List of Famous people who born in 1908

Police-General (Ret.) Said Soekanto Tjokrodiatmodjo was the first Chief of the Indonesian National Police (Kapolri) since 29 September 1945.

Victor William (Peter) Watson was a wealthy English art collector and benefactor. He funded the literary magazine, Horizon, edited by Cyril Connolly.

Ebrahim Al-Arrayedh was a Bahraini writer and poet, generally considered to be one of Bahrain's greatest poets and one of the leaders of the Bahraini literary movement in the 20th century.

Cesina Borges Adães Bermudes (1908-2001) was a Portuguese obstetrician who introduced the concept of “painless childbirth” to Portugal. She was also a prominent feminist and an opponent of the Estado Novo authoritarian regime, for which she was imprisoned for three months.

Assia Dagher was a Lebanese-Egyptian actress and film producer.

Adolpho Bloch GCIH, born Avram Yossievitch Bloch was one of the most important press and television tycoons in Brazil. Founder of the Bloch Group, he created the weekly magazine Manchete in 1952, and he also established the television network Rede Manchete in 1983.

Chien Shih-Liang aka S. L. Chien, was a Chinese chemist

Wu Xiuquan was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, military officer, and diplomat. He studied in the Soviet Union, enlisted in the Chinese Red Army, and participated in the Long March. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, China's first ambassador to Yugoslavia, and Vice Minister of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China. After being imprisoned for eight years during the Cultural Revolution, Wu was appointed Deputy Chief of the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department in 1975 and later served as vice president of the special court that tried and convicted the Gang of Four and the Lin Biao clique of numerous crimes during the Cultural Revolution.

Roosseno Soerjohadikoesoemo was an Indonesian politician, scholar, and engineer. He served as minister of Public Works, Transportation and Economic Affairs during the first cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo. Roosseno planned several of the most notable buildings in Jakarta, including the Hotel Indonesia, Istiqlal Mosque, and the National Monument. His extensive use of concrete as a building material led thim being dubbed Indonesia's Father of Concrete".