Famous people born on 8 July

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

1. Jean de La Fontaine 1621French poet and fabulistdied aged 73
2. JDJohn D. Rockefeller 1839American philanthropistdied aged 97
3. Igor Tamm 1895Soviet physicistdied aged 75
4. Nelson Rockefeller 1908American politician who served as Vice President of the United Statesdied aged 70
5. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593Italian painterdied aged 59 or 60
6. Virgil van Dijk 1991Dutch footballerliving, 35
7. Walter Scheel 1919German politician who served as Federal Chancellor of Germanydied aged 97
8. Tadeusz Reichstein 1897Polish chemistdied aged 99
9. Kevin Bacon 1958American actorliving, 68
10. Anjelica Huston 1951American actorliving, 75
11. Philip Johnson 1906American architect
12. Tzipi Livni 1958Israeli politician and foreign ministerliving, 68
13. Robbie Keane 1980Irish footballerliving, 46
14. Ernst Bloch 1885German philosopherdied aged 92