List of Famous people born on October 8th

Dustin Erik Fox is a former American football cornerback. He was selected in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings and also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills. He played college football at Ohio State.

Ruffin Horne McNeill Jr. is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the special assistant to the head coach at NC State University. He previously served as the assistant head coach and outside linebackers coach at the University of Oklahoma and the assistant head coach and defensive line coach at the University of Virginia. McNeill also served as the head coach of the East Carolina Pirates from 2010 to 2015. Before being named head coach of the Pirates, McNeill served the Texas Tech Red Raiders as an interim head coach, assistant head coach, special teams coordinator, and linebackers coach. On December 28, 2009, he was named interim head coach of the Red Raiders following the suspension and later firing of head coach Mike Leach. He served in the position until the hiring of Tommy Tuberville, who subsequently released him as defensive coordinator.

Shira Piven is an American director, writer and filmmaker. She directed the 2014 film Welcome to Me starring Kristen Wiig.

Archana Shastry is an Indian film actress, working in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema and Kannada cinema. She was one of the contestants in the first season of Bigg Boss - Telugu, hosted by N. T. Rama Rao Jr.. In November 2019, she married Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam, vice president of a leading health-care company.

Frank-Jürgen Weise is a German officer and manager.

Kevyn William Adams is an American former professional ice hockey center and current general manager of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. Throughout his career, Adams played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets, Florida Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes, Phoenix Coyotes and the Chicago Blackhawks, and was also a former associate coach for the Sabres.

Lorenzo Milá Mencos is a Spanish newscaster and journalist. He is the son of José Luis Milá Sagnier, count of Montseny; younger brother of Mercedes Milá ; and married to Sagrario Ruiz de Apodaca, with three children.

Olaf Janßen is a retired German footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.

Wilhelm Knabe was a German ecologist, pacifist, civil servant and politician, remembered as a founding member of the Green Party in Germany, and a pioneer of conservation of the environment who shaped the party for decades.

Juan Roig Alfonso is a Spanish billionaire businessman, president of Mercadona, the Spanish supermarket chain.