List of Famous people born on October 8th

Chiang Ying-li is a Taiwanese badminton player.

Steven V. Carter was a Democratic U.S. Representative from south central Iowa in 1959.

Takeshi Noma is an independent Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives. Noma was a member of the People's New Party before the party dissolved.

Liu Hulan was a young female spy during the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. She was born in Yunzhouxi village, in the Wenshui County of the Shanxi province. She joined the Communist Party in 1946 and soon after joined an association of women working in support of the Liberation Army. She was actively involved in organizing the villagers of Yunzhouxi in support of the Communist Party of China. Her contributions involved a wide range of activities, such as supplying food to the Eighth Liberation Army, relaying secret messages, and mending boots and uniforms.

Francisco Rivera Jr. is an American mixed martial artist who last competed in XMMA. A professional since 2008, he has also competed for the WEC and Tachi Palace Fights. Rivera is known for his heavy hands and wild fighting style.

Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi is a Palestinian leader, legislator, activist, and scholar who served as a member of the Leadership Committee and as an official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation to the Middle East peace process, beginning with the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991. In 1996, Ashrawi was appointed as the Palestinian Authority Minister of Higher Education and Research. Prior to that, she was Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Birzeit University and head of its Legal Aid Committee since the mid-1970s.

Yuta Ozawa is a Japanese actor who is a member of the theatre company Gekidan Exile.

Robert Joseph Erlin is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Pittsburgh Pirates and Atlanta Braves.