On This Day — May 8
4175 noted people were born and 1999 died on May 8 in our archive, including Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Henry Littlejohn and Johan Jensen.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on May 8
Adolphe-Basile Routhier
1839 – 1920
Henry Littlejohn
1826 – 1914
Johan Jensen
1859 – 1925
Alain Bauer
b. 1962
Aloysius Stepinac
1898 – 1960
André Lwoff
1902 – 1994
Arkady Chernetsky
b. 1950
Bert Poolman
b. 1959
Bertram Coghill Alan Windle
1858 – 1929
Bogdan Klich
b. 1960
Carmen Alfaro Asins
1952 – 2005
Carola Rackete
b. 1988
Christophe Caloz
b. 1969
Emil Christian Hansen
1842 – 1909
Friedrich Hayek
1899 – 1992
Fujio Masuoka
b. 1943
Fulton J. Sheen
1895 – 1979
Galina Timchenko
b. 1962
Gaven Donne
1914 – 2010
Gu Jiegang
1893 – 1980
Henry Dunant
1828 – 1910
Irwin Cotler
b. 1940
James Rowland Angell
1869 – 1949
Johan Elf
b. 1975
John Behan
1881 – 1957
Karol Borsuk
1905 – 1982
Kimeshan Naidoo
b. 1991
Kwame Anthony Appiah
b. 1954
Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann
b. 1934
Louis Madelin
1871 – 1956
M. Rosalind Morris
1920 – 2022
Maurice Cranston
1920 – 1993
Mostafa El-Sayed
b. 1933
Nikolay Kudryavtsev
b. 1950
Paul Segond
1851 – 1912
Per Martin-Löf
b. 1942
Philippe Sautet
b. 1961
Richard Sykes
1920 – 1979
Ruslan Kukharuk
b. 1979
Sergei Gerasimov
1906 – 1985
Stanisław Leszczycki
1907 – 1996
Tatjana Ždanoka
b. 1950
Vallo Reimaa
b. 1961
Virginie Korte-van Hemel
1929 – 2014
Wolf Graf von Baudissin
1907 – 1993
Aleksandr Deyneka
1899 – 1969
Aleksandr Voyeykov
1842 – 1916
Alexander Q. Holladay
1839 – 1909
Alfred Emmott, 1st Baron Emmott
1858 – 1926
Ali Hassan Mwinyi
1925 – 2024
Allen Mawer
1879 – 1942
André-Paul Duchâteau
1925 – 2020
Ante Kotromanović
b. 1968
Arkady Bakhin
b. 1956
Arnulf Baring
1932 – 2019
Arsen Julfalakyan
b. 1987
Asanali Ashimov
1937 – 2025
Bernardin Gantin
1922 – 2008
Beth Henley
b. 1952
Bill de Blasio
b. 1961
Bob Clampett
1913 – 1984
Bohuslav Brauner
1855 – 1935
Carlos Gaviria Díaz
1937 – 2015
Catherine Berndt
1918 – 1994
Charles L. Bolte
1895 – 1989
Charles P. Mountford
1890 – 1976
Chiu Yi
b. 1956
Christoph von der Malsburg
b. 1942
Clara Converse
1857 – 1935
Clara Ramas San Miguel
b. 1986
Claude Castonguay
1929 – 2020
Claude Louis Hector de Villars
1653 – 1734
Cornelis van Vollenhoven
1874 – 1933
Daniel Rhodes
1911 – 1989
Dave A. Chokshi
b. 1981
David Attenborough
b. 1926
Devi Shetty
b. 1953
Dieter Vieweger
b. 1958
Edmund Wilson
1895 – 1972
Eduard Reiss
1850 – 1907
Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris
1859 – 1935
Edward Tompkins
1815 – 1872
Elisabeth Gassiat
b. 1961
Elmer Fung
1948 – 2021
Emanuel Marx
1927 – 2022
Erik Ahlman
1892 – 1952
Erling Gjone
1898 – 1990
Flora Murray
1869 – 1923
Florence Parly
b. 1963
Francesca Rochberg
b. 1952
François Mignet
1796 – 1884
Fred W. Glover
b. 1937
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
1894 – 1945
Gary Snyder
b. 1930
Genjirō Kaneko
b. 1944
Gonçalo Abecasis
b. 1976
Gordon Bradbery
b. 1951
Gordon Ogilvie
1934 – 2017
Günter Bannas
1952 – 2026
Harry S. Truman
1884 – 1972
Helen Blau
b. 1948
Henning Koppel
