Anniversaries 8 October

Birth

Harriet Taylor Mill1

British philosopher 1807–1858

Edmund Clarence Stedman13

American poet, critic, and essayist 1833–1908

John Hay6

American statesman, diplomat, author and journalist 1838–1905

Rose Scott1

Australian suffragist 1847–1925

John Cowper Powys21

British writer, lecturer and philosopher 1872–1963

Fritz Bleyl2

German artist 1880–1966

Paul Lewis Anderson1

American photographer and writer 1880–1956

Mark Oliphant6

Governor of South Australia (1971-76) 1901–2000

John W. Gardner8

American politician 1912–2002

Bob Pierce1

American evangelical charity founder 1914–1978

Уильям "Билл" Воган2

1915–1977

Frank Herbert158

American writer 1920–1986

Louise L. Hay23

American writer 1926–2017

Charles V. Willie1

American sociologist 1927

Jim Elliot5

Martyred Christian missionary to Ecuador 1927–1956

Helmut Qualtinger2

Austrian actor 1928–1986

Faith Ringgold1

American artist 1930

Clayton Williams1

American businessman 1931–2020

Jay W. Lorsch4

American organizational theorist 1932

Michael Korda23

British writer 1933

Harvey Pekar3

writer 1939–2010

Jesse Jackson19

African-American civil rights activist and politician 1941

Nguyen Minh Triet1

President of Vietnam 1942

R.L. Stine8

American writer and producer 1943

Chevy Chase3

American comedian, writer, and television and film actor 1943

William Broyles Jr.1

American screenwriter 1944

Dennis Kucinich22

Ohio politician 1946

Gottfried Helnwein14

Austrian photographer and painter 1948

Chen Shui-tsai1

Magistrate of Kinmen County 1948

Sigourney Weaver5

American actress 1949

Shannon C. Stimson1

American political theorist 1951

Tom Price (U.S. politician)2

former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services… 1954

Darrell Hammond1

American actor and comedian 1955

Urvashi Vaid1

Indian writer 1958

Chang Ching-sen1

Taiwanese politician 1959

Guy P. Harrison21

American skeptic author 1963

Kai Ryssdal3

Radio host, United States Navy officer 1963

Claire Messud2

American writer 1966

Matt Damon5

American actor, screenwriter, and producer 1970

Kristanna Loken1

American actress 1979

Death

Ennius23

Roman writer -239–-169 BC

Mukai Kyorai3

poet 1651–1704

Yongzheng Emperor3

Qing Dynasty emperor 1678–1735

Henry Fielding70

English novelist and dramatist 1707–1754

John Hancock8

American Patriot and statesman during the American Revoluti… 1737–1793

Vittorio Alfieri11

Italian dramatist and poet 1749–1803

Richard Whately10

English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian 1787–1863

Ричард Уэйтли1

1787–1863

Franklin Pierce6

American politician, 14th President of the United States (i… 1804–1869

George du Maurier2

French-British cartoonist and author 1834–1896

Adelaide Crapsey5

American writer 1878–1914

William Trufant Foster13

American economist 1879–1950

Premchand15

Hindi writer 1880–1936

Clement Attlee95

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1883–1967

Gabriel Marcel10

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Ch… 1889–1973

Wendell Willkie1

American businessman 1892–1944

Willy Brandt8

German social-democratic politician; Chancellor of the Fede… 1913–1992

Nur Muhammad Taraki10

Prime Minister of Afghanistan 1917–1979

Constantine Andreou1

painter and Sculptor 1917–2007

Harvey Dwight Dash1

American art educator 1924–2002

Zilpha Keatley Snyder3

American writer of children's fiction 1927–2014

Varsha Bhosle4

Singer, Columnist 1956–2012

Gu Cheng4

Chinese poet 1956–1993