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February 8 Birthdays in History - February 8 Deaths - February 8 Events
February 8, 1981 Tommy Michaels, born in Staten Island, New York, actor, Timmy Hutton-All My Children
February 8, 1979 Tara Tucker, Miss Alabama Teen USA 1997
February 8, 1978 Christa Williams, born in Houston, Texas, softball pitcher, 1996 Olympics gold
February 8, 1976 Holly Manthei, born in Edina, Minnesota, soccer midfielder/forward 1996 Olympics
February 8, 1976 Jim Parque, born in Norwalk, California, baseball pitcher 1996 Olympics bronze
February 8, 1975 Damon Denson, guard for the New England Patriots
February 8, 1975 Joshua Morrow. Juneau, born in Alaska, actor, Nicholas Newman-Young and Restless
February 8, 1974 Seth Green, American Actor
February 8, 1973 Andreas Gliatis, soccer player, NEC
February 8, 1973 Dave Dopek, Bolingbrook Illinois, 200m runner
February 8, 1973 Eric Kresser, quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals
February 8, 1973 Michelle Brogan, Australian basketball forward 1996 Olympics bronze
February 8, 1973 Tom King, Australian 470 class yachter 1996 Olympics
February 8, 1972 Adrian Rollins, cricketer, Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex
February 8, 1972 Marcus Pollard, NFL tight end for the Indianapolis Colts
February 8, 1971 Heidi Mark, Columbus, Ohio, playmate, Jul, 1995
February 8, 1971 Alex Chiu, American Businessman
February 8, 1970 Alonzo Mourning, NBA center, Miami Heat, Charlotte Hornets
February 8, 1970 Cameron Cuffy, cricketer, St. Vincent and WI fast bowler 1994-
February 8, 1969 Herb Hohenberger, hockey defenseman, Team Austria 1998
February 8, 1969 Mary McCormack, actress, Murder One, Private Parts
February 8, 1968 Joy Fawcett, Inglewood California, soccer defender 1996 Olympics
February 8, 1968 Ron Goetz, CFL linebacker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders
February 8, 1968 Gary Coleman, Zion, Illinois, actor, Arnold-Diff'rent Strokes
February 8, 1967 Yvon Corriveau, Ontario, NHL left wing, Washington Caps
February 8, 1966 Kirk Muller, Kingston, NHL center for the Toronto Maple Leafs
February 8, 1965 Carmen Savy, Brisbane QLD, golfer, 1990 Brisbane and District
February 8, 1965 Jim Thornton, NFL tight end for the Houston Oilers
February 8, 1965 Lee Knight, CFL full back for the Hamilton Tiger Cats
February 8, 1965 Mathilda May, Paris, France, actress, Lifeforce
February 8, 1965 Rod Bernstine, NFL running back for the Denver Broncos
February 8, 1965 Terry McDaniel, NFL cornerback, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Raiders
February 8, 1964 Dennis Gibson, NFL inside linebacker for the San Diego Chargers
February 8, 1963 Mohammad Azharuddin, cricketer, elegant Indian batsman 1984-
February 8, 1963 Raleigh MCkenzie, NFL center/guard, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers
February 8, 1961 Sammy Llanas, rocker, Bodeans
February 8, 1961 Vince Neil [Wharton], California, vocalist, Motley Crue-Girls Girls Girls
February 8, 1961 Vince Neil, American Musician
February 8, 1960 Alex Scott, British horse trainer
February 8, 1960 Dino Ciccarelli, Ontario, NHL right wing, Minn North Stars, Washington Caps
February 8, 1960 Linda Fratianne, born in Los Angeles, California, figure skater 1980 Olympics silver
February 8, 1959 Heinz Gunthardt, Switzerland, tennis star
February 8, 1959 Irina Kalinina, U.S.S.R., springboard diver, 1980 Olympics gold
February 8, 1959 Pamela Jean Bryant, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, playmate, April, 1978
February 8, 1955 Ethan Phillips, actor, Neelix-Star Trek Voyager
February 8, 1955 Jim "the Anvil" Neidhart, wrestler, WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary
February 8, 1955 John Grisham, writer, Client, Firm, Pelican Brief
February 8, 1954 "Sensational" Sherri Martel, [Russell], New Orl, wrestler, WWF/AWA
February 8, 1954 Michael Bergdahl, American Author
February 8, 1953 Mary Steenburgen, Newport, Arkansas, actress, Parenthood, Time After Time
February 8, 1952 Hans Van de Lubbe, Dutch bassist/singer, Dike
February 8, 1952 Nancy Lord, Libertarian VP candidate 1992
February 8, 1951 Camille LaPierre, NHLer
February 8, 1950 England Dan, singer, England Dan and John Ford Coley
February 8, 1950 Jose Armando Lopez-Falcon, Cuba, cosmonaut
February 8, 1950 Michael Goodroe, rock bassist, Motels-Only the Lonely
February 8, 1950 Ted Turner, rocker, Wishbone Ash
February 8, 1949 Brooke Adams, New York City, actress, Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers
