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Notable Birthdays for August 8

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Those born on this date include:

- The United States' first professional architect, Charles Bulfinch, in 1763
- Black explorer Matthew Henson in 1866
- Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata in 1879
- Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg in 1908
- movie producer Dino De Laurentiis in 1919
- actor Esther Williams in 1921
- actor Dustin Hoffman in 1937 (age 87)
- musician/actor Connie Stevens in 1938 (age 86)
- musician Phil Balsley (Statler Brothers) in 1939 (age 85)
- actor Larry Wilcox in 1947 (age 77)
- Russian cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya, first woman to walk in space, in 1948 (age 76)
- actor Keith Carradine in 1949 (age 75)
- musician Dennis Drew (10,000 Maniacs) in 1957 (age 67)
- TV personality Deborah Norville in 1958 (age 66)
- musician The Edge, born David Evans, (U2) in 1961 (age 63)
- musician Rikki Rockett, born Richard Ream, (Poison) in 1961 (age 63)
- musician Scott Stapp (Creed) in 1973 (age 51)
- musician Tom Linton (Jimmy Eat World) in 1975 (age 49)
- actor Tawny Cypress in 1976 (age 48)
- musician Drew Lachey (98 Degrees) in 1976 (age 48)
- musician JC Chasez (NSYNC) in 1976 (age 48)
- actor Lindsay Sloane in 1977 (age 47)
- actor Michael Urie in 1980 (age 44)
- actor Countess Vaughn in 1978 (age 46)
- tennis legend Roger Federer in 1981 (age 43)
- actor Meagan Good in 1981 (age 43)
- musician Eric Howk (Portugal. The Man) in 1981 (age 43)
- actor Peyton List in 1986 (age 38)
- actor Katie Leung in 1987 (age 37)
- Beatrice, princess of York, in 1988 (age 36)
- actor Casey Cott in 1992 (age 32)
- musician Lauv, born Ari Leff, in 1994 (age 30)
- musician Shawn Mendes in 1998 (age 26)
- actor Bebe Wood in 2001 (age 23)
- actor Kitana Turnbull in 2005 (age 18).

 


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