| 40489 | April 8 | Birth | 1941 – Darlene Gillespie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer |
| 40490 | April 8 | Birth | 1941 – Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer |
| 40491 | April 8 | Birth | 1942 – Roger Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Family and Streetwalkers) |
| 40492 | April 8 | Birth | 1942 – Douglas Trumbull, American director, producer, and special effects artist |
| 40493 | April 8 | Birth | 1943 – Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Irish politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (d. 2006) |
| 40494 | April 8 | Birth | 1943 – Michael Bennett, American dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 1987) |
| 40495 | April 8 | Birth | 1943 – Miller Farr, American football player |
| 40496 | April 8 | Birth | 1943 – James Herbert, English author and illustrator (d. 2013) |
| 40497 | April 8 | Birth | 1943 – Jack O'Halloran, American boxer and actor |
| 40498 | April 8 | Birth | 1943 – Chris Orr, English painter and illustrator |
| 40499 | April 8 | Birth | 1944 – Jean Benguigui, French actor |
| 40500 | April 8 | Birth | 1944 – Hywel Bennett, Welsh actor |
| 40471 | April 8 | Birth | 1929 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1978) |
| 40472 | April 8 | Birth | 1929 – Renzo De Felice, Italian historian and author (d. 1996) |
| 40473 | April 8 | Birth | 1930 – Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (d. 2010) |
| 40474 | April 8 | Birth | 1931 – John Gavin, American actor and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico |
| 40475 | April 8 | Birth | 1932 – Iskandar of Johor (d. 2010) |
| 40476 | April 8 | Birth | 1933 – Fred Ebb, American composer (d. 2004) |
| 40477 | April 8 | Birth | 1934 – Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower and Singapore Flyer (d. 2007) |
| 40478 | April 8 | Birth | 1935 – Oscar Zeta Acosta, American lawyer and politician (d. 1974) |
| 40479 | April 8 | Birth | 1935 – Albert Bustamante, American soldier, educator, and politician |
| 40480 | April 8 | Birth | 1937 – Seymour Hersh, American journalist and author |
| 40481 | April 8 | Birth | 1937 – Momo Kapor, Serbian author and painter (d. 2010) |
| 40482 | April 8 | Birth | 1938 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian economist and diplomat, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations |
| 40483 | April 8 | Birth | 1938 – John Hamm, Canadian physician and politician, 25th Premier of Nova Scotia |
| 40484 | April 8 | Birth | 1939 – Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (d. 1989) |
| 40485 | April 8 | Birth | 1939 – John Arbuthnott, Scottish microbiologist and academic |
| 40486 | April 8 | Birth | 1939 – Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (d. 2010) |
| 40487 | April 8 | Birth | 1939 – Trina Schart Hyman, American author and illustrator (d. 2004) |
| 40488 | April 8 | Birth | 1940 – John Havlicek, American basketball player |