Olaseni Lawal

Nigerian basketball player.

Born October 8th, 1986 (age 38 years) in Abeokuta.

Jens Christian Skou

Danish chemist (1918-2018).

Born October 8th, 1918 in Lemvig.

Died May 28th, 2018 at 99 years old in Aarhus. ^[ref]

Arturo Mina

Ecuadorian footballer.

Born October 8th, 1990 (age 34 years) in Río Verde Canton.

Reiji Okazaki

Japanese biologist.

Born October 8th, 1930 in Hiroshima.

Died August 1st, 1975 at 44 years old in Hiroshima (leukemia).

Rano Karno

Indonesian actor and politician.

Born October 8th, 1960 (age 64 years) in Jakarta. ^[ref]

Ivan Poddubny

Wrestler and athlete from russian empire and ussr.

Born October 8th, 1871 in Bohodukhivka.

Died August 8th, 1949 at 77 years old in Yeysk (myocardial infarction).

Kerstin Gier

Writer.

Born October 8th, 1966 (age 58 years) in Bergisch Gladbach.

Felipe Camiroaga

Chilean television presenter (1966-2011).

Born October 8th, 1966 in Santiago.

Died September 2nd, 2011 at 44 years old in Juan Fernández Islands. ^[ref]

Marco Odermatt

Swiss alpine skier.

Born October 8th, 1997 (age 27 years) in Switzerland.

Chris Dobson

British chemist (1949-2019).

Born October 8th, 1949 in Rinteln.

Died September 8th, 2019 at 69 years old in London (cancer). ^[ref]