| 115051 | October 8 | Birth | 1890 – Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971) |
| 115052 | October 8 | Birth | 1892 – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (d. 1941) |
| 115053 | October 8 | Birth | 1893 – Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965) |
| 115054 | October 8 | Birth | 1895 – Zog I of Albania (d. 1961) |
| 115055 | October 8 | Birth | 1895 – Juan Perón, Argentinian general and politician, 29th President of Argentina (d. 1974) |
| 115056 | October 8 | Birth | 1896 – Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967) |
| 115057 | October 8 | Birth | 1897 – Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (d. 1987) |
| 115058 | October 8 | Birth | 1897 – Marcel Herrand, French actor (d. 1953) |
| 115059 | October 8 | Birth | 1901 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (d. 1977) |
| 115060 | October 8 | Birth | 1901 – Mark Oliphant, Australian physicist, humanitarian and politician, Governor of South Australia (d. 2000) |
| 115061 | October 8 | Birth | 1903 – Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player (d. 1937) |
| 115062 | October 8 | Birth | 1904 – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver (d. 1973) |
| 115063 | October 8 | Birth | 1907 – Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator (d. 1975) |
| 115064 | October 8 | Birth | 1908 – Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician (d. 1988) |
| 115065 | October 8 | Birth | 1910 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (d. 1999) |
| 115066 | October 8 | Birth | 1910 – Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011) |
| 115067 | October 8 | Birth | 1910 – Gus Hall, American soldier and politician (d. 2000) |
| 115068 | October 8 | Birth | 1910 – Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (d. 2006) |
| 115069 | October 8 | Birth | 1910 – Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (d. 2003) |
| 115070 | October 8 | Birth | 1913 – Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer (d. 2000) |
| 115071 | October 8 | Birth | 1917 – Billy Conn, American boxer (d. 1993) |
| 115072 | October 8 | Birth | 1917 – Walter Lord, American historian and author (d. 2002) |
| 115073 | October 8 | Birth | 1917 – Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1976) |
| 115074 | October 8 | Birth | 1917 – Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) |
| 115075 | October 8 | Birth | 1918 – Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (d. 2012) |
| 115076 | October 8 | Birth | 1918 – Ron Randell, Australian-American actor (d. 2005) |
| 115077 | October 8 | Birth | 1918 – Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| 115078 | October 8 | Birth | 1919 – Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2007) |
| 115079 | October 8 | Birth | 1920 – Frank Herbert, American journalist, photographer, and author (d. 1986) |
| 115080 | October 8 | Birth | 1921 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2010) |