Famous People Born on October 8

Hanan Ashrawi
1946
Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
(Image Credits)
Edythe Chapman
1863
American actress (d. 1948)
Jesse Jackson
1941
American minister and activist
(Image Credits)
Ozias Leduc
1864
Canadian painter and educator (d. 1955)
Dennis Kucinich
1946
American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
Alexey Shchusev
1873
Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum (d. 1949)
CeCe Winans
1964
American singer-songwriter
(Image Credits)
Darrell Hammond
1955
American comedian and actor
(Image Credits)
Jon Ekerold
1946
South African motorcycle racer
Eddie Rickenbacker
1890
American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1973)
Jens Christian Skou
1918
Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)
(Image Credits)
Ted Kooshian
1961
American pianist and composer
(Image Credits)

Browse all birthdays in October/

October Birthdays

© 2026 — Bold History. All Rights Reserved.