* 1908 – Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Quebec writer, preacher and broadcaster ( d. 1994 )

* 1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot ( d. 2006 )

* 1908 – Ida Crowe Pollock, English writer

* 1908 – Eve Arden, American actress ( d. 1990 )

* 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland ( d. 1970 )

* 1908 – Frank Robert Miller, Canadian airman and politician ( d. 1997 )

* 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American politician, 36th President of the United States ( d. 1973 )

* 1908 – Kurt Wegner, German artist ( d. 1985 )

* 1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player ( d. 1997 )

* 1908 – Will Lee, American actor ( d. 1982 )

* 1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter ( d. 1941 )

* 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor ( d. 1998 )

* 1908 – The Territorial Force ( renamed Territorial Army in 1920 ) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.

* 1968 – Lev Davidovich Landau, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1908 )

* 1979 – Barbara Luddy, American actress ( b. 1908 )

* 2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player ( b. 1908 )

* 2004 – Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer ( b. 1908 )

* 1908 – Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France.

* 1908 – Arthur Goldberg, American politician and jurist, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations ( d. 1990 )

* 1908 – Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.

* 1908 – Ray Ventura, French bandleader ( d. 1979 )

* 1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China ( d. 1908 )

* 1908 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor ( d. 1984 )

* 1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician ( d. 1908 )

* February 25 – Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer ( b. 1908 )

* October 15 – Donald Wandrei, American writer ( b. 1908 )

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC ( 27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001 ), often referred to as " The Don ", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time.

Donald Bradman was the youngest son of George and Emily ( née Whatman ) Bradman, and was born on 27 August 1908 at Cootamundra, New South Wales ( NSW ).

* Donald Roebling ( 1908 – 59 ), inventor of the amphtrack.

While perhaps Bowdoin's better-known alumnus in the sciences is the controversial entomologist-turned-sexologist Alfred Kinsey, class of 1916, the College's reputation in this area was cemented in large part by the Arctic explorations of Admiral Robert E. Peary, class of 1877, and Donald B. MacMillan, class of 1898. View of the campus from Coles Tower ( constructed as the " Senior Center "), the second tallest building in Maine Peary led the first successful expedition to the North Pole in 1908, and MacMillan, a member of Peary's crew, became famous in his own right as he explored Greenland, Baffin Island and Labrador in the schooner Bowdoin between 1908 and 1954.

In 1908, Labour candidate Donald McNabb was elected in a Lethbridge by-election ; the riding had previously been held by a Liberal.

* Donald McNabb, elected from Lethbridge in a 1908 by-election to become the first Labour MLA in Alberta.

Davy's sister Helen Marjorie ( 1908 – 1991 ) was six years older and her brother Donald three years younger.

The party ran John Donald Houston in Winnipeg for the federal election of 1908.

* Donald Cameron ( cricketer ) ( 1908 – 1990 ), New Zealand cricketer

* Donald Barkly Molteno ( 1908 – 1972 )

Arnaldo Dante Momigliano KBE ( September 5, 1908, Caraglio, Piemont – September 1, 1987, London ) was an Italian historian known for his work in historiography, characterized by Donald Kagan as the " world ’ s leading student of the writing of history in the ancient world.

* 25 February – Donald Bradman ( born 1908 ), cricketer and businessman

* 1903 – 1908: Donald Davidson

The noted artist Donald Maxwell lived at No. 3, Borstal Villas from 1908 to 1930.

Donald Roebling ( November 15, 1908 – 1959 ) was an eccentric twentieth century American philanthropist and inventor.

The original CCV consisted of the Westhampton Course in Richmond, which was built by Herbert Barker in 1908, renovated in 1921 by Donald Ross, and renovated again in 1931 by Fred Findlay.

Donald Morrow ( December 19, 1908 – March 29, 1995 ) was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1967.