Tuula Rautanen (82)
April 8th, 1942

Finnish sprinter and long jumper – Tuula Rautanen was born in Lahti (City in the region of Päijänne Tavastia in Finland) on April 8th, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

Other personalities born on April 8

80

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

22

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

81

Vivienne Westwood

British fashion designer (1941–2022)

*April 8th, 1941, Tintwistle †December 29th, 2022, Clapham

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

55

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

44

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

80

Tariana Turia

New Zealand politician

*April 8th, 1944, New Zealand

44

Michael Bennett

American choreographer (1943-1987)

*April 8th, 1943, Buffalo †July 2nd, 1987, Tucson

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

49

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

48

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

61

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

77

Bernard Cerquiglini

French linguist

*April 8th, 1947, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

27

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

67

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

*April 8th, 1928, Shepherd's Bush †May 15th, 1995, London

73

Hywel Bennett

Welsh actor (1944-2017)

*April 8th, 1944, Garnant †July 25th, 2017, Cardiff

68

Jim Piddock

British actor

*April 8th, 1956, Rochester

76

Walter Planckaert

Road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1948, Nevele

81

Barbara Göbel

East German swimmer

*April 8th, 1943, Jena

20

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

65

Michael Hübner

East German road bicycle racer

*April 8th, 1959, Chemnitz

81

Eberhard Vogel

German footballer

*April 8th, 1943, Frankenberg

74

Glendon Swarthout

1918-1992 American writer

*April 8th, 1918, Pinckney †September 23rd, 1992, Scottsdale

72

Andrew Stahl

American actor

*April 8th, 1952, San Antonio

69

Barbara Kingsolver

American author, poet and essayist

*April 8th, 1955, Annapolis

69

James Herbert

English horror writer (1943-2013)

*April 8th, 1943, London †March 20th, 2013, Woodmancote

58

Robin Wright

American actress

*April 8th, 1966, Dallas

80

Odd Nerdrum

Norwegian painter

*April 8th, 1944, Helsingborg

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

Tuula Rautanen