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February 8 in recent years

February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year (327 in leap years).

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 120 – Vettius Valens, Greek astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer (d. ~175)
  • 412 – Proclus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (d. ~485)
  • 882 – Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt (d. 946)
  • 1191 – Yaroslav II of Vladimir (d. 1246)
  • 1291Afonso IV of Portugal, Portuguese king (d. 1357)
  • 1405Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1453)
  • 1487 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, German duke (d. 1550)
  • 1514 – Daniele Barbaro, Venetian churchman, diplomat and scholar (d. 1570)
  • 1552Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)
  • 1577 – Robert Burton, English priest, physician, and scholar (d. 1640)
  • 1591 – Guercino, Italian painter (d. 1666)

1601–1900

  • 1685 – Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author (d. 1770)
  • 1700Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1782)
  • 1720 – Emperor Sakuramachi, Japanese emperor (d. 1750)
  • 1741 – André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer (d. 1813)
  • 1762Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1820)
  • 1764 – Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1846)
  • 1792Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, German princess (d. 1873)
  • 1798 – Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, Russian grand duke (d. 1849)
  • 1807 – Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist (d. 1889)
  • 1817 – Richard S. Ewell, American general (d. 1872)
  • 1819John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic (d. 1900)
  • 1820William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (d. 1891)
  • 1822 – Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (d. 1894)
  • 1825Henry Walter Bates, English geographer, biologist, and explorer (d. 1892)
  • 1828Jules Verne, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1905)
  • 1829 – Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (d. 1902)
  • 1834Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1907)
  • 1850Kate Chopin, American author (d. 1904)
  • 1860Adella Brown Bailey, American politician and suffragist (d. 1937)
  • 1866 – Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (d. 1947)
  • 1876Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (d. 1907)
  • 1878Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic (d. 1965)
  • 1880Franz Marc, German soldier and painter (d. 1916)
  • 1880 – Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director (d. 1931)
  • 1882Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1908)
  • 1883 – Isak Penttala, Finnish politician (d. 1955)
  • 1883 – Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist (d. 1950)
  • 1884 – Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor (d. 1953)
  • 1886 – Charlie Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970)
  • 1888Edith Evans, English actress (d. 1976)
  • 1890 – Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1960)
  • 1893 – Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1977)
  • 1894King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
  • 1897Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India (d. 1969)
  • 1899Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)

