Bill Bryson

American author.

Born December 8th, 1951 (age 74 years) in Des Moines.

David Harewood

British actor.

Born December 8th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Small Heath.

Nancy Meyers

American film director, producer and screenwriter.

Born December 8th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Philadelphia.

Lee J. Cobb

American actor (1911–1976).

Born December 8th, 1911 in New York City.

Died February 11th, 1976 at 64 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).

Josh Donaldson

American baseball player.

Born December 8th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Pensacola. ^[ref]

Georges Méliès

French filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938).

Born December 8th, 1861 in Paris. ^[ref]

Died January 21st, 1938 at 76 years old in Paris (cancer).

Gita Gopinath

Indian-american economist.

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

Lucian Freud

British painter and engraver (1922-2011).

Born December 8th, 1922 in Berlin.

Died July 20th, 2011 at 88 years old in London. ^[ref]

Ilya Sutskever

Ai researcher.

Born December 8th, 1986 (age 39 years) in Nizhny Novgorod. ^[ref]

Marisa Abela

English actress.

Born December 8th, 1996 (age 29 years) in Brighton. ^[ref]