The 159th day of the year, the 160th in a leap year
Born on 8 June
Every 8 June birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Gemini, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- GeminiAir, mutable, ruled by Mercury.
- Birthstone
- Pearl, Moonstone, AlexandriteThe 1912 list gave Pearl and Moonstone.
- Birth flower
- Rose, HoneysuckleUsually taken today to mean love and bonds of affection.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 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 June in any year.
Which weekday 8 June falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 8 June falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 8 June is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,802 babies were born on 8 June in each year of the twenty, making it the joint 198th 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 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Lloyd Wright | 1867–1959 | American architect |
| Tim Berners-Lee | 1955– | English computer scientist |
| Robert Schumann | 1810–1856 | German composer, pianist and critic |
| Suharto | 1921–2008 | President of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998 |
| Kanye West | 1977– | American rapper and record producer |
| Charles II of England | 1630–1685 | King of England, Scotland, and Ireland; born 8 June in the Gregorian calendar, 29 May in the Julian |
| Francis Crick | 1916–2004 | British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA |
| Marguerite Yourcenar | 1903–1987 | French novelist and essayist |
| Joan Rivers | 1933–2014 | American comedian, actress, and television host |
| Barbara Bush | 1925–2018 | First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993 |
| Giovanni Domenico Cassini | 1625–1712 | Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and engineer |
| Javier Mascherano | 1984– | Argentine association football player and manager |
| Kim Clijsters | 1983– | Belgian tennis player |
| Bonnie Tyler | 1951–2026 | Welsh singer |
| Kenneth G. Wilson | 1936–2013 | American theoretical physicist |
| Robert Aumann | 1930– | Israeli-American mathematician |
| Tomaso Albinoni | 1671–1751 | Italian composer and violinist |
| Ivo Sanader | 1953– | Croatian politician, former Prime Minister |
Died on 8 June
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Muhammad | died 632 | Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam |
| Andrew Jackson | 1767–1845 | president of the United States from 1829 to 1837 |
| George Sand | 1804–1876 | French novelist and memoirist |
| Thomas Paine | 1737–1809 | American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist |
| Anthony Bourdain | 1956–2018 | American chef and television personality |
| Abraham Maslow | 1908–1970 | American psychologist |
| Omar Bongo | 1935–2009 | Gabonese politician |
| Edward the Black Prince | 1330–1376 | Prince of Wales |
| Johann Joachim Winckelmann | 1717–1768 | German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library |
| Louis XVII | 1785–1795 | heir of the French throne |
| Sani Abacha | 1943–1998 | Nigerian military ruler |
| Harthacnut | 1018–1042 | King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 and King of England from 1040 to 1042 |
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