Famous people born on 8 April

19 of the people we track were born on 8 April, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Kofi Annan 1938Ghanaian politician who served as United Nations Secretary-Generaldied aged 80
2. Mary Pickford 1892Canadian actor and producerdied aged 87
3. Edmund Husserl 1859German philosopherdied aged 79
4. Philip IV of Spain 1605Monarch of Castile and Leondied aged 60
5. Emil Cioran 1911Romanian philosopherdied aged 84
6. Jacques Brel 1929Belgian singerdied aged 49
7. Robert Kiyosaki 1947American writer and investorliving, 79
8. Betty Ford 1918American dancerdied aged 93
9. Albert I of Belgium 1875King of the Belgiansdied aged 58
10. Melvin Calvin 1911American biochemistdied aged 85
11. Robin Wright 1966American actorliving, 60
12. Patricia Arquette 1968American actorliving, 58
13. Igor Akinfeev 1986Russian footballerliving, 40
14. Christian IX 1818Monarch of Denmarkdied aged 87
15. Andrej Plenković 1970Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatialiving, 56
16. Juan Ponce de León 1460Spanish explorer and conquistadordied aged 60 or 61
17. Vivienne Westwood 1941British fashion designerdied aged 81
18. John Hicks 1904British economistdied aged 85
19. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566Emperor of Chinadied aged 69