Famous people born on 8 August

• Paul DiracBritish theoretical physicist · 1902–1984
  82 yrs
• Emiliano ZapataMexican revolutionary · 1879–1919
  39 yrs
• Shmuel Yosef AgnonUkrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature · 1887–1970
  82 yrs
• Ernest LawrenceAmerican nuclear physicist · 1901–1958
  57 yrs
• Alija IzetbegovićBosnian politician, lawyer, philosopher and author · 1925–2003
  78 yrs
• Philip III the Good ↗Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467 · 1396–1467
  70 yrs
• Johann Friedrich Gmelin ↗German naturalist · 1748–1804
  56 yrs
• Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist ↗German field marshal · 1881–1954
  73 yrs
• Esther Williams ↗American swimmer, actress and singer · 1921–2013
  91 yrs
• Dino De Laurentiis ↗Italian film producer · 1919–2010
  91 yrs
• Francis Hutcheson ↗Scottish philosopher · 1694–1746
  52 yrs
• Esma Redžepova ↗Macedonian-Romani singer, songwriter and humanitarian · 1943–2016
  73 yrs
• Johann Christoph Adelung ↗German philologist, linguist · 1732–1806
  74 yrs
• Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (Marie of Hesse) ↗Empress consort of Russia · 1824–1880
  55 yrs
• Sara Teasdale ↗American writer and poet · 1884–1933
  48 yrs
• William Bateson ↗British geneticist and biologist · 1861–1926
  64 yrs
• Zito ↗Brazilian footballer · 1932–2015
  82 yrs
• Earle Page ↗Australian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia · 1880–1961
  81 yrs
• Godfrey Kneller ↗German-born British painter · 1646–1723
  77 yrs
• Sylvia Sidney ↗American actress · 1910–1999
  88 yrs
• Artur Bernardes ↗Brazilian politician · 1875–1955
  79 yrs
• Alberto Granado ↗Argentine-Cuban biochemistry doctor, writer, scientist and traveling companion of Che Guevara · 1922–2011
  88 yrs
• Vera Zasulich ↗Russian revolutionary, editor · 1849–1919
  69 yrs
• Georg I of Saxony ↗King of Saxony · 1832–1904
  72 yrs
• Chivu Stoica ↗48th Prime Minister of Romania · 1908–1975
  66 yrs
• Henry Fairfield Osborn ↗American geologist · 1857–1935
  78 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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