On This Day — June 8
3872 noted people were born and 1790 died on June 8 in our archive, including Charles Tilston Bright, Giovanni Domenico Cassini and Jacques Dubochet.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on June 8
Charles Tilston Bright
1832 – 1888
Giovanni Domenico Cassini
1625 – 1712
Jacques Dubochet
b. 1942
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
1851 – 1940
Agus Widjojo
1947 – 2026
Anant Agarwal
b. 1959
David A. Dodge
b. 1943
Eric F. Wieschaus
b. 1947
Erik Jayme
1934 – 2024
Faith Goldy
b. 1989
Francis Crick
1916 – 2004
Francis Jacobs
b. 1939
François-Pierre Blin
1756 – 1834
Fred Dinenage
b. 1942
Friedrich Raschig
1863 – 1928
Geoffrey C. Fox
b. 1944
George Pell
1941 – 2023
Gury Marchuk
1925 – 2013
Gustavo Gutiérrez
1928 – 2024
Harold T. Shapiro
b. 1935
Jen Easterly
b. 1968
Josef Lukl Hromádka
1889 – 1969
Kenneth G. Wilson
1936 – 2013
Kenneth Waltz
1924 – 2013
Louise Richardson
b. 1958
Marc Ouellet
b. 1944
Micha Sharir
b. 1950
Miguel Ángel Moratinos
b. 1951
Pedro Miguel Echenique Landiríbar
b. 1950
Pyotr Pospelov
1898 – 1979
Robert Spence Watson
1837 – 1911
Sergei Storchak
b. 1954
Stanley J. Korsmeyer
1950 – 2005
Stefan Kaufmann
b. 1948
Stefan Krajewski
b. 1981
Toshio Shiratori
1887 – 1949
Ulrich Kortz
b. 1963
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
b. 1966
Veronika Kalmus
b. 1973
William Raborn
1905 – 1990
Ajar Ğiniat
b. 1969
Aleksandr Tvardovsky
1910 – 1971
Alexander Ragoza
1858 – 1919
Alexis Smith
1921 – 1993
Anatoly Vyborny
b. 1965
Angelo Amato
1938 – 2024
Annelie Lotriet
b. 1960
Antonio Rosón Pérez
1911 – 1986
Arthur von Mohrenheim
1824 – 1906
Atishi Marlena
b. 1981
Barbara Bush
1925 – 2018
Bent Helweg-Møller
1883 – 1956
Bernd T. Matthias
1918 – 1980
Brian Stock
b. 1939
Bruce McCandless II
1937 – 2017
Bruno Lafont
b. 1956
Byron White
1917 – 2002
Carl Johan Thyselius
1811 – 1891
Carlos Peña González
b. 1959
Charles Joshua Chaplin
1825 – 1891
Christine Maggs
b. 1956
Clarence C. Clendenen
1899 – 1977
Claude Estier
1925 – 2016
Csaba Káel
b. 1961
Daniel Ratthé
b. 1956
David M. McIntosh
b. 1958
Dudley Fishburn
b. 1946
E. Neville Isdell
b. 1943
Ed O'Callaghan
b. 1969
Edith Wyschogrod
1930 – 2009
Edmond Kelly
1874 – 1955
Edward J. Perkins
1928 – 2020
Edward M. Burgess
1934 – 2018
Emanuel Ax
b. 1949
Emil Salim
b. 1930
Ercole Consalvi
1757 – 1824
Erich Mückenberger
1910 – 1998
Ernest Laurent
1859 – 1929
Ernest Mühlen
1926 – 2014
Ernst W. Hamburger
1933 – 2018
Ernst-Robert Grawitz
1899 – 1945
Ferenc Polikárp Zakar
1930 – 2012
Frank Lloyd Wright
1867 – 1959
Gabby Giffords
b. 1970
George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford
1806 – 1886
George Lamming
1927 – 2022
Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer
1903 – 1996
Giuseppe Fiorelli
1823 – 1896
Grigory Fichtengolz
1888 – 1959
Henri Cohen
b. 1947
Henri Leclerc
1934 – 2024
Henry F. Schaefer
b. 1944
Henry Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon
1800 – 1849
Hiroyuki Kada
b. 1970
Ilia Volfson
b. 1981
Ivan Kozhedub
