On This Day — April 8
4184 noted people were born and 2034 died on April 8 in our archive, including Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Marshall Harvey Stone and Arabella Kiesbauer.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 8
Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard
1817 – 1894
Marshall Harvey Stone
1903 – 1989
Arabella Kiesbauer
b. 1969
Ariel Fernández
b. 1957
Bartolomé Bennassar
1929 – 2018
Bernard Cerquiglini
b. 1947
Catherine Chidgey
b. 1970
Danuta Hübner
b. 1948
Eugène Burnouf
1801 – 1852
Frederick P. Salvucci
b. 1940
H. Rex Lee
1910 – 2001
Hannes Gebhard
1864 – 1933
Hisahiko Okazaki
1930 – 2014
Hygin-Auguste Cavé
1796 – 1852
István Kertész
1904 – 1986
Jean-Marie Rouart
b. 1943
Johann Schweigger
1779 – 1857
Kofi Annan
1938 – 2018
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
b. 1950
Lisa M. Diamond
b. 1971
Louis Lareng
1923 – 2019
Luis Miguel Enciso Recio
1930 – 2018
Luis de Zulueta
1878 – 1964
Marat Täzhin
b. 1960
Mary W. Gray
b. 1938
Maurice Bowra
1898 – 1971
Melvin Calvin
1911 – 1997
Michael Aschbacher
b. 1944
Oscar Paul
1836 – 1898
Pascal Lamy
b. 1947
Pavel Gevorgyan
b. 1963
Pierre Haski
b. 1953
Ramnarayan V. Pathak
1887 – 1955
Roderick Deane
b. 1941
SM Razaullah Ansari
1932 – 2023
Tom Butters
1938 – 2016
William Henry Welch
1850 – 1934
Yevgeny Savchenko
b. 1950
Aamer Hussein
b. 1955
Achille Van Acker
1898 – 1975
Adolph Callisen
1786 – 1866
Alberto Abdala
1920 – 1986
Alberto Alcocer y Ribacoba
1886 – 1957
Alex Fergusson
1949 – 2018
Alexander Berdnikov
b. 1953
Alexander Dianin
1851 – 1918
Alexander Rüstow
1885 – 1963
Alfred William Flux
1867 – 1942
Algimantas Nasvytis
1928 – 2018
Allard Pierson
1831 – 1896
Andrej Plenković
b. 1970
Andrew J. King
b. 1959
Antoine Frédéric Spring
1814 – 1872
Arnulf Klett
1905 – 1974
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
1818 – 1892
August von Bethmann-Hollweg
1795 – 1877
Auguste-Frédéric de Talhouët
1788 – 1842
Aurel Wintner
1903 – 1958
Avi Primor
b. 1935
Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone
b. 1948
Basilis C. Xanthopoulos
1951 – 1990
Benjamín de Arriba y Castro
1886 – 1973
Betty Ford
1918 – 2011
Bijay Mohanty
1950 – 2020
Bogdan Pęk
b. 1953
Christian IX of Denmark
1818 – 1906
Christian Zahra
b. 1973
Christopher Deninger
b. 1958
Christopher Page
b. 1952
David Eisenbud
b. 1947
David Mark
b. 1948
David Rittenhouse
1732 – 1796
Donald Kerr
1939 – 2025
Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer
1815 – 1889
Edward Mellanby
1884 – 1955
Edward Parry
1893 – 1972
Edwin Frederick O'Brien
b. 1938
Eleanore Boswell Murrie
1897 – 1966
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
1939 – 2009
Emanuele Fenzi
1784 – 1875
Emil Cioran
1911 – 1995
Emilio Rosenblueth
1926 – 1994
Eugenio Sellés
1842 – 1926
Evan Davis
b. 1962
Evripidis Stylianidis
b. 1966
Francisco García Calderón Rey
1883 – 1953
Frank Shaughnessy
1884 – 1969
Galust Sahakyan
1949 – 2022
Gennady Golovkin
b. 1982
Georges Mareschal
1658 – 1736
Giedrius Kuprevičius
b. 1944
Glendon Swarthout
1918 – 1992
Grant Gilmore
1910 – 1982
Guido Caldarelli
b. 1967
Hana Jalloul Muro
b. 1978
Harvey Williams Cushing
