Émile Schuffenecker

French painter, art collector and suspected forger (1851-1934).

Born December 8th, 1851 in Fresne-Saint-Mamès.

Died July 31st, 1934 at 82 years old in Paris.

Sólveig Anspach

Icelandic-french film director and screenwriter (1960-2015).

Born December 8th, 1960 in Heimaey.

Died August 7th, 2015 at 54 years old in Réauville (breast cancer). ^[ref]

Mehmet Hetemaj

Finnish footballer.

Born December 8th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Skenderaj.

Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores

Guatemalan president (1930-2016).

Born December 8th, 1930 in Guatemala City.

Died February 1st, 2016 at 85 years old in Guatemala City (Parkinson's disease). ^[ref]

Birger Furugård

Swedish politician.

Born December 8th, 1887 in Silbodal parish. ^[ref]

Died December 4th, 1961 at 73 years old ^[ref]

Abdullah Ercan

Turkish association football player (born 1971).

Born December 8th, 1971 (age 54 years) in Istanbul.

Cleo Brown

American singer (1909–1995).

Born December 8th, 1909 in Meridian.

Died April 15th, 1995 at 85 years old in Denver.

Ulrich Greifelt

German general of police (1896-1949).

Born December 8th, 1896 in Berlin.

Died February 6th, 1949 at 52 years old in Landsberg am Lech.

Mihail Savov

Bulgarian general (1857–1928).

Born December 8th, 1857 in Stara Zagora.

Died July 21st, 1928 at 70 years old in Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey.

Nikos Gatsos

Greek writer and poet (1914–1992).

Born December 8th, 1911 in Asea.

Died May 12th, 1992 at 80 years old in Athens.