List of Famous people born on July 8th

Valentina Babor is a German classical pianist. She began performing before audiences and winning youth competitions as a child. At 12, she was accepted by Karl-Heinz Kämmerling at the Mozarteum, where she became part of the university's "Initiative Hochbegabten-Förderung", a program for highly gifted students. In 2009, barely an adult, she played Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto in C minor in concert. She continues to perform internationally.

William Harrison "Bones" Dillard was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and the 110 meter hurdles, making him the “World’s Fastest Man” in 1948 and the “World’s Fastest Hurdler” in 1952.

Alexis Gabrielle Dziena is an American actress.

Viorel Dinu Moldovan is a Romanian former professional football forward and currently the manager of Petrolul Ploiești. He was an important player for the Romanian national team in the 1990s. He was recently the manager of AJ Auxerre in the French Ligue 2.

Elvir Baljić is a Bosnian-Turkish professional football manager and former player.

Sébastien Nadot, is a French historian, writer and politician. In the 2017 elections, he was elected as a member of La République En Marche! to the French National Assembly, representing the department of Haute-Garonne's 10th constituency. In December 2018, he was excluded from LREM for having voted against the 2019 draft budget. In May 2020, he was one of the 17 initial members of the new Ecology Democracy Solidarity group in the National Assembly.

Mourid Barghouti was a Palestinian poet and writer.

Surono, who is often called Mbah Rono, is the most popular Indonesian geophysicist and volcanologist. He was former the Head of the Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, Geological Agency. Currently, he is the Head of the Indonesian Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Samer Ismail is a Syrian actor known for portraying the character of Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam in the well-known pan-Arab television series Omar directed by Hatem Ali. The series was produced and broadcast by MBC. Some questioned his portrayal of the character of Omar, demanding to know Ismail's religious origin. Ismail refused to reveal his religious denomination saying that this was a personal matter and was totally irrelevant to his role. He also played the role of Azzam in the TV series Minbar al Mawta directed by Rasha Sharbatji.

Akihiro Yanase is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers.