| 40501 | April 8 | Birth | 1944 – Odd Nerdrum, Swedish-Norwegian painter and illustrator |
| 40502 | April 8 | Birth | 1944 – Deke Richards, American songwriter and producer (d. 2013) |
| 40503 | April 8 | Birth | 1944 – Joey D. Vieira, American actor and composer |
| 40504 | April 8 | Birth | 1945 – Derrick Walker, Scottish businessman |
| 40505 | April 8 | Birth | 1946 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999) |
| 40506 | April 8 | Birth | 1946 – Stuart Pankin, American actor |
| 40507 | April 8 | Birth | 1946 – Tim Thomerson, American actor and producer |
| 40508 | April 8 | Birth | 1947 – Tom DeLay, American lawyer and politician |
| 40509 | April 8 | Birth | 1947 – Steve Howe, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Yes, Asia, Tomorrow, GTR, and Bodast) |
| 40510 | April 8 | Birth | 1947 – Robert Kiyosaki, American businessman, co-founded Cashflow Technologies |
| 40511 | April 8 | Birth | 1947 – Pascal Lamy, French businessman and politician, European Commissioner for Trade |
| 40512 | April 8 | Birth | 1947 – Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (People!) (d. 2008) |
| 40513 | April 8 | Birth | 1948 – Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone, Scottish academic and politician |
| 40514 | April 8 | Birth | 1949 – K. C. Kamalasabayson, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 39th Attorney General of Sri Lanka (d. 2007) |
| 40515 | April 8 | Birth | 1949 – John Madden, English director and producer |
| 40516 | April 8 | Birth | 1949 – Joe Royle, English footballer and manager |
| 40517 | April 8 | Birth | 1949 – Brenda Russell, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player |
| 40518 | April 8 | Birth | 1949 – John Scott, English sociologist and academic |
| 40519 | April 8 | Birth | 1950 – Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer and coach |
| 40520 | April 8 | Birth | 1951 – Gerd Andres, German politician |
| 40521 | April 8 | Birth | 1951 – Geir Haarde, Icelandic economist, journalist, and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Iceland |
| 40522 | April 8 | Birth | 1951 – Mel Schacher, American bass player (Question Mark & the Mysterians and Grand Funk Railroad) |
| 40523 | April 8 | Birth | 1951 – Joan Sebastian, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015) |
| 40524 | April 8 | Birth | 1952 – Ahmet Piriştina, Turkish politician (d. 2004) |
| 40525 | April 8 | Birth | 1952 – Kaori Momoi, Japanese actress |
| 40526 | April 8 | Birth | 1954 – Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 40527 | April 8 | Birth | 1954 – Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (d. 2012) |
| 40528 | April 8 | Birth | 1954 – G.V. Loganathan, Indian-American engineer and academic (d. 2007) |
| 40529 | April 8 | Birth | 1955 – Ricky Bell, American football player (d. 1984) |
| 40530 | April 8 | Birth | 1955 – Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer |