Minoru Wakasa (72)
July 8th, 1951

Japanese ski jumper – Minoru Wakasa was born in Hokkaido (Island of Japan) on July 8th, 1951 and is 72 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

55

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

60

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

65

Kevin Bacon

American actor (born 1958)

*July 8th, 1958, Philadelphia

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

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

52

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

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

39

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

71

Marianne Williamson

American author and politician

*July 8th, 1952, Houston

62

Ute Bertram

German politician

*July 8th, 1961, Hildesheim

67

Jean-René Bernaudeau

French road racing cyclist and directeur sportif

*July 8th, 1956, Saint-Maurice-le-Girard

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

60

Andrew Fletcher

English keyboardist (1961–2022)

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

30

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

55

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

63

Susanne Nielsson

Danish swimmer

*July 8th, 1960, Aarhus

69

David Aaronovitch

English journalist, television presenter and author

*July 8th, 1954, London

78

Stan Lathan

American film director

*July 8th, 1945, Philadelphia

59

Harald Ebner

German politician

*July 8th, 1964, Göppingen

71

Ahmed Nazif

Egyptian Prime Minister

*July 8th, 1952, Cairo

81

Louis Schweitzer

French-Swiss businessman

*July 8th, 1942, Geneva

62

Olaf Johannessen

Faroese/Danish actor

*July 8th, 1961, Tórshavn

65

Tzipi Livni

Israeli politician

*July 8th, 1958, Tel Aviv

58

Corey Parker

American actor

*July 8th, 1965, New York City

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

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

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

Also born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

72

Michelle Bachelet

President of Chile

*September 29th, 1951, La Cisterna

72

Edie McClurg

American comedian and actress

*July 23rd, 1951, Kansas City

72

Magdalena Stoof

German archaeologist, author and egyptologist

*September 24th, 1951, Werdau

72

Ben Feringa

Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry

*May 18th, 1951, Barger-Compascuum

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

73

Sal Landi

American actor

*April 11th, 1951, New York City

72

Karen Allen

American actress

*October 5th, 1951, Carrollton

72

Al Franken

American comedian and former U.S. Senator (born 1951)

*May 21st, 1951, Manhattan

73

Kenny Dalglish

Scottish association football player and manager

*March 4th, 1951, Glasgow

72

Beverly D'Angelo

American actress

*November 15th, 1951, Columbus

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