Famous Births on 8 Oct

Famous Births on 8 Oct

1515 - Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox (d. 1578)
1676 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (d. 1764)
1713 - Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and Talmudist (d. 1793)
1715 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1774)
1720 - Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766)
1747 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (d. 1807)
1765 - Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer (d. 1831)
1789 - William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (d. 1855)
1789 - John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)
1818 - John Henninger Reagan, American politician (d. 1905)
1834 - Walter Kittredge, American musician (d. 1905)
1850 - Henri Louis le Chatelier, French chemist (d. 1936)
1863 - Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)
1864 - Ozias Leduc, Québécois painter (d. 1955)
1870 - Louis Vierne, French organist (d. 1937)
1877 - Hans Heysen, German-born landscape artist (d. 1968)
1883 - Dick Burnett, American musician (d. 1977)
1883 - Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
1884 - Walther von Reichenau, German military officer (d. 1942)
1887 - Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor (d. 1956)
1888 - Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
1889 - C. E. Woolman, American airline founder (d. 1966)
1890 - Edward Rickenbacker, American pilot (d. 1973)
1890 - Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
1895 - Zog I, King of Albania (d. 1961)
1895 - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (d. 1974)
1896 - Julien Duvivier, French film director (d. 1967)
1897 - Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (d. 1987)
1901 - Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer (d. 1977)
1910 - Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)
1910 - Gus Hall, American union organizer and head of the U.S. Communist Party (d. 2000)
1910 - Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003)
1917 - Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1917 - Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1917 - Walter Lord, American author (d. 2002)
1917 - Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
1918 - Ron Randell, film character actor (d.2005)
1918 - Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist, Nobel laureate
1919 - Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
1920 - Frank Herbert, American writer (d. 1986)
1921 - Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1922 - Nils Liedholm, Swedish football midfielder and coach (d. 2007)
1924 - Alphons Egli, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1927 - Jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956)
1927 - César Milstein, Argentine scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1928 - Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
1928 - Bill Maynard, British actor
1929 - Valdir Pereira, Brazilian footballer (d. 2001)
1930 - Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996)
1932 - Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player
1936 - Rona Barrett, American gossip columnist
1938 - Fred Stolle, Australian tennis player
1938 - Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky
1939 - Paul Hogan, Australian actor
1939 - Harvey Pekar, American author
1939 - Lynne Stewart, American civil liberties lawyer
1940 - Fred Cash, American singer (The Impressions)
1941 - Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and civil rights activist
1943 - R. L. Stine, American author
1943 - Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor
1944 - Susan Raye, American singer
1946 - Jean-Jacques Beineix, French film director
1946 - Dennis Kucinich, American politician
1947 - Emiel Puttemans, Belgian athlete
1948 - Claude Jade, French actress (d. 2006)
1948 - Pedro López, Colombian serial killer
1948 - Johnny Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2004)
1948 - Sarah Purcell, American television host
1948 - Benjamin Cheever, American novelist and editor
1949 - Sigourney Weaver, American actress
1950 - Robert Kool Bell, American musician (Kool & the Gang)
1951 - Jack O'Connell, American politician
1952 - Jan Marijnissen, Dutch politician
1952 - Edward Zwick, American film director
1954 - Huub Rothengatter, Dutch racecar driver
1954 - Michael Dudikoff, American actor
1955 - Bill Elliott, American racecar driver
1955 - Lonnie Pitchford, American blues musician
1956 - Stephanie Zimbalist, American actress
1956 - Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
1957 - Joe Castiglione, American college athletic director
1957 - Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer
1958 - Steve Coll, American journalist
1959 - Nick Bakay, American actor
1959 - Mike Morgan, American baseball player
1960 - Lorenzo Milá, Spanish newscaster
1960 - François Pérusse, Quebec humorist
1960 - Reed Hastings, American businessman and entrepreneur
1962 - Bruno Thiry, Belgian rally driver
1964 - CeCe Winans, American singer
1965 - Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor
1965 - C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1966 - Art Barr, American wrestler (d. 1994)
1967 - Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan actress
1968 - Leeroy Thornhill, British musician (The Prodigy)
1968 - Karyn Parsons, American actress
1968 - Emily Procter, American actress
1968 - Zvonimir Boban, Croatian football player
1968 - Ali Benarbia, former Algerian footballer
1969 - Julia Ann, American pornographic actress
1969 - Jeremy Davies, American actor
1969 - Dylan Neal, Canadian actor
1970 - Soon-Yi Previn, Korean American actress
1970 - Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video-game designer
1970 - Gauri Khan, wife of Indian actor Shahrukh Khan
1970 - Matt Damon, American actor
1972 - Stanislav Varga, Slovakian footballer
1974 - Fredrik Modin, Swedish hockey player
1974 - DJ Q-Ball, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
1974 - Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
1976 - Galo Blanco, Spanish tennis player
1976 - Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater
1977 - Erna Siikavirta, Finnish musician (Deathlike Silence)
1977 - Anne-Caroline Chausson, French mountain-bike rider
1978 - Mick O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
1978 - Antonino D'Agostino, Italian football player
1979 - Kristanna Loken, American actress
1979 - Paul Burchill, English professional wrestler
1979 - Gregori Chad Petree, American musician (Shiny Toy Guns)
1980 - Nick Cannon, American actor
1980 - Mike Mizanin, American wrestler
1981 - Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Ruby (Egyptian Singer), Egyptian singer
1983 - Michael Fraser, Scottish football goalkeeper
1983 - Travis Pastrana, American motorsports competitor
1985 - Eiji Wentz, German-Japanese entertainer
1987 - Aya Hirano, Japanese Seiyuu
1993 - Angus T. Jones, American actor (Two and a Half Men)