The 342nd day of the year, the 343rd in a leap year
Born on 8 December
Every 8 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 8 December in any year.
Which weekday 8 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 8 December falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 8 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,765 babies were born on 8 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 331st most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 8 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Horace | 65–8 BC | Roman lyric poet |
| Jim Morrison | 1943–1971 | American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors |
| Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson | 1832–1910 | Norwegian writer |
| Nicki Minaj | 1982– | Trinidadian rapper |
| Mary, Queen of Scots | 1542–1587 | Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567 |
| Jean Sibelius | 1865–1957 | Finnish composer |
| Kim Basinger | 1953– | American actress |
| Sinéad O'Connor | 1966–2023 | Irish singer-songwriter |
| Diego Rivera | 1886–1957 | Mexican muralist |
| Georges Méliès | 1861–1938 | French filmmaker and illusionist |
| Maximilian Schell | 1930–2014 | Swiss and Austrian film and stage actor |
| Raheem Sterling | 1994– | English association football player |
| Ian Somerhalder | 1978– | American actor |
| Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor | 1708–1765 | Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany |
| Teri Hatcher | 1964– | American actress |
| Dharmendra | 1935–2025 | Indian actor and politician |
| David Carradine | 1936–2009 | American actor |
| Dominic Monaghan | 1976– | German-born British actor |
Died on 8 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| John Lennon | 1940–1980 | British musician |
| Golda Meir | 1898–1978 | Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974 |
| Herbert Spencer | 1820–1903 | English philosopher and political theorist |
| George Boole | 1815–1864 | English mathematician, philosopher and logician |
| John Glenn | 1921–2016 | American astronaut and politician |
| Benjamin Constant | 1767–1830 | French-Swiss politician, writer on politics and religion |
| Oscar II | 1829–1907 | King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and Norway from 1872 to 1905 |
| Antônio Carlos Jobim | 1927–1994 | Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger and singer |
| Arnulf of Carinthia | 850–899 | king of East Francia |
| Thomas De Quincey | 1785–1859 | British author |
| John Cornforth | 1917–2013 | Australian-British chemist |
| Ryan O'Neal | 1941–2023 | American actor |
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