List of Famous people born on October 8th
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Sara Sorribes Tormo is a professional Spanish tennis player. Sorribes Tormo has won one singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger circuit. On the ITF Circuit, she has won ten singles and five doubles titles. She won her maiden WTA title at the 2021 Abierto Zapopan in Guadalajara. As a result she achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 57 on 15 March 2021. She peaked at No. 40 in the doubles rankings on 3 February 2020. In the 125K series, she has been runner-up at the Bol Open, and champion at the Open de Limoges in doubles.
Shie Kohinata
Shie Kohinata is a Japanese actress, tarento, and singer. She is from Tokyo. She has one younger brother. She was formerly represented by Space Craft.
Hiroki Kokubo
Hiroki Kokubo is a retired professional baseball player from Wakayama, Japan.
Melanie McGuire
Melanie McGuire is a New Jersey woman who was convicted of murdering her husband on April 28, 2004, in what media dubbed the "suitcase murder". She was sentenced to life in prison on July 19, 2007 and is serving her sentence at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey. She will not be eligible for parole until she is 100 years old.
Hanne Gaby Odiele
Hanne Gaby Odiele is a Belgian model.
Zoran Zaev
Zoran Zaev is a Macedonian economist and politician who is serving as the Prime Minister of North Macedonia since 30 August 2020, a position he previously held from 31 May 2017 to 3 January 2020.
Joséphine de La Baume
Joséphine de La Baume is a French actress, singer, film director, and model. In 2018 she started the rock and garage group Film Noir.
Betty Boothroyd
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, Hon. FSLL is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 2000. From 1992 to 2000, she served as Speaker of the House of Commons. She is the only woman to have served as Speaker. She is one of the two living former Speakers of the House of Commons. She sits, by tradition, as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords.
Yoshiko Mita
Yoshiko Mita is a Japanese actress. Born in the city of Osaka, she graduated from Joshibi High School of Art and Design in Suginami, Tokyo. In 1960, she was hired by Toei and made her acting debut. She remained with Toei until 1967, then became free to appear in films, on television, and on the stage. Her performance in the film W no higeki earned the Japan Academy Prize for Best Supporting Actress in 1986. From 1991 to 1994, she topped Japan's official list of taxpayers in the Actors and Celebrities category.
Josh Kerr
Josh Kerr is a Scottish middle-distance runner who competes primarily in the 1500 metres. He won a gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships. Kerr won the Bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.