On This Day — February 8
4297 noted people were born and 2146 died on February 8 in our archive, including Daniel Bernoulli, Peter Gluckman and Aarne Michaёl Tallgren.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 8
Daniel Bernoulli
1700 – 1782
Peter Gluckman
b. 1949
Aarne Michaёl Tallgren
1885 – 1945
Albert Vögler
1877 – 1945
Alexander Babakov
b. 1963
Bertrand de La Chesnais
b. 1958
Christiaan Snouck
1857 – 1936
Eberhard O. Voit
b. 1953
Enrique Tierno Galván
1918 – 1986
Francis Robert Japp
1848 – 1925
Francis Sejersted
1936 – 2015
Francis Ysidro Edgeworth
1845 – 1926
Gaetano Fichera
1922 – 1996
Gerald Jay Sussman
b. 1947
Guillaume Gallienne
b. 1972
Gérard Vergnaud
1933 – 2021
Hans Grauert
1930 – 2011
Henry Walter Bates
1825 – 1892
Ilana Cicurel
b. 1972
Jacob A. Frenkel
b. 1943
James Michael Lyngdoh
b. 1939
John Ruskin
1819 – 1900
Jonas Moore
1627 – 1679
Jorge Alcocer Varela
b. 1946
Joseph Schumpeter
1883 – 1950
Katherine Freese
b. 1957
Lisa P. Jackson
b. 1962
Luis Eduardo Valcárcel
1891 – 1987
Marina Silva
b. 1958
Maura Healey
b. 1971
Moses Gomberg
1866 – 1947
Nikolay Kropachev
b. 1959
Rafael Lapesa Melgar
1908 – 2001
Rodney Baxter
1940 – 2025
Scott D. Emr
b. 1954
Susan Glazebrook
b. 1956
Vivian Kong Man-wai
b. 1994
Vladimir Poptomov
1890 – 1952
Zakir Husain
1897 – 1969
Zoubin Ghahramani
b. 1970
Agenor Romuald Gołuchowski
1812 – 1875
Aleksey Nikolayevich Kosygin
1904 – 1980
Alfred Gusenbauer
b. 1960
Amirudin Shari
b. 1980
Andrés Soriano
1898 – 1964
Ann Lambton
1912 – 2008
Anton Mohr
1890 – 1968
Anton Weichselbaum
1845 – 1920
Antonio Garamendi
b. 1958
Arlie Petters
b. 1964
Averil Cameron
1940 – 2026
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
1930 – 2013
Benigno Aquino III
1960 – 2021
Berndt Mueller
b. 1950
Blagovest Sendov
1932 – 2020
Bohdan Paczyński
1940 – 2007
Catherine Meurisse
b. 1980
Celeste Sánchez-Romero
1990 – 2022
Charles Camsell
1876 – 1958
Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont
1783 – 1837
Christian Eckert
b. 1956
Claro M. Recto
1890 – 1960
Claude Lecouteux
1943 – 2025
Darius Adamczyk
b. 1966
Edgar Whitehead
1905 – 1971
Elizabeth Bishop
1911 – 1979
Elizabeth Langdon Williams
1879 – 1981
Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote
1932 – 2022
Emily Lakdawalla
b. 1975
Ennio De Giorgi
1928 – 1996
Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini
1899 – 1976
Enrique Cabrero Mendoza
b. 1956
Erich Böhme
1930 – 2009
Erskine May, 1st Baron Farnborough
1815 – 1886
Eugen Jurzyca
b. 1958
Frances Smith Foster
b. 1944
Franz von Pitha
1810 – 1875
François Bellot
b. 1954
François Bizot
b. 1940
Frederick Sylvester North Douglas
1791 – 1819
Fritz Schöll
1850 – 1919
Gabriel Louis Angoulvant
1872 – 1932
Georg Fahrenschon
b. 1968
George Dempster of Dunnichen
1732 – 1818
George Partridge
1740 – 1828
Gheorghe E. Cojocaru
b. 1963
Giuseppe Ungaretti
1888 – 1970
Graham C. Walker
b. 1948
Gus Bilirakis
b. 1963
Hans Albert
1921 – 2023
Harrison B. Tordoff
1923 – 2008
Harry Ward Leonard
1861 – 1915
Harry Wu
1937 – 2016
Hatem Ben Salem
b. 1956
Herman Gref
b. 1962
Igal Roodenko
1917 – 1991
Immanuel Jakobovits
1921 – 1999
István Winkler
b. 1958
Itzik Shmuli
b. 1980
Ivan Melezh
1921 – 1976
Iwasaki Yanosuke
1851 – 1908
J. Richard Gott
b. 1947
Jack Keith Murray
1889 – 1979
James Dean
1931 – 1955
James Franklin Jeffrey
b. 1946
James Wreford Watson
1915 – 1990
Jan Gajek
b. 1949
Jaw-Shen Tsai
b. 1952
Jean Gol
1942 – 1995
Jean Louis Conneau
1880 – 1937
Jean Meyer
b. 1942
Jeff Berding
b. 1967
Jennifer Coate
b. 1953
Jocelyne Alloucherie
b. 1947
John Grisham
b. 1955
John H. Frey
b. 1963
John Henry Whitley
1866 – 1935
John Marburger
1941 – 2011
John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara
1884 – 1964
John Williams
b. 1932
Jérôme Fourquet
b. 1973
Karen Bausman
b. 1958
Kate Cory
1861 – 1958
Keiichi Hayashi
b. 1951
Levko Revutsky
1889 – 1977
Lothar H. Wieler
b. 1961
Louis Auguste Blanqui
1805 – 1881
Louis de Nogaret de La Valette d'Épernon
1593 – 1639
Lucy Minnigerode
1871 – 1935
Luigi Calori
1807 – 1896
Luigi Zingales
b. 1963
Lydia Fowler Wadleigh
1817 – 1888
Ma Lin
1924 – 2017
Malorie Blackman
b. 1962
Marcella Balconi
1919 – 1999
Maria Arnal
b. 1987
Mario Voigt
b. 1977
Martin Buber
1878 – 1965
Martin Wuttke
b. 1962
Mathilda May
b. 1965
Maud Slye
1869 – 1954
Mauricio Macri
b. 1959
Max Rayne
1918 – 2003
Michał Woś
b. 1991
Mikhail Usov
1883 – 1939
Miklós Szinetár
b. 1932
Mohammad Azharuddin
b. 1963
Molly Goodenbour
b. 1972
Moshe Gil
1921 – 2014
Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rahman
b. 1945
Neila Sathyalingam
1938 – 2017
Osian Ellis
1928 – 2021
Patrick Karam
b. 1961
Peter Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton
1915 – 2004
Rachel Cusk
b. 1967
Rafael Hui
1948 – 2026
Richard Taylor
b. 1965
Rod Diridon, Sr.
1939 – 2026
Roxanne Varza
b. 1985
Rudolf Cederström
1764 – 1833
Rusudan Gotsiridze
b. 1975
Sarah Montague
b. 1966
Sebastião Salgado
1944 – 2025
Shajaan Muaz Shaheem
b. 1994
Shinji Satō
1932 – 2016
Shuli Mualem
b. 1965
Silver Quilty
1891 – 1976
Simon Michelet
1863 – 1942
Sophie Lihau-N'Kanza
1940 – 1999
Suh Yoo-hun
b. 1948
Ted Koppel
b. 1940
Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich
1875 – 1929
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon
1790 – 1866
Tunku Abdul Rahman
1903 – 1990
Vangal Thiruvenkatachari Krishnamachari
1881 – 1964
Victoria Sharp
b. 1956
Viktor Zaretsky
1925 – 1990
Vilhelm Helander
1941 – 2025
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
1868 – 1937
Will Allen
b. 1949
William Michael Crose
1867 – 1929
William Tecumseh Sherman
1820 – 1891
Wojciech Trąmpczyński
1860 – 1953
Wolfram Burgard
b. 1961
Wollert Keilhau
1894 – 1958
Yehezkel Lazarov
b. 1974
Yuriy Bereza
b. 1970
Yves Censi
b. 1964
Zheng Yanfen
1902 – 1990
Édouard Delamare-Deboutteville
1856 – 1901
Aarne Wuorimaa
1892 – 1975
Aaron Cook
b. 1979
Abdülaziz
1830 – 1876
Abena Oppong-Asare
b. 1983
Agnieszka Brugger
b. 1985
Albert Bousser
1906 – 1995
Albert Lautman
1908 – 1944
Aleksei Baiov
1871 – 1935
Alexander Julian
b. 1948
Alfons Walde
1891 – 1958
… and 4,097 more
Died on February 8
Giacinto Morera
1856 – 1909
Luc Montagnier
1932 – 2022
Theodor Curtius
1857 – 1928
Agus Widjojo
1947 – 2026
Charlotte Froese Fischer
1929 – 2024
Chen Lifu
1900 – 2001
Edmond Faral
1882 – 1958
Edwin Francis Gay
1867 – 1946
Eemil Nestor Setälä
1864 – 1935
Elias Magnus Fries
1794 – 1878
Enoch Powell
1912 – 1998
Ernst Kretschmer
1888 – 1964
Francis Hagerup
1853 – 1921
Francisco Gomes Teixeira
1851 – 1933
François Langelier
1838 – 1915
