Giuliana Benetton (86)
July 8th, 1937

Italian entrepreneur – Giuliana Benetton was born in Treviso (Comune in Veneto, Italy) on July 8th, 1937 and is 86 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

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

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

88

Steve Lawrence

American singer and actor

*July 8th, 1935, Brooklyn

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

68

Jerry Belson

American film director and screenwriter (1938-2006)

*July 8th, 1938, El Centro †October 10th, 2006, Los Angeles

81

Louis Schweitzer

French-Swiss businessman

*July 8th, 1942, Geneva

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

48

Barbara Loden

American actress and director

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

74

Diane Clare

British actress (1938-2013)

*July 8th, 1938, London †June 21st, 2013

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

36

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

82

Peter Danckert

German politician

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

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

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

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

78

Stan Lathan

American film director

*July 8th, 1945, Philadelphia

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

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

65

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

97

Walter Scheel

President of West Germany (1974-1979)

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

74

Bernard Van De Kerckhove

Road bicycle racer (1941-2015)

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

55

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

62

Ute Bertram

German politician

*July 8th, 1961, Hildesheim

87

Edouard Close

Belgian politician (1929-2017)

*July 8th, 1929, Verviers †March 2nd, 2017, Liège

60

Andrew Fletcher

English keyboardist (1961–2022)

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

59

Harald Ebner

German politician

*July 8th, 1964, Göppingen

Also born in 1937

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

82

Sigmund Jähn

East German cosmonaut

*February 13th, 1937, Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz †September 21st, 2019, Strausberg

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

80

Erland Kops

Danish badminton player

*January 14th, 1937, Copenhagen †February 18th, 2017

86

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

79

George Steele

American professional wrestler and actor (1937-2017)

*April 16th, 1937, Detroit †February 16th, 2017, Cocoa Beach

86

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer (born 1937)

*June 1st, 1937, Memphis

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

87

Paul Zanker

German classical archaeologist (born 1937)

*February 7th, 1937, Constance

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

69

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi president, army officer and Baathist politician

*April 28th, 1937, Al-Awja †December 30th, 2006, Kadhimiya

86

Dustin Hoffman

American actor (born 1937)

*August 8th, 1937, Los Angeles

85

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

79

Richard H. Solomon

American diplomat

*June 19th, 1937, Philadelphia †March 13th, 2017, Bethesda

86

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

*June 23rd, 1937, Vyborg †October 16th, 2023, Helsinki

79

Alberto Carneiro

Portuguese artist

*September 20th, 1937, São Mamede de Coronado †April 15th, 2017, Porto

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

79

Radu Gabrea

Romanian film director and screenwriter (1937-2017)

*June 20th, 1937, Bucharest †February 9th, 2017

71

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

86

Tom Stoppard

British playwright (born 1937)

*July 3rd, 1937, Zlín

86

Bill Cosby

American actor and comedian (born 1937)

*July 12th, 1937, Philadelphia

87

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

78

Meena Shah

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

86

Erich Ribbeck

German football player and coach

*June 13th, 1937, Wuppertal

79

Merle Haggard

American country music songwriter, singer, and musician (1937–2016)

*April 6th, 1937, Bakersfield †April 6th, 2016, Palo Cedro

87

Tom Courtenay

English actor

*February 25th, 1937, Kingston upon Hull

Giuliana Benetton