Olaseni Lawal

Nigerian basketball player.

Born October 8th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Abeokuta.

Akbar Djuraev

Uzbekistani weightlifter.

Born October 8th, 1999 (age 26 years) in Soyliq.

Marcelo Djaló

Bissau-guinean association football player.

Born October 8th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Barcelona.

David Rundblad

Ice hockey player.

Born October 8th, 1990 (age 35 years) in Lycksele.

Fredrik Modin

Swedish ice hockey player.

Born October 8th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Sundsvall.

Adam Pavlásek

Czech tennis player.

Born October 8th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Bílovec. ^[ref]

Helmut Qualtinger

Austrian actor (1928–1986).

Born October 8th, 1928 in Vienna.

Died September 29th, 1986 at 57 years old in Vienna (liver cirrhosis, liver cancer).

Kobi Marimi

Israeli singer; israel representative to eurovision 2019.

Born October 8th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Ramat Gan.

Janice E. Voss

American engineer and nasa astronaut (1956-2012).

Born October 8th, 1956 in South Bend.

Died February 6th, 2012 at 55 years old in Scottsdale (breast cancer). ^[ref]

Mary Engle Pennington

American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer (1872-1952).

Born October 8th, 1872 in Nashville.

Died December 27th, 1952 at 80 years old in New York City.