08 August: today's birthdays

• Martine Aubry - French politician, born Martine Delors
• Martin Brest - American film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed the films Scent of a Woman and Meet Joe Black
• Paul Dirac - English physicist and mathematician
• Roger Federer - Swiss tennis player. He has been the world number 1 player for more than 300 weeks
• Jostein Gaarder - Norwegian writer. Ha scritto Sophie's World
• Danilo Gallinari - Italian professional basketball player playing in the NBA (National Basketball Association), the North American professional basketball league
• Abel Mathías Hernández Platero - Uruguayan soccer player
• Dustin Hoffman - American actor, born Dustin Lee Hoffman. He won two Oscar for Best Actor for his role in the films Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man
• Alija Izetbegović - Bosnian politician, activist, lawyer, and philosopher. He served as the 1st President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Daniel Mann - American film director, born Daniel Chugerman. He directed Elizabeth Taylor in Butterfield 8
• Nigel Ernest James Mansell - Former English racing driver, winner of the Formula One World Championship in 1992
• Joël Matip - German professional footballer, born Joël André Matip Job 
• Robert Siodmak - German-born American film director. He directed the films The Killers, Phantom Lady and Criss Cross
• Lee Unkrich - American film director and editor. He directed Toy Story 3
• Louis Valtat - French painter
• Milo Ventimiglia - American actor
• Larry Wilcox - American actor
• Emiliano Zapata - Mexican revolutionary