Famous people born on 8 August

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

1. Roger Federer 1981Swiss tennis playerliving, 45
2. Paul Dirac 1902British theoretical physicistdied aged 82
3. Dustin Hoffman 1937American actorliving, 89
4. Giuseppe Conte 1964Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italyliving, 62
5. Emiliano Zapata 1879Mexican revolutionarydied aged 39
6. Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1887Writerdied aged 82
7. Ernest Lawrence 1901American nuclear physicistdied aged 57
8. Roger Penrose 1931British physicist and mathematicianliving, 95
9. Klaus Ebner 1964Austrian writerliving, 62
10. Alija Izetbegović 1925Bosnian politician and lawyerdied aged 78
11. Louis van Gaal 1951Dutch association football coachliving, 75
12. Jostein Gaarder 1952Norwegian novelistliving, 74
13. Shawn Mendes 1998Canadian singerliving, 28
14. Svetlana Savitskaya 1948Soviet aircraft pilotliving, 78