Famous birthdays on August 8
Famous people born on August 8, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 8 of 366
Born on August 8

Emiliano Zapata
born 1879 · Mexican revolutionary (1879–1919)

Ernest Lawrence
born 1901 · American nuclear physicist (1901–1958)

Paul Dirac
born 1902 · British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
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Roger Federer
born 1981 · Swiss tennis player (born 1981)

Mohamed Morsi
born 1951 · president of Egypt from 2012 to 2013

Svetlana Savitskaya
born 1948 · Soviet cosmonaut

Nigel Mansell
born 1953 · British racing driver (born 1953)
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Louis Saha
born 1978 · French footballer (born 1978)
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Alysa Liu
born 2005 · American figure skater (born 2005)
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Joël Matip
born 1991 · Cameroonian-German association football player (born 1991)
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Martine Aubry
born 1950 · French politician (born 1950)

Cecilia Roth
born 1956 · Argentine actress
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Igor Smolnikov
born 1988 · Russian footballer
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Malick Thiaw
born 2001 · German footballer
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Jamie Gittens
born 2004 · English footballer (born 2004)
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Arvid Lindblad
born 2007 · British racing driver

José Francisco Molina
born 1970 · Spanish footballer
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Jonas Urbig
born 2003 · German footballer (born 2003)
Emre Taşdemir
born 1995 · Turkish association football player (born 1995)
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Aiysha Hart
born 1988 · English actress (born 1988)

Georges Heylens
born 1941 · Belgian footballer
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Akira Matsunaga
born 1948 · Japanese association football player
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Rasim Balayev
born 1948 · Azerbaijani actor (1948–2026)
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Akif Islamzade
born 1948 · Azerbaijani singer

Louis van Gaal
born 1951 · Dutch footbal player and manager
Mamoru Oshii
born 1951 · Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer
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Jostein Gaarder
born 1952 · Norwegian author (born 1952)

Herbert Prohaska
born 1955 · Austrian football player and coach
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Esmail Ghaani
born 1957 · Iranian general in the Quds Force
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Moza bint Nasser Al Missned
born 1959 · widow of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (born 1959)
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The Edge
born 1961 · Irish rock musician, guitar player of U2

Klaus Ebner
born 1964 · Austrian writer
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Giuseppe Conte
born 1964 · Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 to 2021
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Uche Okafor
born 1967 · Nigerian footballer (1967-2011)

Faye Wong
born 1969 · Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress

Chester Williams
born 1970 · South African rugby union footballer and coach (1970-2019)
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Makoto Tanaka
born 1975 · Japanese association football player and manager
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Massamasso Tchangai
born 1978 · Togolese footballer (1978-2010)

Natalia Ponce de León
born 1980 · Colombian campaigner

Harel Skaat
born 1981 · Israeli singer, performer, songwriter
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Questions about August 8 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on August 8?
- Famous people born on August 8 include Emiliano Zapata (1879), Ernest Lawrence (1901), Paul Dirac (1902), Roger Federer (1981), Mohamed Morsi (1951).
- What star sign is someone born on August 8?
- Someone born on August 8 is a Leo.
- What is the birthstone for August 8?
- The birthstone for August is peridot.
- How common is a birthday on August 8?
- In the US, August 8 is the No. 8 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,422 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).