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April 8 Birthdays in History - April 8 Deaths - April 8 Events
April 8, 1984 Taran Noah Smith, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Mark Taylor-Home Improvement
April 8, 1981 Rebecca Wilson, born in Queensland, Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics
April 8, 1976 Jim Farnum, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, kayak alternate for 1996 Olympics
April 8, 1973 Alex Gonzalez, born in Miami, Florida, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays
April 8, 1973 Joel Davis, guard for the Cincinnati Bengals
April 8, 1973 Walter Nicholas Henry Tongue, born in Auckland NZ, 50m/100m swimmer 1996 Olympics
April 8, 1973 Emma Caulfield, American Actress
April 8, 1972 Damon Watts, NFL center for the Indianapolis Colts
April 8, 1972 Isaac Davis, NFL guard for the San Diego Chargers
April 8, 1972 Katrina Powell, born in Canberra, Australia, field hockey striker 1996 Olympics
April 8, 1971 Edward Fryatt, born in Rochdale, England, Nike golfer, 1994 NCAA West Regional
April 8, 1971 Marc Peers, born in Edmonton, Alberta, tornado yachter 1996 Olympics
April 8, 1970 Derek D. Brown, born in Washington D.C., team handball right wing 1996 Olympics
April 8, 1970 Gerald Vaughn, CFL defensive back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats
April 8, 1970 Harold Bishop, NFL tight end for the Cleveland Browns
April 8, 1969 Steve Jackson, NFL cornerback, Houston/Tennessee Oilers
April 8, 1968 Don Davey, NFL defensive tackle for the Jacksonville Jaguars
April 8, 1968 Patricia Arquette, born in New York City, actress, Ed Wood, Nightmare on Elm Street 3
April 8, 1967 Kenneth Charlie Griffith Benjamin, cricketer, WI like his namesake
April 8, 1966 Robin Wright Penn, born in Dallas, Texas, actress, Santa Barbara, Princess Bride
April 8, 1964 Biz Markie, rocker, Meteor Man, Townsend Television
April 8, 1964 Valinda Hilleary, born in Littleton, Colorado, WPVA volleyballer, U.S. Open-9th-1993
April 8, 1964 Lisa Guerrero, American Journalist
April 8, 1963 Alec Stewart, cricketer, son of Micky/opening bat Occasional WK
April 8, 1963 Erica Terwillegar, born in Nelsonville, New Jersey, lugist
April 8, 1963 Julian Lennon, John's son and singer, Too Late for Goodbyes
April 8, 1963 Terry Porter, NBA guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves
April 8, 1962 Izzy Stradlin, born in Lafayette, Indiana, guitarist, Guns and Roses
April 8, 1959 Franklyn Stephenson, cricketer, great all-rounder
April 8, 1959 Martin Weston, cricketer
April 8, 1955 John Campbell, harness racer, 3-time winner of Hambletonian
April 8, 1955 Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist
April 8, 1955 David Wu, American Politician
April 8, 1954 Gary Carter, catcher, Montreal Expos, New York Mets
April 8, 1954 John Schneider, born in Mt. Kisco, New York, actor, Bo-Dukes of Hazzard
April 8, 1952 Adam Woods, rock drummer and pianist, Fixx
April 8, 1949 Jim Lampley, born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, newscaster, Monday Night Baseball
April 8, 1948 Gerald McRaney, born in Collins, Mississippi, actor, Rick-Simon and Simon, Major Dad
April 8, 1948 Richard Alan Litchfield, born in Massachusetts, bank robber, FBI most wanted
April 8, 1947 Cindy Pickett, born in Norman, Oklahoma, actress, Guiding Light, St. Elsewhere
April 8, 1947 Hsiao-hsien Hou, director, Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster
April 8, 1947 Steve Howe, born in London, rock guitarist, Asia, Yes-Roundabout
April 8, 1947 Thomas D. Delay, Rep-R-Texas, 1985-
April 8, 1947 Tom DeLay, American Politician
April 8, 1947 Robert Kiyosaki, American Author
April 8, 1946 Jim "Catfish" Hunter, major-league pitcher, A's, Yankees
April 8, 1946 Stuart Pankin, born in Philadelphia, comedian, Striptease, Congo, Earl-Dinosaurs
