Celebrities Who Were Born on 8th April
April 8, 1904 - John Hicks, British economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner
April 8, 1904 - Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner
April 8, 1905 - Helen Joseph, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1992)
April 8, 1905 - Erwin Keller, German field hockey player (d. 1971)
April 8, 1906 - Raoul Jobin, French Canadian tenor (d. 1974)
April 8, 1908 - Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (d. 1987)
April 8, 1910 - George Musso, American football player (d. 2000)
April 8, 1911 - Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
April 8, 1911 - Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist (d. 1995)
April 8, 1912 - Alois Brunner, Austrian Nazi
April 8, 1912 - Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (d. 1969)
April 8, 1914 - Maria Felix, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
April 8, 1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the US
April 8, 1918 - Glendon Swarthout, American author (d. 1992)
April 8, 1919 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (d. 2007)
April 8, 1920 - Carmen McRae, American jazz singer (d. 1994)
April 8, 1921 - Alfie Bass, English actor (d. 1987)
April 8, 1921 - Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003)
April 8, 1921 - Jan Novak, Czech composer (d. 1984)
April 8, 1923 - George Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
April 8, 1923 - Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (d. 1997)
April 8, 1924 - Frederic Back, German-born Canadian short film director
April 8, 1924 - Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, English soldier and historian (d. 2006)
April 8, 1926 - Henry N. Cobb, American architect
April 8, 1926 - Shecky Greene, American comedian
April 8, 1926 - Jürgen Moltmann, German theologian
April 8, 1928 - Leah Rabin, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000)
April 8, 1928 - Monty Sunshine, English jazz clarinetist
April 8, 1929 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (d. 2000)
April 8, 1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978)
April 8, 1929 - Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (d. 1996)
April 8, 1930 - Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma
April 8, 1931 - John Gavin, American actor and politician
April 8, 1933 - Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004)
April 8, 1934 - Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (d. 2007)
April 8, 1935 - Albert Bustamante, American politician
April 8, 1937 - Seymour Hersh, American journalist
April 8, 1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanaian United Nations Secretary General
April 8, 1940 - John Havlicek, American basketball player
April 8, 1941 - Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-born American actress
April 8, 1941 - Peggy Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
April 8, 1941 - Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer
April 8, 1942 - Roger Chapman, British rock singer (Family, Streetwalkers)
April 8, 1942 - Douglas Trumbull, American film director
April 8, 1943 - Tony Banks, British politician (d. 2006)
April 8, 1943 - Michael Bennett, American dancer/choreographer (d. 1987)
April 8, 1943 - Miller Farr, American football player
April 8, 1944 - Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor
April 8, 1944 - Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter
April 8, 1945 - Derrick Walker, British racing team owner
April 8, 1946 - Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999)
April 8, 1946 - Stuart Pankin, American actor
April 8, 1946 - Tim Thomerson, American actor
April 8, 1947 - Tom DeLay, American politician
April 8, 1947 - Steve Howe, English guitarist (Yes, Asia, GTR)
April 8, 1947 - Robert Kiyosaki, American investor
April 8, 1947 - Larry Norman, American singer/songwriter
April 8, 1948 - Michael Leshner, Canadian lawyer and gay rights advocate
April 8, 1949 - John Madden, English film director
April 8, 1949 - Brenda Russell, American singer/songwriter
April 8, 1950 - Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer
April 8, 1954 - G.V. Loganathan, American professor (d. 2007)
April 8, 1954 - Gary Carter, American baseball player
April 8, 1955 - Ricky Bell, American football player (d. 1984)
April 8, 1955 - Kane Hodder, American actor and stuntman
April 8, 1955 - Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist
April 8, 1955 - David Wu, Taiwanese-born American politician
April 8, 1956 - Christine Boisson, French actress
April 8, 1956 - Jim Piddock, English actor, writer and producer
April 8, 1957 - Fred Smerlas, American football player
April 8, 1960 - John Schneider, American actor
April 8, 1961 - Richard Hatch, American reality television personality
April 8, 1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N’ Roses)
April 8, 1963 - Julian Lennon, English musician and singer
April 8, 1963 - Terry Porter, American basketball player and coach
April 8, 1963 - Alec Stewart, English cricketer
April 8, 1963 - Seth Tobias, American financial commentator (d. 2007)
April 8, 1964 - Lisa Guerrero, American sports broadcaster
April 8, 1964 - Biz Markie, American rapper/disc jockey
April 8, 1964 - John McGinlay, Scottish footballer
April 8, 1965 - Michael Niko Jones, New Zealand rugby player and coach
April 8, 1966 - Mark Blundell, British racing driver
April 8, 1966 - Mazinho, Brazilian footballer
April 8, 1966 - Bobby Ologun, Nigerian television personality
April 8, 1966 - Robin Wright Penn, American actress
April 8, 1967 - Arwyn Davies, Welsh actor
April 8, 1968 - Patricia Arquette, American actress
April 8, 1968 - Tracy Grammer, American folk singer
April 8, 1970 - Sami Lukis, Australian journalist and television presenter
April 8, 1971 - Craig Mazin, American screenwriter and director
April 8, 1972 - Paul Gray, American bassist (Slipknot)
April 8, 1973 - Khaled Badra, Tunisian footballer
April 8, 1973 - Emma Caulfield, American actress
April 8, 1973 - Alex S. Gonzalez, American baseball player
April 8, 1974 - Chino XL, American rapper
April 8, 1974 - Holger Hott Johansen, Norwegian orienteerist
April 8, 1974 - Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Nigerian American writer
April 8, 1975 - Anouk, Dutch singer
April 8, 1975 - Timo Perez, Dominican baseball player
April 8, 1977 - Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (d. 2008)
April 8, 1977 - Mark Spencer, American computer programmer
April 8, 1978 - Ana de la Reguera, Mexican actress
April 8, 1978 - Bernt Haas, Swiss footballer
April 8, 1979 - Jeremy Guthrie, American baseball player
April 8, 1979 - Alexi Laiho, Finnish guitarist and singer
April 8, 1980 - Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer
April 8, 1980 - Katee Sackhoff, American actress
April 8, 1981 - Brian Burres, American baseball player
April 8, 1981 - Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor and model
April 8, 1982 - Judy Star, Canadian porn star
April 8, 1983 - Allu Arjun, Indian film actor
April 8, 1983 - Adrian Bellani, American actor
April 8, 1984 - Julia Liptakova, Slovakian model
April 8, 1984 - Taran Noah Smith, American actor
April 8, 1984 - Kirsten Storms, American actress
April 8, 1986 - Igor Akinfeev, Russian footballer
April 8, 1986 - Felix Hernandez, Venezuelan baseball player
April 8, 1986 - Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress, model and singer
April 8, 1987 - Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer
April 8, 1989 - Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer
April 8, 1992 - Shelby Young, American actress
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