Amir Hussin Hamsain (81)
July 8th, 1942

Filipino swimmer – Amir Hussin Hamsain was born in Maimbung (Municipality of the Philippines in the province of Sulu) on July 8th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

Other personalities born on July 8

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

29

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

*July 8th, 1916, St. Louis †March 24th, 2017, Dover

74

Bernard Van De Kerckhove

Road bicycle racer (1941-2015)

*July 8th, 1941, Mouscron †September 15th, 2015, Bruges

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

*July 8th, 1913, Valencia †March 1st, 2017, Valencia

78

Stan Lathan

American film director

*July 8th, 1945, Philadelphia

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

82

Peter Danckert

German politician

*July 8th, 1940, Berlin †November 3rd, 2022

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

42

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

39

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

32

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung City

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

65

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

78

Micheline Calmy-Rey

Member of the Swiss Federal Council

*July 8th, 1945, Sion

66

Louis Jordan

American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908–1975)

*July 8th, 1908, Arkansas †February 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

79

Jonelle Allen

American actress, singer, and dancer

*July 8th, 1944, New York City

55

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

62

Ute Bertram

German politician

*July 8th, 1961, Hildesheim

88

Steve Lawrence

American singer and actor

*July 8th, 1935, Brooklyn

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

*July 8th, 1838, Constance †March 8th, 1917, Berlin

82

Polly James

British actress

*July 8th, 1941, Lancashire

60

Andrew Fletcher

English keyboardist (1961–2022)

*July 8th, 1961, Nottingham †May 26th, 2022, London

59

Harald Ebner

German politician

*July 8th, 1964, Göppingen

48

Barbara Loden

American actress and director

*July 8th, 1932, Asheville †September 5th, 1980, East Harlem

97

Walter Scheel

President of West Germany (1974-1979)

*July 8th, 1919, Solingen †August 24th, 2016, Bad Krozingen

79

Jeffrey Tambor

American actor

*July 8th, 1944, San Francisco

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Amir Hussin Hamsain