List of Famous people born on October 8th

Lim Pek Siah is a Malaysian former badminton player, who now works as a national badminton coach. Lim had won the women's doubles silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur partnered with Chor Hooi Yee, also helped the team reached the final and clinched the silver medal. She made it to the women's doubles gold medal in 2002 Manchester with Ang Li Peng. She started her career as the women's doubles national coach in 2015.

Son Mi-Na is a South Korean team handball player and Olympic champion. She participated at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where she received a silver medal. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul she received a gold medal with the South Korean team.

Ben Townsend is an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wycombe Wanderers.

Leandro Barcia Montero is an Uruguayan footballer who currently plays for Sport Recife. He previously played for Goiás and Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional.

Gosuke John Katoh is an American professional baseball infielder in the New York Mets organization. He made his MLB debut in 2022 with the Toronto Blue Jays.