish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1919 – Kiichi
Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime
Minister of Japan (d.
2007)
- 1920 – Frank
Herbert, American author (d. 1986)
- 1921 – Abraham
Sarmiento, Filipino jurist (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Nils
Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and
manager (d. 2007)
- 1924 – Alphons
Egli, Swiss politician
- 1924 – Thirunalloor
Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (d.
2006)
- 1924 – John Nelder,
English statistician (d. 2010)
- 1926 – Raaj Kumar,
Pakistani-Indian actor (d. 1996)
- 1927 – Jim Elliot,
American missionary (d. 1956)
- 1927 – César
Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(d. 2002)
- 1928 – M. Russell
Ballard, American lieutenant and religious
leader
- 1928 – Neil Harvey,
Australian cricketer
- 1928 – Bill
Maynard, English actor
- 1929 – Didi,
Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2001)
- 1930 – Alasdair
Milne, Indian-English director and producer
(d. 2013)
- 1930 – Toru
Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996)
- 1931 – Bill Brown,
Scottish footballer (d. 2004)
- 1932 – Ray Reardon,
Welsh snooker player
- 1934 – Gerry
Hitchens English
footballer (d. 1983)
- 1934 – James
Holshouser, American politician, 68th Governor of
North Carolina (d.
2013)
- 1935 – Albert Roux,
French-English chef
- 1936 – Rona
Barrett, American columnist and
businesswoman
- 1938 – William
Corlett, English author and playwright (d.
2005)
- 1938 – Walter
Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and
author
- 1938 – Fred Stolle,
Australian tennis player
- 1939 – Paul Hogan,
Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1939 – Elvīra
Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
- 1939 – Harvey
Pekar, American author and critic (d. 2010)
- 1939 – Lynne
Stewart, American lawyer
- 1940 – Fred Cash,
American singer (The
Impressions)
- 1941 – Jesse
Jackson, American minister and activist
- 1943 – Chevy Chase,
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1943 – R. L. Stine,
American author, screenwriter, and producer
- 1944 – Dale Dye,
American captain and actor
- 1944 – Ed
Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (d.
2010)
- 1944 – Susan Raye,
American singer
- 1946 – Jean-Jacques
Beineix, French director and producer
- 1946 – Dennis
Kucinich, American politician, 53rd Mayor of
Cleveland
- 1947 – Emiel
Puttemans, Belgian runner
- 1947 – Stephen
Shore, American photographer
- 1948 – Benjamin
Cheever, American author
- 1948 – Claude Jade,
French actress (d. 2006)
- 1948 – Pedro López,
Colombian serial killer
- 1948 – Sarah
Purcell, American radio and television host
- 1948 – Johnny
Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (The Ramones)
(d. 2004)
- 1949 – Jerry
Bittle, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
- 1949 – Hamish
Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter,
guitarist, and producer (Average
White Band)
- 1949 – Sigourney
Weaver, American actress and producer
- 1950 – Robert
"Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and
bass player (Kool &
the Gang)
- 1951 – Jack
O'Connell, American educator and politician
- 1951 – Timo
Salonen, Finnish rally driver
- 1952 – Takis
Koroneos, Greek basketball player and coach
- 1952 – Jan
Marijnissen, Dutch politician
- 1952 – Edward
Zwick, American director, producer, and
screenwriter
- 1954 – Michael
Dudikoff, American actor
- 1954 – Huub
Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver
- 1955 – Bill
Elliott, American race car driver
- 1955 – Alain Ferté,
French race car driver
- 1955 – Darrell
Hammond, American comedian and actor
- 1955 – Lonnie
Pitchford, American guitarist (d. 1998)
- 1956 – Jeff Lahti,
American baseball player
- 1956 – Stephanie
Zimbalist, American actress
- 1957 – Antonio
Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
- 1958 – Steve Coll,
American journalist and author
- 1958 – Bret Lott,
American author
- 1958 – Ursula von
der Leyen, Belgian-German politician
- 1959 – Nick Bakay,
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959 – Mike Morgan,
American baseball player and coach
- 1959 – Erik
Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer
- 1960 – Reed
Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix
- 1960 – Lorenzo
Milá, Spanish journalist
- 1960 – Ralf Minge,
German footballer and manager
- 1960 – François
Pérusse, Canadian singer-songwriter and
comedian
- 1961 – Steven
Bernstein, American trumpet player and
composer (Sex Mob, The Lounge
Lizards, and Spanish Fly)
- 1961 – Simon Burke,
Australian actor
- 1961 – Ted
Kooshian, American pianist (Ed Palermo
Big Band)
- 1962 – Bruno Thiry,
Belgian race car driver
- 1964 – Jakob
Arjouni, German author (d. 2013)
- 1964 – Igor
Jijikine, Russian actor
- 1964 – CeCe Winans,
American singer (BeBe &
CeCe Winans)
- 1965 – Matt Biondi,
American swimmer
- 1965 – Peter
Greene, American actor
- 1965 – Ardal
O'Hanlon, Irish comedian, actor, and
screenwriter
- 1965 – C. J.
Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass
player (The Ramones, 22 Jacks, Los Gusanos,
and The Ramainz)
- 1966 – Art Barr,
American wrestler (d. 1994)
- 1966 – Felipe
Camiroaga, Chilean television host and actor
(d. 2011)
- 1966 – Karyn
Parsons, American actress and producer
- 1967 – Yvonne
Reyes, Venezuelan actress
- 1968 – Ali
Benarbia, Algerian footballer
- 1968 – Zvonimir
Boban, Croatian footballer
- 1968 – Emily
Procter, American actress
- 1968 – CL Smooth,
American rapper and producer (Pete Rock
& CL Smooth)
- 1968 – Leeroy
Thornhill, English keyboard player (The Prodigy)
- 1969 – Julia Ann,
American porn actress
- 1969 – Jeremy
Davies, American actor
- 1969 – Dylan Neal,
Canadian-American actor
- 1970 – Mathieu
Ngudjolo Chui, Congolese colonel
- 1970 – Matt Damon,
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 – Anne-Marie
Duff, English actress
- 1970 – Tetsuya
Nomura, Japanese video game designer and
director
- 1971 – Monty
Williams, American basketball player and
coach
- 1972 – Terry
Balsamo, American guitarist (Cold, Limp Bizkit,
and Evanescence)
- 1972 – Kim
Myung-min, South Korean actor
- 1972 – Stanislav
Varga, Slovak footballer and manager
- 1973 – Jim
Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (Grandaddy and Modest
Mouse)
- 1974 – Martin
Henderson, New Zealand actor
- 1974 – Fredrik
Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1974 – Koji
Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
- 1976 – Galo Blanco,
Spanish tennis player and coach
- 1976 – Renate
Groenewold, Dutch speed skater
- 1977 – Anne-Caroline
Chausson, French cyclist
- 1977 – Jamie
Marchi, American voice actress, director,
and screenwriter
- 1977 – Erna
Siikavirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and
keyboard player (Lordi)
- 1978 – Antonino
D'Agostino, Italian footballer
- 1978 – Mick
O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
- 1979 – Paul
Burchill, English wrestler
- 1979 – Kristanna
Loken, American actress and producer
- 1979 – Gregori
Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (Shiny Toy
Guns, Cloud2Ground,
and pc Quest)
- 1980 – Nick Cannon,
American actor, rapper, and producer
- 1980 – The Miz,
American wrestler and actor
- 1980 – Rajesh
Sharma, Canadian-Indian Politician
- 1981 – Ruby,
Egyptian singer and actress
- 1981 – Raffi
Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Kalil
Wilson, American singer and producer
- 1983 – Mario
Cassano, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Michael
Fraser, Scottish footballer
- 1983 – Mihkel Kukk,
Estonian javelin thrower
- 1983 – Abhishek
Nayar, Indian cricketer
- 1983 – Travis
Pastrana, American motorcycle racer
- 1984 – Domenik
Hixon, American football player
- 1984 – Malcolm
Shabazz, French-American criminal (d. 2013)
- 1985 – Bruno Mars,
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1985 – Eiji Wentz,
Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (WaT)
- 1986 – Louis Dodds,
English footballer
- 1986 – Michele
Sepe, Italian rugby player
- 1987 – Aya Hirano,
Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1987 – Taylor
Price, American football player
- 1987 – Ksenia Solo,
Latvian-Canadian actress
- 1989 – Mahmut
Temür, Turkish footballer
- 1989 – Armand
Traoré, French footballer
- 1992 – Lidziya
Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
- 1993 – Angus T.
Jones, American actor
- 1993 – Barbara
Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
- 1993 – Molly Quinn,
American actress
- 1993 – Darrell
Wallace, Jr., American race car driver
- 1996 – Sara
Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
- 1997 – Bella
Thorne, American actress, singer, and dancer
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