1918 – 1981
Hugo Erdmann
1862 – 1910
Ihor Kolykhaiev
b. 1971
Ilana Dayan
b. 1964
Ivan Paskevich
1782 – 1856
Janine Haines
1945 – 2004
Javier Álvarez
1956 – 2023
Jean Giraud
1938 – 2012
Jean Lobstein
1777 – 1835
Jerry Moss
1935 – 2023
Joe Hart
1944 – 2022
John Byabagambi
b. 1958
John C. Bogle
1929 – 2019
John Long Severance
1863 – 1936
John Resig
b. 1984
Jonathan Dancy
b. 1946
José Ángel Gurría
b. 1950
João Havelange
1916 – 2016
Kathrin Bringmann
b. 1977
Kazuo Koike
1936 – 2019
Kenneth C. Smith
1932 – 2023
Kevin McCloud
b. 1958
Ladislaus Löb
1933 – 2021
Lauri Malmberg
1888 – 1948
Lee A. Piché
b. 1958
Leonid Khabarov
b. 1947
Linda Dessau
b. 1953
Lolita Aniyar de Castro
1937 – 2015
László Paskai
1927 – 2015
Manuel Inácio Martins Pamplona Corte Real, 1st Count of Subserra
1762 – 1832
Marcel Héraud
1883 – 1960
Mario Frick
b. 1965
Maristella Svampa
b. 1961
Mary Lou Williams
1910 – 1981
Mauro Berruto
b. 1969
Meles Zenawi
1955 – 2012
Melissa Gilbert
b. 1964
Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne
1895 – 1939
Michał Kosiński
b. 1982
Michel d'Herbigny
1880 – 1957
Mike German, Baron German
b. 1945
Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski
b. 1970
Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco
b. 2003
Naomi Klein
b. 1970
Nevil Sidgwick
1873 – 1952
Nicolaes Witsen
1641 – 1717
Nikola Milev
1881 – 1925
Nikolay Bortsov
1945 – 2023
Nira Wickramasinghe
b. 1964
Nora Arnezeder
b. 1989
Norman Lamont
b. 1942
Oleg Nilov
b. 1962
Paul Bernard Malone
1872 – 1960
Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela
1781 – 1850
Peter Canisius
1521 – 1597
Peter Connolly
1935 – 2012
Peter Leitch
b. 1944
Petr Gertsen
1871 – 1947
Petra Stienen
b. 1965
Petru Dumitriu
1924 – 2002
Pierre Broué
1926 – 2005
Pierre de Meuron
b. 1950
Prince Albert of Prussia
1837 – 1906
Prince Nasser bin Hamad of Bahrain
b. 1987
Rasa Budbergytė
b. 1960
Recep Akdağ
b. 1960
Richard Wilding
b. 1965
Rita Lau
b. 1953
Roman Sklyar
b. 1971
Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter
1897 – 1982
Ruth Padel
b. 1946
Samuel Leonard Tilley
1818 – 1896
Shin Seong-il
1937 – 2018
Sibusiso Bengu
1934 – 2024
Sirkka Hämäläinen
b. 1939
Sofía Ímber
1924 – 2017
Soltan Hajibeyov
1919 – 1974
Stanisław Trembecki
1739 – 1812
Tapan Raychaudhuri
1926 – 2014
Ted Sorensen
1928 – 2010
Thomas Pynchon
b. 1937
Tracy Palmer
b. 1967
Trevor West
1938 – 2012
Tsu-Jae King Liu
b. 1956
Tsutomu Yamazaki
1947 – 2021
Vasyl Kuybida
b. 1958
Vincenzo De Luca
b. 1949
Vitaly Zhuravsky
b. 1955
Vittorio Sgarbi
b. 1952
Vladimir Sofronitsky
1901 – 1961
Volodymyr Artiukh
b. 1958
Walton Newbold
1888 – 1943
Werner Beierwaltes
1931 – 2019
Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman
1911 – 1997
William B. Jordan
1940 – 2018
William Dandridge Peck
1763 – 1822
William Owens
b. 1940
William Walker
1824 – 1860
Władysław Semkowicz
1878 – 1949
… and 3,975 more
Died on May 8
Albert Thomas
1878 – 1932
Antoine Lavoisier
1743 – 1794
Aryeh Dvoretzky
1916 – 2008
J. H. C. Whitehead
1904 – 1960
Abel-François Villemain
1790 – 1870
Addeke Hendrik Boerma
1912 – 1992
Amos Elegbe
1947 – 2025
Andreas Hillgruber
