Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 8
Births edit
- 1883 - Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
- 1895 - Juan Perón, President of Argentina (d. 1974)
- 1920 - Frank Herbert, American writer (d. 1986)
- 1941 - Jesse Jackson, American clergyman and civil rights activist (pictured)
- 1943 - Chevy Chase, American comedian and actor
- 1946 - Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Congressman and Presidential candidate
- 1948 - Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (d. 2004)
- 1949 - Sigourney Weaver, American actress
- 1970 - Matt Damon, American actor
Deaths edit
- 1317 - Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)
- 1754 - Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707)
- 1793 - John Hancock, American revolutionary and businessman (b. 1737)
- 1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (b. 1809)
- 2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)