1901–present

  • 1902 – Demchugdongrub, Mongol prince and politician, head of state of Mengjiang (d. 1966)
  • 1903 – Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress (d. 1977)
  • 1903 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1990)
  • 1906Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography (d. 1968)
  • 1909 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (d. 2012)
  • 1911Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author (d. 1979)
  • 1913 – Betty Field, American actress (d. 1973)
  • 1913 – Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
  • 1914Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman (d. 1974)
  • 1915 – Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor (d. 1997)
  • 1918 – Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003)
  • 1921 – Barney Danson, Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2011)
  • 1921 – Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician (d. 2020)
  • 1921 – Balram Singh Rai, Guyanese politician, 1st Minister of Home Affairs (d. 2022)
  • 1921 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
  • 1922Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (d. 1996)
  • 1925Jack Lemmon, American actor (d. 2001)
  • 1926Neal Cassady, American author and poet (d. 1968)
  • 1926 – Birgitte Reimer, Danish film actress (d. 2021)
  • 1930Alejandro Rey, Argentinian-American actor and director (d. 1987)
  • 1931James Dean, American actor (d. 1955)
  • 1931 – Shadia, Egyptian actress and singer (d. 2017)
  • 1932 – Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman (d. 2005)
  • 1932 – John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor
  • 1933 – Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano
  • 1937 – Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
  • 1937 – Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (d. 2016)
  • 1939 – Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist (d. 2022)
  • 1940 – Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician (d. 1999)
  • 1940 – Ted Koppel, English-American journalist
  • 1941Nick Nolte, American actor and producer
  • 1941 – Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1941 – Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
  • 1942Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
  • 1942 – Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)
  • 1943 – Creed Bratton, American actor and musician
  • 1943 – Valerie Thomas, American scientist and inventor
  • 1944Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (d. 2014)
  • 1944 – Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist
  • 1948 – Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
  • 1949Brooke Adams, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1949 – Niels Arestrup, French actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1952Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
  • 1953Mary Steenburgen, American actress
  • 1955John Grisham, American lawyer and author
  • 1955 – Jim Neidhart, American wrestler (d. 2018)
  • 1956Marques Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1957Karine Chemla, French historian of mathematics and sinologist
  • 1958 – Sherri Martel, American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)
  • 1958 – Marina Silva, Brazilian environmentalist and politician
  • 1959 – Henry Czerny, Canadian actor
  • 1959 – Heinz Gunthardt, Swiss tennis player
  • 1959 – Andrew Hoy, Australian equestrian rider
  • 1959 – Mauricio Macri, Argentinian businessman and politician, President of Argentina
  • 1960Benigno Aquino III, Filipino politician, 15th President of the Philippines (d. 2021)
  • 1960 – Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1961Vince Neil, American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1963Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian cricketer and politician
  • 1964Arlie Petters, Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic
  • 1964 – Santosh Sivan, Indian director, cinematographer, producer, and actor
  • 1964 – Trinny Woodall, English fashion designer and author
  • 1966 – Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1966 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer and manager
  • 1967 – Michael Ansley, American basketball player
  • 1968Gary Coleman, American actor (d. 2010)
  • 1969Pauly Fuemana, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
  • 1969 – Mary Robinette Kowal, American puppeteer and author
  • 1969 – Mary McCormack, American actress and producer
  • 1970Stephanie Courtney, American actress and comedian
  • 1970 – John Filan, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1970 – Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player and executive
  • 1971 – Aidy Boothroyd, English footballer and manager
  • 1971 – Mika Karppinen, Swedish-Finnish drummer and songwriter
  • 1971 – Susan Misner, American actress
  • 1972 – Big Show, American wrestler and actor
  • 1973 – Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball player
  • 1974Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician, singer, composer, and record producer
  • 1974 – Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer, and director
  • 1974 – Joshua Morrow, American actor
  • 1974 – Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-American mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
  • 1976Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer
  • 1976 – Nicolas Vouilloz, French rally driver and mountain biker
  • 1977Dave Farrell, American musician and songwriter
  • 1977 – Roman Kostomarov, Russian ice dancer
  • 1978Ranveer Brar, Indian chef, author, restauranteur, and television personality
  • 1978 – Mick de Brenni, Australian politician
  • 1979 – Aaron Cook, American baseball player
  • 1980William Jackson Harper, American actor
  • 1981Steve Gohouri, Ivorian footballer (d. 2015)
  • 1981 – Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer
  • 1981 – Jim Parrack, American actor
  • 1983Jermaine Anderson, Canadian basketball player
  • 1983 – Cory Jane, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1984Sean Bergenheim, Finnish ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Cecily Strong, American actress
  • 1984 – Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player
  • 1985 – Petra Cetkovská, Czech tennis player
  • 1985 – Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter
  • 1985 – Félix Pie, Dominican baseball player
  • 1985 – Brian Randle, American basketball player and coach
  • 1986Anderson .Paak, American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer
  • 1987Javi García, Spanish footballer
  • 1987 – Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater
  • 1989 – Zac Guildford, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1989 – JaJuan Johnson, American basketball player
  • 1989 – Julio Jones, American football player
  • 1989 – Brendan Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1989 – Courtney Vandersloot, American-Hungarian basketball player
  • 1990Bethany Hamilton, American surfer
  • 1990 – Klay Thompson, American basketball player
  • 1991 – Nam Woo-hyun, South Korean singer
  • 1992 – Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer
  • 1994Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Turkish footballer
  • 1994 – Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 1995 – Gabriel Deck, Argentine basketball player
  • 1995 – Joshua Kimmich, German footballer
  • 1996 – Kenedy, Brazilian footballer
  • 1996 – Leighton Vander Esch, American football player
  • 1997 – Kathryn Newton, American actress
  • 1998 – Rui Hachimura, Japanese basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

