Actors:
* Jodie Foster (1962) - American actress, director, and producer
* Margaret Hamilton (1908-1985) - American actress, known for her role as the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz"
* Matthew McConaughey (1969) - American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* Parker Posey (1968) - American actress
* Ralph Fiennes (1962) - British actor
Musicians:
* Roy Orbison (1936-1988) - American singer and songwriter
* Rick Astley (1966) - British singer
* Thelma Houston (1946) - American singer
* Kat Graham (1989) - American singer, actress, and dancer
Politicians:
* Mike Pence (1959) - Former Vice President of the United States
* Hillary Clinton (1947) - Former U.S. Secretary of State and former First Lady
* Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013) - Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
* William Howard Taft (1857-1930) - 27th President of the United States
Other:
* Edvard Munch (1863-1944) - Norwegian painter
* Marie Curie (1867-1934) - Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
* Guy Fawkes (1570-1606) - English Gunpowder Plot conspirator
* Carl Sagan (1934-1996) - American astronomer and author
* Bill Nye (1955) - American science communicator and TV host
* Larry King (1933-2021) - American talk show host
This is just a partial list, as many other notable people were born on November 8th.