1920 – 1991
Ivo Sanader
b. 1953
J. Samuel Walker
b. 1946
Jaime Gama
b. 1947
Jaime Milans del Bosch
1915 – 1997
Jean Henri van Swinden
1746 – 1823
Jean-François Le Grand
b. 1942
Jerzy Kaliszewski
1912 – 1990
Jessie Bernard
1903 – 1996
Joan Rivers
1933 – 2014
Johan van Zyl
1958 – 2021
Johann Jacob Vitriarius
1679 – 1745
John D. Roberts
1918 – 2016
John D. Yamnicky
1930 – 2001
John Everett Millais
1829 – 1896
John W. Campbell
1910 – 1971
Jonas Juška
1815 – 1886
Josep Guia
b. 1947
José Martínez Ruiz
1873 – 1967
Jürgen von der Lippe
b. 1948
Karl E. Peters
1939 – 2025
Kurt Akeley
b. 1958
Kurt Barthel
1914 – 1967
LeRoy Neiman
1921 – 2012
Leela Corman
b. 1972
Lilian Snelling
1879 – 1972
Manuel de Arriaga
1840 – 1917
Marguerite Yourcenar
1903 – 1987
Marin Molliard
1866 – 1944
Martin Lee
b. 1938
Martyn Roper
b. 1965
Mayu Ushida
b. 1985
Michael Buchberger
1874 – 1961
Mikio Aoki
1934 – 2023
Miklós Réthelyi
b. 1939
Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann
1945 – 2022
Nils Ušakovs
b. 1976
Norman Davies
b. 1939
Norodom Sirivudh
b. 1951
Nyapathi Madhava Rao
1887 – 1972
Paul Crespo
b. 1964
Paulo Domingos Cordaro
b. 1953
Pearlette Louisy
b. 1946
Peter Boyle
1951 – 2022
Peter Lanchene Toobu
b. 1968
Phil Schiller
b. 1960
Phillip Swagel
b. 1966
Piotr Fronczewski
b. 1946
Poul Schierbeck
1888 – 1949
Ramesh Jain
b. 1949
Rebeca Mendez
b. 1962
Richard A. Lutz
b. 1949
Robert Aumann
b. 1930
Robert Ferdinand Wagner
1877 – 1953
Roosevelt Skerrit
b. 1972
Rozetta Zhilina
1933 – 2003
Rudi Dornbusch
1942 – 2002
Russell Morris
b. 1967
Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz
1805 – 1873
Samuel Karlin
1924 – 2007
Scott Adams
1957 – 2026
Shigeki Sato
b. 1959
Spartak Akhmetov
b. 1949
Stanley J. Stein
1920 – 2019
Steve Gollschewski
1959 – 2026
Steve Mann
b. 1962
Tarique Ghaffur
b. 1958
Théodore Ballu
1817 – 1885
Tim Berners-Lee
b. 1955
Tim Watts
b. 1982
Toivo Antikainen
1898 – 1941
Tom Cottrell
1923 – 1973
Viktor Josef Dammertz
1929 – 2020
Wilhelm Ohnesorge
1872 – 1962
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
1912 – 2004
William Allmond Codrington Goode
1907 – 1986
William M. Meredith
1799 – 1873
Yossi Yona
b. 1953
Zenmaro Toki
1885 – 1980
Aaron Peña
b. 1959
Abner Vernon McCall
1915 – 1995
Adam von Waldstein
1569 – 1638
Adine Wilson
b. 1979
Adrian McKinty
b. 1968
Alan Scarfe
1946 – 2024
Albert Herren
b. 1952
Alberto Jonás
1868 – 1943
Alec Ogilvie
1882 – 1962
Alida Bosshardt
1913 – 2007
Aline Ghilardi
b. 1986
Alison Xamon
b. 1969
Alissa Pili
b. 2001
Aloys Van de Vyvere
1871 – 1961
Alwyn Williams
1921 – 2004
Andrew Weil
b. 1942
Anfernee Simons
b. 1999
Anja Hajduk
b. 1963
Anne Warburton
1927 – 2015
Annot Robinson
1874 – 1925
Anthony Bagnall
b. 1945
Anthony Boyle
b. 1994
Ara Shiraz
1941 – 2014
Ashish Sen
b. 1942
Ashley Boalch
b. 1988
Ashton Dovell
1885 – 1949
… and 3,672 more
Died on June 8
Abraham Maslow
1908 – 1970
Augusto Righi
1850 – 1920
Curt Wachsmuth
1837 – 1905
Lucy May Cranwell
1907 – 2000
Afet İnan
1908 – 1985
Antoni Kępiński
1918 – 1972
