February 8 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on February 8, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Birth stone
Amethyst
Birth flower
Violet
How common
#169 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous February 8 birthdays
John Ruskin · English writer and art critic1819
Jules Verne · French writer1828
Abdulaziz · 32th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire1830
Kate Chopin · American author1850
Martin Buber · German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian1878
Franz Marc · German artist1880
Joseph Schumpeter · Austrian political economist1883
Elizabeth Bishop · American poet1911
Lana Turner · American actress1921
Jack Lemmon · American actor1925
James Dean · American actor1931
John Williams · American composer and conductor1932
Nick Nolte · American actor1941
Mary Steenburgen · American actress, singer and songwriter1953
John Grisham · American writer1955
Mauricio Macri · President of Argentina from 2015 to 20191959
Benigno Aquino III · President of the Philippines from 2010 to 20161960
Gary Coleman · American actor1968
Seth Green · American actor1974
Klay Thompson · American basketball player1990
On this day in history
1837Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.
1910William D. Boyce established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.
1960The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, in California.
1979Denis Sassou Nguesso was chosen as the new President of the Republic of the Congo after Joachim Yhombi-Opango was forced from power.
1693The William III and Mary II of England charter the College of William & Mary, establishing what is now the second-oldest university in the United States.
1948The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
1974The crew of Skylab 4, the last mission to visit the American space station Skylab, returns to Earth after 84 days in space.
1983The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.
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