| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Brooke Adams |
Actor |
8-Feb-1949 |
|
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| Benigno Aquino III |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1960 |
|
President of the Philippines |
| Stanley Baker |
Actor |
8-Feb-1927 |
28-Jun-1976 |
Knights of the Round Table |
| Julia Barr |
Actor |
8-Feb-1949 |
|
Brooke English in All My Children |
| Daniel Bernoulli |
Mathematician |
8-Feb-1700 |
27-Mar-1782 |
Fluid dynamics |
| Gus Bilirakis |
Politician |
8-Feb-1963 |
|
Congressman, Florida 9th |
| Elizabeth Bishop |
Poet |
8-Feb-1911 |
6-Oct-1979 |
North & South |
| Jonah Blechman |
Actor |
8-Feb-1975 |
|
Another Gay Movie |
| Creed Bratton |
Actor |
8-Feb-1943 |
|
Creed Bratton on The Office |
| Martin Buber |
Philosopher |
8-Feb-1878 |
13-Jun-1965 |
Ich und Du |
| Robert Burton |
Author |
8-Feb-1577 |
25-Jan-1640 |
The Anatomy of Melancholy |
| Samuel Butler |
Poet |
8-Feb-1612 |
25-Feb-1680 |
Hudibras |
| Billy Cannon |
Football |
8-Feb-1937 |
|
Winner, 1959 Heisman Trophy |
| Chester Carlson |
Inventor |
8-Feb-1906 |
19-Sep-1968 |
Invented Xerography |
| Neal Cassady |
Author |
8-Feb-1926 |
4-Feb-1968 |
The Holy Goof |
| Alex Chiu |
Paranormal |
8-Feb-1971 |
|
Inventor of magnetic immortality rings |
| Kate Chopin |
Novelist |
8-Feb-1851 |
22-Aug-1904 |
The Awakening |
| Gary Coleman |
Actor |
8-Feb-1968 |
28-May-2010 |
Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes |
| Deborah L. Cook |
Judge |
8-Feb-1952 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Stephanie Courtney |
Actor |
8-Feb-1970 |
|
Tom Goes to the Mayor |
| Kenneth M. Curtis |
Politician |
8-Feb-1931 |
|
Governor of Maine, 1967-74 |
| Henry Czerny |
Actor |
8-Feb-1959 |
|
The Tudors |
| James Dean |
Actor |
8-Feb-1931 |
30-Sep-1955 |
Lived fast, died young |
| Jean-André Deluc |
Geologist |
8-Feb-1727 |
7-Nov-1817 |
Lettres... sur les montagnes |
| Jim Dooley |
Football |
8-Feb-1930 |
8-Jan-2008 |
Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1968-71 |
| Steffi Duna |
Actor |
8-Feb-1910 |
22-Apr-1992 |
Hungarian-American character actress |
| Francis Edgeworth |
Mathematician |
8-Feb-1845 |
13-Feb-1926 |
Pure Theory of Taxation |
| Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin |
Religion |
8-Feb-1796 |
1-Sep-1864 |
Saint-Simonist, cult leader |
| John Erlenborn |
Politician |
8-Feb-1927 |
30-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1965-84 |
| Edith Evans |
Actor |
8-Feb-1888 |
14-Oct-1976 |
The Whisperers |
| Phoenix Farrell |
Bassist |
8-Feb-1977 |
|
Bassist for Linkin Park |
| Betty Field |
Actor |
8-Feb-1913 |
13-Sep-1973 |
Picnic |
| John Fox |
Football |
8-Feb-1955 |
|
Head Coach, Denver Broncos |
| Seth Green |
Actor |
8-Feb-1974 |
|
Dr. Evil's son Scott |
| André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry |
Composer |
8-Feb-1741 |
24-Sep-1813 |
Richard Coeur de Lion |
| John Grisham |
Novelist |
8-Feb-1955 |
|
The Firm |
| Alfred Gusenbauer |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1960 |
|
Chancellor of Austria, 2007-08 |
| Pooch Hall |
Actor |
8-Feb-1976 |
|
Derwin Davis on The Game |
| Pierre-Daniel Huet |
Religion |
8-Feb-1630 |
26-Jan-1721 |
Bishop of Avranches |
| Zakir Hussain |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1897 |
3-May-1969 |
President of India, 1967-69 |
| Lisa P. Jackson |
Government |
8-Feb-1962 |
|
EPA Administrator |
| Robert Klein |
Comic |
8-Feb-1942 |
|
Unable to stop his leg |
| Ted Koppel |
Journalist |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
Nightline |
| Everett J. Lake |
Politician |
8-Feb-1871 |
16-Sep-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1921-23 |
| Jack Larson |
