Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
1783 – 1872
Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783-1872)
Famous Birthdays on September 8
13 notable people were born on September 8.
18th Century
Denmark
19th Century
Frédéric Mistral
1830 – 1914
Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)
20th Century
B. P. Koirala
1914 – 1982
Nepalese politician and writer (1914-1982)
politicianwriter
Vinko Puljić
1945
Catholic cardinal
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Aziz Sancar
1946
Turkish geneticist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015
molecular biologistgeneticistbiochemist
Halldór Ásgrímsson
1947 – 2015
Icelandic politician (1947-2015)
diplomatpolitician
Mojtaba Khamenei
1969
cleric and 3rd Supreme Leader of Iran since 2026
clericIslamic juristpolitician
Elena Likhovtseva
1975
Russian tennis player
tennis player
João Moutinh0
1986
Portuguese association football player (born 1986)
association football player
Mexer
1988
Mozambican footballer
association football player
Gylfi Sigurðsson
1989
Icelandic association football player
association football player
Avicii
1989 – 2018
Swedish record producer (1989–2018)
Bruno Fernandes
1994
Portuguese association football player (born 1994)
association football player