Anniversaries 8 August

Birth

Godfrey Kneller1

painter from Germany active in the United Kingdom 1646–1723

Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)7

Irish philosopher 1694–1746

William Henry Sleeman1

British colonial administrator 1788–1856

George Edward Ellis2

American Unitarian clergyman and historian (1814-1894) 1814–1894

Henry Jenner2

British Celticist 1848–1934

F. Anstey18

English novelist and journalist 1856–1934

Henry Fairfield Osborn8

American geologist, paleontologist, and eugenist 1857–1935

William Bateson16

British geneticist and biologist 1861–1926

Charles Hamilton (writer)10

English writer of school stories 1876–1961

Emiliano Zapata5

Mexican Revolutionary 1879–1919

Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist4

German general during World War II 1881–1954

Sara Teasdale39

American writer and poet 1884–1933

Donald Davidson15

American poet, essayist, critic and author 1893–1968

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings6

American novelist 1896–1953

Paul Dirac23

theoretical physicist 1902–1984

Jesse Stuart2

American writer 1907–1984

Ralph P. Boas Jr.2

American mathematician 1912–1992

J. F. Powers1

American writer 1917–1999

George Gerbner3

American writer, freelancer and sociologist 1919–2005

Esther Williams3

competitive American swimmer and actor 1921–2013

Ernst Badian3

Austrian classical scholar 1925–2011

Alija Izetbegović15

Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina 1925–2003

John Joseph Leibrecht1

Catholic bishop 1930

Roger Penrose15

English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician … 1931

Dustin Hoffman1

American actor 1937

C.K. Prahalad11

Indian academic 1941–2010

Brooke Bundy1

American actress 1944

Ralph Gonsalves1

Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1946

Alexander Rosenberg18

American philosopher 1946

Kapil Sibal7

Indian lawyer and politician 1948

Ken Kutaragi4

Japanese businessman 1950

Sarah Dunant4

English writer, broadcaster and critic 1950

Mohamed Morsi2

5th President of Egypt 1951–2019

Randy Shilts1

American journalist 1951–1994

Louis van Gaal6

Dutch footballer and manager 1951

Lloyd Austin1

American military officer and 28th US Secretary of Defense 1953

Kengo Kuma2

Japanese architect (b.1954) 1954

Iain Pears1

British writer and art historian 1955

Abu Azmi2

Indian politician 1955

Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned3

wife of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani 1958

Rikki Rockett1

American musician 1961

The Edge11

Irish rock musician, guitar player of U2 1961

Ron Klain3

American lawyer 1961

Chris Eubank5

British former professional boxer 1966

Steffen Roth1

sociologist 1976

Roger Federer32

Swiss tennis player 1981

Arifur Rahman3

Award-winning Cartoonist, Animator, Illustrator 1984

Katie Leung1

Scottish actress 1987

Nitin Pujari4

Indian spiritual leader , Pujari at Salasar Bala ji Rajasth… 1990

Kane Williamson1

New Zealand cricketer 1990

Shawn Mendes1

Canadian singer-songwriter and model 1998

Death

Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)7

Irish philosopher 1694–1746

George Canning11

British statesman and politician 1770–1827

Luigi Ferrarese1

Italian physician 1795–1855

Eugène Boudin20

French painter 1824–1898

George Trumbull Ladd4

American psychologist, educator and philosopher 1842–1921

Juhani Aho2

Finnish author and journalist 1861–1921

Bhagawan Nityananda14

Hindu guru and saint 1897–1961

Louise Brooks2

American dancer and actress 1906–1985

Fay Wray1

actress 1907–2004

Baldur von Schirach19

German Nazi leader convicted of crimes against humanity in … 1907–1974

Shirley Jackson49

novelist, short story writer 1916–1965

Ivan Kozhedub3

Soviet aviator, thrice hero of the Soviet Union 1920–1991

Paul Hellyer2

engineer, politician, writer 1923–2021

Max DePree3

American businessman and writer 1924–2017

Elizabeth Peters26

American author and egyptologist 1927–2013

Cannonball Adderley3

American jazz alto saxophonist 1928–1975

James Irwin3

American astronaut 1930–1991