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July 8 Birthdays in History - July 8 Deaths - July 8 Events
July 8, 1992 Taylor Maine Pearl Brooks, daughter of country singer Garth Brooks
July 8, 1982 Sophia Bush, American Actress
July 8, 1980 Robbie Keane, Irish Athlete
July 8, 1976 Michael Renfurm, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Sparta
July 8, 1976 Staci Wilson, born in Livingston, New Jersey, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
July 8, 1974 Demetrius Allen, NFL wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons
July 8, 1973 Kathleen Robertson, actress, Beverly Hills 90210
July 8, 1972 Brandon Rock, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, 800m runner
July 8, 1972 Jay Bellamy, NFL safety for the Seattle Seahawks
July 8, 1972 Karl Dykhuis, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman for the Philadelphia Flyers
July 8, 1972 Saurav Ganguly, cricketer, centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996
July 8, 1972 Tom Hutton, NFL punter/kicker for the Philadelphia Eagles
July 8, 1971 Jeff Kopp, NFL linebacker for the Miami Dolphins
July 8, 1971 John Achterberg, soccer player, NAC
July 8, 1971 Wendy Benson, born in New York City, actress, Meredith-As the World Turns
July 8, 1970 Lisa Powell, born in Sydney, NSW Australia, field hockey forward 1996 Olympics
July 8, 1970 Marlies Askamp, WNBA forward, Phoenix Mercury
July 8, 1970 Todd Martin, born in Hinsdale, Illinois, tennis star, 1988 USTA Boys' 18
July 8, 1970 Beck, American Musician
July 8, 1969 Bobby Ayala, born in Oxnard, California, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
July 8, 1969 Dana Hall, NFL safety for the Cleveland Browns
July 8, 1969 Ernie Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, outfielder for the Oakland A's
July 8, 1969 Lisa Arce, born in Manhattan Beach, California, WPVA volleyballer, National-4th-1995
July 8, 1969 Lori Hallier, Victoria BC Canada, actress, Shannon-Santa Barbara
July 8, 1968 C B Washington, NFLer for the Jacksonville Jaguars
July 8, 1968 Glen Featherstone, born in Toronto, NHL defenseman, Hartford Whalers
July 8, 1968 Michael Weatherly, born in New York City, actor, Cooper Alden-The City/Loving
July 8, 1968 Michel Langerak, soccer player, Dordrecht '90
July 8, 1968 Billy Crudup, American Actor
July 8, 1967 Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward, Team Kazakhstan 1998
July 8, 1965 Corey Parker, born in New York City, actor, How I Got into College, Roger-Eddie Dodd
July 8, 1964 Alexei Gusarov, born in Moscow, Russia, NHL defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche
July 8, 1964 Maryalice Demler, born in New York, Miss NY-America 1991
July 8, 1963 Bob Ctvrtlik, born in Long Beach, California, volleyball outsider, Oly-G-88,B-92, 96
July 8, 1963 Mike Ridley, born in Winnipeg, NHL center, Vancouver Canucks
July 8, 1963 Pablo Magallon, jockey
July 8, 1962 Martin Pavlu, hockey forward, Team Italy 1998
July 8, 1962 Rob Burnett, born in North Caldwell, New Jersey, head writer, David Letterman
July 8, 1961 Graham Jones, rock guitarist, Haircut 100
July 8, 1961 Toby Keith, American Musician
July 8, 1960 Jeff Stork, born in Longview, Washington, volleyball setter, Olympics-G-88,B-92, 96
July 8, 1960 Valerie Pettiford, New York City, actress, Sheila Price-One Life to Live
July 8, 1958 Carlos Cavazo, rocker, Quiet Riot-We're Not Gonna Take It
July 8, 1958 Fred Young, born in Glasgow, Kentucky, singer, Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett
July 8, 1958 Kevin Bacon, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, actor, Diner, Footloose, She's Having a Baby
July 8, 1957 Clyde Butts, cricketer, West Indies off-spinner late eighties
