List of Famous people born on February 8th

Lord Francis William Bouverie Douglas was a novice British mountaineer. After sharing in the first ascent of the Matterhorn, he died in a fall on the way down from the summit.

Osian Gwynn Ellis was a Welsh harpist, composer and teacher. He was principal harpist of the London Symphony Orchestra, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble, and a harp teacher at the Royal Academy of Music. Many composers wrote music for him. He had a close professional partnership with Benjamin Britten, from 1959 till the composer's death, and often first performed and recorded Britten's works.

Guillermo Pacheco Pulido is a Mexican politician. On 21 January 2019, the Congress of Puebla elected him as acting Governor of Puebla, a position that he served until July 31 of the same year.

Oji Hiroi , real name Teruhisa Hiroi , is an author and video game developer. He co-authored Samurai Crusader with Ryoichi Ikegami. He also created the Far East of Eden and Sakura Wars role-playing video game franchises, and wrote the Sakura Wars manga.

Anna Hutchison is a New Zealand actress. Her roles include Delphi Greenlaw on Shortland Street (2002–04); Lily Chilman, the Yellow Cheetah Ranger on Power Rangers Jungle Fury (2008); Allison Dine on Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (2009); Amy Smart on Go Girls (2009–12); Jules Louden in The Cabin in the Woods (2012); Laeta on Spartacus: War of the Damned (2013); Sasha on Anger Management (2013–14) and Kim in The Right Girl (2015).

Mathilde Gremaud is a Swiss freestyle skier who competes internationally.

Richard Stoddert Ewell was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He achieved fame as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee and fought effectively through much of the war, but his legacy has been clouded by controversies over his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg and at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

Manuel Osborne-Paradis is a Canadian former World Cup alpine ski racer.

Gökhan Tepe is a Turkish singer.

Islam Kurbanovich Magomedov is a Russian Greco-Roman wrestler of Dargin descent. He is a two-time Junior Greco-Roman World Champion and Gold Medalist at the 2015 Russian National Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships. On 12 June, 2015 he won gold medal at the European Games 2015, defeating Ukrainian Dimitriy Timchenko in the final. In the same year Magomedov won bronze medal at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships. Magomedov is International Master of Sports in Greco-Roman Wrestling. He competed at Olympics 2016, but lost in the quarterfinals.