Famous People Born on April 8
Famous people born on April 8 include Kofi Annan (1938), Mary Pickford (1892) and Edmund Husserl (1859).
BORN ON THIS DAY
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Mary Pickford
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
Edmund Husserl
Austrian-German philosopher and mathematician (1859–1938)
Emil Cioran
Romanian philosopher, aphorist, and essayist (1911–1995)
Philip IV of Spain
King of Spain (1621–1665) and Portugal (1621–1640)
Jacques Brel
Belgian singer and actor (1929–1978)
Betty Ford
First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
Albert I of Belgium
King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934
Patricia Arquette
American actress (born 1968)
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist
Robin Wright
American actress (born 1966)
Igor Akinfeev
Russian footballer (born 1986)
Christian IX
King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906
Vivienne Westwood
British fashion designer (1941–2022)
John Hicks
British economist (1904–1989)
Sonja Henie
Norwegian figure skater and film star (1912–1969)
DIED ON THIS DAY
Pablo Picasso
Cubism, Guernica, most prolific artist
Margaret Thatcher
The Iron Lady, British Prime Minister
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Peter Higgs
British theoretical physicist (1929–2024)
Pyotr Kapitsa
Russian and Soviet physicist (1894–1984)
Caracalla
Roman emperor from 198 to 217
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Swedish poet
Lorenzo de' Medici
Ruler of Florence from 1469 to 1492
Gaetano Donizetti
Italian opera composer (1797–1848)
Sejong the Great
King of Joseon from 1418 to 1450
Daniel Bovet
Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist
Vaslav Nijinsky
Russian dancer and choreographer (1889–1950)
Omar Bradley
United States Army general (1893–1981)
Sources
- April 8 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Kofi Annan — Wikipedia
- Pablo Picasso — Wikipedia
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths