Famous people born on 8 February

23 of the people we track were born on 8 February, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Jules Verne 1828French writerdied aged 77
2. John Ruskin 1819English writer and art criticdied aged 80
3. James Dean 1931American actordied aged 24
4. Daniel Bernoulli 1700Swiss mathematician and physicistdied aged 82
5. Mauricio Macri 1959Politician who served as President of Argentinaliving, 67
6. Jack Lemmon 1925American actordied aged 76
7. Martin Buber 1878German existentialist and philosopherdied aged 87
8. John Williams 1932American composer and conductorliving, 94
9. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404Byzantine emperordied aged 49
10. Abdulaziz 1830Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 46
11. Franz Marc 1880German artistdied aged 36
12. Joseph Schumpeter 1883Austrian political economistdied aged 66
13. John Grisham 1955American writerliving, 71
14. Benigno Aquino III 1960Filipino politician who served as President of the Philippinesdied aged 61
15. Nick Nolte 1941American actorliving, 85
16. Hristo Stoichkov 1966Bulgarian footballerliving, 60
17. Joshua Kimmich 1995German footballerliving, 31
18. William Tecumseh Sherman 1820American military officerdied aged 71
19. Gary Coleman 1968American actordied aged 42
20. Zakir Husain 1897Indian politician who served as President of Indiadied aged 72
21. Tunku Abdul Rahman 1903Malaysian politician who served as Prime Minister of Malaysiadied aged 87
22. Lana Turner 1921American actordied aged 74
23. Alexei Kosygin 1904Soviet politician who served as Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSRdied aged 76