On This Day — October 8
4240 noted people were born and 1888 died on October 8 in our archive, including Henry Louis Le Châtelier, Kristine Bonnevie and Mark Oliphant.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on October 8
Henry Louis Le Châtelier
1850 – 1936
Kristine Bonnevie
1872 – 1948
Mark Oliphant
1901 – 2000
Yelpidifor Kirillov
1883 – 1964
Anar Guliyev
b. 1977
Arsenio Moreno Mendoza
1953 – 2021
Arthur P. Dempster
1929 – 2026
Blake Morrison
b. 1950
Bronislovas Lubys
1938 – 2011
Bruno Mantovani
b. 1974
Christian Otto Mohr
1835 – 1918
Collett E. Woolman
1889 – 1966
Connie Chan
b. 1978
Czesław Siekierski
b. 1952
César Milstein
1927 – 2002
David Gauke
b. 1971
Eduard Rossel
b. 1937
Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig
b. 1941
Ernst Kretschmer
1888 – 1964
Fernando Codá Marques
b. 1979
Gábor Zacher
b. 1960
Günter Mittag
1926 – 1994
Hanan Ashrawi
b. 1946
Hans Stille
1876 – 1966
Hideo Mabuchi
b. 1971
Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon
1907 – 1990
Itamar Rabinovich
b. 1942
Jacob Dori
1899 – 1973
Janno Reiljan
1951 – 2018
Jens Christian Skou
1918 – 2018
Kader Asmal
1934 – 2011
Kenneth Appel
1932 – 2013
Kiichi Miyazawa
1919 – 2007
Klaus Scharioth
1946 – 2025
Krzysztof Skubiszewski
1926 – 2010
Luna Leopold
1915 – 2006
Marina Borovskaya
b. 1964
Neil Shephard
b. 1964
Otto Heinrich Warburg
1883 – 1970
Peter J. Bowler
b. 1944
Peter Ramsbotham
1919 – 2010
Peter Redford Scott Lang
1850 – 1926
Philarète Chasles
1798 – 1873
Rashid Nurgaliev
b. 1956
Robert Liston
1742 – 1836
Robin Ord-Smith
1965 – 2022
Rudolf Holsti
1881 – 1945
Sergei Issakov
1931 – 2013
Shou-Wu Zhang
b. 1962
Thomas H. Jordan
b. 1948
Ursula von der Leyen
b. 1958
Wilhelm Knabe
1923 – 2021
Abel Aganbegyan
b. 1932
Adam Afzelius
1750 – 1837
Aladár Pege
1939 – 2006
Alexander Anisimov
b. 1947
Alexey Shchusev
1873 – 1949
Ali Huseynli
b. 1968
Allan Martinson
b. 1966
Amy Koch
b. 1971
André Charles Biéler
1896 – 1989
Andrés Vallejo
b. 1940
Angus T. Jones
b. 1993
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie
b. 1954
Antonio Filipazzi
b. 1963
Armand De Decker
1948 – 2019
Arthur Hill, 3rd Marquess of Downshire
1778 – 1845
Arthur J. Krener
b. 1942
Arthur Landsborough Thomson
1890 – 1977
Arthur Longmore
1885 – 1970
Atner Khuzangay
b. 1948
Azad Rahimov
1964 – 2021
Bent Fuglede
1925 – 2023
Betty Boothroyd
1929 – 2023
Bill Schneider
b. 1944
Bruce Morrison
b. 1944
Cansel Kızıltepe
b. 1975
Carl Edward Bailey
1894 – 1948
Carlos I. Noriega
b. 1959
Chen Duxiu
1879 – 1942
Chris Dobson
1949 – 2019
Christian Krattenthaler
b. 1958
Claire Messud
b. 1966
Cleon Throckmorton
1897 – 1965
Dennis Kucinich
b. 1946
Dillon Bell
1822 – 1898
Dimitrije Nešić
1836 – 1904
Dmytro Kiwa
1942 – 2024
Dominique Sorrente
b. 1953
Eduardo Portella
1932 – 2017
Edward Ball
b. 1959
Ejnar Hertzsprung
1873 – 1967
Ellen Wilkinson
1891 – 1947
Evered Poole
1902 – 1969
Felix Finkbeiner
b. 1997
Franz Dischinger
1887 – 1953
François Cabarrus, 1st Count of Cabarrús
1752 – 1810
Friedrich Egon von Fürstenberg
1813 – 1892
Gary Anderson
b. 1939
Gaven Martin
b. 1958
Gikas Hardouvelis
b. 1955
Gilbert Aké
b. 1955
Giorgi Tsereteli
1904 – 1973
Giulio Monteverde
1837 – 1917
Gunnar Fant
1919 – 2009
Harri Tiido
b. 1953
Harrison Gray Otis
1765 – 1848
Henry Duncan
1774 – 1846
Henry Paget, 7th Marquess of Anglesey
1922 – 2013
Hisaakira Hijikata
1870 – 1942
Hugh de Wardener
1915 – 2013
Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen
1778 – 1839
Igor Krichever
1950 – 2022
Ionica Smeets
b. 1979
István Bethlen
1874 – 1946
J. Carter Brown
1934 – 2002
Jaak Allik
b. 1946
Jaap van den Herik
b. 1947
James E. Holshouser Jr.
