On This Day — September 8
4157 noted people were born and 1866 died on September 8 in our archive, including Derek Barton, Jakob von Uexküll and Jean Clottes.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on September 8
Derek Barton
1918 – 1998
Jakob von Uexküll
1864 – 1944
Jean Clottes
b. 1933
Percy John Heawood
1861 – 1955
Alexandre Benalla
b. 1991
Alvy Ray Smith
b. 1943
Anatolii Franchuk
1935 – 2021
Antonín Dvořák
1841 – 1904
Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue
b. 1934
Bernie Sanders
b. 1941
Diego López Garrido
b. 1947
Edna Adan Ismail
b. 1937
Edward Stirling
1848 – 1919
Gaetano Salvemini
1873 – 1957
Halldór Ásgrímsson
1947 – 2015
Hamad Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al-Thani
b. 1968
John F. Seiberling
1918 – 2008
Joseph Peterson
1878 – 1935
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
1828 – 1914
José María Ruda
1924 – 1994
José Woldenberg
b. 1952
Kiyoo Wadati
1902 – 1995
Les Wexner
b. 1937
Louis Mangin
1852 – 1937
Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
b. 1942
Marthe Vogt
1903 – 2003
Mekonnen Endalkachew
1928 – 1974
Mindy Grossman
b. 1957
Nikolai Semashko
1874 – 1949
Pavel Astakhov
b. 1966
Peter Maxwell Davies
1934 – 2016
Rainer Blatt
b. 1952
Robert Merrihew Adams
1937 – 2024
Rolf Apweiler
b. 1963
Samuel Pierce
1922 – 2000
Sergio Pininfarina
1926 – 2012
T. Keith Glennan
1905 – 1995
Viktor Meyer
1848 – 1897
Wilfred Bion
1897 – 1979
Yevgeny Dietrich
b. 1973
Adelaide C. Eckardt
b. 1943
Adrian Cronauer
1938 – 2018
Alan Dundes
1934 – 2005
Albert Darcq
1848 – 1895
Aleksander Paweł Sapieha
1672 – 1734
Aleksandr Belousov
b. 1952
Alexander Avdeev
b. 1946
Alexander Todorsky
1894 – 1965
Alina Kabata-Pendias
1929 – 2019
Ann Beattie
b. 1947
Arthur Wahl
1917 – 2006
Arthur Williams Wright
1836 – 1915
Asad Umar
b. 1961
August Wilhelm von Schlegel
1767 – 1845
Augusto Murri
1841 – 1932
Azat Peruashev
b. 1967
Aziz Sancar
b. 1946
Benoît Lacroix
1915 – 2016
Bernardino López de Carvajal
1456 – 1523
Bhupen Hazarika
1926 – 2011
Bill Wentworth
1907 – 2003
Béla Markó
b. 1951
Carl W. Ernst
b. 1950
Chamel Roukoz
b. 1958
Chrysostomos Savvatos
b. 1961
Clarence Emir Allen
1852 – 1932
Claude Pepper
1900 – 1989
Daniel M. Wolpert
b. 1963
David Botstein
1942 – 2026
David Phillips
b. 1944
David Vogan
b. 1954
Demetrios I of Constantinople
1914 – 1991
Denis de Rougemont
1906 – 1985
Domee Shi
b. 1989
Dunja Mijatović
b. 1964
Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham
1879 – 1955
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
1790 – 1871
Edward Washburn Hopkins
1857 – 1932
Eerik-Niiles Kross
b. 1967
Eric Salzman
1933 – 2017
Esther Takeuchi
b. 1953
Francis Bowen
1811 – 1890
François Just Marie Raynouard
1761 – 1836
Frédéric Mistral
1830 – 1914
Gary Porter
b. 1960
Georg Michaelis
1857 – 1936
Georgy Shpak
b. 1943
Gustav Schreck
1849 – 1918
Haruna Iddrisu
b. 1970
Heije Schaper
1906 – 1996
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