Fritz Zwicky
1898 – 1974
Germund Dahlquist
1925 – 2005
Giosuè Carducci
1835 – 1907
Guillaume Dupuytren
1777 – 1835
Jan Mukařovský
1891 – 1975
Javier Tusell
1945 – 2005
John Sibthorp
1758 – 1796
John von Neumann
1903 – 1957
Jules Aubrun
1881 – 1959
Krzysztof Skubiszewski
1926 – 2010
Louis-Philippe Pelletier
1857 – 1921
Marjorie Housepian Dobkin
1922 – 2013
Martin Aurell
1958 – 2025
Max Liebermann
1847 – 1935
Patrick Boylan
1939 – 2024
Peter Mansfield
1933 – 2017
Peter Merian
1795 – 1883
Philippe Ariès
1914 – 1984
Ri Sung Gi
1905 – 1996
Robert Mallet-Stevens
1886 – 1945
Robert Robinson
1886 – 1975
Roland Mousnier
1907 – 1993
Taichi Sakaiya
1935 – 2019
Violette Verdy
1933 – 2016
Walther Bothe
1891 – 1957
William Bateson
1861 – 1926
William J. Donovan
1883 – 1959
Akira Ifukube
1914 – 2006
Angelo Reyes
1945 – 2011
Arnaud Henri Guyot
1807 – 1884
Arthur A. O'Leary
1887 – 1962
Arthur Kampf
1864 – 1950
Arthur Smithells
1860 – 1939
Augustus Clifford
1788 – 1877
Bamber Gascoigne
1935 – 2022
Bernard Bosanquet
1848 – 1923
Bruno Hussar
1911 – 1996
Béla Zsedényi
1894 – 1955
Carl Edvard Rotwitt
1812 – 1860
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
1852 – 1915
Charles Wilkes
1798 – 1877
Claude Guigue
1832 – 1889
Edward Tyrrel Channing
1790 – 1856
Eli Alaluf
1945 – 2026
Elisabeth Mann Borgese
1918 – 2002
Elmer Ernest Southard
1876 – 1920
Ennio Zelioli-Lanzini
1899 – 1976
Erazim Kohák
1933 – 2020
Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin
1848 – 1909
Ernest William Titterton
1916 – 1990
Felix Hoffmann
1868 – 1946
Feodor Vilesov
1925 – 1978
François Habeneck
1781 – 1849
Friedrich Gustav Carl Emil Erlenmeyer
1864 – 1921
George Yaroshevsky
1872 – 1923
Georges Gillet
1854 – 1920
Gertrude Van Wagenen
1893 – 1978
Giles Gilbert Scott
1880 – 1960
Giorgio Giacomelli
1930 – 2017
Giuseppe Pecci
1807 – 1890
Götz Werner
1944 – 2022
Hans Hinkel
1901 – 1960
Hernán Figueroa Anguita
1897 – 1985
Hiroshi Minami
1869 – 1946
Howard Hille Johnson
1846 – 1913
Ian Stevenson
1918 – 2007
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
1902 – 2000
Ivan Silayev
1930 – 2023
Jadwiga Puzynina
1928 – 2025
James DePreist
1936 – 2013
Joaquín Costa
1846 – 1911
John A. Quinn
1932 – 2016
John Hay Whitney
1904 – 1982
John Murtha
1932 – 2010
Jorge Salvador Lara
1926 – 2012
Josef Mengele
1911 – 1979
Joseph Decaisne
1807 – 1882
Juliette Benzoni
1920 – 2016
Justus von Gruner
1777 – 1820
Józef Maria Bocheński
1902 – 1995
Krishnaswamy Sundarji
1930 – 1999
Leon Benois
1856 – 1928
Leonid Filimonov
1935 – 2022
Leonid Vasiliev
1891 – 1966
Leopold von Schroeder
1851 – 1920
Louise McIlroy
1874 – 1968
Louise Rosenblatt
1904 – 2005
Ludwig Meyer
1827 – 1900
Léon Heuzey
1831 – 1922
Marcin Odlanicki Poczobutt
1728 – 1810
Marie Jules Dupré
1813 – 1881
Michał Szewczyk
1934 – 2021
Mikhail Davydov
1947 – 2025
Moritz von Schwind
1804 – 1871
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
1766 – 1851
Ola Bratteli
1946 – 2015
Paul Sophus Epstein
1883 – 1966
Phyllis A. Whitney
1903 – 2008
Pierre-Georges Arlabosse
1891 – 1950
Pompeo Marchesi
1783 – 1858
R. Walton Moore
1859 – 1941
Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo
1822 – 1872
Robert Adamson
1852 – 1902
Robert Morss Lovett
1870 – 1956
Roland Winston
1936 – 2025
Rush Holt Sr.
