Celebrities born on 8 August

The zodiac sign for 8 August is Leo. The Sun is in Leo on this date in every year from 1900 to 2026, in every time zone, between 13° and 18° of the sign, which puts 8 August in the second decan of Leo. Leo is a fixed fire sign.

Roger Federer, Dustin Hoffman and Jostein Gaarder were born on 8 August. StarMap has birth charts for 15 people born on this date, listed here with the best known first.

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Signs are computed from the Sun’s position with the astronomy-engine ephemeris, checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata. A sign is shown beside a name only when it holds for the whole of the birth date; where it does not, both possibilities are given. How to read a birth chart.

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