February 8, 1949 Julia Barr, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, actress, Brooke-All My Children
February 8, 1949 Scott Allen, USA, skater 1964 Olympics bronze
February 8, 1948 Dan Seals, McCamey Texas, vocalist, Seals and Crofts-You Still Move Me
February 8, 1947 Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78
February 8, 1946 "Fito" Adolpho De La Parra, born in Los Angeles, California, rocker, Canned Heat-Hot Money
February 8, 1946 Paul Wheatbread, rocker, Gary Puckett and Union Gap-Young Girl
February 8, 1944 Bunky Henry, golfer
February 8, 1944 Jim Capaldi, rocker, Traffic
February 8, 1943 Bob Oliver, baseball player
February 8, 1943 Creed Bratton, California, rock guitarist, Grass Roots-Sooner or Later
February 8, 1943 Jose de Almeida Prado, composer
February 8, 1942 Fritz Peterson, baseball pitcher, New York Yankees
February 8, 1942 Robert Klein, Bronx, comedian/actor, Hooper, Deadly Rivals
February 8, 1942 Terry Melcher, Rip Chords, Doris Day's son
February 8, 1941 Tom Rush, NH, rock guitarist and vocalist, Circle Game, Urge For Going
February 8, 1940 Averil Cameron, British historian
February 8, 1940 Talib Rasul Hakim, composer
February 8, 1940 Ted Koppel, born in Lancashire, England, news anchor, ABC Nightline
February 8, 1939 Barry Mann, vocalist, Who Put the Bump
February 8, 1939 Gerrit Lakmaaker, sculptor/painter, Leidsepleingroep
February 8, 1938 Ray Sharpe, singer
February 8, 1937 Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter, Sesame Street
February 8, 1937 Manfred Krug, Duisburg Germany, actor, Boxer
February 8, 1936 Cletis Boyer, 3rd baseman, New York Yankees
February 8, 1936 Larry Verne, singer, Custer
February 8, 1936 Manohar Hardikar, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests India vs. WI 1958-59
February 8, 1935 Vincent Weir 3rd baron Inverforth, Scottish shipping magnate
February 8, 1934 Galina Bystrova, U.S.S.R., pentathelete, 1957, 58
February 8, 1934 Nick Nolte, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actor, Teachers, 48 Hrs, Rich Man Poor Man
February 8, 1933 Elly Ameling, Rotterdam Holland, soprano, Ilya-Idomeneo
February 8, 1933 Jack Larson, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jimmy Olsen-Superman
February 8, 1932 Jan H Christiaanse, president Dutch political party, CDA
February 8, 1932 John Towner Williams, Flushing, New York, composer and conductor, Boston Pops
February 8, 1931 James Dean, born in Marion, Indiana, stage/film actor, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause
February 8, 1930 Alejandro Rey, Buenos Aires, actor, Carlos-Flying Nun
February 8, 1930 Arlan Stangeland, Rep-R-MN, 1977-
February 8, 1930 Catherine Hardy, Carollton, Georgia, 4x100m runner 1952 Olympics gold
February 8, 1930 Manuel Castillo, composer
February 8, 1928 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer
February 8, 1927 John T Myers, Rep-R-IN, 1967-
February 8, 1927 Stanley Baker, Ferndale Wales, actor, Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu
February 8, 1927 Zdenek Zouhar, composer
February 8, 1926 Neal Cassady, American Writer
February 8, 1925 Alvin Brehm, composer
February 8, 1925 Jack Lemmon, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Days of Wine and Roses, Missing
February 8, 1925 Raimondo d'Inzeo, It, equestrian, Oly-gold/2 silver/3 bronze-1948-76
February 8, 1925 Jack Lemon, American Actor
February 8, 1924 Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress, Alice-Honeymooners
February 8, 1924 Joe Black, baseball player
February 8, 1923 Andrew MacElhone, bar owner
February 8, 1922 Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster
February 8, 1921 Hoot Evers, baseball player
February 8, 1920 Buddy Blattner, baseball player
February 8, 1920 Lana Turner, born in Wallace, Idaho, actress, Survivors, Falcon Crest
February 8, 1919 Buddy Morrow, orch leader, Jimmie Rodgers Show
February 8, 1918 John Intoxication, resistance fighter
February 8, 1918 Lord Maxd Rayne, English broker/multi-millionaire
February 8, 1915 Lambros Georges Guetary Worloou, singer
February 8, 1914 Bert Haas, baseball player
February 8, 1914 Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist, Eternal Music
February 8, 1913 Betty Field, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Kings Row, Bus Stop
February 8, 1913 John Grandy, Brits RAF-marshal
February 8, 1912 Simon Jurovsky, composer
February 8, 1911 Anne Aitken, [nee Hopkins], Chicago, co-found, Diamond Sangha
February 8, 1911 Elizabeth Bishop, U.S. poet, North and South, /Pulitzer Prize, 1956
February 8, 1911 Henri Knap, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist/writer
