List of Famous people born on September 8th

Marie-Dominique Philippe was a Dominican philosopher and theologian. He was ordained in 1936. He was a professor of philosophy at the University of Fribourg from 1945 to 1982. While remaining a Dominican friar he founded the "Community of St. John" in 1975.

Kenji Fukui is a Japanese television announcer. He began his broadcasting career in 1976 with Fuji Television, and is one of the three longest-serving television presenters on the Fuji network.

Zaskia Adya Mecca is an Indonesian actress and presenter of Sunda-Aceh-German descent. She is the wife of movie director Hanung Bramantyo and the oldest sister of an actors Haykal Kamil and Marsha Natika, and a younger sister-in-law of actor Ferry Ardiansyah.

Ansgar, also known as Anskar, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anschar or Oscar, was Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen in the northern part of the Kingdom of the East Franks. Ansgar became known as the "Apostle of the North" because of his travels and the See of Hamburg received the missionary mandate to bring Christianity to Northern Europe.

Akiko Seki was a Japanese soprano. She is commonly recognized as the founder of the movement of The Singing Voice of Japan. In 1955 she was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize.

Jeffrey Koo Sr. was a Taiwanese billionaire banker, who served as honorary chairman and governor of Chinatrust Bank, and co founded Koos Group.

André Soares Jardine is a Brazilian football manager, currently in charge of the Brazil national under-20 team.

Li Ning is a Chinese retired gymnast, billionaire entrepreneur, and the founder of the eponymous sportswear company Li-Ning.

Tanikaze Kajinosuke was a Japanese sumo wrestler from the Tokugawa era, who is officially recognized as the fourth yokozuna, and the first to be awarded the title of yokozuna within his own lifetime. He achieved great fame and though championships were not awarded in his era, he achieved the mathematical equivalent of 21 tournament championships. He was also the coach of Raiden Tameemon.

Ali Benflis is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 2000 to 2004. In 2003, he became the general secretary of the National Liberation Front party. Benflis was a candidate in the 2004 presidential election, but the poll resulted in the re-election of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Benflis ran yet again as an independent candidate in the 2014 Algerian presidential elections held on 17 April 2014. The result was that Abdelaziz Bouteflika was reelected as president with 81.53% of the votes, with Benflis ending as runner-up with 12.18%.