8 November (people)

* 1927
** Director Lennie Mayne was born.Doctor Who Guide
** Actor Ken Dodd was born.Ken Dodd: The Biography
* 1937 - Actor Malcolm Taylor was born.Aveleyman
* 1941 - Actor Nerys Hughes was born.BFI
* 1942 - Actor Su Douglas was born.Aveleyman
* 1956 - Writer Richard Curtis was born.Roberts, Jem. The True History of the Blackadder. London: Arrow Books, 2013. Print.
* 1983 - Actor Chris Rankin was born.People Pill
* 1984 - Director, Writer and Actor Scott Handcock was born.People Pill
* 1992 - Actor Zaqi Ismail was born.IMDb
* 2012 - Actor Roger Hammond died.The Guardian
* 2021 - Studio sound supervisor Hugh Barker died.DWM 572