February 8, 1909 Henry Roth, writer
February 8, 1908 Grigor Eghiazaryan, composer
February 8, 1908 Leslie Kenneth O'Brien, Lord O'Brien of Lothbury, missionary
February 8, 1908 Myron McCormick, Albany, actor, Hustler, Jolson Sings Again
February 8, 1906 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein
February 8, 1906 Chester F Carlson, inventor, photocopy
February 8, 1906 Henry Roth, Austria-Hungary/US writer, Call it Sleep
February 8, 1905 Truman Bradley, Missouri, TV host, Science Fiction Theater
February 8, 1904 Igor' Fyodorovich Belza, composer
February 8, 1903 Abdulrahman, minister of Internal affairs/premier of Malaysia
February 8, 1902 Lyle Talbot, [Lysle Hollywood], Pittsburgh, actor, Glen or Glenda
February 8, 1901 Janina Spychajowa-Kurkowska, Poland, women's world champion archer
February 8, 1900 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer
February 8, 1900 John Cameron, judge
February 8, 1896 Orville Caldwell, California, actor, Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning
February 8, 1895 King Vidor, director, War and Peace, Stella Dallas
February 8, 1894 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher
February 8, 1894 Lonnie Johnson, American Musician
February 8, 1892 Fritz Todt, German Reichs minister, Organization Todt
February 8, 1891 Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer
February 8, 1890 Claro Mayo Recto, Filipino nationalist/opponent of U.S. colonialism
February 8, 1888 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic
February 8, 1886 Charlie Ruggles, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show
February 8, 1885 Edith Evans, born in London, England, actress, Tom Jones, David Copperfield
February 8, 1883 Joseph A. Schumpeter, Austria/US economist/minister of finance
February 8, 1883 Joseph A. Schumpeter, American Economist
February 8, 1882 George Siegmann, actor, Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba, Oliver Twist
February 8, 1880 Franz Marc, German painter, Blaue Reiter
February 8, 1878 Martin Buber, German/Israeli philosopher/theologist, Ich und Du
February 8, 1876 Paula Modersohn-Becker, German "entartet" painter
February 8, 1859 John H Been, town's archivist of Brielle, Baasje and Witkop
February 8, 1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russ author, Tjoma Kartashov
February 8, 1851 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, novelist
February 8, 1850 Kate Chopin, American Author
February 8, 1828 Antonio Cagnoni, composer
February 8, 1828 Antonio Canovas del Castillo, premier of Spain
February 8, 1828 Jules Verne, born in France, pioneered sci-fi, From the Earth to the Moon
February 8, 1826 John A. Logan, American Soldier
February 8, 1824 Barnard Elliot Bee, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1861
February 8, 1822 Maxime Du Camp, France, writer/traveler, Les Buveurs de Cendres
February 8, 1820 William Tecumseh Sherman, Major General Union Army, died in 1891
February 8, 1819 John Ruskin, writer/critic/artist/Gothic Revivalist, Prerafaelite
February 8, 1818 Austin Blair, Gov/MC, Union, died in 1894
February 8, 1817 Richard Stoddert Ewell, Lieutenant General Confederate Army, died in 1872
February 8, 1813 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist
February 8, 1811 Edwin Denison Morgan, Sect of War, Confederacy, died in 1883
February 8, 1810 Norbert Burgmuller, composer
February 8, 1810 Eliphas Levi, French Author
February 8, 1807 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman
February 8, 1795 Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist, Chinoline
February 8, 1795 Moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer
February 8, 1789 Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer
February 8, 1764 Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer
February 8, 1741 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer
February 8, 1712 L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Veran, French general in America
February 8, 1708 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
February 8, 1612 Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist, Hudibras, baptized
February 8, 1586 Jacob Praetorius, composer
February 8, 1577 Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman, Anatomy of Melancholy
February 8, 1552 Theodore-Agrippa d'Aubigne, French/Swiss historian/poet, Tragiques
February 8, 1291 Afonso IV, King of Portugal, 1325-57
February 8, 412 St. Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople



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