Famous people born on 8 February

• Jules VerneFrench writer · 1828–1905
  77 yrs
• Dmitri MendeleevRussian chemist · 1834–1907
  72 yrs
• John RuskinEnglish writer and art critic · 1819–1900
  80 yrs
• James DeanAmerican actor · 1931–1955
  24 yrs
• Daniel BernoulliSwiss mathematician and physicist · 1700–1782
  82 yrs
• Emmanuel SwedenborgSwedish 18th century scientist and theologian · 1688–1772
  84 yrs
• Jack LemmonAmerican actor · 1925–2001
  76 yrs
• Martin BuberGerman Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian · 1878–1965
  87 yrs
• Abdülaziz32th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1830–1876
  46 yrs
• Franz MarcGerman artist · 1880–1916
  36 yrs
• Benigno Aquino IIIPresident of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016 · 1960–2021
  61 yrs
• Joseph SchumpeterAustrian political economist · 1883–1950
  66 yrs
• William Tecumseh ShermanUnited States Army general · 1820–1891
  71 yrs
• Gary ColemanAmerican actor · 1968–2010
  42 yrs
• Zakir Husain ↗3rd President of India · 1897–1969
  72 yrs
• Lana Turner ↗American actress · 1921–1995
  74 yrs
• Tunku Abdul Rahman ↗First Prime Minister of Malaysia · 1903–1990
  87 yrs
• Elizabeth Bishop ↗American poet · 1911–1979
  68 yrs
• Kate Chopin ↗American author · 1850–1904
  54 yrs
• Paula Modersohn-Becker ↗German expressionist painter · 1876–1907
  31 yrs
• Louis Auguste Blanqui ↗French socialist and political activist · 1805–1881
  75 yrs
• Giuseppe Ungaretti ↗Italian poet, writer and university teacher · 1888–1970
  82 yrs
• Afonso IV of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1291–1357
  66 yrs
• Takeshi Kamo ↗Japanese association football player · 1915–2004
  89 yrs
• Vyacheslav Tikhonov ↗Soviet and Russian actor · 1928–2009
  81 yrs
• Edith Evans ↗British actress · 1888–1976
  88 yrs
• Sebastião Salgado ↗Brazilian photographer · 1944–2025
  81 yrs
• Léon Bakst ↗Russian artist · 1866–1924
  58 yrs
• Guercino ↗Painter of the Italian 17th century · 1591–1666
  75 yrs
• King Vidor ↗American film director, film producer, and screenwriter · 1894–1982
  88 yrs
• Eliphas Levi ↗French occult writer and poet · 1810–1875
  65 yrs
• Khorloogiin Choibalsan ↗Mongolian general and political leader from the 1930s to 1952 · 1895–1952
  56 yrs
• Henry Walter Bates ↗English naturalist and explorer · 1825–1892
  67 yrs
• André Grétry ↗Composer from present-day Belgium · 1741–1813
  72 yrs
• Antonio Cánovas del Castillo ↗Spanish politician and Bourbon Restoration architect · 1828–1897
  69 yrs
• Gia Long ↗Founder and 1st emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam · 1762–1820
  57 yrs
• Bill Finger ↗American comic strip and comic book writer · 1914–1974
  59 yrs
• Horst Eckel ↗German association football player · 1932–2021
  89 yrs
• Sakuramachi ↗Emperor of Japan · 1720–1750
  30 yrs
• Yuri Averbakh ↗Russian chess grandmaster and author · 1922–2022
  100 yrs
• Khamtai Siphandone ↗Former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party · 1924–2025
  101 yrs

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