1869 – 1939
Helen Gandy
1897 – 1988
Henry Dawnay, 3rd Viscount Downe
1727 – 1760
Henry Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle
1907 – 1988
Hermann Welcker
1822 – 1897
Hugo von Mohl
1805 – 1872
Humberto Enríquez Frödden
1907 – 1989
Ilkka Suominen
1939 – 2022
James Carson Gardner
b. 1933
Jan Smit
b. 1948
Jan Żabiński
1897 – 1974
Jean Prouvé
1901 – 1984
Jean-Pierre Pernaut
1950 – 2022
Jeanne Elizabeth Wier
1870 – 1950
Jerzy Passendorfer
1923 – 2003
Joe Kernan
1946 – 2020
John Chan
b. 1943
John Hamm
1938 – 2026
John M. Richardson
b. 1960
John Richard Hicks
1904 – 1989
John Scott
b. 1949
Jules Itier
1802 – 1877
József Antall
1932 – 1993
Jürgen Moltmann
1926 – 2024
Karl Zell
1793 – 1873
Katherine Salosny
b. 1964
Kazu Kibuishi
b. 1978
Kim Jong-hyun
1990 – 2017
Lars Clausen
1935 – 2010
Lucien Jonas
1880 – 1947
Mai al-Kaila
b. 1955
Margaret Partridge
1891 – 1967
Martin Hilský
b. 1943
Martin J. Buerger
1903 – 1986
Michael Barkun
b. 1938
Michael Jones
b. 1965
Michele Ruiz
b. 1967
Mineyuki Fukuda
b. 1964
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
1931 – 2014
Momo Kapor
1937 – 2010
Mordechai Breuer
1918 – 2007
Muriel Robertson
1883 – 1973
Muzoon Almellehan
b. 1999
Mykola Rasheiev
1935 – 2021
Māris Riekstiņš
b. 1963
Nadav Lapid
b. 1975
Natalia Ishchenko
b. 1986
Nayden Todorov
b. 1974
Nelson Carneiro
1910 – 1996
Nikolai Myaskovsky
1881 – 1950
Nnedi Okorafor
b. 1974
Olav Midttun
1883 – 1972
Oleksandr Ševčenko
b. 1971
Pamela Stevenson
b. 1959
Patrizia Caraveo
b. 1954
Peter J. Phipps
b. 1973
Philip Wadler
b. 1956
Pierre Dominique
1889 – 1973
Raoul Jobin
1906 – 1974
Renato Zangheri
1925 – 2015
Renzo De Felice
1929 – 1996
Richard Neutra
1892 – 1970
Richard Rose
b. 1933
Robert L. Johnson
b. 1946
Roger Sherman Hoar
1887 – 1963
Ron Johnson
b. 1955
Ros Altmann
b. 1956
Sarmīte Ēlerte
b. 1957
Sergei Bozhenov
b. 1965
Sir John Parker
b. 1942
Spyridon Lambros
1851 – 1919
Sun Jiadong
b. 1929
Svend Borberg
1888 – 1947
Tadeusz Czesław Malinowski
1932 – 2018
Tariana Turia
1944 – 2025
Thomas Chang
b. 1933
Tuiloma Neroni Slade
b. 1941
Vartan Gregorian
1934 – 2021
Vasili Razumovsky
1857 – 1935
Vivienne Westwood
1941 – 2022
Vyacheslav von Plehve
1846 – 1904
Wang Chuanfu
b. 1966
William Alanson Howard
1813 – 1880
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
1580 – 1630
William Turner
1871 – 1936
Yu Myung-hwan
b. 1946
Yuriy Kolobov
b. 1973
Zbigniew Drzewiecki
1890 – 1971
Zofia Zielińska
b. 1944
Abala Bose
1864 – 1951
Abdelilah Benkirane
b. 1954
Abel
b. 1958
Adam Albert von Neipperg
1775 – 1829
Adelaide Anderson
1863 – 1936
Adrian Boult
1889 – 1983
Ago-Endrik Kerge
1939 – 2021
Akira Ōta
b. 1957
Albert Bustamante
1935 – 2021
Albert I of Belgium
1875 – 1934
Alberto Fassini
1875 – 1942
Alec Stewart
b. 1963
Aleksandar Stanković
b. 1970
Alex Day
b. 1989
Alexandra Leitão
b. 1973
Alexandru Claudian
1898 – 1962
… and 3,984 more
Died on April 8
Giulio Bizzozero
1846 – 1901
Peter Higgs
1929 – 2024
Alain de Weck
1928 – 2013
Anatol Ciobanu
1934 – 2016
Anthony Panizzi
1797 – 1879
Donald Sarason
1933 – 2017
Edward Divers
1837 – 1912
Félix Dujardin
1801 – 1860
Georg Bühler
1837 – 1898
