History Births on October 08

William John Swainson, English-New Zealand ornithologist and entomologist (d. 1855)
#William_John_Swainson
Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
#Hanan_Ashrawi

Taylor Price, American football player
#Taylor_Price

Richard Lintern, British actor
#Richard_Lintern

Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974)
#Juan_Perón

Sara Sorribes Tormo, Spanish tennis player
#Sara_Sorribes_Tormo

Margaret Douglas, daughter of Archibald Douglas (d. 1578)
#Margaret_Douglas

Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (d. 2000)
#Robert_R._Gilruth

Chevy Chase, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
#Chevy_Chase

Annemiek van Vleuten, Dutch cyclist
#Annemiek_van_Vleuten

Leeroy Thornhill, English keyboard player and DJ
#Leeroy_Thornhill

Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany
#Ursula_von_der_Leyen

Nick Bakay, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
#Nick_Bakay

Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian poet and scholar (d. 2006)
#Thirunalloor_Karunakaran

Edward Zwick, American director, producer, and screenwriter
#Edward_Zwick

Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
#Philippe_Thys

Armand Traoré, French footballer
#Armand_Traoré

Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (d. 1941)
#Marina_Tsvetaeva

Pepper Adams, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)
#Pepper_Adams

Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
#Bruno_Mars

Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
#Paul_Hogan

Carlos I. Noriega, Peruvian-American colonel and astronaut
#Carlos_I._Noriega

Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer
#Jean-Jacques_Beineix

Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer and sportscaster
#Zvonimir_Boban

Bill Elliott, American race car driver
#Bill_Elliott

Jon Stevens, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
#Jon_Stevens

Jacques Auguste de Thou, French historian (d. 1617)
#Jacques_Auguste_de_Thou

Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999)
#Kirk_Alyn

Alphons Egli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 77th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2016)
#Alphons_Egli

Jamie Marchi, American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
#Jamie_Marchi

Shane Stevens, American author
#Shane_Stevens_(author)

Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager
#Huub_Rothengatter

R. L. Stine, American author, screenwriter, and producer
#R._L._Stine

Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
#Julien_Duvivier

Monty Williams, American basketball player and coach
#Monty_Williams

Peter Horrocks, English journalist and producer
#Peter_Horrocks

Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer (d. 1919)
#Laurence_Doherty

Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
#Fredrik_Modin

Paul Burchill, English wrestler
#Paul_Burchill

Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973)
#Eddie_Rickenbacker

Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (d. 1966)
#Collett_E._Woolman

Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer
#Aya_Hirano

Emily Procter, American actress
#Emily_Procter

Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (d. 2000)
#Mark_Oliphant

Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist
#Kari_Korhonen

Luca Hänni, Swiss singer-songwriter
#Luca_Hänni

Susan Raye, American country music singer
#Susan_Raye

James Holshouser, American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2013)
#James_Holshouser

Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
#Dennis_Kucinich

Simon Burke, Australian actor and producer
#Simon_Burke

John Ruggles, American lawyer and politician (d. 1874)
#John_Ruggles

Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (d. 1905)
#Walter_Kittredge

Maria João Koehler, Portuguese tennis player
#Maria_João_Koehler

Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer
#Neil_Harvey

Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
#Matt_Damon

John D. Batten, British painter, printmaker and illustrator (d.1932)
#John_D._Batten

Paul Schell, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Seattle (d. 2014)
#Paul_Schell

Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and activist (d. 1858)
#Harriet_Taylor_Mill

Yoshikazu Fujita, Japanese rugby union player
#Yoshikazu_Fujita

Terry Balsamo, American guitarist and songwriter
#Terry_Balsamo

Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)
#Johnny_Ramone

Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi and author (d. 1793)
#Yechezkel_Landau

Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976)
#Danny_Murtaugh

Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
#Rodney_Robert_Porter
Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer
#Steven_Bernstein_(musician)

Jordan McLean, Australian rugby league player
#Jordan_McLean

Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007)
#Kiichi_Miyazawa

Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
#Otto_Heinrich_Warburg

Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (d. 2010)
#Harvey_Pekar

Ted Kooshian, American pianist and composer
#Ted_Kooshian

Hamish Stuart, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Hamish_Stuart

Vladimir Kisenkov, Russian footballer
#Vladimir_Kisenkov

Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author
#Walter_Gretzky

Raaj Kumar, Pakistani-Indian police officer and actor (d. 1996)
#Raaj_Kumar

Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2007)
#Nils_Liedholm

Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer
#Sigourney_Weaver

Raffi Torres, Canadian ice hockey player
#Raffi_Torres

Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician (d. 1966)
#Frederick_Montague,_1st_Baron_Amwell

Andrea Anastasi, Italian volleyball player and coach
#Andrea_Anastasi

Salomon Kalischer, German pianist, composer, and physicist (d. 1924)
#Salomon_Kalischer

Ruffin McNeill, American football player and coach
#Ruffin_McNeill

Karina Bacchi, Brazilian model and actress
#Karina_Bacchi

Aloísio Lorscheider, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2007)
#Aloísio_Lorscheider

Harman Blennerhassett, English-Irish lawyer and politician (d. 1831)
#Harman_Blennerhassett

Teddy Riley, American singer-songwriter and producer
#Teddy_Riley

Albert Roux, French-English chef
#Albert_Roux

Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (d. 2000)
#Gus_Hall

Timo Salonen, Finnish race car driver
#Timo_Salonen

César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
#César_Milstein

Ping Bodie, American baseball player (d. 1961)
#Ping_Bodie

Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (d. 1952)
#Mary_Engle_Pennington

Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist
#Faith_Ringgold

Reed Hastings, American businessman, co-founded Netflix
#Reed_Hastings

Narapatisithu, king of Burma (d. 1211)
#Narapatisithu

Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1964)
#Ernst_Kretschmer

Miloš Pavlovi?, Serbian race car driver
#Miloš_Pavlovi?_(racing_driver)

Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
#Koji_Murofushi

Hassan Maatouk, Lebanese footballer
#Hassan_Maatouk

Gregori Chad Petree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Gregori_Chad_Petree

Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
#Antonio_Cabrini

CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter
#CeCe_Winans

Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player
#Robert_"Kool"_Bell

Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter (d. 1968)
#Hans_Heysen

Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955)
#Ozias_Leduc

Pierre De Geyter, Belgian composer (d. 1932)
#Pierre_De_Geyter

Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic
#Blake_Morrison

M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader
#M._Russell_Ballard

Jeremy Davies, American actor
#Jeremy_Davies

Sara Takanashi, Japanese ski jumper
#Sara_Takanashi

Gavin Friday, Irish singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
#Gavin_Friday

Erik Gundersen, Danish motorcycle racer
#Erik_Gundersen

G Herbo, American rapper
#G_Herbo
Louis Dodds, English footballer
#Louis_Dodds

Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician
#Rano_Karno

Lidziya Marozava, Belarusian tennis player
#Lidziya_Marozava

Rachel Klamer, Zimbabwean-Dutch triathlete
#Rachel_Klamer

Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor
#Darrell_Hammond

Barbara Palvin, Hungarian model and actress
#Barbara_Palvin

Garbiñe Muguruza, Spanish tennis player
#Garbiñe_Muguruza

Kader Asmal, South African academic and politician (d. 2011)
#Kader_Asmal

Pyrrhus of Epirus (d. 272 BC)
#Pyrrhus_of_Epirus

Nick Cannon, American actor, rapper, and producer
#Nick_Cannon

Elv?ra Ozoli?a, Latvian javelin thrower
#Elv?ra_Ozoli?a

Sione Lousi, New Zealand rugby league player
#Sione_Lousi

Betty Boothroyd, English academic and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons
#Betty_Boothroyd

David Gauke, English lawyer and politician
#David_Gauke

Anne-Marie Duff, English actress
#Anne-Marie_Duff

Bronislovas Lubys, Lithuanian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (d. 2011)
#Bronislovas_Lubys

Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (d. 1977)
#Eivind_Groven

Edythe Chapman, American actress (d. 1948)
#Edythe_Chapman

Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer
#Jon_Ekerold

Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (d. 1829)
#Sophia_Albertina,_Abbess_of_Quedlinburg

Domenik Hixon, American football player
#Domenik_Hixon

Sadiq Khan, English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Transport, Mayor of London
#Sadiq_Khan

Anne-Caroline Chausson, French cyclist
#Anne-Caroline_Chausson

Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986)
#Frank_Herbert

Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993)
#Billy_Conn
Steve Perry, American ska singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Steve_Perry_(Oregon_musician)

Karyn Parsons, American actress and producer
#Karyn_Parsons

C. J. Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player
#C._J._Ramone

Bruno Thiry, Belgian race car driver
#Bruno_Thiry

Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (d. 1672)
#Heinrich_Schütz
Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987)
#Rouben_Mamoulian

John Clarke, English physician (d. 1676)
#John_Clarke_(Baptist_minister)

Rose Scott, Australian activist (d. 1925)
#Rose_Scott
Travis Pastrana, American motorcycle racer
#Travis_Pastrana
Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
#Halfdan_Hegtun

Bella Thorne, American actress
#Bella_Thorne

Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut (d. 2012)
#Janice_E._Voss

Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (d. 1956)
#Huntley_Gordon

Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner
#Emiel_Puttemans

Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (d. 1764)
#Benito_Jerónimo_Feijóo_y_Montenegro

Jan Marijnissen, Dutch journalist and politician
#Jan_Marijnissen

Molly Quinn, American actress and producer
#Molly_Quinn

Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator
#Stephen_Shore

Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author
#Richard_Morris_(archaeologist)

Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner (d. 1972)
#Donie_Bush

Giulio Caccini, Italian composer (d. 1618)
#Giulio_Caccini

Jakob Arjouni, German author (d. 2013)
#Jakob_Arjouni

Renate Groenewold, Dutch speed skater and cyclist
#Renate_Groenewold
Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman
#Rona_Barrett

Dylan Neal, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
#Dylan_Neal

Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (d. 1975)
#Richard_Sharpe_Shaver

Elliphant, Swedish singer-songwriter and rapper
#Elliphant

Steve Coll, American journalist and author
#Steve_Coll

Jim Fairchild, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Jim_Fairchild

Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (d. 1967)
#Ejnar_Hertzsprung

Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
#Jeff_Lahti
Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (d. 2010)
#Ed_Kirkpatrick

John Henninger Reagan, American judge and politician, 3rd Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
#John_Henninger_Reagan
Ralf Minge, German footballer and manager
#Ralf_Minge

Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
#Jesse_Jackson

Zog I of Albania (d. 1961)
#Zog_I_of_Albania

Álvaro Magaña, Salvadoran economist and politician, President of El Salvador (d. 2001)
#Álvaro_Magaña

Mike Morgan, American baseball player and coach
#Mike_Morgan_(baseball)

Bret Lott, American journalist, author, and academic
#Bret_Lott
Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (d. 1937)
#Louis_Vierne

Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
#Jens_Christian_Skou
Lynne Stewart, American lawyer and criminal
#Lynne_Stewart

P?nar Selek, Turkish sociologist, author, and academic
#P?nar_Selek