Elias Viljanen

Finnish musician.

Born July 8th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Kemi.

Ahmed El-Kass

Egyptian football manager (born 1965).

Born July 8th, 1965 (age 60 years) in Alexandria, Moharam Bek.

Edgar Buckingham

American physicist (1867–1940).

Born July 8th, 1867 in Philadelphia.

Died April 29th, 1940 at 72 years old in Washington, D.C..

Alexei Gusarov

Russian ice hockey player.

Born July 8th, 1964 (age 61 years) in Saint Petersburg.

Selima Sfar

Tunisian tennis player.

Born July 8th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Sidi Bou Said.

Dean Kukan

Swiss ice hockey defenceman.

Born July 8th, 1993 (age 32 years) in Zürich.

Ramazan Şahin

Turkish wrestler (born 1983).

Born July 8th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Khasavyurt.

Camila Moreno

Chilean rock and folk singer-songwriter.

Born July 8th, 1985 (age 40 years) in Santiago.

Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail

French writer (1829-1871).

Born July 8th, 1829 in Montmaur.

Died January 20th, 1871 at 41 years old in Bordeaux (smallpox).

Françoise Forton

Brazilian actress (1957–2022).

Born July 8th, 1957 in Rio de Janeiro.

Died January 16th, 2022 at 64 years old in Rio de Janeiro. ^[ref]

František Křižík

Czech engineer, entrepreneur and inventor (1847-1941).

Born July 8th, 1847 in Plánice. ^[ref]

Died January 22nd, 1941 at 93 years old in Stádlec. ^[ref]

Andrejs Štolcers

Latvian footballer (born 1974).

Born July 8th, 1974 (age 51 years) in Riga.

Jane Horney

World war ii spy.

Born July 8th, 1918 in Gustav Vasa parish. ^[ref]

Died January 20th, 1945 at 26 years old in Øresund.

Ole Tobiasen

Danish footballer.

Born July 8th, 1975 (age 50 years) in Amager.

Arthur Charles Miller

American cinematographer (1895-1970).

Born July 8th, 1895 in New York City.

Died July 13th, 1970 at 75 years old in Hollywood.

Heinrich von Angeli

Austrian painter (1840-1925).

Born July 8th, 1840 in Sopron.

Died October 21st, 1925 at 85 years old in Vienna.

Gustaf Larson

Automotive pioneer, swedish engineer, swedish founders of automobile manufacturer (1887–1968).

Born July 8th, 1887 in Sweden. ^[ref]

Died July 4th, 1968 at 80 years old in Båstad. ^[ref]

Robert Kingston Scott

74th governor of south carolina, and an officer in the union army (1826-1900).

Born July 8th, 1826 in Armstrong County.

Died August 12th, 1900 at 74 years old in Henry County.

Akio Suyama

Japanese voice actor.

Born July 8th, 1968 (age 57 years) in Toyonaka.

J. Ottis Adams

American artist (1851-1927).

Born July 8th, 1851 in Indiana.

Died January 28th, 1927 at 75 years old in Indiana.

Bob Ctvrtlik

Volleyball player.

Born July 8th, 1963 (age 62 years) in Long Beach.

Margaret W. Rossiter

American historian of science.

Born July 8th, 1944 in Malden. ^[ref]

Died August 3rd, 2025 at 81 years old in Salem. ^[ref]

Leopold McClintock

Irish explorer in the british royal navy (1819-1907).

Born July 8th, 1819 in Dundalk.

Died November 17th, 1907 at 88 years old in Kensington.

Didier Anzieu

French psychoanalyst and academic (1923–1999).

Born July 8th, 1923 in Melun.

Died November 25th, 1999 at 76 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris.

Jon Jönsson

Swedish association footballer.

Born July 8th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Kristianstad.