July 8, 1956 Millard Frank Hampton, born in Fresno, California, 4x100m runner 1976 Olympics gold
July 8, 1956 Russell Christian, rocker, Christians-Harvest the World
July 8, 1953 Jonathan Segal, born in New York City, actor, Jonathan-Paper Chase
July 8, 1952 Ulrich Wehling, born in German DR, cross country, Olympics gold 1972, 76, 80
July 8, 1952 A. Whitney Brown, American Comedian
July 8, 1951 Andy Fletcher, rocker, Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough
July 8, 1951 Anjelica Huston, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Prizzi's Honor, Alien
July 8, 1951 Greg T. Walker, rock bassist, Blackfoot
July 8, 1951 Pleas Ned Sublette, composer
July 8, 1949 Wolfgang Puck, Austrian Celebrity
July 8, 1948 Kim Darby, N Hollywood, actress, True Grit, Enola Gay, Rich Man Poor Man
July 8, 1948 Raffi, children's singer, Baby Beluga
July 8, 1946 Cynthia Gregory, born in Louisiana, ballerina, New York Ballet Co
July 8, 1944 Jaimoe "Johnny" Johanson, U.S. rock drummer, Allman Brothers
July 8, 1944 Jeffrey Tambor, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Jeffrey-Ropers, Larry Sanders
July 8, 1943 Faye Wattleton, born in St. Louis, Missouri, sociologist/president, Planned Parenthood
July 8, 1942 Chuck Negron, born in Bronx, New York, rock vocalist, 3 Dog Night-Joy to the World
July 8, 1942 Janice Pennington, born in Kansas, playmate, May 1971, /model, Price is Right
July 8, 1942 Phil Gramm, Sen-R Texas, 1985-
July 8, 1940 Marcia Rodd, actress, Little Murders, T R Baskins
July 8, 1938 Marian Ackerman, women's rights advocacy administrator
July 8, 1937 Barbara Ann Loden, actress, Ernie Kovac's Show
July 8, 1936 Rudolf W de Korte, Dutch Unilever-director/minister EA, L
July 8, 1935 John David Crow, football player, Heisman Trophy 1957
July 8, 1935 Steve Lawrence, born in Brooklyn, singer and actor, Go Away Little Girl, Lonely Guy
July 8, 1935 Vitali Ivanovich Sevastiyanov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 9, 18B
July 8, 1933 Marty Feldman, born in London, England, comedian, Young Frankenstein
July 8, 1931 Jerry Vale, born in New York City, singer, Arriverderci Roma
July 8, 1931 Louis Ballard, composer
July 8, 1931 Roone Arledge, born in Forest Hills, New York, head of sports broadcasting, ABC
July 8, 1930 Valeri Aleksandrovich Yazdovsky, Russian cosmonaut
July 8, 1929 Shirley Ann Grau, author, Keepers of the House
July 8, 1928 Carol Henry, born in Newark, New Jersey, choreographer, Garry Moore Show
July 8, 1928 Norma Donaldson, singer and actress, Poetic Justice, 5 Heartbeats
July 8, 1927 Carlo Franci, composer
July 8, 1927 John Ashbery, American Poet
July 8, 1926 John D Dingell, Rep-D-Michigan, 1955-
July 8, 1926 Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, American
July 8, 1926 John Dingell, American Politician
July 8, 1926 Ian Gilmour, English Politician
July 8, 1923 Harrison Dillard, Cleve, 100m runner, Oly-4 gold-1948, 52
July 8, 1921 John Money, New Zealander Psychologist
July 8, 1920 Dolph Sweet, born in New York City, actor, Gimme a Break, Which Way is Up
July 8, 1919 Walter Scheel, German Foreign minister/president
July 8, 1918 Craig Stevens, born in Liberty, Missouri, actor, Craig-Dallas, Peter Gunn
July 8, 1917 Faye Emerson, born in Elizabeth, Louisiana, actress, I've Got a Secret
July 8, 1917 Glenn Langan, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Amazing Colossal Man, Margie
July 8, 1917 Pamela Brown, born in London, England, actress, Cleopatra, Beckett
July 8, 1917 J. F. Powers, American Novelist
July 8, 1915 Charles Hard Townes, born in Greenville, South Carolina, physicist, developed lasers
July 8, 1914 Billy Eckstine, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, jazz singer, Tenderly, A Fool in Love
July 8, 1913 Walter Kerr, New York drama critic, Sad Clowns
