Bengt Ekerot

Swedish actor and director (1920–1971).

Born February 8th, 1920 in Stockholm.

Died November 26th, 1971 at 51 years old in Stockholm (lung cancer).

Adam F

English music producer and dj.

Born February 8th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Liverpool.

Jim Verraros

American singer.

Born February 8th, 1983 (age 43 years) in Crystal Lake.

Giuseppe Ungaretti

Italian poet, writer and university teacher.

Born February 8th, 1888 in Alexandria.

Died June 2nd, 1970 at 82 years old in Milan (bronchopneumonia).

Robert Riettii

British actor and director (1923-2015).

Born February 8th, 1923 in Paddington.

Died April 3rd, 2015 at 92 years old in London. ^[ref]

Junelle Bromfield

Jamaican sprinter.

Born February 8th, 1998 (age 28 years).

Khamtai Siphandone

Former chairman of the lao people's revolutionary party (1924–2025).

Born February 8th, 1924 in French Protectorate of Laos.

Died April 2nd, 2025 at 101 years old in Vientiane. ^[ref]

Fanny Lu

Colombian singer and actress.

Born February 8th, 1973 (age 53 years) in Cali.

Kató Lomb

Hungarian interpreter, translator, and author of several books on language learning.

Born February 8th, 1909 in Pécs.

Died June 9th, 2003 at 94 years old in Budapest.

Bill Evans

American jazz saxophonist.

Born February 8th, 1958 (age 68 years) in Clarendon Hills.

Fraser T. Smith

English record producer, songwriter and musician.

Born February 8th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Buckinghamshire.

Arthur Greenwood

British politician (1880-1954).

Born February 8th, 1880 in Leeds.

Died June 9th, 1954 at 74 years old in London.

Henry Roth

American novelist and short story writer (1906–1995).

Born February 8th, 1906 in Tysmenytsia.

Died October 13th, 1995 at 89 years old in Albuquerque.

Adolfo de la Parra

Mexican musician.

Born February 8th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Mexico City.

Roman Kostomarov

Russian ice dancer.

Born February 8th, 1977 (age 49 years) in Moscow.

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Soviet and russian actor (1928—2009).

Born February 8th, 1928 in Pavlovsky Posad.

Died December 4th, 2009 at 81 years old in Moscow (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). ^[ref]

Yuri Averbakh

Russian chess grandmaster and author (1922–2022).

Born February 8th, 1922 in Kaluga. ^[ref]

Died May 7th, 2022 at 100 years old in Moscow. ^[ref]

Henry Walter Bates

English naturalist and explorer (1825–1892).

Born February 8th, 1825 in Leicester.

Died February 16th, 1892 at 67 years old in London (respiratory disease).

Andrew Hoy

Australian equestrian.

Born February 8th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Culcairn.

Christiaan Snouck

Dutch orientalist (1857–1936).

Born February 8th, 1857 in Oosterhout.

Died June 26th, 1936 at 79 years old in Leiden.

Rocco Grimaldi

American ice hockey player (1993-).

Born February 8th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Anaheim.

Mathias Gidsel

Danish handball player (born 1999).

Born February 8th, 1999 (age 27 years) in Skjern. ^[ref]

Kansai Yamamoto

Japanese fashion designer and event producer (1944-2020).

Born February 8th, 1944 in Yokohama.

Died July 27th, 2020 at 76 years old in Tokyo (acute myeloid leukemia, leukemia). ^[ref]

Giancarlo González

Costa rican association football player.

Born February 8th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Desamparados.

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo

Spanish politician and bourbon restoration architect (1828–1897).

Born February 8th, 1828 in Málaga.

Died August 8th, 1897 at 69 years old in Arrasate/Mondragón.