Sorapong Chatree

Thai actor.

Born December 8th, 1949 in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. ^[ref]

Died March 10th, 2022 at 72 years old in Bangkok.

Stevo Žigon

Slovene-serbian actor and director (1926–2005).

Born December 8th, 1926 in Ljubljana.

Died December 28th, 2005 at 79 years old in Belgrade (myocardial infarction).

Carmen Martín Gaite

Spanish writer (1925-2000).

Born December 8th, 1925 in Salamanca.

Died July 23rd, 2000 at 74 years old in Madrid. ^[ref]

Sheran Yeini

Israeli association footballer.

Born December 8th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Tel Aviv.

Joyciline Jepkosgei

Kenyan female long-distance runner.

Born December 8th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Kenya.

Ernst Moro

Austrian physician (1874–1951).

Born December 8th, 1874 in Ljubljana.

Died April 17th, 1951 at 76 years old in Heidelberg.

V. Y. Mudimbe

American writer.

Born December 8th, 1941 in Likasi.

Died April 22nd, 2025 at 83 years old in North Carolina. ^[ref]

Aly Keita

Guinean association football player.

Born December 8th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Västerås.

Florbela Espanca

Portuguese poet (1894–1930).

Born December 8th, 1894 in Vila Viçosa.

Died December 8th, 1930 at 36 years old in Matosinhos (drug overdose).

Henry Kyemba

Ugandan politician.

Born December 8th, 1939 in Busoga.

Died October 18th, 2023 at 83 years old ^[ref]

Arnulf Rainer

Austrian artist.

Born December 8th, 1929 (age 96 years) in Baden bei Wien. ^[ref]

Cesare Emiliani

Italian-american scientist, geologist, micropaleontologist, and founder of paleoceanography.

Born December 8th, 1922 in Bologna.

Died July 20th, 1995 at 72 years old in Palm Beach Gardens.

Alonso Edward

Panamanian sprinter.

Born December 8th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Panama City.

Raquel Atawo

Us tennis player.

Born December 8th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Fresno.

Rani

Pakistani actress and model (1946–1993).

Born December 8th, 1946 in Lahore.

Died May 27th, 1993 at 46 years old in Karachi.

Oleksiy Pecherov

Ukrainian basketball player (born 1985).

Born December 8th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Donetsk.

Badredine Bouanani

Algerian footballer.

Born December 8th, 2004 (age 21 years) in Lille.

Klara Rumyanova

Soviet and russian actress and singer (1929–2004).

Born December 8th, 1929 in Saint Petersburg.

Died September 18th, 2004 at 74 years old in Moscow (breast cancer).

Hervey Allen

American novelist, biographer (1889–1949).

Born December 8th, 1889 in Pittsburgh.

Died December 28th, 1949 at 60 years old in Hervey Allen Study (myocardial infarction).

Noelle Pikus-Pace

American skeleton racer.

Born December 8th, 1982 (age 43 years) in Provo.

Vladimir Shatalov

Soviet cosmonaut.

Born December 8th, 1927 in Petropavl.

Died June 15th, 2021 at 93 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Amos Youga

French and central african footballer.

Born December 8th, 1992 (age 33 years) in Villeurbanne.

Charles-Émile Reynaud

French inventor.

Born December 8th, 1844 in Montreuil. ^[ref]

Died January 9th, 1918 at 73 years old in Ivry-sur-Seine. ^[ref]

Lassine Sinayoko

Malian footballer.

Born December 8th, 1999 (age 26 years) in Bamako.

Per Bak

Danish physicist (1948-2002).

Born December 8th, 1948 in Denmark.

Died October 16th, 2002 at 53 years old in Copenhagen.