Antoni Rubió i Lluch
1856 – 1937
Arshag Chobanian
1872 – 1954
Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes
1879 – 1954
Claus P. Schnorr
1943 – 2025
Dale W. Jorgenson
1933 – 2022
Daniel Vorländer
1867 – 1941
Frederik Stang
1802 – 1884
Ghassan Tueni
1926 – 2012
Johan Mauritz Nordenstam
1802 – 1882
Jules Simon
1814 – 1896
Klaus Töpfer
1938 – 2024
Maria da Conceição Tavares
1930 – 2024
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
1933 – 2017
Mihailo Petrović
1868 – 1943
Mortimer Durand
1850 – 1924
Nicola Pende
1880 – 1970
René Bousquet
1909 – 1993
Shovkat Mammadova
1897 – 1981
Zofia Kuratowska
1931 – 1999
Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen
1885 – 1951
Aldo da Rosa
1917 – 2015
Alfred Fiderkiewicz
1886 – 1972
Alfred Uhl
1909 – 1992
Anatole Abragam
1914 – 2011
Anthony Bourdain
1956 – 2018
Anthony Reid
1939 – 2025
Anton Melik
1890 – 1966
Bimal Krishna Matilal
1935 – 1991
Bruce Kent
1929 – 2022
Charles P. Nelson
1907 – 1962
Christophe Deloire
1971 – 2024
David Rotem
1949 – 2015
Duncan MacIntyre
1915 – 2001
Eduard Castle
1875 – 1959
Eugène Fiset
1874 – 1951
Eugène Freyssinet
1879 – 1962
Folke Högberg
1884 – 1972
Fosco Maraini
1912 – 2004
Francisco Cambournac
1903 – 1994
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
1716 – 1771
George Wythe
1726 – 1806
Gilbert Thompson
1839 – 1909
Gowin Knight
1713 – 1772
Gunnar Säve-Söderbergh
1910 – 1948
Guus Albregts
1900 – 1980
Habib Tanvir
1923 – 2009
Hans Maier
1931 – 2026
Henry Jellett
1872 – 1948
Henry W. Prescott
1874 – 1943
Johan Frederik Schlegel
1817 – 1896
John Hays Hammond Sr.
1855 – 1936
John Lewis
1836 – 1928
John Scott Russell
1808 – 1882
Jorge Brovetto
1933 – 2019
José Figueres Ferrer
1906 – 1990
Juan Carlos Onganía
1914 – 1995
Karel Sluijterman
1863 – 1931
Karl Zangemeister
1837 – 1902
Kiyokazu Abo
1870 – 1948
Leopoldo Zea
1912 – 2004
Lord Frederick Campbell
1729 – 1816
Manuel Felguérez
1928 – 2020
Maria Reiche
1903 – 1998
Mary van Kleeck
1883 – 1972
Masahiro Futahashi
1941 – 2026
Miško Kranjec
1908 – 1983
Nikolai Ustryalov
1805 – 1870
Otto Kameke
1826 – 1899
Pat Robertson
1930 – 2023
Paul Bigot
1870 – 1942
Paul Pastur
1866 – 1938
Phil Amos
1925 – 2007
Pierre Aubert
1927 – 2016
Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa
1887 – 1923
Ricardo Rada
1885 – 1956
Richard B. Hetnarski
1928 – 2024
Richard Rorty
1931 – 2007
Robert Farquharson
1836 – 1918
Robert Galley
1921 – 2012
Rodolphe Töpffer
1799 – 1846
Ruy Barbosa Popolizio
1919 – 2014
Samuel Sewall
1757 – 1814
Tadija Smičiklas
1843 – 1914
Thomas Paine
1737 – 1809
Thomas Stuttaford
1931 – 2018
Valery Saykin
1937 – 2024
Viktor Petrov
1894 – 1969
William Chamberlaine
1871 – 1925
William Coxe
1748 – 1828
Yōhei Kōno
1937 – 2026
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
1919 – 1995
Aden Abdullah Osman Daar
1908 – 2007
Agnites Vrolik
1810 – 1894
Ahmad Ahmadi
1933 – 2018
Alban de Villeneuve-Bargemon
1784 – 1850
Alexander von Brill
1842 – 1935
Allan George Barnard Fisher
1895 – 1976
