Michael Bennett (74)
June 8th, 1949

English cyclist – Michael Bennett was born in Birmingham (City in West Midlands, England) on June 8th, 1949 and is 74 years old today.

Other personalities born on June 8

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

73

Kathy Baker

American actress

*June 8th, 1950, Midland

29

Eden Ben Zaken

Israeli singer

*June 8th, 1994, Jerusalem

83

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

68

Griffin Dunne

American actor, film director and film producer (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, New York City

81

Joan Rivers

American comedian, actress, and television host (1933–2014)

*June 8th, 1933, Brooklyn †September 4th, 2014, Mount Sinai Hospital

73

Sônia Braga

Brazilian-American actress

*June 8th, 1950, Maringá

23

Harry Nach

Chilean singer

*June 8th, 2000, Santiago

72

Bonnie Tyler

Welsh singer

*June 8th, 1951, Skewen

68

Don Grady

Actor, composer, musician (1944-2012)

*June 8th, 1944, San Diego †June 27th, 2012, Thousand Oaks

72

Miguel Ángel Moratinos

Spanish politician

*June 8th, 1951, Madrid

61

Nick Rhodes

British keyboardist

*June 8th, 1962, Birmingham

46

Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)

*June 8th, 1810, Zwickau †July 29th, 1856, Endenich

46

Kanye West

American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1977)

*June 8th, 1977, Atlanta

33

Luke Baines

Australian actor

*June 8th, 1990, Hyde

77

Graham Henry

New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach

*June 8th, 1946, Christchurch

86

Suharto

2nd President of Indonesia (1967—1998)

*June 8th, 1921, Kemusuk †January 27th, 2008, Jakarta

92

Barbara Bush

First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*June 8th, 1925, Manhattan †April 17th, 2018, Houston

84

Marguerite Yourcenar

French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)

*June 8th, 1903, City of Brussels †December 17th, 1987, Bar Harbor

72

Alexis Smith

Canadian-born American actress and singer (1921-1993)

*June 8th, 1921, Penticton †June 9th, 1993, Los Angeles

68

Robert Preston

American actor and singer (1918–1987)

*June 8th, 1918, Massachusetts †March 21st, 1987, Montecito

88

Francis Crick

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

*June 8th, 1916, Northampton †July 28th, 2004, La Jolla

76

Sara Paretsky

Modern American author of detective fiction

*June 8th, 1947, Ames

48

Shilpa Shetty

Indian film actress

*June 8th, 1975, Mangaluru

81

Jacques Dubochet

Swiss chemist

*June 8th, 1942, Aigle

37

Ben Hermans

Belgian cyclist

*June 8th, 1986, Hasselt

40

Kim Clijsters

Belgian tennis player

*June 8th, 1983, Bilzen

39

Javier Mascherano

Argentine association football player

*June 8th, 1984, San Lorenzo, Santa Fe

91

Frank Lloyd Wright

American architect (1867-1959)

*June 8th, 1867, Richland Center †April 9th, 1959, Phoenix

86

Theodor Schmidt-Kaler

German astronomer

*June 8th, 1930, Marktrodach †June 1st, 2017, Margetshöchheim

Also born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

67

Baldwin Lonsdale

Ni-Vanuatu politician and Anglican priest

*November 30th, 1949, Mota Lava †June 17th, 2017, Port Vila

74

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

*April 30th, 1949, Lisbon

75

Valery Leontiev

Soviet and Russian singer

*March 19th, 1949, Ust-Usa

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

74

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

49

Lenny McLean

English boxer (1949-1998)

*April 9th, 1949, Hoxton †July 28th, 1998, London Borough of Bexley

74

Jim Broadbent

English actor

*May 24th, 1949, Lincoln

74

Atik Jauhari

Badminton player and trainer

*August 14th, 1949, Tangerang City

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

Michael Bennett