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February 8 birthdays

319 notable historical figures were born on February 8, and 202 died on this day. Everyone born on February 8 is a Aquarius.

16% of February 8 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (85) than any other country.

Born on February 8

• James Dean (1931 to 1955. American actor (1931–1955))
• John Williams (born 1932. American composer and conductor (born 1932))
• William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 to 1891. United States Army general (1820–1891))
• Lana Turner (1921 to 1995. American actress (1921–1995))
• Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404 to 1453. Last Byzantine Emperor from 1449 to 1453)
• John Ruskin (1819 to 1900. English polymath (1819–1900))
• Benigno Aquino III (1960 to 2021. President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016)
• Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born 1974. French musician (born 1974))
• Mauricio Macri (born 1959. President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019)
• Abdulaziz (1830 to 1876. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1861 to 1876)
• Zakir Husain (1897 to 1969. President of India from 1967 to 1969)
• Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903 to 1990. Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970)
• Martin Buber (1878 to 1965. German-Israeli philosopher (1878–1965))
• Daniel Bernoulli (1700 to 1782. Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700–1782))
• Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868 to 1937. British banker and zoologist (1868–1937))
• King Vidor (1894 to 1982. American writer and director (1894–1982))
• Elizabeth Bishop (1911 to 1979. American poet and short-story writer (1911–1979))
• Jose Maria Sison (1939 to 2022. Filipino Maoist leader (1939–2022))
• Sharman Macdonald (born 1951. Scottish playwright (born 1951))
• Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895 to 1952. Leader of Mongolia from 1939 to 1952)
• Jules Verne (1828 to 1905. French writer (1828–1905))
• Proclus (412 to 485. 5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher)
• Gia Long (1762 to 1820. Founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty (r. 1802–04))
• Khamtai Siphandone (1924 to 2025. President of Laos (1924–2025; served 1998–2006))
• Afonso IV (1291 to 1357. King of Portugal from 1325 to 1357)
• Demchugdongrub (1902 to 1966. Chinese Mongol prince (1902–1966))
• Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915 to 1996. Archduke of Austria, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia)
• Guercino (1591 to 1666. Italian Baroque artist (1591–1666))
• Sakuramachi (1720 to 1750. Emperor of Japan from 1735 to 1747)
• Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792 to 1873. Empress of Austria from 1816 to 1835)
• Adelir Antônio de Carli (1967 to 2008. Brazilian priest and balloonist (1967–2008))
• Malorie Blackman (born 1962. British writer (born 1962))
• Alejandro Rey (1930 to 1987. American actor and television director (1930–1987))
• Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (1798 to 1849. Russian grand duke (1798–1849))
• Moki Cherry (1943 to 2009. Swedish interdisciplinary artist and designer)
• Mary Robinette Kowal (born 1969. American author and puppeteer (born 1969))
• Richard Lindzen (born 1940. American atmospheric physicist)
• Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888 to 1970. Italian poet and writer (1888–1970))
• Valerie Thomas (born 1943. American data scientist and inventor)
• Herman Gref (born 1962. Russian economist (born 1964))
• Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828 to 1897. Spanish politician and Bourbon Restoration architect (1828–1897))
• Joe Raposo (1937 to 1989. American composer (1937–1989))
• Yaroslav II (1191 to 1246. Grand Prince of Vladimir (r. 1238–1246))
• Yasser Abbas (born 1962. Palestinian-Canadian businessman (born 1962))
• Siegfried Kracauer (1889 to 1966. German writer (1889–1966))
• Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857 to 1936. Dutch Orientalist (1857–1936))
• William Orlando Darby (1911 to 1945. United States Army general)
• Evgeny Lifshitz (1915 to 1985. Soviet physicist (1915–1985))
• Jack Lemmon (1925 to 2001. American actor (1925–2001))
• Clementia of Hungary (1293 to 1328. Queen of France and Navarre from 1315 to 1316)
• Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845 to 1926. Irish economist (1845–1926))
• Henry Walter Bates (1825 to 1892. English naturalist and explorer)
• Joshua Kimmich (born 1995. German footballer (born 1995))
• Sak Sutsakhan (1928 to 1994. Cambodian politician and soldier)
• Maurice Samuel (1895 to 1972. American novelist)
• Theodor Lessing (1872 to 1933. German philosopher)
• Nick Nolte (born 1941. American actor (born 1941))
• John W. Nicholson Jr. (born 1956. U.S. Army general)
• Gary Coleman (1968 to 2010. American actor (1968–2010))
• André Grétry (1741 to 1813. Composer from present-day Belgium (1741–1813))

Died on February 8

• Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 to 1587. Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567)
• John von Neumann (1903 to 1957. Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957))
• Enoch Powell (1912 to 1998. British politician (1912–1998))
• Burt Bacharach (1928 to 2023. American composer and songwriter (1928–2023))
• Peter Kropotkin (1842 to 1921. Russian anarchist (1842–1921))
• Murad IV (1612 to 1640. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623 to 1640)
• Hulegu Khan (1217 to 1265. Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. 1217–1265))
• Iris Murdoch (1919 to 1999. Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999))
• Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719 to 1772. Princess of Wales (1719–1772))
• William J. Donovan (1883 to 1959. American lawyer, soldier and diplomat (1883–1959))
• Sam Nujoma (1929 to 2025. President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005)
• Josephine Bakhita (1868 to 1947. Italian saint and former slave (1869–1947))
• Kenneth MacAlpin (810 to 858. King of the Picts from 848 to 858)
• Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark (1872 to 1938. Greek prince (1872–1938))
• Cetshwayo (1826 to 1884. King of the Zulu Kingdom (1826–1884))
• Ong Teng Cheong (1936 to 2002. President of Singapore from 1993 to 1999)
• J. L. Austin (1911 to 1960. English philosopher (1911–1960))
• Lucius Caesar (17 BC to 2 BC. Grandson and heir of Augustus (17 BC – 2 AD))
• Alexios IV Angelos (1182 to 1204. Byzantine emperor from 1203 to 1204)
• Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (1912 to 1990. American painter, father of Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr)
• Baldassare Castiglione (1478 to 1529. Italian Renaissance author (1478–1529))
• Max Liebermann (1847 to 1935. German painter (1847–1935))
• Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887 to 1971. Indian independence movement activist (1887–1971))
• David Strauss (1808 to 1874. German theologian and writer (1808–1874))
• France Prešeren (1800 to 1849. Slovene poet (1800-1849))
• Walther Bothe (1891 to 1957. German physicist (1891–1957))
• Giles Gilbert Scott (1880 to 1960. English architect (1880–1960))
• Angelo Reyes (1945 to 2011. Filipino retired general and politician)
• Josef Mengele (1911 to 1979. Nazi SS doctor at Auschwitz (1911–1979))
• Peter Mansfield (1933 to 2017. English physicist (1933–2017))

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