Famous people born on 8 October

• Marina TsvetaevaRussian poet · 1892–1941
  48 yrs
• Juan PerónPresident of Argentina · 1895–1974
  78 yrs
• Frank HerbertAmerican writer · 1920–1986
  65 yrs
• Henry III of EnglandKing of England from 1216 to 1272 · 1207–1272
  65 yrs
• Otto Heinrich Warburg ↗German physiologist, medical doctor and Nobel laureate · 1883–1970
  86 yrs
• Zog I of Albania ↗Albanian prime minister, president and king (1895-1961) · 1895–1961
  65 yrs
• César Milstein ↗Argentine biochemist · 1927–2002
  74 yrs
• Jens Christian Skou ↗Danish chemist · 1918–2018
  99 yrs
• Claude Jade ↗French actress · 1948–2006
  58 yrs
• Komitas ↗Ottoman Armenian priest, musicologist, composer and vardapet · 1869–1935
  66 yrs
• Henry Louis Le Châtelier ↗French chemist · 1850–1936
  85 yrs
• Didi ↗Brazilian footballer · 1928–2001
  72 yrs
• Kiichi Miyazawa ↗78th Prime Minister of Japan · 1919–2007
  87 yrs
• Rodney Robert Porter ↗English biochemist and Nobel laureate · 1917–1985
  67 yrs
• Ejnar Hertzsprung ↗Danish astronomer and chemist · 1873–1967
  94 yrs
• Walter von Reichenau ↗German field marshal · 1884–1942
  57 yrs
• Nils Liedholm ↗Swedish footballer and manager · 1922–2007
  85 yrs
• Rouben Mamoulian ↗American film and theatre director · 1897–1987
  90 yrs
• Chen Duxiu ↗Chinese politician and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party · 1879–1942
  62 yrs
• Harriet Taylor Mill ↗British philosopher · 1807–1858
  51 yrs
• Tōru Takemitsu ↗Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory · 1930–1996
  65 yrs
• John Hay ↗American statesman · 1838–1905
  66 yrs
• Julien Duvivier ↗French film director · 1896–1967
  71 yrs
• Ivan Poddubny ↗Russian-Soviet wrestler · 1871–1949
  77 yrs
• Johnny Ramone ↗American guitarist · 1948–2004
  55 yrs
• Louise Hay ↗American writer · 1926–2017
  90 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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