Amédée E. Forget
1847 – 1923
Andrej Shumilin
1970 – 2022
Andrew Jackson
1767 – 1845
Armand-Jérôme Bignon
1711 – 1772
Arthur Dunkel
1932 – 2005
Arthur Watts
1897 – 1970
August Hermann Francke
1663 – 1727
Aviva Gileadi
1917 – 2001
Barbu Catargiu
1807 – 1862
Ben Hebard Fuller
1870 – 1937
Bjørn Wiinblad
1918 – 2006
Bliss Carman
1861 – 1929
Bob Feerick
1920 – 1976
Carl Oscar Malm
1826 – 1863
Charles Augustus Briggs
1841 – 1913
Charles J. McCurdy
1797 – 1891
Charles Tindal Gatty
1851 – 1928
Charles W. Willard
1827 – 1880
Chea Sim
1932 – 2015
Chet Walker
1940 – 2024
Christian Keller
1858 – 1934
Claudius Henricus de Goeje
1879 – 1955
Clifford Davis
1897 – 1970
Constantin Esarcu
1836 – 1898
David Atcherley
1904 – 1952
David Greenwood
1957 – 2025
David Mervyn Blow
1931 – 2004
Earl D. Bloom
1871 – 1930
Earle K. Plyler
1897 – 1976
Ed Bishop
1932 – 2005
Edmondo Rossoni
1884 – 1965
Emil Poulsen
1842 – 1911
Emilio Cornalia
1824 – 1882
Emily Davison
1867 – 1913
Erik Beckman
1935 – 1995
Ernest McFarland
1894 – 1984
Ernst Busch
1900 – 1980
Eugenia Davitashvili
1949 – 2015
Eugène Mouton
1823 – 1902
Ewa Dałkowska
1947 – 2025
Francis Hastings Doyle
1810 – 1888
Franz Stadion, Count von Warthausen
1806 – 1853
Fred Wampler
1909 – 1999
Frederick Converse
1871 – 1940
Friedrich Ludwig Knapp
1814 – 1904
Fyodor Gorovoy
1916 – 1973
Gaston Ramon
1886 – 1963
George Clive
1805 – 1880
George Wyndham
1863 – 1913
Gian Domenico Romagnosi
1761 – 1835
Gilbert LaBine
1890 – 1977
Glenne Headly
1955 – 2017
Gottfried August Bürger
1747 – 1794
Gregory VI
1798 – 1881
Griselda Pascual
1926 – 2001
Guido Bodrato
1933 – 2023
Gustav Heckmann
1898 – 1996
Guy Cordon
1890 – 1969
Gwen Margolis
1934 – 2020
H. C. Baldridge
1868 – 1947
Haim Boger
1876 – 1963
Harold Spencer Kerby
1893 – 1963
He Long
1896 – 1969
Hedwig Bollhagen
1907 – 2001
Heli Susi
1929 – 2020
Helmut Nadolski
1942 – 2026
Henri-Marie Dubreil de Pontbriand
1708 – 1760
Henry F. Naphen
1852 – 1905
Henry Franklin Severens
1835 – 1923
Henry Granger Piffard
1842 – 1910
Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton
1776 – 1842
Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington
1846 – 1900
Hermann Beitzke
1875 – 1953
Hernán Correa Roberts
1882 – 1946
Horace Elmo Nichols
1912 – 2000
Horst Stechbarth
1925 – 2016
Hu Feng
1902 – 1985
Hugh Farthing
1892 – 1968
Hugh Mackintosh
1870 – 1936
Hugo von Zeipel
1873 – 1959
Ignace Bourget
1799 – 1885
István Somodi
1885 – 1963
Jack Kroll
1926 – 2000
Jackie McGlew
1929 – 1998
Jacob Christian Fabricius
1840 – 1919
Jacques Antoine Bidermann
1790 – 1865
James E. Thompson Jr.
1935 – 2017
James M. Barnes
1899 – 1958
James Muir Auld
1879 – 1942
Jane Evans
1946 – 2012
Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte
1754 – 1840
Jean Martin Petit
1772 – 1856
Jean Wiener
1896 – 1982
Jean-François Landriot
1816 – 1874
Jiang Guangnai
1888 – 1967
Johann Friedrich Benzenberg
1777 – 1846
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
1717 – 1768
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