List of Famous people born on August 8th

Akira Koga is a Japanese badminton player who also play for the NTT East club. In 2012, his last year as a junior, he was instrumental in Japan's first ever mixed team title at the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He and Akane Yamaguchi beat Pei Tianyi and Huang Yaqiong to begin the tie. At the World Junior Championships the same year, he and Yamaguchi played the last match of the mixed team tie in the final against China. They lost their third game to Wang Yilü and Chen Qingchen 22-24, giving China the title.

Paolo Pezzi, FSCB – also known as Pavel Pezzi – is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, currently serving as Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow.

James F. Dunnigan is an author, military-political analyst, Defense and State Department consultant, and wargame designer currently living in New York City.

Alyaksandr Uladzimiravich Yurevich is a former Belarusian footballer. He last played for Shakhtyor Soligorsk and has appeared for the Belarus national football team, including qualifying matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He is a defender, preferably left back. He has formerly played for FC BATE Borisov, where he served as vice-captain of the team.