| 77641 | July 8 | Birth | 1895 – Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971) |
| 77642 | July 8 | Birth | 1898 – Melville Ruick, American actor (d. 1972) |
| 77643 | July 8 | Birth | 1900 – George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author (d. 1959) |
| 77644 | July 8 | Birth | 1904 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (d. 2008) |
| 77645 | July 8 | Birth | 1905 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (d. 1997) |
| 77646 | July 8 | Birth | 1906 – Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (d. 2005) |
| 77647 | July 8 | Birth | 1907 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (d. 1995) |
| 77648 | July 8 | Birth | 1908 – Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor (Tympany Five) (d. 1975) |
| 77649 | July 8 | Birth | 1908 – Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (d. 1979) |
| 77650 | July 8 | Birth | 1909 – Alan Brown, English soldier (d. 1971) |
| 77651 | July 8 | Birth | 1911 – Ken Farnes, English cricketer (d. 1941) |
| 77652 | July 8 | Birth | 1914 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 2010) |
| 77653 | July 8 | Birth | 1914 – Billy Eckstine, American singer and trumpet player (d. 1993) |
| 77654 | July 8 | Birth | 1917 – Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975) |
| 77655 | July 8 | Birth | 1917 – Faye Emerson, American actress (d. 1983) |
| 77656 | July 8 | Birth | 1917 – J. F. Powers American author and academic (d. 1999) |
| 77657 | July 8 | Birth | 1918 – Paul B. Fay, American businessman, soldier, and diplomat, 12th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2009) |
| 77658 | July 8 | Birth | 1918 – Irwin Hasen, American illustrator (d. 2015) |
| 77659 | July 8 | Birth | 1918 – Craig Stevens, American actor and singer (d. 2000) |
| 77660 | July 8 | Birth | 1919 – Walter Scheel, German soldier and politician, 4th President of West Germany |
| 77661 | July 8 | Birth | 1920 – Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (d. 1995) |
| 77662 | July 8 | Birth | 1923 – Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler |
| 77663 | July 8 | Birth | 1924 – Johnnie Johnson, American pianist and songwriter (d. 2005) |
| 77664 | July 8 | Birth | 1925 – Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (d. 2014) |
| 77665 | July 8 | Birth | 1926 – David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (d. 2014) |
| 77666 | July 8 | Birth | 1926 – John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician |
| 77667 | July 8 | Birth | 1926 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004) |
| 77668 | July 8 | Birth | 1927 – Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician |
| 77669 | July 8 | Birth | 1930 – Jerry Vale, American singer and actor (d. 2014) |
| 77670 | July 8 | Birth | 1932 – Franca Raimondi, Italian singer (d. 1988) |