June 8 Births

June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 206 days remaining until the end of the year.

862 – Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888)
1552 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet and author (d. 1638)
1625 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1712)
1671 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1751)
1717 – John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795)
1724 – John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794)
1745 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (d. 1818)
1757 – Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (d. 1824)
1788 – Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1869)
1810 – Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (d. 1856)
1829 – John Everett Millais, English painter and illustrator (d. 1896)
1831 – Thomas J. Higgins, Canadian-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1917)
1842 – John Q. A. Brackett, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1918)
1847 – Ida Saxton McKinley, American wife of William McKinley, 25th First Lady of the United States (d. 1907)
1851 – Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, French physician and physicist (d. 1940)
1852 – Guido Banti, Italian physician and pathologist (d. 1925)
1854 – Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (d. 1921)
1855 – George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (d. 1924)
1859 – Smith Wigglesworth, English evangelist (d. 1947)
1860 – Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and theorist (d. 1940)
1867 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (d. 1959)
1872 – Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1949)
1875 – Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (d. 1934)
1876 – Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper (d. 1958)
1885 – Karl Genzken, German physician (d. 1957)
1891 – William Funnell, Australian public servant (d. 1962)
1893 – Ernst Marcus, German zoologist (d. 1968)
1894 – Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist (d. 1942)
1895 – Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1897 – John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist (d. 1974)
1901 – Lena Baker, American maid and murderer (d. 1945)
1901 – Salustiano Sanchez, Spanish-American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1903 – Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician (d. 1996)
1903 – Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1987)
1904 – Dorothy Coburn, American actress (d. 1978)
1910 – C. C. Beck, American illustrator (d. 1989)
1910 – John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (d. 1971)
1910 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (d. 2003)
1911 – Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
1912 – Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
1912 – Harry Holtzman, American painter (d. 1987)
1915 – Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 2015)
1916 – Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
1916 – Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1916 – Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator (d. 1992)
1917 – Byron White, American football player and judge (d. 2002)
1918 – George Edward Hughes, Irish-New Zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994)
1918 – Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (d. 1987)
1918 – John D. Roberts, American chemist and academic
1918 – John H. Ross, American captain and pilot (d. 2013)
1919 – John R. Deane, Jr., American general (d. 2013)
1920 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (d. 1995)
1921 – Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
1921 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (d. 1986)
1921 – LeRoy Neiman, American soldier and painter (d. 2012)
1921 – Alexis Smith, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1993)
1921 – Olga Nardone, American actress (d. 2010)
1923 – Malcolm Boyd, American priest and author (d. 2015)
1923 – Alice Coleman, English geographer and academic
1923 – Karel Goeyvaerts, Belgian composer (d. 1993)
1924 – Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2013)
1924 – Iain Glidewell, English lawyer and judge
1924 – Lyn Nofziger, American journalist and author (d. 2006)
1924 – Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and academic (d. 2013)
1925 – Barbara Bush, American wife of George H. W. Bush, 41st First Lady of the United States
1925 – Del Ennis, American baseball player and coach (d. 1996)
1925 – Eddie Gaedel, American baseball player (d. 1961)
1925 – Charles Tyner, American actor
1927 – Jerry Stiller, American actor, comedian and producer
1927 – Anne Warburton, English academic and diplomat (d. 2015)
1929 – Nada Inada, Japanese psychiatrist and author (d. 2013)
1929 – Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, English lieutenant and politician (d. 2012)
1930 – Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 – Michael Codron, English producer and manager
1930 – Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1993)
1931 – James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1931 – Dana Wynter, British actress (d. 2011)
1932 – Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster
1932 – Ian Kirkwood, Lord Kirkwood, Scottish lawyer and judge
1933 – Rommie Loudd, American football player and coach (d. 1998)
1933 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014)
1933 – Robert Stevens, English lawyer and academic
1934 – Millicent Martin, English actress and singer
1935 – Molade Okoya-Thomas, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
1936 – James Darren, American actor, singer, and director
1936 – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
1937 – Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
1938 – Angelo Amato, Italian cardinal
1939 – Herb Adderley, American football player
1939 – Bernie Casey, American football player and actor
1939 – Ruthe Blalock Jones, Delaware-Shawnee-Peoria painter
1939 – Francis Jacobs, English lawyer and judge
1940 – Arthur Elgort, American photographer
1940 – Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress
1940 – Jim Wickwire, American lawyer and mountaineer
1941 – Robert Bradford, Irish minister and politician (d. 1981)
1941 – Fuzzy Haskins, American singer, guitarist, and producer (The Parliaments and Parliament-Funkadelic)
1941 – George Pell, Australian cardinal
1942 – Nikos Konstantopoulos, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior
1942 – Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player
1942 – Chuck Negron, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Three Dog Night)
1942 – Andrew Weil, American author and educator
1943 – Colin Baker, English actor
1943 – William Calley, American lieutenant
1943 – Willie Davenport, American colonel and hurdler (d. 2002)
1943 – Peter Eggert, German footballer and manager
1944 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1944 – Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal
1944 – Boz Scaggs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Steve Miller Band)
1945 – Anthony Bagnall, English air marshal
1945 – Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (d. 2014)
1945 – Derek Underwood, English cricketer
1946 – Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach
1947 – Sara Paretsky, American author
1947 – Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter (Renaissance and Nevada)
1947 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
1948 – Lorna Heilbron, Scottish actress
1949 – Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator
1949 – Hildegard Falck, German runner
1949 – Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (d. 1986)
1950 – Kathy Baker, American actress
1950 – Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
1951 – Tony Rice, American guitarist and songwriter (David Grisman Quintet and Bluegrass Album Band)
1951 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer
1952 – Dave Jennings, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1953 – Billy Hayes, English union leader
1953 – Sandy Nairne, English historian and curator
1953 – Ivo Sanader, Croatian historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
1953 – Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1953 – Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist
1954 – Greg Ginn, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Black Flag, Gone, Mojack, and Confront James)
1954 – Kiril of Varna, Bulgarian metropolitan (d. 2013)
1954 – Sergei Storchak, Ukrainian-Russian politician
1954 – Marios Tokas, Cypriot-Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1955 – Tim Berners-Lee, English-American computer scientist and engineer, invented the World Wide Web
1955 – Griffin Dunne, American actor, director, and producer
1956 – Udo Bullmann, German politician
1956 – Jonathan Potter, English psychologist, sociolinguist, and academic
1957 – Scott Adams, American author and illustrator
1957 – Don Robinson, American baseball player and politician
1957 – Sonja Vectomov, Czech/Finnish sculptor
1958 – Louise Richardson, Irish political scientist and academic
1958 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Mohsen Kadivar, Iranian philosopher
1960 – Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter (Simply Red and Faces)
1960 – Terje Gewelt, Norwegian bassist
1960 – Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Tatanka, American wrestler
1961 – Mary King, English horse rider
1962 – John Gibbons, American baseball player and manager
1962 – Andreas Keim, German footballer
1962 – Nick Rhodes, English keyboard player and producer (Duran Duran, Arcadia, and The Devils)
1962 – Kristine W, American singer-songwriter and producer
1963 – Karen Kingsbury, American journalist and author
1963 – Antoaneta Todorova, Bulgarian javelin thrower
1964 – Butch Reynolds, American runner and coach
1965 – Kevin Farley, American screenwriter
1965 – Rob Pilatus, American-German singer and dancer (Milli Vanilli and Rob & Fab) (d. 1998)
1966 – Julianna Margulies, American actress
1966 – Doris Pearson, English singer-songwriter and choreographer (Five Star)
1967 – Russell E. Morris, Professor of Materials Chemistry at the University of St Andrews
1968 – Rob Ray, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1969 – David Barnhill, Australian rugby league player and coach
1969 – J. P. Manoux, American-Canadian actor and director
1969 – Marcos Siega, American director and producer
1969 – David Sutcliffe, Canadian actor
1970 – Gabrielle Giffords, American businesswoman and politician
1970 – Seu Jorge, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor
1970 – Kwame Kilpatrick, American educator and politician, 68th Mayor of Detroit
1970 – Steve Renouf, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1970 – Teresa Strasser, American radio and television host
1970 – Troy Vincent, American football player
1970 – Kelli Williams, American actress and director
1971 – Troy Duffy, American director and screenwriter
1971 – Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer
1972 – Christian Mayrleb, Austrian footballer
1973 – Lexa Doig, Canadian model and actress
1973 – Shappi Khorsandi, Iranian-English comedian
1973 – Bryant Reeves, American basketball player
1973 – Lucija Šerbedžija, Croatian actress
1974 – Pål Arne Fagernes, Norwegian javelin thrower (d. 2003)
1974 – Alma Lepina, Latvian figure skater
1975 – Bryan McCabe, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1975 – Mark Ricciuto, Australian footballer and sportscaster
1975 – Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress and producer
1976 – Lindsay Davenport, American tennis player and coach
1976 – Trish Goff, American model and actress
1976 – Kenji Johjima, Japanese baseball player
1976 – Catherine McKinnell, English lawyer and politician
1977 – Kanye West, American rapper, producer, director, and fashion designer (Child Rebel Soldier)
1978 – Eun Ji-won, South Korean rapper, dancer, and producer (Sechs Kies)
1978 – Maria Menounos, American television journalist
1979 – Alexei Kozlov, Estonian figure skater
1979 – Pete Orr, Canadian-American baseball player
1979 – Derek Trucks, American guitarist and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band, The Derek Trucks Band, and Tedeschi Trucks Band)
1979 – Adine Wilson, New Zealand netball player
1979 – Rob Holliday, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Marilyn Manson, The Mission and The Prodigy)
1979 – İpek Şenoğlu, Turkish tennis player
1980 – Gustavo Manduca, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Jamie Spencer, Irish jockey
1981 – Alex Band, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Calling)
1981 – Matteo Meneghello, Italian race car driver
1981 – Ai Nonaka, Japanese voice actress
1981 – Sara Watkins, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (Nickel Creek, The Decemberists, and Works Progress Administration)
1982 – Matteo Barbini, Italian rugby player
1982 – Michael Cammalleri, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
1982 – Irina Lăzăreanu, Romanian-Canadian model and singer
1982 – Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
1983 – Gaines Adams, American football player (d. 2010)
1983 – Kim Clijsters, Belgian tennis player
1983 – Pantelis Kapetanos, Greek footballer
1983 – Coby Karl, American basketball player
1984 – Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer
1985 – Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver
1986 – Patrick Kaleta, American ice hockey player
1987 – Coralie Balmy, French swimmer
1987 – Issiar Dia, Senegalese footballer
1989 – Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player
1989 – Richard Fleeshman, English singer-songwriter and actor
1989 – Mitchell Schwartz, American football player
1990 – Mickey Bushell, English wheelchair racer
1992 – Sebá, Brazilian footballer
1996 – Doğanay Kılıç, Turkish footballer
1997 – Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player