Giuseppe Brotzu
1895 – 1976
Graham Higman
1917 – 2008
Gyula Kőnig
1849 – 1913
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
1826 – 1902
Josip Juraj Strossmayer
1815 – 1905
José Antonio Ardanza
1941 – 2024
José Luis Sampedro
1917 – 2013
Kōjirō Yoshikawa
1904 – 1980
Loránd Eötvös
1848 – 1919
Norman I. Platnick
1951 – 2020
Pyotr Kapitsa
1894 – 1984
Rayson Huang
1920 – 2015
Sten Selander
1891 – 1957
Vasily Likhachyov
1952 – 2019
Wilhelm von Humboldt
1767 – 1835
Abel Muzorewa
1925 – 2010
Adrianne Wadewitz
1977 – 2014
Alexander Dalgarno
1928 – 2015
Ana Figuero
1907 – 1970
Angelo Rocca
1545 – 1620
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
1854 – 1893
Antony Flew
1923 – 2010
Artan Cuku
1975 – 2017
Bernardino António Gomes
1806 – 1877
C. A. Rosetti
1816 – 1885
Charles du Paty de Clam
1895 – 1948
Christiane Scrivener
1925 – 2024
Daniel Bovet
1907 – 1992
David de Gorter
1717 – 1783
Djené Kaba Condé
1960 – 2023
Dominique Desanti
1914 – 2011
Edmond de Pressensé
1824 – 1891
Edward Russell, 2nd Baron Russell of Liverpool
1895 – 1981
Elsie Locke
1912 – 2001
Erich von Falkenhayn
1861 – 1922
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
1864 – 1931
Eugène Belgrand
1810 – 1878
Fiorenzo Bava-Beccaris
1831 – 1924
Francisco Javier Muñiz
1795 – 1871
Frank Stephen Baldwin
1838 – 1925
Franklin Clarence Mars
1883 – 1934
Gabriel Aivazovsky
1812 – 1880
Gaetano Donizetti
1797 – 1848
Georg von Peuerbach
1423 – 1461
Georges Eugène Charles Beauvisage
1852 – 1925
Georgy Grechko
1931 – 2017
Gogi Totibadze
1928 – 2010
Gulli Petrini
1867 – 1941
Harald Ofner
1932 – 2026
Henri Madelin
1936 – 2020
Hugh W. Sheffey
1815 – 1889
Ivan Vurnik
1884 – 1971
Jaak Gabriëls
1943 – 2024
James Nicol
1810 – 1879
Jaroslav Bašta
1948 – 2024
Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac
1917 – 2015
Jean-Paul Proust
1940 – 2010
Johann Jacob Schmauss
1690 – 1757
Johann Michael Dilherr
1604 – 1669
John A. Rocco
1936 – 2020
Jonathan Zenneck
1871 – 1959
Josef Svoboda
1920 – 2002
José de Carvajal y Lancáster
1698 – 1754
Jules Quicherat
1814 – 1882
Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes
1861 – 1941
Karl Heinrich Emil Becker
1879 – 1940
Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin
1855 – 1925
Konrad Srzednicki
1894 – 1993
Linda Tripp
1949 – 2020
Lubert Stryer
1938 – 2024
Lucien Lefort
1850 – 1916
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier
1843 – 1918
Luis Alberto de Herrera
1873 – 1959
Marcel Prévost
1862 – 1941
Michael Myers
1873 – 1950
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
1930 – 2008
Norman Bentwich
1883 – 1971
Omar Bradley
1893 – 1981
Pablo Picasso
1881 – 1973
Pedro Segura y Sáenz
1880 – 1957
Pierre Carbonnier
1829 – 1883
Pierre Grégoire
1907 – 1991
Robert Bárány
1876 – 1936
Robert Poujade
1928 – 2020
Santiago Alba y Bonifaz
1872 – 1949
Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet
1737 – 1820
Teresa del Valle
1937 – 2025
The Ultimate Warrior
1959 – 2014
Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk
1771 – 1820
Thomas Gale
1635 – 1702
Valeriu Muravschi
1949 – 2020
Yukiko Okada
1967 – 1986
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