1925 – 1989
Cécile DeWitt-Morette
1922 – 2017
David Mills
1831 – 1903
Ellen Churchill Semple
1863 – 1932
Gilbert Ames Bliss
1876 – 1951
James Thomson
1822 – 1892
John Stuart Mill
1806 – 1873
Kemal Derviş
1949 – 2023
Kichisaburō Nomura
1877 – 1964
Nicholas Katzenbach
1922 – 2012
Pete McCloskey
1927 – 2024
Ritva Valkama
1932 – 2020
Talcott Parsons
1902 – 1979
Todor Pavlov
1890 – 1977
Trude Guermonprez
1910 – 1976
Alexander Balashov
1770 – 1837
Alexander Vandegrift
1887 – 1973
Alexey Skvortsov
1920 – 2008
Allan H. Meltzer
1928 – 2017
Annibale Santorre di Rossi de Pomarolo, Count of Santarosa
1783 – 1825
Augustin Pajou
1730 – 1809
Avery Brundage
1887 – 1975
Bernhard Rust
1883 – 1945
Bonaventura Cerretti
1872 – 1933
Boyce McDaniel
1917 – 2002
Byron Mallott
1943 – 2020
Cassius Jackson Keyser
1862 – 1947
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester
1757 – 1829
Charles Cooley
1864 – 1929
Christian August Friedrich Peters
1806 – 1880
Christian Lassen
1800 – 1876
Colleen Barrett
1944 – 2024
David Montgomery
1946 – 2019
David Souter
1939 – 2025
Debiprasad Chattopadhyay
1918 – 1993
Dimitris Kremastinos
1942 – 2020
Dirk Bogarde
1921 – 1999
Dixon Denham
1786 – 1828
Duncan Grant
1885 – 1978
Edward Abraham
1913 – 1999
Festus Mogae
1939 – 2026
Frank Foley
1884 – 1958
Frederick York Powell
1850 – 1904
George Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech
1855 – 1938
Georges Saupique
1889 – 1961
Germán Vargas Lleras
1962 – 2026
Gianni Baget Bozzo
1925 – 2009
Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury
1552 – 1616
Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern
1883 – 1971
Gordon Pettengill
1926 – 2021
Géza Vermes
1924 – 2013
Handley Moule
1841 – 1920
Harold Taylor Wood Grant
1899 – 1965
Harvey Itano
1920 – 2010
Hendrik Allik
1901 – 1989
Henry Jenner
1848 – 1934
Horace Hayman Wilson
1786 – 1860
Hubert Maga
1916 – 2000
Hugo Alfvén
1872 – 1960
Isaac Kanev
1896 – 1980
James Plimsoll
1917 – 1987
Jan Roothaan
1785 – 1853
Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger
1790 – 1874
Jeanne Cooper
1928 – 2013
Jennings Randolph
1902 – 1998
Jim Finks
1927 – 1994
Johan Reinhold Sahlberg
1845 – 1920
Johannes von Kuhn
1806 – 1887
John Collier
1884 – 1968
John Fisher
1748 – 1825
Josef Terboven
1898 – 1945
Jože Brilej
1910 – 1981
Juan Carlos Tedesco
1944 – 2017
Kim Chi-ha
1941 – 2022
Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior
1926 – 2017
Leverett Saltonstall I
1783 – 1845
Lila Bell Wallace
1889 – 1984
Lúcia Braga
1934 – 2020
Manny Shinwell
1884 – 1986
Marcel Tournier
1879 – 1951
Marco Causi
1956 – 2025
Mieczysław Krąpiec
1921 – 2008
Miguel Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia
1904 – 1964
Moosa Raza
1937 – 2024
Myriam Yardeni
1932 – 2015
Nigel F. Palmer
1946 – 2022
Nikolai Reek
1890 – 1942
Osip Somov
1815 – 1876
Paul Giesler
1895 – 1945
R. Douglas Stuart, Jr.
1916 – 2014
Robert Cutler
1895 – 1974
Roger L. Easton
1921 – 2014
Roman Totenberg
1911 – 2012
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
1699 – 1782
Sergey Obraztsov
1901 – 1992
Sergio Marqués Fernández
1946 – 2012
