8 April is the 98th day of the year (99th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day was born in the year: 1320 – Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367) 1533 – Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer (d. 1604) 1541 – Michele Mercati, Italian physician (d. 1593) 1605 – Philip IV of Spain (d. 1665) 1641 – Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, French-English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (d. 1704) 1692 – Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1770) 1732 – David Rittenhouse, American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1796) 1818 – August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist (d. 1892) 1827 – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican ophthalmologist and politician (d. 1898) 1842 – Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author (d. 1933) 1859 – Edmund Husserl, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1938) 1885 – Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French composer (d. 1951) 1889 – Adrian Boult, English conductor (d. 1983) 1892 – Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (d. 1970) 1896 – Yip Harburg, American composer (d. 1981) 1902 – Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer (d. 1924) 1902 – Maria Maksakova, Sr., Russian soprano (d. 1974) 1904 – John Hicks, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989) 1904 – Hirsch Jacobs, American horse trainer (d. 1970) 1905 – Helen Joseph, English-South African activist (d. 1992) 1906 – Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (d. 1974) 1918 – Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald R. Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States (d. 2011) 1918 – Glendon Swarthout, American author (d. 1992) 1919 – Ian Smith, Zimbabwean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia (d. 2007) 1920 – Carmen McRae, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 1994) 1921 – Franco Corelli, Italian tenor (d. 2003) 1921 – Jan Novák, Czech composer (d. 1984) 1927 – Ollie Mitchell, American trumpet player (The Wrecking Crew) (d. 2013) 1928 – Leah Rabin, German-Israeli wife of Yitzhak Rabin (d. 2000) 1928 – Monty Sunshine, English clarinet player (d. 2010) 1929 – Walter Berry, Austrian opera singer (d. 2000) 1929 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1978) 1933 – Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004) 1935 – Albert Bustamante, American politician 1938 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations 1939 – John Arbuthnott, Scottish microbiologist and academic 1941 – Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer 1941 – Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer 1942 – Roger Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Family and Streetwalkers) 1942 – Douglas Trumbull, American director, producer, and special effects artist 1943 – Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Irish politician (d. 2006) 1943 – James Herbert, English author and illustrator (d. 2013) 1944 – Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter 1944 – Deke Richards, American songwriter and producer (d. 2013) 1947 – Steve Howe, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Yes, Asia, Tomorrow, GTR, and Bodast) 1947 – Robert Kiyosaki, American businessman, co-founded Cashflow Technologies 1947 – Pascal Lamy, French businessman and politician 1947 – Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (People!) (d. 2008) 1948 – Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone, Scottish academic and politician 1949 – Brenda Russell, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player 1951 – Mel Schacher, American bass player (Question Mark & the Mysterians and Grand Funk Railroad) 1954 – G. V. Loganathan, Indian-American engineer and educator (d. 2007) 1955 – Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer 1956 – Roman Dragoun, Czech singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Progres 2) 1956 – Justin Sullivan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (New Model Army) 1957 – Anthony Michaels-Moore, English opera singer 1960 – John Schneider, American actor, singer, director, and producer 1962 – Izzy Stradlin, American guitarist and songwriter (Guns N Roses and Hollywood Rose) 1963 – Donita Sparks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (L7) 1964 – Biz Markie, American rapper, producer, and actor (Juice Crew) 1968 – Patricia Arquette, American actress and director 1968 – Patricia Girard, French runner and hurdler 1968 – Tracy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer) 1972 – Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (Slipknot and Unida) (d. 2010) 1974 – Nnedi Okorafor, Nigerian-American author and educator 1974 – Chino XL, American rapper and actor 1975 – Anouk, Dutch singer 1979 – Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, Impaled Nazarene, and Kylähullut) 1979 – Pablo Portillo, Mexican singer and actor (MDO) 1980 – Manuel Ortega, Austrian singer 1982 – Keegan DeWitt, American singer-songwriter and actor (Wild Cub) 1984 – Ezra Koenig, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Vampire Weekend and Dirty Projectors) 1986 – Bridget Kelly, American singer-songwriter 1986 – Erika Sawajiri, Japanese actress and singer 1988 – Stephanie Cayo, Peruvian actress, singer, and model 1989 – Alex Day, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chameleon Circuit) 1989 – Alexander DeLeon, American singer-songwriter (The Cab) 1989 – Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese singer 1990 – Kim Jonghyun, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Shinee and SM the Ballad)l 1991 – Minami Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and no3b)
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