1934 – 2013
Jan Fryling
1891 – 1977
Jan Gebauer
1838 – 1907
Jan Marijnissen
b. 1952
Janice E. Voss
1956 – 2012
Javier Fernández-Lasquetty
b. 1966
Jay Barney
b. 1954
Jean-Jacques Beineix
1946 – 2022
Jean-Louis Touraine
b. 1945
Jean-Marie Klinkenberg
b. 1944
Jesse Jackson
1941 – 2026
Joe Torsella
b. 1963
Johannes Oerlemans
b. 1950
John Nelder
1924 – 2010
John W. Gardner
1912 – 2002
Jon S. Tigar
b. 1962
Joseph Grundfest
b. 1951
José Solchaga
1881 – 1953
Juan Esteller Roig
b. 1948
Juan Perón
1895 – 1974
Julian Goldsmid
1838 – 1896
Katharina Focke
1922 – 2016
Keith David Watenpaugh
b. 1966
Kikunae Ikeda
1864 – 1936
Koji Murofushi
b. 1974
Kraisak Choonhavan
1947 – 2020
Lam Sai-hung
b. 1961
Larry P. Arnn
b. 1952
Lars Peder Brekk
b. 1955
Louis Vierne
1870 – 1937
Lourdes Beneria
b. 1937
Ludwig Förster
1797 – 1863
Maciej Zworski
b. 1963
Maria Cristina Messa
b. 1961
Martha Kearney
b. 1957
Mary Engle Pennington
1872 – 1952
Michael J. Garcia
b. 1961
Michael Jarrell
b. 1958
Michał Gramatyka
b. 1971
Montagu Corry, 1st Baron Rowton
1838 – 1903
Morris S. Arnold
b. 1941
Nabi Avcı
b. 1953
Nader Engheta
b. 1955
Nafees Bin Zafar
b. 1978
Nathaniel B. Smithers
1818 – 1896
Nguyễn Minh Triết
b. 1942
Nicholas Hopton
b. 1965
Nkechi Agwu
b. 1962
Novatus Rugambwa
1957 – 2025
Ola Wikander
b. 1981
Oleksandra Matviichuk
b. 1983
P. Roy Vagelos
b. 1929
Paco Moncayo
b. 1940
Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello
b. 1952
Peter Roquette
1927 – 2023
Petr Uhl
1941 – 2021
Petru Th. Missir
1856 – 1929
Pierre Bertaux
1907 – 1986
R. Scott Hawley
b. 1953
Rachel Bonnetta
b. 1991
Reed Hastings
b. 1960
Rein Järlik
b. 1935
Richard Henry Yapp
1871 – 1929
Rodney Robert Porter
1917 – 1985
Ronald R. Blanck
b. 1941
Ronaldo Sardenberg
b. 1940
Rouben Mamoulian
1897 – 1987
Roy MacLeod
b. 1941
Sidney Howe Short
1858 – 1902
Signe Riisalo
b. 1968
Stanisław Konturek
1931 – 2019
Stephen Shore
b. 1947
Steve Coll
b. 1958
Stéphane Bijoux
b. 1970
Susanna Griso
b. 1969
Suzanne Martel
1924 – 2012
Sören Wibe
1946 – 2010
Tabea Zimmermann
b. 1966
Teresita de Castro
b. 1948
Teruhiko Mashiko
b. 1947
Tim Collins
b. 1956
Tom Price
b. 1954
… and 4,040 more
Died on October 8
Clement Attlee
1883 – 1967
Dimitrie Pompeiu
1873 – 1954
Gabriel Marcel
1889 – 1973
Jacek Malczewski
1854 – 1929
John James Duncan
1845 – 1913
Joseph Pérez
1931 – 2020
Joseph Tydings
1928 – 2018
Jōji Matsumoto
1877 – 1954
Konstantinos Tsatsos
1899 – 1987
László Sólyom
1942 – 2023
Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker
1889 – 1982
Pierre Tchernia
1928 – 2016
Richard Whately
1787 – 1863
Robert Gordon
1791 – 1847
Sergey Chaplygin
1869 – 1942
Shlomo Gazit
1926 – 2020
Willy Brandt
1913 – 1992
Agustín Parrado y García
1872 – 1946
Charles Beauclerk, 13th Duke of St Albans
1915 – 1988
Charles Greely Loring
1794 – 1868
Christen Sørensen Longomontanus
1562 – 1647
Clemens Winkler
1838 – 1904
Dmitry Polyansky
1917 – 2001
Edmond Schreiber
1890 – 1972
Eli Ives
1779 – 1861
Eliziejus Draugelis
1888 – 1981
Ernst Hermann Meyer
1905 – 1988
Fakhri Kawar
1945 – 2024
Francisco Jareño y Alarcón
1818 – 1892
Friedrich Christian Baumeister
1709 – 1785
Genki Abe
1894 – 1989
George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
1877 – 1953
Grigoris Balakian
1877 – 1934
Hans Tropsch
1889 – 1935
Heinz Kohut
1913 – 1981
Henri Mitterand
1928 – 2021
Henry Lamb
1883 – 1960
Ivar Heikel
1861 – 1952
Jacques Derrida
1930 – 2004
James Walker
1781 – 1862
Jan Szarek
1936 – 2020
Jan de Koning
1926 – 1994
Jay Greene
1942 – 2017
Joaquín Francisco Pacheco y Gutiérrez-Calderón
1808 – 1865
Johan Schreiner
1903 – 1967
John Greaves
1602 – 1652
John Hancock
1737 – 1793
John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
1759 – 1840
John Wesley Snyder
1895 – 1985
Jorge Montt
1845 – 1922
Joseph Carter Abbott
1825 – 1881
Karl Christian Ulmann
1793 – 1871
Karl Sudhoff
1853 – 1938
Kenneth L. Hale
1934 – 2001
Leon Melas
1812 – 1879
Leonid Vesnin
1880 – 1933
Leonor Michaelis
1875 – 1949
Lorenzo Lauri
1864 – 1941
Louis T. Wright
1891 – 1952
Lucie Höflich
1883 – 1956
Lucien Goldmann
1913 – 1970
Malcolm Ross
1919 – 1985
Marcelle Lafont
1905 – 1982
Massimo Scaglione
1931 – 2015
Maurice Martenot
1898 – 1980
Mónica Madariaga Gutiérrez
1942 – 2009
Nielsine Nielsen
1850 – 1916
Nina Matviienko
1947 – 2023
Nina Sorokina
1942 – 2011
Oliver Locker-Lampson
1880 – 1954
Panangipalli Venugopal
1942 – 2024
Paul G. Hoffman
1891 – 1974
Pearl Kendrick
1890 – 1980
Philip Oppenheimer
1911 – 1995
Ram Vilas Paswan
1946 – 2020
Raymond T. Odierno
1954 – 2021
Robert Emden
1862 – 1940
Sergio Panunzio
1886 – 1944
Shinji Tanimura
1948 – 2023
Stylianos Pattakos
1912 – 2016
Theodor Koch-Grünberg
1872 – 1924
Theodor Schieder
1908 – 1984
Victor von Richter
1841 – 1891
Vladimir Dolgikh
1924 – 2020
William Abram Mann
1854 – 1934
William Dandridge Peck
1763 – 1822
William Edward Hanley Stanner
1905 – 1981
William Polson
1875 – 1960
William Spong Jr.
