Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/April 8

Births

 * 1892 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (d. 1979) (pictured)
 * 1918 - Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States (d. 2011)
 * 1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanaian United Nations Secretary General (d. 2018)
 * 1963 - Julian Lennon, English musician and singer
 * 1966 - Robin Wright, American actress

Deaths

 * 1861 - Elisha Otis, American elevator builder (b. 1811)
 * 1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist (b. 1881)
 * 1981 - Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893)
 * 1993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897)