Famous People Born on October 8
Famous people born on October 8 include Sigourney Weaver (1949), Ursula von der Leyen (1958) and Matt Damon (1970).
MORE FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Sigourney Weaver
American actress (born 1949)
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission since 2019
Matt Damon
American actor (born 1970)
Bruno Mars
American singer-songwriter (born 1985)
Marina Tsvetaeva
Russian poet (1892–1941)
Juan Perón
President of Argentina (1946–1955, 1973–1974)
Frank Herbert
American science-fiction author (1920–1986)
Sadiq Khan
Mayor of London since 2016
Pyrrhus of Epirus
King of Epirus from 297 to 272 BC
Bella Thorne
American actress and singer (born 1997)
Jesse Jackson
American minister, activist and politician (1941–2026)
Otto Heinrich Warburg
German physiologist and Nobel laureate (1883–1970)
Garbiñe Muguruza
Spanish former tennis player (born 1993)
Zog I
Leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939
César Milstein
Argentine biochemist (1927–2002)
MORE FAMOUS DEATHS
Franklin Pierce
President of the United States from 1853 to 1857
Willy Brandt
Chancellor of West Germany from 1969 to 1974
Clement Attlee
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951
Henry Fielding
English writer and judge (1707–1754)
Premchand
Indian Hindustani writer (1880–1936)
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Umayyad caliph from 685 to 705
Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher, playwright and music critic (1889–1973)
George Emil Palade
Romanian cell biologist, physicist and Nobel laureate
Philip Noel-Baker
British athlete and politician (1889–1982)
Jean Giono
French writer (1895–1970)