July 8, 1912 Jacques Stehman, composer
July 8, 1911 Gertrude Niesen, born in New York, actress, Start Cheering
July 8, 1911 Ken Farnes, cricket bowler, fast England in pre-WW II years
July 8, 1910 Govan AM Mbeki, South African leader, ANC/SACP
July 8, 1909 Petar Segedin, Croatian novelist, Holy Devil
July 8, 1908 Louis Jordan, born in Arkansas, alto saxman, Caldonia
July 8, 1908 Nelson Rockefeller, American Vice President
July 8, 1907 George W. Romney, Gov-R-Mich, /U.S. Secretary of HUD, 1969-73
July 8, 1907 Kishio Hirao, composer
July 8, 1906 Philip Johnson, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cortalyou architect
July 8, 1904 Bill Challis, arranger/pianist
July 8, 1901 Donald Benjamin Harden, archaeologist
July 8, 1900 George Antheil, Trenton, New Jersey, composer, Airplane Sonata
July 8, 1899 David Eli Lilienthal, U.S. government organizer, Wisconsin
July 8, 1898 Alec Waugh, London, novelist, Island in the Sun, brother of Evelyn
July 8, 1898 Melville Ruick, Boise Idaho, actor, Barton-City Hospital
July 8, 1895 Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer and director, God and the Worms
July 8, 1894 Clemens VI Trefois, Flemish architect/sociologist
July 8, 1893 Fritz Perls, father of Gestalt therapy
July 8, 1892 Richard Aldington, writer
July 8, 1891 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer, Poor Part, Bruidstijd
July 8, 1891 Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet, Working Day
July 8, 1890 W Hasenvlever, writer
July 8, 1890 Hanns Johst, German Playwright
July 8, 1889 Eugene Pallette, born in Winfield, Kansas, actor, Adv of Robin Hood, Mark of Zorro
July 8, 1885 Ann Jemima Flower, oldest resident of Netherlands
July 8, 1885 Emil Bloch, German philosopher
July 8, 1882 Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs
July 8, 1882 Waverley John Anderson, Scottish viscount/governor of Bengal
July 8, 1871 Clement Harris, composer
July 8, 1871 Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor, Zaandam
July 8, 1870 Marie C of Zeggelen, Dutch novelist, Koloniaaltje
July 8, 1869 William V Moody, U.S. poet, Death of Eve, Faith Healer
July 8, 1867 Kathe Kollwitz, Germany, print maker/sculptor, Bauernkrieg
July 8, 1857 Rudolf Dellinger, composer
July 8, 1851 Arthur J Evans, English archaeologist, Crete
July 8, 1844 Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator, Boston Cooking School
July 8, 1839 John D. Rockefeller, U.S. capitalist/founder, Standard Oil
July 8, 1838 Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, inventor, rigid dirigibles
July 8, 1836 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies
July 8, 1829 Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer
July 8, 1826 Benjamin Henry Grierson, Major General Union volunteers
July 8, 1826 Robert Kingston Scott, Bvt Major General Union volunteers
July 8, 1824 Waldimir "Kriz" Krzyzanowski, Brig General Union volunteers
July 8, 1821 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, Brig General Union volunteers
July 8, 1819 Alexander Hays, Bvt Major General Union volunteers, died in 1864
July 8, 1819 Vatroslav Lisinski, composer
July 8, 1809 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet, Pjesma iz Zagorja
July 8, 1757 Richard Wainwright, composer
July 8, 1638 Matteo Coferati, composer
July 8, 1637 Johann Georg Ebeling, composer
July 8, 1621 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet, Fables
July 8, 1604 Heinrich Albert, Germany, composer, Arien oder Melodien
July 8, 1574 Giovanni Battista Stefanini, composer
July 8, 1545 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II
July 8, 1528 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherland



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