List of Famous people born on February 8th

Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Lisle Strutt, CBE, DSO was a British soldier and mountaineer, and President of the Alpine Club from 1935 to 1938. After a distinguished military career he defended classical mountaineering against what he saw as unhelpful trends in the sport for speed.

Bohuslav Svoboda is a Czech politician and physician who served as the mayor of Prague from 30 November 2010 to 23 May 2013.

Willy Vannitsen was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1962, Vannitsen won two stages in the 1962 Tour de France.

Magdalena Sibylla of Neidschütz, later Countess of Rochlitz, was a German noblewoman and the mistress of John George IV, Elector of Saxony. She was the first ever Official Mistress (Favoritin) of an Elector of Saxony.

Jacob Praetorius or Schultz was a German Baroque composer and organist, and the son of Hieronymus Praetorius. His grandfather, the father of Hieronymus, Jacob Praetorius the Elder was also a composer.