List of Famous people born on February 8th

Françoise Claustre, was a French archeologist who was taken hostage by a group of Chadian rebels, led by Hissène Habré, on 20 April 1974, at Bardaï, in the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad. At the same time, the rebels also seized a German doctor, Christophe Staewen, and Marc Combe, who was an assistant of Claustre's husband, Pierre.

Nuno Melo was a Portuguese actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1982 to 2015.

Jussara Freire is a Brazilian actress.

Duke Ulrich of Württemberg succeeded his kinsman Eberhard II as Duke of Württemberg in 1498. He was declared of age in 1503. His volatile personality made him infamous, being called the "Swabian Henry VIII" by historians.

Proclus Lycius, called Proclus the Successor, was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism. He stands near the end of the classical development of philosophy and influenced Western medieval philosophy.

John Wu or Wu Chih-yang is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Magistrate of Taoyuan County from 2009 to 2014.

Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev is a Russian speed skater.

Elsa García Rodriguez is a Mexican artistic gymnast who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also won the Longines Prize for Elegance during the 2009 World Championships.

Guy Auffray was a French judoka. He was active from 1967 to 1976 and was a Red Belt 9th degree.

Louis Auguste Blanqui was a French socialist and political activist, notable for his revolutionary theory of Blanquism.