History Births on February 08

Steve Gohouri, Ivorian footballer (d. 2015)

#Steve_Gohouri

Marina Silva, Brazilian environmentalist and politician

#Marina_Silva

Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman (d. 1974)

#Bill_Finger

Trinny Woodall, English fashion designer and author

#Trinny_Woodall

Cory Jane, New Zealand rugby player

#Cory_Jane

Mary Steenburgen, American actress

#Mary_Steenburgen

Mary Robinette Kowal, American puppeteer and author

#Mary_Robinette_Kowal

Mary McCormack, American actress and producer

#Mary_McCormack

Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia (d. 1849)

#Grand_Duke_Michael_Pavlovich_of_Russia

Jose Maria Sison, Filipino activist and theorist

#Jose_Maria_Sison

Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (d. 2003)

#Freddie_Blassie

Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1782)

#Daniel_Bernoulli

Mohammad Azharuddin, Indian cricketer and politician

#Mohammad_Azharuddin

Jim Neidhart, American wrestler (d. 2018)

#Jim_Neidhart

Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1846)

#Joseph_Leopold_Eybler

Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist

#Sebastião_Salgado

Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2009)

#Danai_Stratigopoulou

Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach (d. 2014)

#Marinho_Chagas

Nikki Yanofsky, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Nikki_Yanofsky

Guercino, Italian painter (d. 1666)

#Guercino

Petra Cetkovská, Czech tennis player

#Petra_Cetkovská

Afonso IV of Portugal (d. 1357)

#Afonso_IV_of_Portugal

Kirk Muller, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Kirk_Muller

Birgitte Reimer, Danish film actress

#Birgitte_Reimer

Big Show, American wrestler, actor

#Big_Show

Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1977)

#Ba_Maw

Cecily Strong, American actress

#Cecily_Strong

Santosh Sivan, Indian director, cinematographer, producer, and actor

#Santosh_Sivan

Andrew Hoy, Australian equestrian rider

#Andrew_Hoy

Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter

#Jeremy_Davis

Courtney Vandersloot, American basketball player

#Courtney_Vandersloot

Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (d. 2016)

#Harry_Wu

Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Tom_Rush

Marques Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Marques_Johnson

Zac Guildford, New Zealand rugby player

#Zac_Guildford

Richard S. Ewell, American general (d. 1872)

#Richard_S._Ewell

Bruno Martins Indi, Portuguese-Dutch footballer

#Bruno_Martins_Indi

Robert Burton, English priest, physician, and scholar (d. 1640)

#Robert_Burton_(scholar)

Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author (d. 1770)

#Charles-Jean-François_Hénault

William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (d. 1891)

#William_Tecumseh_Sherman

Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor (d. 1997)

#Georges_Guétary

Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)

#Agrippa_d'Aubigné

Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)

#Lana_Turner

Edith Evans, English actress (d. 1976)

#Edith_Evans

Karine Chemla, French historian of mathematics and sinologist

#Karine_Chemla

Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater

#Carolina_Kostner

Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet (d. 1970)

#Giuseppe_Ungaretti

Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer and manager

#Hristo_Stoichkov

Hakan Çalhano?lu, Turkish footballer

#Hakan_Çalhano?lu

Mauricio Macri, Argentinian businessman and politician, President of Argentina

#Mauricio_Macri

Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (d. 1907)

#Paula_Modersohn-Becker

Jack Lemmon, American actor (d. 2001)

#Jack_Lemmon

Jules Verne, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1905)

#Jules_Verne

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist (d. 1889)

#Benjamin_Waterhouse_Hawkins

Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano

#Elly_Ameling

Ted Koppel, English-American journalist

#Ted_Koppel

Panagiotis Vasilopoulos, Greek basketball player

#Panagiotis_Vasilopoulos

Javi García, Spanish footballer

#Javi_García

Klay Thompson, American professional basketball player

#Klay_Thompson

Joshua Kimmich, German footballer

#Joshua_Kimmich

Carl Jenkinson, English-Finnish footballer

#Carl_Jenkinson

Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker (d. 1996)

#Audrey_Meadows

Yaroslav II of Vladimir (d. 1246)

#Yaroslav_II_of_Vladimir

Benigno Aquino III, Filipino politician, 15th President of the Philippines

#Benigno_Aquino_III

Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1970)

#Lonnie_Johnson_(musician)

William Jackson Harper, American actor

#William_Jackson_Harper

Neal Cassady, American author and poet (d. 1968)

#Neal_Cassady

Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1908)