1938 – 2026
Alexander Vovin
1961 – 2022
Algernon Sydney Biddle
1847 – 1891
Alison Bell
1925 – 2021
Alma Vessells John
1906 – 1986
Amara Essy
1944 – 2025
Ambaji Shinde
1917 – 2003
Annette Funicello
1942 – 2013
Anthony Blackwall
1672 – 1730
Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria
1876 – 1961
Armand Massard
1884 – 1971
Arsenio Cruz-Herrera
1863 – 1917
Asa Fitch
1809 – 1879
Astrid Cleve
1875 – 1968
Beatrix Havergal
1901 – 1980
Belle Skinner
1866 – 1928
Benjamin Guy Babington
1794 – 1866
Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
1766 – 1832
Bill Gunter
1934 – 2024
Bjørn Haug
1928 – 2020
Bo Gu
1907 – 1946
Branko Gavella
1885 – 1962
Carl-Göran Ekerwald
1923 – 2025
Carlos Cueva Tamariz
1898 – 1991
Charles Delhez
1951 – 2026
Christian Cornelius Paus
1800 – 1879
Claire Trevor
1910 – 2000
Claud Severn
1869 – 1933
Clemente Marroquín
1897 – 1978
Cornelia Channing
1938 – 1985
Dave Shannon
1922 – 1993
Davey Lopes
1945 – 2026
David Kabua
1951 – 2026
David Lyon
1794 – 1872
Doug Allan
1951 – 2026
Douglas Northcott
1916 – 2005
Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon
1777 – 1839
E. Griffith Dodson
1884 – 1969
Edmund Roman Orlik
1918 – 1982
Edward Were
1846 – 1915
Edwin Beardmore
1891 – 1985
Edwin Cannan
1861 – 1935
Edwin Heautonville Richardson
1863 – 1948
Elizabeth Roemer
1929 – 2016
Emilio Serrano y Ruiz
1850 – 1939
Emily Barringer
1876 – 1961
Emmanuel III Delly
1927 – 2014
Ernst von Possart
1841 – 1921
Ford Christopher Frick
1894 – 1978
Francesco Nerli der Jüngere
1636 – 1708
Francis II Rákóczi
1676 – 1735
Francis W. Hatch, Jr.
1925 – 2010
Frank Annunzio
1915 – 2001
François Chassagnite
1955 – 2011
François Rozet
1899 – 1994
François-Edmond Pâris
1806 – 1893
Fritz von Opel
1899 – 1971
Félix Esquirou de Parieu
1815 – 1893
George Clifton Edwards Jr.
1914 – 1995
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
1892 – 1938
George Rice Carpenter
1863 – 1909
George W. Johnson
1811 – 1862
Gerard Reve
1923 – 2006
Giacomo Mancini
1916 – 2002
Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson
1906 – 1992
Grace Lotowycz
1916 – 2016
Hamar Bass
1842 – 1898
Hanan Eshel
1958 – 2010
Hanara Tangiawha Te Ohaki Reedy
1903 – 1971
Hans Eleonardus Møller, Sr.
1780 – 1860
Heinrich von Stephan
1831 – 1897
Henri Meschonnic
1932 – 2009
Henry G. Danforth
1854 – 1918
Henry Van Brunt
1832 – 1903
Hugo Eberhardt
1874 – 1959
Humfrey Gale
1890 – 1971
István Széchenyi
1791 – 1860
Ivan Ganetsky
1810 – 1887
J. Kenneth Robinson
1916 – 1990
James Gilfillan
1836 – 1929
James Graham Phelps Stokes
1872 – 1960
James Wolfenden
1889 – 1949
Jan Willem Pieneman
1779 – 1853
Jean Tharaud
1877 – 1952
Jean-Baptiste Arban
1825 – 1889
Jean-Baptiste Guimet
1795 – 1871
Johann Caspar Barthel
1697 – 1771
Johann Nepomuk von Triva
1755 – 1827
John Brashear
1840 – 1920
John Button
1933 – 2008
John Cherberg
1910 – 1992
John Luxford
1890 – 1971
John M. Millikin
1804 – 1884
John Prip
1922 – 2009
John Selden Roane
1817 – 1867
Jonah Barrington
1760 – 1834
Josef Stangl
1907 – 1979
Joseph Bouchette
1774 – 1841
Joseph Laniel
1889 – 1975
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