1901 – 1966
Hidayät Jäfärov
b. 1946
Ioan Bianu
1856 – 1935
Ivan Borkovský
1897 – 1976
Ivan Tertel
b. 1966
Jacob L. Devers
1887 – 1979
Jacques Lanxade
b. 1934
James Bowman Lindsay
1799 – 1862
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
1755 – 1836
Jean-Michel Larqué
b. 1947
Jeffrey Lurie
b. 1951
Jerzy Robert Nowak
b. 1940
Jim Mattis
b. 1950
Johann Friedrich Gronovius
1611 – 1671
John Aitken
1839 – 1919
John Nichol
1833 – 1894
John Walter Huddleston
1815 – 1890
Johnson Symington
1851 – 1924
José Murilo de Carvalho
1939 – 2023
José Natividad
1857 – 1948
Julian Russell Story
1857 – 1919
Juozas Bernatonis
b. 1953
Karl Müllenhoff
1818 – 1884
Kohei Sugiura
b. 1932
Kusumah Atmaja
1898 – 1952
Lea Ypi
b. 1979
Lucile E. St. Hoyme
1924 – 2001
Ludovico Ariosto
1474 – 1533
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
1919 – 1992
Maciej Kozłowski
1957 – 2010
Maksim Kovalevsky
1851 – 1916
Manuel Tuñón de Lara
1915 – 1997
Marcela Topor
b. 1976
Marek Pienkowski
b. 1945
Margaret Hodge
b. 1944
Maria Lassnig
1919 – 2014
Mariano Luis de Urquijo
1769 – 1817
Marie-Claire Kirkland
1924 – 2016
Marie-Dominique Philippe
1912 – 2006
Mario Einaudi
1904 – 1994
Marius Sala
1932 – 2018
Menezes Direito
1942 – 2009
Meron Reuben
b. 1961
Michael Cruz
b. 1958
Michael Shermer
b. 1954
Michał Marian Siedlecki
1873 – 1940
Mikhail Agranovich
b. 1946
Mojtaba Khamenei
b. 1969
Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
1783 – 1872
Oleksandr Zats
b. 1976
Otto Heurnius
1577 – 1652
Ovid Tzeng
b. 1944
Patrick Prosser
b. 1952
Peter Lesgaft
1837 – 1909
Peter Martyr Vermigli
1499 – 1562
Philip Joseph Garrigan
1840 – 1919
Pierre Kompany
b. 1947
Rasul Gamzatov
1923 – 2003
Raymond T. Odierno
1954 – 2021
Reinbert de Leeuw
1938 – 2020
Robert Ferguson of Raith
1769 – 1840
Robert Waley Cohen
1877 – 1952
Ruggero Santilli
b. 1935
Rémi Brague
b. 1947
Sam Nunn
b. 1938
Sergei Gaidukevich
b. 1954
Stephen G. Simpson
b. 1945
Sue de Beer
b. 1973
Sulkhan Singh
b. 1957
Theodosios Pavlidis
b. 1934
Thomas Tomich
b. 1956
Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman
1933 – 2025
Valery Gerasimov
b. 1955
Victor Pan
b. 1939
Vitaliano Donati
1717 – 1762
Washington Abdala
b. 1959
Wendell Ford
1924 – 2015
Willem Pijper
1894 – 1947
William Duane Benton
b. 1950
William Fawcett
1894 – 1974
William Trumbull
1639 – 1716
William Vance
1935 – 2018
William Young
1799 – 1887
Wolfgang Bötsch
1938 – 2017
Wolfgang Rosenthal
1882 – 1971
Yanaki Stoilov
b. 1958
Yrjö Wichmann
1868 – 1932
Zachary Pearce
1690 – 1774
Óscar Urralburu
b. 1971
Adam Liaw
b. 1978
Adolf Daimler
1871 – 1913
Adomas Jakštas-Dambrauskas
1860 – 1938
Adriano Hernández
1870 – 1925
Agustin Egurrola
b. 1968
Ahmed Balafrej
1908 – 1990
Akiko Seki
1899 – 1973
Alain Bergala
b. 1943
Alain Bugat
1948 – 2019
Albert Berrer
1857 – 1917
Albert von Le Coq
1860 – 1930
Aldo Castellani
1874 – 1971
Aleks Pluskowski
b. 1977
Aleksey Botvinov
b. 1964
Aleksey Petrov
b. 1974
Alexander Ramsey
1815 – 1903
