List of Famous people born on July 8th

Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov was a Soviet cosmonaut and an engineer who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions.

Jürgen Böttcher is a German film director and painter. He is best known for his film Born in '45.

John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, was a British civil servant and politician who is best known for his service in the Cabinet during the Second World War, for which he was nicknamed the "Home Front Prime Minister". He served as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Anderson shelters are named after him.

Abdul Rashid bin Mohd Sidek is a Malaysian former badminton player and coach.

Mindon Min was the penultimate king of Burma (Myanmar) from 1853 to 1878. He was one of the most popular and revered kings of Burma. Under his half brother King Pagan, the Second Anglo-Burmese War in 1852 ended with the annexation of Lower Burma by the British Empire. Mindon and his younger brother Kanaung overthrew their half brother King Pagan. He spent most of his reign trying to defend the upper part of his country from British encroachments, and to modernize his kingdom.

Arthur FitzGerald Kinnaird, 10th Lord Kinnaird, was a Scottish banker and Liberal politician.

Gunnar Edvard Heckscher was a Swedish political scientist and leader of the Rightist Party (Högerpartiet), which later became the Moderate Party.

Barbara Fei, also known as Barbara Fei Ming-yi, was a Hong Kong soprano opera singer. She was founder of a choral group, Allegro Singers, which performed for over 50 years.