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After her modelling career, in which she participated in the 1994 Elite Model Look, Loken started her acting career in 1994 as the third actress to play Danielle 'Dani' Andropoulos on an episode of As the World Turns.
Famous Birthdays on October 8
1979 — Kristanna Loken
American actress
October 8 has 243 recorded notable births across history, from 319 BC to 2003. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on October 8
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- 1821 The Peruvian Navy is established during the War of Independence. Source
- 2001 U.S. president George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security. Source
- 1912 The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire. Source
- 1573 The Spanish siege of Alkmaar ends with the first Dutch victory in the Eighty Years' War. Source
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Antonio Cabrini won the 1982 FIFA World Cup with the Italy national team.
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Gray won her first title with the Los Angeles Sparks in 2016.
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In 1985, Elliott became the first driver to win the Winston Million bonus, earning him the nickname "Million Dollar Bill".
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Bill Maynard began working in television in the 1950s, notably starring alongside Terry Scott in Great Scott – It's Maynard!
More major people born on October 8
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1957
Antonio Cabrini
Italian footballer and manager
Antonio Cabrini is an Italian professional football manager and a former player. He played as a left-back, mainly with Juventus. He won the 1982 FIFA World Cup with the Italy national team.
1992
Chelsea Gray
American basketball player
Chelsea Nicelle Gray is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Rose of Unrivaled.
1955
Bill Elliott
American race car driver
William Clyde Elliott Sr., also known as "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville", "Million Dollar Bill", or "Wild Bill" is an American former professional stock car racing driver.
1928
Bill Maynard
English actor (died 2018)
Walter Frederick George Williams, better known by his stage name Bill Maynard, was an English comedian and actor.
1995
Grayson Allen
American basketball player
Grayson James Allen is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1948
Claude Jade
French actress (died 2006)
Claude Marcelle Jorré, better known as Claude Jade, was a French actress. She starred as Christine in François Truffaut's three films Stolen Kisses (1968), Bed and Board (1970) and Love on the Run (1979).
1585
Heinrich Schütz
German organist and composer (died 1672)
Heinrich Schütz was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of the 17th century.
1958
Ruffin McNeill
American football player and coach
Ruffin Horne McNeill Jr. is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the special assistant to the head coach at NC State University.
1934
James Holshouser
American lawyer and politician, 68th Governor of North Carolina (died 2013)
James Eubert Holshouser Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 68th governor of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977.
1996
Sara Takanashi
Japanese ski jumper
Sara Takanashi is a Japanese ski jumper. She is one of the most successful female ski jumpers to date, as well as one of the most successful athletes in the history of the sport, having won four World Cup overall…
1971
Pınar Selek
Turkish sociologist, author, and academic
Pınar Selek is a Turkish sociologist, feminist, and author. She is known for her work on the rights of vulnerable communities in Turkey, including women, the poor, street children, sexual minorities, and Kurdish…
1964
CeCe Winans
American singer-songwriter
Priscilla Marie Love, known professionally by her stage name as CeCe Winans, is an American gospel singer who has received 18 Grammy Awards, the most for any female gospel singer; 36 GMA Dove Awards, 28 Stellar Awards,…
1951
Timo Salonen
Finnish race car driver
Timo Olavi Salonen is a Finnish former rally driver who won the 1985 World Rally Championship season for Peugeot.
1939
Lynne Stewart
American lawyer and criminal (died 2017)
Lynne Irene Stewart was an American defense attorney who was known for representing controversial, famous defendants.
1958
Ursula von der Leyen
Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany, President of the European Commission
Ursula Gertrud von der Leyen is a German politician and physician who has served as President of the European Commission since 2019.
1977
Anne-Caroline Chausson
French cyclist
Anne-Caroline Chausson is a French professional cyclist who competes in bicycle enduro, bicycle motocross (BMX), downhill time trial and cross-country mass start, dual, and four-cross mountain bicycle racing.
1977
Jamie Marchi
American voice actress, director, and screenwriter
Jamie Marchi is an American voice actress, ADR director and script writer. She has provided a number of voices for English-language versions of anime and video games.
1910
Gus Hall
American soldier and politician (died 2000)
Gus Hall was an American communist activist who served as the general secretary of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) from 1959 to 2000.
1939
Elvīra Ozoliņa
Latvian javelin thrower
Elvīra Anatoļjevna Ozoliņa is a retired Soviet javelin thrower. In 1960 she won gold medal with an Olympic Record of 55.98 m and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.