Actor |
8-Feb-1928 |
|
The Adventures of Superman |
| Jack Lemmon |
Actor |
8-Feb-1925 |
27-Jun-2001 |
The Odd Couple |
| John A. Logan |
Military |
8-Feb-1826 |
27-Dec-1886 |
Union Army General, US Senator |
| Joe Maddon |
Baseball |
8-Feb-1954 |
|
Manager, Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
| Mathilda May |
Actor |
8-Feb-1965 |
|
La Teta i la lluna |
| Mary McCormack |
Actor |
8-Feb-1969 |
|
Kate Harper on The West Wing |
| Audrey Meadows |
Actor |
8-Feb-1926 |
3-Feb-1996 |
Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners |
| Terry Melcher |
Music Producer |
8-Feb-1942 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Songwriter for Byrds, Beach Boys |
| Dmitri Mendeleev |
Chemist |
8-Feb-1834 |
2-Feb-1907 |
Periodic Table of the Elements |
| Joshua Morrow |
Actor |
8-Feb-1975 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| Alonzo Mourning |
Basketball |
8-Feb-1970 |
|
Zo |
| Lisel Mueller |
Poet |
8-Feb-1924 |
|
The Need to Hold Still |
| Burt Mustin |
Actor |
8-Feb-1884 |
28-Jan-1977 |
Character actor, 1950s to 1970s |
| John T. Myers |
Politician |
8-Feb-1927 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1967-97 |
| Vince Neil |
Singer |
8-Feb-1961 |
|
Mötley Crüe vocalist |
| Nick Nolte |
Actor |
8-Feb-1941 |
|
48 Hours |
| Bohdan Paczynski |
Astronomer |
8-Feb-1940 |
19-Apr-2007 |
Gravitational microlensing |
| Ethan Phillips |
Actor |
8-Feb-1955 |
|
Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager |
| Ryan Pinkston |
Actor |
8-Feb-1988 |
|
Quintuplets |
| Stanley Pons |
Physicist |
8-Feb-1943 |
|
Cold fusion crank |
| Susan May Pratt |
Actor |
8-Feb-1974 |
|
Open Water 2: Adrift |
| Tunku Abdul Rahman |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1903 |
6-Dec-1990 |
First Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1957-70 |
| Alejandro Rey |
Actor |
8-Feb-1930 |
21-May-1987 |
Carlos Ramirez on The Flying Nun |
| John M. Roll |
Judge |
8-Feb-1947 |
8-Jan-2011 |
US District Court Judge, murdered |
| Shiva Rose |
Actor |
8-Feb-1972 |
|
David & Layla |
| Henry Roth |
Author |
8-Feb-1906 |
13-Oct-1995 |
Call It Sleep |
| Charles Ruggles |
Actor |
8-Feb-1886 |
23-Dec-1970 |
Bringing Up Baby |
| John Ruskin |
Critic |
8-Feb-1819 |
20-Jan-1900 |
Greatest Victorian art critic |
| Joseph Schumpeter |
Economist |
8-Feb-1883 |
8-Jan-1950 |
Creative Destruction |
| Dan Seals |
Country Musician |
8-Feb-1948 |
25-Mar-2009 |
England Dan and John Ford Coley |
| William T. Sherman |
Military |
8-Feb-1820 |
14-Feb-1891 |
Marched to the Sea |
| Big Show |
Wrestling |
8-Feb-1972 |
|
WCW and WWE wrestler |
| Arlan Stangeland |
Politician |
8-Feb-1930 |
|
Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-91 |
| Mary Steenburgen |
Actor |
8-Feb-1953 |
|
Goin' South |
| Margot Stevenson |
Actor |
8-Feb-1912 |
2-Jan-2011 |
Margo Lane on The Shadow |
| Donald W. Stewart |
Politician |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
US Senator from Alabama, 1978-81 |
| Lyle Talbot |
Actor |
8-Feb-1902 |
2-Mar-1996 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
| Jordan Todosey |
Actor |
8-Feb-1995 |
|
Lizzie on Life with Derek |
| Lana Turner |
Actor |
8-Feb-1920 |
29-Jun-1995 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| Jules Verne |
Author |
8-Feb-1828 |
24-Mar-1905 |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| King Vidor |
Film Director |
8-Feb-1894 |
1-Nov-1982 |
Northwest Passage |
| Carl von Cosel |
Criminal |
8-Feb-1877 |
23-Jul-1952 |
Florida's favorite necrophile |
| Reggie Walton |
Judge |
8-Feb-1949 |
|
US District Court Judge |
| John Williams |
Composer |
8-Feb-1932 |
|
Composer for Jaws, E.T. |
| Harry Wu |
Activist |
8-Feb-1937 |
|
Human rights activist |