List of Famous people born on February 8th

Auguste Verdyck was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1924 to 1939. His brother Lucien Verdijck was also a professional cyclist.

Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor best known for portraying Death in The Seventh Seal (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman. In 1956, he directed the world premiere of Long Day's Journey into Night, the masterpiece of US playwright Eugene O'Neill.

Peter Röhlinger is a German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party. From 1990 to 2006 he was the mayor (Oberbürgermeister) of the city of Jena and from 2009 to 2013 he was an elected representative in the Bundestag.

William W. "Bill" Knight was an American lawyer, politician, and newspaper publisher. He lived, worked and raised a family with his wife, Lota Hatfield Knight, in Portland, Oregon. Their son, Phil Knight, a high school and college athlete, went on to co-found Nike.

Erika Burkart was a Swiss writer and poet. She was the recipient of many awards, among them the Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis, the Gottfried-Keller-Preis, the Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, and the Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart-Preis.