  • 538 – Severus of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch (b. 465)
  • 1204 – Alexios IV Angelos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1182)
  • 1229 – Ali ibn Hanzala, sixth Dāʿī al-Muṭlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilism
  • 1250 – Robert I, Count of Artois (b. 1216)
  • 1250 – William II Longespée, Earl of Salisbury, English martyr (b. 1212)
  • 1265Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)
  • 1285 – Theodoric of Landsberg (b. 1242)
  • 1296Przemysł II of Poland (b. 1257)
  • 1314Helen of Anjou, queen of Serbia (b. 1236)
  • 1382 – Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (b. 1328)
  • 1537 – Saint Gerolamo Emiliani, Italian humanitarian (b. 1481)
  • 1599 – Robert Rollock, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1555)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1907 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
  • 1910 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
  • 1915 – François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
  • 1921 – George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
  • 1921 – Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
  • 1928 – Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
  • 1932 – Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
  • 1935 – Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
  • 1936Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
  • 1938 – Olga Taratuta, Ukrainian Jewish anarchist (b. 1876)
  • 1945 – Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
  • 1956Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
  • 1957Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
  • 1957 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
  • 1959 – William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
  • 1960J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)
  • 1960 – Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
  • 1963 – George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)
  • 1964 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
  • 1970Cahir Healy, Northern Irish republican and politician (b. 1877)
  • 1971 – Kanaiyalal Munshi, Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist (b. 1887)
  • 1972 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)
  • 1975 – Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1886)
  • 1977 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (b. 1901)
  • 1979Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
  • 1980 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
  • 1982 – John Hay Whitney, American financier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1904)
  • 1985 – William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Swallow Sidecar Company (b. 1901)
  • 1987 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)
  • 1990Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
  • 1990 – Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist (b. 1916)
  • 1992Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (b. 1918)
  • 1994 – Raymond Scott, American pianist and composer (b. 1908)
  • 1996 – Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)
  • 1997 – Corey Scott, American motorcycle stunt rider (b. 1968)
  • 1998Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  • 1998 – Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1912)
  • 1998 – Julian Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
  • 1999Iris Murdoch, Irish-born British novelist and philosopher (b. 1919)
  • 2000 – Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1918)
  • 2000 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
  • 2001 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
  • 2002 – Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (b. 1936)
  • 2004 – Julius Schwartz, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
  • 2005 – A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan sailor and politician (b. 1944)
  • 2006Elton Dean, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945)
  • 2006 – Thierry Fortineau, French actor (b. 1953)
  • 2006 – Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)
  • 2007 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (b. 1967)
  • 2007 – Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1918)
  • 2008 – Ruby Garrard Woodson, American educator and cultural historian (b. 1931)
  • 2010John Murtha, American colonel and politician (b. 1932)
  • 2011 – Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1909)
  • 2012 – Wando, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
  • 2012 – Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
  • 2013 – Giovanni Cheli, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)
  • 2013 – James DePreist, American conductor and educator (b. 1936)
  • 2013 – Maureen Dragone, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
  • 2013 – Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (b. 1918)
  • 2014Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1932)
  • 2014 – Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)
  • 2014 – Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (b. 1938)
  • 2015Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (b. 1939)
  • 2016Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)
  • 2016 – Nida Fazli, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1938)
  • 2016 – Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1938)
  • 2016 – Violette Verdy, French ballerina (b. 1933)
  • 2017Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1933)
  • 2017 – Rina Matsuno, Japanese idol singer (b. 1998)
  • 2017 – Alan Simpson, English scriptwriter (b. 1929)
  • 2020Robert Conrad, American actor (b. 1935)
  • 2021Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach (b. 1943)
  • 2021 – Mary Wilson, American singer (b. 1944)
  • 2023 – Arto Heiskanen, Finnish professional hockey player (b. 1963)

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