Alexander Throm
b. 1968
Alexandre Bilodeau
b. 1987
Alfred Charles Grosvenor
1888 – 1953
Alfred Jarry
1873 – 1907
Alfred Stirling
1902 – 1981
… and 3,957 more
Died on September 8
Hermann von Helmholtz
1821 – 1894
Joseph Liouville
1809 – 1882
Aage Bohr
1922 – 2009
Alexander Maslyakov
1941 – 2024
Antony Acland
1930 – 2021
Frank Thomas
1912 – 2004
Fred M. Vinson
1890 – 1953
Gerrit van Poelje
1884 – 1976
Hugo Schiff
1834 – 1915
Jean Bérenger
1934 – 2024
Johannes van der Palm
1763 – 1840
José Dias Ferreira
1837 – 1909
János Szentágothai
1912 – 1994
Margaret Bedggood
1939 – 2026
Maxwell E. McCombs
1938 – 2024
Nagayo Sensai
1838 – 1902
Paul A. Weiss
1898 – 1989
Peter Simon Pallas
1741 – 1811
Robert Henry Woods
1865 – 1938
Willard Libby
1908 – 1980
William Lofland Dudley
1859 – 1914
A. Joseph DeNucci
1939 – 2017
Amico Bignami
1862 – 1929
Anthony Gross
1905 – 1984
Atul Chandra Chatterjee
1874 – 1955
Boris Tenin
1905 – 1990
Bud Collyer
1908 – 1969
Caesar Rudolf Boettger
1888 – 1976
Charles-Édouard Lefebvre
1843 – 1917
Chris Dobson
1949 – 2019
Dej Snidvongs
1898 – 1975
Dhani Nivat of Thailand, Prince Bidyalabh Bridhyakon
1885 – 1974
Donald B. Duncan
1896 – 1975
Donald Ewen Cameron
1901 – 1967
Donald Mastick
1920 – 2007
Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd
1919 – 2017
Elevter Andronikashvili
1910 – 1989
Estelle Ramey
1917 – 2006
Evgeny Zinichev
1966 – 2021
Franz Xaver Dieringer
1811 – 1876
Gene Budig
1939 – 2020
George Pólya
1887 – 1985
George Zarnecki
1915 – 2008
Gerald Wilson
1918 – 2014
Guy Grantham
1900 – 1992
Harmon Northrop Morse
1848 – 1920
Henry Braddon
1863 – 1955
Henry Phillpotts
1778 – 1869
Ibrahim Abboud
1900 – 1983
Jacques Julliard
1933 – 2023
Jean-Martial Bineau
1805 – 1855
Jerzy Albrecht
1914 – 1992
Johannes de Jong
1885 – 1955
Johannes von Miquel
1828 – 1901
John Coke
1563 – 1644
John Franklin Enders
1897 – 1985
John Wilson
1890 – 1976
Joost Zwagerman
1963 – 2015
Joseph Chennoth
1943 – 2020
Joseph P. Iddings
1857 – 1920
Joshua Lionel Cowen
1877 – 1965
José Antonio Souto Paz
1938 – 2017
Jørgen Meinich
1820 – 1911
Léon Bonnat
1833 – 1922
Magda Olivero
1910 – 2014
Marca Bristo
1953 – 2019
Matías Prats Cañete
1913 – 2004
Maurice Genevoix
1890 – 1980
Maurice George Moore
1854 – 1939
Milena Hübschmannová
1933 – 2005
Mário Quina
1930 – 2017
Naoshi Ohara
1877 – 1966
Nathan Green Gordon
1916 – 2008
Nikolay Gredeskul
1865 – 1941
Nils Ericson
1802 – 1870
Odd Bull
1907 – 1991
Olav Skjevesland
1942 – 2019
Oswald Hoffmann
1913 – 2005
Pancho Vladigerov
1899 – 1978
Petar Pešić
1871 – 1944
Peter Hussing
1948 – 2012
Peter M. Schneider
1955 – 2022
Rafael Israelyan
1908 – 1973
Raymond Marcellin
1914 – 2004
Richard Farmer
1735 – 1797
Robert Speight
1867 – 1949
Roberto Tremelloni
1900 – 1987
Ron Guthrey
1916 – 2008
Rıza Nur
1879 – 1942
Samuel McRoberts
1868 – 1947
Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah
1905 – 1982
Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Bt.
