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Beginning her film career in 1909, Pickford became Hollywood's first millionaire by 1916, and, at the height of her career, had complete creative control of her films and was one of the most recognizable women in the world.
Famous Birthdays on April 8
1892 — Mary Pickford
Canadian-American actress, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of United Artists (died 1979)
April 8 has 242 recorded notable births across history, from 1320 to 2013. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on April 8
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- 2002 The Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-110, carrying the S0 truss to the International Space Station. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross also becomes the first person to fly on seven spaceflights. Source
- 2026 Operation Eternal Darkness: Hours after a ceasefire to the Iran war, Israeli attacks on Lebanon kill at least 357 and injures more than 1200 people in the largest airstrikes of the Lebanon war. Source
- 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sign the New START Treaty. Source
- 1993 The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on mission STS-56. Source
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Grzegorz Lato reached the peak of his career at the 1974 World Cup, where he was the leading scorer and the only Pole to-date to have won the honour.
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Seymour Hersh is the author of 11 books, including The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House (1983), an account of the career of Henry Kissinger that won the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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Keira Walsh was part of the England teams that won the Euro 2022 and Euro 2025, and was named player of the match in the 2022 final.
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Emma Caulfield is best known for her starring role as former demon Anya Jenkins on the supernatural drama television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2003), which earned her a nomination for the Satellite Award for Best Cast.
More major people born on April 8
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1950
Grzegorz Lato
Polish footballer and coach
Grzegorz Bolesław Lato is a Polish former professional football player and manager who played as a winger. He was a member of Poland's golden generation of football players who rose to fame in the 1970s and early 80s.
1937
Seymour Hersh
American journalist and author
Seymour Myron "Sy" Hersh is an American investigative journalist and political writer.
1997
Keira Walsh
English footballer
Keira Fae Walsh is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for, and vice-captain of, Women's Super League club Chelsea and the England women's national team.
1973
Emma Caulfield
American actress
Emma Caulfield Ford is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as former demon Anya Jenkins on the supernatural drama television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998–2003), which earned her a…
1914
María Félix
Yaqui/Basque-Mexican actress (died 2002)
María de los Ángeles Félix Güereña was a Mexican actress and singer. Along with Pedro Armendáriz and Dolores del Río, she was one of the most successful figures of Latin American cinema in the 1940s and 1950s.
1942
Roger Chapman
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Roger Maxwell Chapman, also known as Chappo, is an English rock vocalist.
1963
Terry Porter
American basketball player and coach
Terry Porter is an American former college basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Portland.
1921
Franco Corelli
Italian tenor and actor (died 2003)
Franco Corelli was an Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between 1951 and 1976.
1798
Dionysios Solomos
Greek poet and author (died 1857)
Dionysios Solomos was a Greek poet from Zakynthos, who is considered to be Greece's national poet.
1871
Clarence Hudson White
American photographer and educator (died 1925)
Clarence Hudson White was an American photographer, teacher and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement.
1965
Steven Blaney
Canadian businessman and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of Public Safety
Steven Blaney is a Canadian businessman and politician who has been the mayor of Lévis, Quebec, since 2025.
1963
Alec Stewart
English cricketer
Alec James Stewart is an English former cricketer, and former captain of the England cricket team, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals as a right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman.
1982
Gennady Golovkin
Kazakhstani boxer
Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin, often known by his nickname "GGG" or "Triple G", is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2022.
1995
Forrest Frank
American singer-songwriter
Forrest Neil Frank is an American singer, songwriter, and music producer from Fulshear, Texas.
1949
John Scott
English sociologist and academic
John Peter Scott is an English sociologist working on issues of economic and political sociology, social stratification, the history of sociology, and social network analysis.
1944
Odd Nerdrum
Swedish-Norwegian painter and illustrator
Odd Nerdrum is a Norwegian figurative painter. A controversial figure in Norway, he is known for his anti-modernist stance while he is also admired internationally for his skill and technique, as well as his…
1951
Joan Sebastian
Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (died 2015)
José Manuel Figueroa Sr., known professionally as Joan Sebastian, was a Mexican singer and songwriter.
1580
William Herbert
3rd Earl of Pembroke, English noble, courtier and patron of the arts (died 1630)
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, of Wilton House in Wiltshire, was an English nobleman, politician and courtier.
1889
Adrian Boult
English conductor (died 1983)
Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH was a British conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London for the Royal Opera…