#Thomas_Selfridge

Aidy Boothroyd, English footballer and manager

#Aidy_Boothroyd

Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author (d. 1979)

#Elizabeth_Bishop

Kate Chopin, American author (d. 1904)

#Kate_Chopin

Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (d. 2012)

#Elisabeth_Murdoch_(philanthropist)

Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750)

#Emperor_Sakuramachi

Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician

#Nexhmije_Hoxha

J. Richard Gott, American astronomer and academic

#J._Richard_Gott

Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress (d. 1977)

#Greta_Keller

Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (d. 1947)

#Moses_Gomberg

John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic (d. 1900)

#John_Ruskin

Nicolas Vouilloz, French rally driver and mountain biker

#Nicolas_Vouilloz

Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic (d. 1965)

#Martin_Buber

Aaron Cook, American baseball player

#Aaron_Cook_(baseball)

Nick Nolte, American actor and producer

#Nick_Nolte

Henry Walter Bates, English geographer, biologist, and explorer (d. 1892)

#Henry_Walter_Bates

Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1820)

#Gia_Long

Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer

#Robert_Klein

Betty Field, American actress (d. 1973)

#Betty_Field

Cliff Allison, English racing driver and businessman (d. 2005)

#Cliff_Allison

Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1907)

#Dmitri_Mendeleev

Joe Maddon, American baseball coach and manager

#Joe_Maddon

Arlie Petters, Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic

#Arlie_Petters

Emily Scarratt, English rugby union player

#Emily_Scarratt

John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor

#John_Williams

Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (d. 1873)

#Caroline_Augusta_of_Bavaria

Gary Coleman, American actor (d. 2010)

#Gary_Coleman

Nam Woo-hyun,South Korean singer and actor with the boy band Infinite.

#Nam_Woo-hyun

Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist (d. 1950)

#Joseph_Schumpeter

John Grisham, American lawyer and author

#John_Grisham

Jagjit Singh, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)

#Jagjit_Singh

Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)

#Ulrich,_Duke_of_Württemberg

James Dean, American actor (d. 1955)

#James_Dean

Niels Arestrup, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Niels_Arestrup

Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (d. 1902)

#Vital-Justin_Grandin

Franz Marc, German soldier and painter (d. 1916)

#Franz_Marc

André Grétry, Belgian-French organist and composer (d. 1813)

#André_Grétry

Kenedy, Brazilian footballer

#Kenedy_(footballer)

Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1990)

#Tunku_Abdul_Rahman

Myriam Montemayor Cruz, Mexican singer

#Myriam_Montemayor_Cruz

Vince Neil, American singer-songwriter and actor

#Vince_Neil

Roman Kostomarov, Russian ice dancer

#Roman_Kostomarov

Seth Green, American actor, voice artist, comedian, producer, writer, and director

#Seth_Green

Julio Jones, American football player

#Julio_Jones

King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)

#King_Vidor

Daniele Barbaro, Venetian churchman, diplomat and scholar (d. 1570)

#Daniele_Barbaro

Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1453)

#Constantine_XI_Palaiologos

Manuel Osborne-Paradis, Canadian skier

#Manuel_Osborne-Paradis

Charlie Ruggles, American actor (d. 1970)

#Charlie_Ruggles

Roberto Soriano, Italian footballer

#Roberto_Soriano

Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist (d. 1894)

#Maxime_Du_Camp

Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor (d. 1953)

#Snowy_Baker

Aristidis Soiledis, Greek footballer

Keegan Meth, Zimbabwean cricketer

Jim Verraros, American singer and actor

Jermaine Anderson, Canadian basketball player

Mick de Brenni, Australian politician

Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer

Mika Karppinen, Swedish-Finnish drummer and songwriter

Stephanie Courtney, American actress and comedian

John Filan, Australian footballer and coach

Pauly Fuemana, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)

Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player

Heinz Gunthardt, Swiss tennis player

Sherri Martel, American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)

Brooke Adams, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)

Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (d. 2014)

Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2004)

Sophie Lihau-Kanza, Congolese politician (d. 1999)

Joe Raposo, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)

Alejandro Rey, Argentinian-American actor and director (d. 1987)

Barney Danson, Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 2011)

Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography (d. 1968)

Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India (d. 1969)

Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1960)

Viktor Schwanneke, German actor and director (d. 1931)

Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1876)

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt (d. 946)

Proclus, Greek mathematician and philosopher (probable; d. 485)

Vettius Valens, Greek astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer (probable; d. 175)