1762 – 1837
Tadeusz Figiel
1948 – 2025
Takeji Kawamura
1871 – 1955
Thomas Szasz
1920 – 2012
Tokonami Takejirō
1867 – 1935
W. A. Hewitt
1875 – 1966
William P. Fessenden
1806 – 1869
Witold Wenclik
1911 – 1993
Adam Opel
1837 – 1895
Akbar Ali Khan
1944 – 2022
Alan W. C. Menzies
1877 – 1966
Aleksander Läte
1860 – 1948
Alexandra David-Néel
1868 – 1969
Almeda C. Adams
1865 – 1949
Ana Cecilia Gervasi
1966 – 2024
Ana Mendieta
1948 – 1985
Andreas Metaxas
1786 – 1860
Angelo Mai
1782 – 1854
Anna-Marie Globenski
1929 – 2008
Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa
1770 – 1846
Army Archerd
1922 – 2009
Arthur Turner
1878 – 1952
Bert Cumby
1912 – 1981
Betty Karnette
1931 – 2021
Bibijana Čujec Dobovišek
1926 – 2022
Bill Moggridge
1943 – 2012
Blanche d'Alpuget
1944 – 2026
Bobby Fong
1950 – 2014
Caleb Lyon
1822 – 1875
Carlo Schäfer
1964 – 2015
Carol Wald
1935 – 2000
Charles Gilpin
1815 – 1874
Charles Mortram Sternberg
1885 – 1981
Charles-François Mandar
1757 – 1844
Christopher Harper-Bill
1947 – 2018
Clara Breed
1906 – 1994
Claude Montmarquette
1942 – 2021
Clement Bailhache
1856 – 1924
Clement Finley
1797 – 1879
Connie Johnson
1977 – 2017
Constantin Banu
1873 – 1940
Curt Bräuer
1889 – 1969
Curt Nicolin
1921 – 2006
Curtis D. Wilbur
1867 – 1954
David Bitner
1948 – 2011
David Howard Harrison
1843 – 1905
Derrick Norman Lehmer
1867 – 1938
Dhimitër Beratti
1888 – 1970
Didier Berthet
1962 – 2023
Dorothy Harrison Eustis
1886 – 1946
Edward Bacon
1548 – 1618
Edward Bancroft
1745 – 1821
Edward Hyde
1667 – 1712
Edward Leslie Gilbert Clegg
1899 – 1944
Edward R. Hauser
1916 – 2014
Eijirō Tōno
1907 – 1994
Eileen Chang
1920 – 1995
Elizabeth II
1926 – 2022
Emily Dorothea Pavy
1885 – 1967
Enrico Cialdini
1811 – 1892
Erhard Egidi
1929 – 2014
Erik von Heland
1894 – 1973
Ernst Jordan
1858 – 1924
Felipe Rivero
1797 – 1873
Feroze Gandhi
1912 – 1960
Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan
1848 – 1918
Frank Rolleston
1873 – 1946
François d'Espinay de Saint-Luc
1554 – 1597
Frederick Paul Keppel
1875 – 1943
Frederick W. Baldwin
1848 – 1923
Friedrich Gottlob Keller
1816 – 1895
Frédéric Ozanam
1813 – 1853
Gabriel Stierncrona
1669 – 1723
Gennady Gagulia
1948 – 2018
Geoffrey Shakespeare
1893 – 1980
George A. Wilson
1884 – 1953
George Frederic Kribbs
1846 – 1938
George William Brown
1812 – 1890
Georges-André Chevallaz
1915 – 2002
Giuseppe Amisani
1881 – 1941
Gordon Thomas Whyburn
1904 – 1969
Greta Zimmer Friedman
1924 – 2016
Gustav Biedermann Günther
1801 – 1866
Halldis Moren Vesaas
1907 – 1995
Hans Karl von Winterfeldt
1707 – 1757
Harris Rowe
1923 – 2013
Henri de Contenson
1926 – 2019
Henry Garde
1855 – 1932
Henry Hoare
1705 – 1785
Henry Lygon, 4th Earl Beauchamp
1784 – 1863
Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington
1726 – 1792
Herbert Stein
1916 – 1999
Hilary Synnott
1945 – 2011
Howell Peacock
1889 – 1962
Hsieh Tsung-min
1934 – 2019
Hyrum Manwaring
1877 – 1956
Igor Rodobolsky
1960 – 2024
Ingo Normet
1946 – 2022
Irvine Glennie
1892 – 1980
Isaac Murphy
1799 – 1882
Israel Kessar
1931 – 2019
James Gray
1862 – 1916
James Hobrecht
1825 – 1902
James Kenneth Logan
1929 – 2018
James W. Wise
1868 – 1925
Jan Janský
1873 – 1921
Jan Puzyna
1842 – 1911
Jane Soons
1931 – 2020
Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau
1701 – 1767
… and 1,666 more