Syamadas Mukhopadhyaya
1866 – 1937
Tadeusz Stefan Zieliński
1859 – 1944
Thomas Legh
1793 – 1857
Tokuzō Fukuda
1874 – 1930
Tom M. Apostol
1923 – 2016
Tomás Ó Fiaich
1923 – 1990
Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt
1853 – 1933
W. A. B. Coolidge
1850 – 1926
William Young
1799 – 1887
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul
1719 – 1785
Adah Louise Killion Jenkins
1901 – 1973
Adriana Maraž
1931 – 2015
Aeneas Mackintosh
1879 – 1916
Albert Ludvig Lindsay von Julin
1871 – 1944
Albert Thurgood
1874 – 1927
Albrecht Altma
1897 – 1969
Alcides Arguedas
1879 – 1946
Aleksei Baiov
1871 – 1935
Alexander Boteler
1815 – 1892
Alexander Hay
1865 – 1941
Alexander Keyserling
1815 – 1891
Alexander Zahlbruckner
1860 – 1938
Alexandre Bivort
1809 – 1872
Alexey Kharuzin
1864 – 1932
Alfred Potier
1840 – 1905
Amédée Prouvost
1877 – 1909
Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia
1897 – 1981
Andrew Browning
1889 – 1972
André Arthur
1943 – 2022
Anna Ritchie
1943 – 2026
Anne van den Ban
1928 – 2016
Anthony Malone
1700 – 1776
Anthony Rosenroll
1857 – 1945
António Champalimaud
1918 – 2004
Armand Carlsen
1905 – 1969
Arthur Benison Hubback
1871 – 1948
Arthur Legrand
1833 – 1916
Avrum Gross
1936 – 2018
Axel Otto Normann
1884 – 1962
Bob Blake
1885 – 1962
Bohumír Šmeral
1880 – 1941
Cam Malfroy
1909 – 1966
Carolyn J. Krysiak
1939 – 2024
Chariton Charitonidis
1878 – 1954
Charles Sackville-West, 4th Baron Sackville
1870 – 1962
Chris Cannon
1950 – 2024
Christian August Lorentzen
1749 – 1828
Chuck Hyatt
1908 – 1978
Clara Fey
1815 – 1894
Colin Mackenzie
1754 – 1821
Corwin Hansch
1918 – 2011
Curtis Fuller
1934 – 2021
César Charlone
1895 – 1973
D. H. MacGregor
1877 – 1953
Dallas Willard
1935 – 2013
Damodaram Sanjivayya
1921 – 1972
David H. Leake
1875 – 1955
David K. Doyle
1931 – 2021
David Ramsay
1749 – 1815
Dom DiMaggio
1917 – 2009
Donald Aubrey Quarles
1894 – 1959
Edmund G. Ross
1826 – 1907
Edmund Sharpe
1809 – 1877
Edward G. Breen
1908 – 1991
Edward Jackson
1925 – 2002
Edward Maclure
1833 – 1906
Edward Winslow
1595 – 1655
Elena Fortún
1886 – 1952
Elijah Hise
1802 – 1867
Elmer Rice
1892 – 1967
Erhard Jørgen Carl Qvistgaard
1898 – 1980
Erich Hoffmann
1868 – 1959
Ethel Smyth
1858 – 1944
Farrokhroo Parsa
1922 – 1980
Federico Seismit-Doda
1825 – 1893
Francis Newton Thorpe
1857 – 1926
Francois P. Giraud
1818 – 1877
Frank O. Briggs
1851 – 1913
François Antoine Louis Bourcier
1760 – 1828
François Coli
1881 – 1927
Friedrich von Holstein
1837 – 1909
Friedrich von Keller
1873 – 1960
George Cholmondeley, 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley
1792 – 1870
George Deukmejian
1928 – 2018
George Dudley
1894 – 1960
George Fosbery
1832 – 1907
George Herbert Palmer
1842 – 1933
George Peppard
1928 – 1994
George V of Armenia
1847 – 1930
Georges Ronin
1894 – 1954
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
1723 – 1788
Gustave Flaubert
1821 – 1880
Haerul Saleh
1981 – 2026
Hans Hagerup Krag
1829 – 1907
Hans Paul Bernhard Gierke
1847 – 1886
Harry Dornbrand
1922 – 2022
Heinrich Zöllner
1854 – 1941
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