1920 – 1997
Wu Bangguo
1941 – 2024
Zdzisław Peszkowski
1918 – 2007
Aarno Maliniemi
1892 – 1972
Abdul Matin
1926 – 2014
Addington Venables
1827 – 1876
Adelaide Crapsey
1878 – 1914
Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau
1831 – 1894
Adrien Tailhand
1810 – 1889
Ahmet Tevfik Okday
1845 – 1936
Albert W. Marshall
1874 – 1958
Alberto Fassini
1875 – 1942
Aleksandra Antonova
1932 – 2014
Alexandre Jean-Baptiste de Boyer
1708 – 1783
Alfred Toepfer
1894 – 1993
Ali Khalif Galaydh
1941 – 2020
Andrej Mryj
1893 – 1943
Andrew Kippis
1725 – 1795
Antoine François Brenier de Montmorand
1767 – 1832
Antoine François Passy
1792 – 1873
Arturo Donaggio
1868 – 1942
Bernard Tissier de Mallerais
1945 – 2024
Bert H. Miller
1879 – 1949
Bill Carson
1916 – 1944
Billy Al Bengston
1934 – 2022
Birgitta Ulfsson
1928 – 2017
Božena Laglerová
1886 – 1941
Brian Edmund Baker
1896 – 1979
Cai Xiaoqian
1904 – 1982
Carl Burrau
1867 – 1944
Caroline Bancroft
1900 – 1985
Charles A. Roxborough
1888 – 1963
Charles W. Fisher Jr.
1880 – 1971
Charles William Jefferys
1869 – 1951
Chien Chiao
1935 – 2018
Christian Steltzer
1758 – 1831
Christopher Keene
1946 – 1995
Conrad Shearer
1873 – 1948
Cora Wilding
1888 – 1982
Daniel Kerr
1836 – 1916
Dennis Eichhorn
1946 – 2015
Dimitrie Sturdza
1833 – 1914
E. S. Johnny Walker
1911 – 2000
Ebenezer Ward
1837 – 1917
Edgar C. Levey
1881 – 1962
Edith S. Sampson
1898 – 1979
Edna Roper
1913 – 1986
Eduard Volodarsky
1941 – 2012
Eduardus Johannes Petrus van Meeuwen
1802 – 1873
Edward Owen
1771 – 1849
Eliyahu Sasson
1902 – 1978
Elizabeth Janet MacGregor
1920 – 2005
Elizabeth Nourse
1859 – 1938
Enoch Beery Seitz
1846 – 1883
Enoch Lincoln
1788 – 1829
Erik Grønseth
1925 – 2005
Felice Platone
1896 – 1962
Franciszek Bieliński
1683 – 1766
Franklin Pierce
1804 – 1869
Frans Alfons Janssens
1863 – 1924
François Adrien Boieldieu
1775 – 1834
Félix Duban
1797 – 1870
Geoffrey Warnock
1923 – 1995
Georg Friedrich Nicolai
1874 – 1964
George Bonham
1803 – 1863
George Francis Lyon
1795 – 1832
George H. Olmsted
1901 – 1998
George Hammond Whalley
1813 – 1878
George Hibbert
1757 – 1837
George M. Stratton
1865 – 1957
George Taliaferro
1927 – 2018
Gideon Tomlinson
1780 – 1854
Gotthard A. Dahlberg
1884 – 1948
Gotzon Garate
1934 – 2008
Hannah Keziah Clapp
1824 – 1908
Harl Pease
1917 – 1942
Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula
1916 – 1983
Harry Pitt
1914 – 2005
Hassiba Ben Bouali
1938 – 1957
Helen Gilmore
1900 – 1947
Helen MacMurchy
1862 – 1953
Henning Frederik Feilberg
1831 – 1921
Henry C. Deming
1815 – 1872
Henry Erskine
1746 – 1817
Henry Fielding
1707 – 1754
Henry Gilbert Costin
1898 – 1918
Henry Head
1861 – 1940
Henry Paul Hansen
1907 – 1989
Henryk Bista
1934 – 1997
Herbert Cox
1860 – 1923
Herman Theodoor Colenbrander
1871 – 1945
Hermann Schmitz
1881 – 1960
Herschel Savage
1952 – 2023
Hugh C. Brooks
1922 – 2008
Hugh Mackenzie
1913 – 1996
Ian Graham Gass
1926 – 1992
Ira B. Bernstein
1924 – 2024
István Nemeskürty
1925 – 2015
Jakob Eduard Polak
1818 – 1891
James B. McCreary
1838 – 1918
James Edwin Creighton
1861 – 1924
James Knox
1807 – 1876
James P. Kauahikaua
1951 – 2023
James S. Jackson
1823 – 1862
James W. Dawes
1844 – 1918
James W. Deaderick
1812 – 1890
Jan Gruszczyński
1405 – 1473
Janez Evangelist Krek
1865 – 1917
Janus Dousa
1545 – 1604
Jayaprakash Narayan
1902 – 1979
Jerry Kleczka
1943 – 2017
Jim Dwyer
1957 – 2020
… and 1,688 more