Famous Birthdays for June 8th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 862 – Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888)^[10][11]
• 1508 – Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (d. 1586)
• 1552 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet and author (d. 1638)
• 1593 – George I Rákóczi, prince of Transylvania (d. 1648)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1712)
• 1671 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)
• 1717 – John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795)
• 1724 – John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794)
• 1745 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (d. 1818)
• 1757 – Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (d. 1824)
• 1788 – Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1869)
• 1810 – Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (d. 1856)^[12]
• 1829 – John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator (d. 1896)^[13]
• 1831 – Thomas J. Higgins, Canadian-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1917)
• 1842 – John Q. A. Brackett, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)
• 1851 – Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist (d. 1940)
• 1852 – Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist (d. 1925)
• 1854 – Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 1921)
• 1855 – George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (d. 1924)
• 1858 – Charlotte Scott, English mathematician (d. 1931)^[14]
• 1859 – Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist (d. 1947)
• 1860 – Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)^[15]
• 1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (d. 1959)
• 1868 – Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect (d. 1942)
• 1872 – Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1949)
• 1875 – Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (d. 1934)
• 1876 – Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper (d. 1958)
• 1878 – Evan Roberts, Welsh Revivalist minister (d. 1951)^[16]
• 1885 – Karl Genzken, German physician (d. 1957)
• 1891 – William Funnell, Australian public servant (d. 1962)
• 1893 – Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (d. 1968)
• 1893 – Gaby Morlay, French actress (d. 1964)
• 1894 – Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist (d. 1942)
• 1895 – Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
• 1897 – John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator (d. 1970)
• 1899 – Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (d. 1945)^[17]
• 1900 – Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously (d. 1945) ^[18]

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Ralph Yarborough, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)
• 1903 – Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1987)^[19]
• 1910 – John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (d. 1971)^[20]
• 1910 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
• 1912 – Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987)^[21]
• 1915 – Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 2015)
• 1916 – Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)^[22]
• 1916 – Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Byron White, American football player, lawyer and judge (d. 2002)^[23]
• 1918 – George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994)
• 1918 – Robert Preston, American actor and singer (d. 1987)
• 1918 – John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic (d. 2016)
• 1919 – John R. Deane, Jr., American general (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)
• 1921 – Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1921 – LeRoy Neiman, American painter (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States (d. 2018)
• 1927 – Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer (d. 2020)
• 1929 – Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1930 – Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1993)
• 1931 – James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1931 – Dana Wynter, British actress (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2021)
• 1932 – Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge (d. 2017)
• 1933 – Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
• 1933 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Millicent Martin, English actress and singer
• 1935 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
• 1936 – James Darren, American actor
• 1936 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
• 1938 – Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal
• 1940 – Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress
• 1941 – Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist (d. 1981)
• 1941 – George Pell, Australian cardinal
• 1942 – Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior
• 1942 – Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player (d. 2021)^[24]
• 1943 – Colin Baker, English actor
• 1943 – William Calley, American military officer^[25]
• 1943 – Willie Davenport, American hurdler (d. 2002)^[26]
• 1943 – Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager
• 1943 – Pierre-André Fournier, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 2015)
• 1944 – Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[27]
• 1945 – Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Derek Underwood, English cricketer^[28]
• 1946 – Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1947 – Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter
• 1947 – Sara Paretsky, American author^[29]
• 1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate^[30]
• 1949 – Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator
• 1949 – Hildegard Falck, German runner^[31]
• 1950 – Kathy Baker, American actress
• 1950 – Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
• 1951 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Sandy Nairne, English historian and curator
• 1953 – Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
• 1953 – Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician
• 1955 – Tim Berners-Lee, English computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web
• 1955 – José Antonio Camacho, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1955 – Griffin Dunne, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 – Jonathan Potter, English psychologist, sociolinguist, and academic
• 1957 – Scott Adams, American author and illustrator
• 1957 – Don Robinson, American baseball player and politician
• 1957 – Sonja Vectomov, Czech/Finnish sculptor
• 1958 – Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic
• 1959 – Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian philosopher^[32]
• 1960 – Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter^[33]
• 1960 – Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Mary Bonauto, American lawyer and gay rights activist^[34]
• 1963 – Karen Kingsbury, American journalist and author
• 1964 – Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach^[35]
• 1965 – Kevin Farley, American screenwriter^[36]
• 1967 – Russell E. Morris, Welsh chemist and academic^[37]
• 1968 – Sharon Shannon, Irish traditional musician
• 1975 – Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportcaster^[38]
• 1976 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player^[39]
• 1977 – Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer^[40]
• 1978 – Maria Menounos, American television personality, professional wrestler, author, and actress^[41]
• 1981 – Rachel Held Evans, American Christian author (d. 2019)^[42]
• 1982 – Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player^[43]
• 1983 – Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player; winner of six Grand Slam tournament titles.^[44]
• 1984 – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer^[45]
• 1986 – Keith Gill, American financial analyst and investor^[46]
• 1989 – Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player^[47]
• 1997 – Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player^[48]