April 8, 1946 Catfish Hunter, American Athlete
April 8, 1945 Ian White, MEP
April 8, 1944 Anthony Farrar Hockley, military historian
April 8, 1944 Christoph Hein, writer
April 8, 1944 Hywel Bennett, born in South Wales, actor, Family Way, Shelley
April 8, 1944 Roger Chapman, rock vocalist, Family-Family Entertainment
April 8, 1944 Santiago Jimenez, Jr., U.S. accordionist, El Mero Mero, Viva Seguin
April 8, 1943 Carol Lavell, born in Fairfax, Vermont, equestrian dressage, Olympics bronze 1992, 1996
April 8, 1943 J. P. Kavanaugh, racehorse trainer
April 8, 1943 Robby Weaver, actor, Stone
April 8, 1943 Tony Banks, English politician, Lab
April 8, 1943 William Garth Morrison, Chief scout
April 8, 1942 Douglas Trumbull, director, Silent Running, Brainstorm
April 8, 1942 Eduard Visser, Dutch writer, Fyffes are now called Chiquita
April 8, 1941 Peggy Lennon, born in Los Angeles, California, singer, Lennon Sisters
April 8, 1941 Vivienne Westwood, English Designer
April 8, 1940 John Havlicek, born in Martin's Ferry, Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer for the Boston Celtics
April 8, 1938 Barton Keith McLean, composer
April 8, 1938 Lory Patrick, born in Beckley, West Virginia, actress, Trina-Tales of Welles Fargo
April 8, 1938 Mohammad Farooq, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 7 Tests 1960-65
April 8, 1938 Kofi Annan, Statesman
April 8, 1937 Ronald Anthony "Tony" Clegg, property trader
April 8, 1937 Seymour Hersh, award winning investigative reporter, New York Times
April 8, 1936 Klaus Lowitsch, born in Berlin, actor, Despair, Marriage of Marla Braun
April 8, 1935 Albert G. Bustamante, Rep-D-TX, 1985-
April 8, 1935 Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire
April 8, 1935 Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, epidemiologist, Living legacy award-1984
April 8, 1933 Fred Ebb, lyricist, Cabaret
April 8, 1933 Jaroslav Smolka, composer
April 8, 1932 John Gavin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Felony, Jennifer, House of Shadows
April 8, 1930 Dorothy Tutin, born in London, actress, Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell
April 8, 1930 John Bartholomew Tucker, born in Pennsylvania, TV host, Candid Camera, Treasure Island
April 8, 1930 John Reardon, born in New York City, baritone, Falke-Die Fledermaus
April 8, 1930 Mary Moore, principal, St. Hilda's College, Oxford
April 8, 1929 Jacques Brel, Belgium, singer and actor
April 8, 1929 Renzo de Felice, historian
April 8, 1929 WIlliam K. Everson, film historian
April 8, 1929 Walter Berry, Austria singer and ex husband of Christa Ludwig
April 8, 1928 Eric Porter, born in London, England, actor, Antony and Cleopatra, 39 Steps
April 8, 1928 John Gavin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Back Street, Psycho, Murder for Sale
April 8, 1928 Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, CEO, NVSH
April 8, 1928 Monty Sunshine, jazz bandleader, Gotta Travel On
April 8, 1925 Shecky Greene, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian/actor, Love Machine, Combat
April 8, 1923 Edward Mulhare, Cork, Ireland, actor, Daniel Gregg-Ghost and Mrs. Muir
April 8, 1923 Franco Corelli, born in Anconia, Italy, tenor, Don Jose-Carmen
April 8, 1921 Alfie Bass, born in London, England, actor, Moonraker, Are You Being Served
April 8, 1921 Betty Ford, 1st lady, 1975-76, and namesake for Betty Ford Clinic
April 8, 1921 Jan Novak, composer
April 8, 1921 Virginia O'Brien, born in Los Angeles, California, actress and singer, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies
April 8, 1920 Carmen McRae, Clark, U.S. jazz singer/pianist, Dream of Life
April 8, 1920 Erik Pausin, born in Austria, figure skating pairs, 1936 Olympics silver
April 8, 1919 [Douglas] Ian Smith, premier of Rhodesia, 1964-..