1905 – 1955
Sam Nujoma
1929 – 2025
Sergei Yursky
1935 – 2019
Shinpei Ogura
1882 – 1944
Shlomo Hillel
1923 – 2021
Silvio O. Conte
1921 – 1991
Sir Alexander Sprot, 1st Baronet
1853 – 1929
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
1542 – 1623
Thomas Sewall Adams
1873 – 1933
Tom Raworth
1938 – 2017
Valentina Polukhina
1936 – 2022
Vicary Gibbs
1751 – 1820
Vladyslav Monchenko
1932 – 2016
Walter Frederick Campbell
1798 – 1855
Walter Munk
1917 – 2019
Wesley L. McDonald
1924 – 2009
William Glenholme Falconbridge
1846 – 1920
William Lyons
1901 – 1985
Willis Van Devanter
1859 – 1941
Wolfgang Rindler
1924 – 2019
Zbigniew Pronaszko
1885 – 1958
Abidin Daver
1886 – 1954
Achille Sannia
1822 – 1892
Adele Faccio
1920 – 2007
Agenor Girardi
1952 – 2018
Agostino Bassi
1773 – 1856
Alexander Vostokov
1781 – 1864
Alexandru A. Philippide
1900 – 1979
Alfred Caldecott
1850 – 1936
Alfred Kirchhoff
1838 – 1907
Angelo Attaguile
1947 – 2026
Anna Charlotte Ruys
1898 – 1977
Anna Nicole Smith
1967 – 2007
Antoni Olechnowicz
1905 – 1951
Antonio Aranda
1888 – 1979
Antonio Giolitti
1915 – 2010
Arthur Rutledge
1843 – 1917
Arthur Sanders
1898 – 1974
Ashraf Abbasov
1920 – 1992
August P. Mardesich
1920 – 2016
Basil Briggs
1923 – 1994
Bernard Lander
1915 – 2010
Berthold Auerbach
1812 – 1882
Boris Furmanov
1936 – 2022
Borivoj Dovniković
1930 – 2022
Boshirō Hosogaya
1888 – 1964
Branka Veselinović
1918 – 2023
Brendan McGahon
1936 – 2017
Burt Bacharach
1928 – 2023
Carl Kaysen
1920 – 2010
Carl von Tubeuf
1862 – 1941
Carlos Robles Piquer
1925 – 2018
Carville Benson
1872 – 1929
Charles C. Campbell
1948 – 2016
Charles Curtis
1860 – 1936
Charles R. Lord
1931 – 1993
Charles de La Porte, Duke of La Meilleraye
1602 – 1664
Christopher C. Upson
1829 – 1902
Chua Ek Kay
1947 – 2008
Constant-Désiré Despradelle
1862 – 1912
Cristóbal de Mendoza
1772 – 1829
David Stupich
1921 – 2006
Derek Worlock
1920 – 1996
Dionizy Smoleński
1902 – 1984
Duane H. Cassidy
1933 – 2016
Edward Carrington Marshall
1805 – 1882
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
1939 – 2026
Edward Terence Donnelly
1871 – 1929
Edwin Denby
1870 – 1929
Eldon Rudd
1920 – 2002
Elizabeth Bauer Mock
1911 – 1998
Enrique Zañartu Prieto
1881 – 1943
Erkki Nghimtina
1947 – 2026
Esther Seligson
1941 – 2010
Eva Dahlbeck
1920 – 2008
Ezio Maria Gray
1885 – 1969
Francis Butler Simkins
1897 – 1966
Francis Horner
1778 – 1817
Francis M. Griffith
1849 – 1927
Frank Leslie Stillwell
1888 – 1963
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