List of Famous people born on August 8th

Axel Eddy Lucien Jonkheer Merckx is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and the son of five-time Tour de France champion Eddy Merckx. He is currently the team director of UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Axeon.

Jacques Marescaux is a French doctor. He is Chairman of the digestive and endocrine surgery at the University Hospital, Strasbourg.

Mauro Mendonça Filho is a Brazilian television director. He is the son of actors Rosamaria Murtinho and Mauro Mendonça.

Taras Mykolayovych Stepanenko is a Ukrainian footballer, who is currently playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He started his career at Metalurh Zaporizhya, making his debut in 2007, before joining Shakhtar in 2010.

Kenneth Wayne Dryden,, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender. He is an officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Dryden was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011, and served as a cabinet minister from 2004 to 2006. In 2017, Dryden was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. He received the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2020.

Geoffrey Blancaneaux is a French tennis player.

Abel Casquete is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Guayaquil City.

Abdellah Taïa is a Moroccan writer and filmmaker who writes in the French language and has been based in Paris since 1998. He has published eight novels, many of them heavily autobiographical. His books have been translated into Basque, Dutch, German, English, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish and Arabic.

Cem Öğretir is a Turkish TV presenter and reporter.

Vincent Vallières is a Canadian singer from Sherbrooke.