April 8, 1914 John Cameron, cricketer, brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour
April 8, 1913 H Ernst, bishop, Breda Neth
April 8, 1912 Josef Gabcik, Czech resistance fighter, attacked Heydrich
April 8, 1912 Sonja Henie, born in Oslo, Norway, ice skater/actress, Olympics gold 1928, 1932, 1936
April 8, 1911 Douglas Hyde, socialist and Christian
April 8, 1911 Emil Mihai Cioran, writer and aphorist
April 8, 1911 Melvin Calvin, U.S. chemist, photosynthesis, Nobel 1961
April 8, 1911 Emile M. Cioran, writer
April 8, 1910 George Musso, NFL guard for the Chicago Bears
April 8, 1910 Wendell Bill, cricketer, NSW bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930
April 8, 1909 George Dixon, trumpet and sax
April 8, 1909 Olavi Pesonen, composer
April 8, 1909 William James Millar Mackenzie, political scientist
April 8, 1908 Neil Lawson, British high court judge
April 8, 1907 Maurice Stacey, chemist
April 8, 1906 Charles J B Jonckheere, Flemish poet and writer, Mirror of the Sea
April 8, 1905 George Baxter, born in Paris, France, actor, Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged
April 8, 1905 Hans Scherfig, Danish marxist and writer, Idealister, Frydenholm
April 8, 1905 Helen B M Fennell Joseph, anti-apartheid writer, Side by Side
April 8, 1904 John Antill, composer
April 8, 1904 John R. Hicks, British economist, Nobel 1972
April 8, 1903 Ilka Chase, born in New York City, actress, Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien
April 8, 1902 Arthur Wellard, cricketer, big hitting Somerset and England batsman
April 8, 1902 Josef Krips, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, London Symph 1954-63
April 8, 1898 Achiel H. Acker, born in Belgian premier, 1945-46, 1954-58
April 8, 1898 Cecil Bowra, British classics expert, Greek experience
April 8, 1898 E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, [Isidore Hochberg], lyricist and librettist
April 8, 1897 Herbert Eimert, German composer and musicologist, Glockenspiel
April 8, 1896 Karl Hermann Pillney, composer
April 8, 1895 Bert I Gordon, New York
April 8, 1895 Sigurdur Thordarson, composer
April 8, 1893 Grace Cunard, born in Columbus, Ohio, silent screen actress, Resurrection
April 8, 1893 Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor, Sereniteit
April 8, 1893 Mary Pickford, actress, Poor Little Rich Girl
April 8, 1892 Richard J. Neutra, Austrian and U.S. architect, Who Built America
April 8, 1892 Richard Neutra, American Architect
April 8, 1889 Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Sym Orch
April 8, 1888 Dennis Chavez, American Politician
April 8, 1887 Walter Connolly, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actor, Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl
April 8, 1886 Margaret A. Barnes, writer
April 8, 1885 Dimitrios Levidis, composer
April 8, 1881 Fernand Lamy, composer
April 8, 1880 Victor Schertzinger, composer and director, Uptown New York
April 8, 1878 Rudolf Nelson, composer
April 8, 1875 Albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium, 1909-34
April 8, 1869 Harvey Cushing, U.S., neurosurgeon, blood pressure studies
April 8, 1859 Edmund Husserl, born in Germany, philosopher, founded Phenomenology
April 8, 1850 William Henry Welch, U.S., pathologist, founded John Hopkins
April 8, 1843 Asger Hamerik, [Hammerich], composer
April 8, 1832 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian fieldmarshal
April 8, 1831 Allard Pierson, Dutch theologiost, philosopher, art historian and poet
April 8, 1828 George Baird Hodge, Brig General Confederate Army
April 8, 1818 Christaan IX, king of Denmark, 1863-1906
April 8, 1816 Frederick William Burton, painter
April 8, 1798 Dionysios Solomos, poet
April 8, 1783 John Claudius, born in London, England, horticulturist
April 8, 1776 Thaddaus Weigl, composer
April 8, 1775 Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general and Napoleon's wife Marie lover
April 8, 1756 Joseph Gehot, composer
April 8, 1741 Jose B da Gama, Portuguese poet, O Uraguai
April 8, 1731 William Williams, U.S. merchant signed Declaration of Independence
April 8, 1726 Lewis Morris, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence
April 8, 1708 Georg Zarth, composer
April 8, 1697 Pierre Prowo, composer
April 8, 1695 Johann C. Gunther, writer
April 8, 1692 Giuseppe Tartini, born in Italy, violinist and composer, Trillo del Diavolo
April 8, 1655 Louis Willem I, Margrave, Baden-Baden
April 8, 1642 Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral
April 8, 1631 Cornelis de Heem, painter
April 8, 1605 Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter
April 8, 1605 Philip IV, King of Spain and Portugal, 1621-65
April 8, 1582 Phienas Fletcher, poet
April 8, 1533 Claudio Merulo, organist and composer
April 8, 1460 Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida



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