Died on
Who died on February 8
99 figures who shaped history died on February 8.
- 99deaths
- 41events
Best known
Best known
Severus of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch from 512 to 538
Robert I of Artois
Count of Artois
William Longespée the Younger
English crusader
Hulegu Khan
Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. 1217–1265)
Przemysł II
King of Poland from 1295 to 1296
Saint Helen of Serbia
Queen consort of Serbia (c. 1235–1314)
Severus of Antioch — Patriarch of Antioch from 512 to 538, who died on February 8 538.
Robert I of Artois — Count of Artois, who died on February 8 1250.
William Longespée the Younger — English crusader, who died on February 8 1250.
Hulegu Khan — Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. 1217–1265), who died on February 8 1265.
Przemysł II — King of Poland from 1295 to 1296, who died on February 8 1296.
Saint Helen of Serbia — Queen consort of Serbia (c. 1235–1314), who died on February 8 1314.
All entries
- 1204
Alexios IV AngelosByzantine emperor from 1203 to 1204 - 1229AAli ibn Hanzala
- 1285TTheodoric of Landsberg
- 1382
Blanche of France, Duchess of OrléansFrench princess - 1537
Gerolamo EmilianiItalian Catholic saint - 1599
Robert RollockMinister of the Church of Scotland, theologian (c. 1555–1599) - 1676
Alexis of RussiaTsar of Russia from 1645 to 1676 - 1696
Ivan V of RussiaTsar of Russia from 1682 to 1696 - 1709
Giuseppe TorelliItalian Baroque violinist and composer - 1725
Peter the GreatTsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725 - 1749
Jan van HuysumDutch still-life painter - 1750AAaron Hill (writer)British writer
- 1772
Princess Augusta of Saxe-GothaPrincess of Wales - 1849
François HabeneckFrench violinist and conductor - 1849
France PrešerenSlovene poet - 1856
Agostino BassiItalian entomologist - 1907
Hendrik Willem Bakhuis RoozeboomDutch chemist - 1910
Hans JægerNorwegian anarchist - 1915
François LangelierCanadian politician - 1921
George Formby SrEnglish comedian and singer - 1921
Peter KropotkinRussian anarchist - 1928
Theodor CurtiusGerman chemist - 1932
Yordan Milanov (architect)Bulgarian architect - 1935
Eemil Nestor SetäläFinnish politician
- 1936
Charles CurtisVice President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 - 1938
Olga TaratutaUkrainian anarchist - 1945
Italo SantelliItalian fencer - 1956
Connie MackAmerican baseball manager and owner - 1957
Walther BotheGerman physicist - 1957
John von NeumannHungarian and American mathematician and physicist - 1959
William J. DonovanAmerican lawyer, soldier and diplomat - 1960
J. L. AustinEnglish philosopher - 1960
Giles Gilbert ScottEnglish architect - 1963
George DolenzAmerican actor - 1964
Ernst KretschmerGerman psychchiatrist - 1970
Cahir HealyIrish politician - 1971
Kanaiyalal Maneklal MunshiIndian independence movement activist - 1972
Markos VamvakarisGreek rebetiko musician - 1975
Robert Robinson (chemist)English chemist and Nobel laureate - 1977
Eivind GrovenNorwegian composer of classical music - 1979
Dennis GaborHungarian-British physicist - 1980
Nikos XilourisGreek singer and composer - 1982
John Hay WhitneyAmerican diplomat and publisher - 1985
William LyonsCo-founder of Jaguar Cars - 1987
Harriet MacGibbonAmerican actress - 1990
Del ShannonAmerican musician - 1990
Ernest TittertonBritish nuclear physicist - 1992
Stanley Armour DunhamMaternal grandfather of Barack Obama - 1994
Raymond ScottAmerican musician - 1996
Del EnnisAmerican baseball player - 1997
Corey ScottAmerican motorcycle stunt performer - 1998
Halldór LaxnessIcelandic author - 1998
Enoch PowellBritish politician - 1998
Julian SimonAmerican economist - 1999
Iris MurdochIrish-born British writer and philosopher - 2000
Sid AbelCanadian ice hockey player - 2000
Derrick ThomasAmerican football player - 2001
Ivo CaprinoNorwegian film director - 2002
Ong Teng CheongPresident of Singapore from 1993 to 1999 - 2004
Julius SchwartzAmerican comic book editor - 2005
A. Chandranehru20th and 21st-century Sri Lankan politician - 2006
Elton DeanEnglish jazz saxophonist - 2006TThierry FortineauFrench actor
- 2006
Akira IfukubeJapanese composer - 2007
Anna Nicole SmithAmerican model and television personality - 2007
Ian StevensonAmerican psychiatrist - 2008
Ruby G. WoodsonAmerican educator - 2010
John MurthaAmerican politician - 2011
Tony MalinoskyAmerican baseball player - 2012
Wando (singer)Brazilian singer-songwriter - 2012
Luis Alberto SpinettaArgentine musician - 2013
Giovanni Cheli - 2013
James DePreistAmerican conductor - 2013
Maureen DragoneAmerican journalist and author - 2013NNevin S. ScrimshawAmerican food scientist
- 2014
Els BorstDutch politician - 2014
Maicon (footballer, born May 1988)Brazilian footballer - 2014
Nancy HoltAmerican artist - 2015
Rauni-Leena Luukanen-KildeFinnish ufologist - 2016
Amelia BenceArgentine actress - 2016
Nida FazliIndian poet, lyricist and dialogue writer
- 2016
Margaret ForsterEnglish novelist and biographer - 2016
Violette VerdyFrench ballet dancer, choreographer, and professor
- 2017
Peter MansfieldEnglish physicist - 2017
Rina MatsunoMusical artist - 2017
Alan Simpson (scriptwriter)British screenwriter - 2020
Robert ConradAmerican actor - 2021
Marty SchottenheimerAmerican football player and coach - 2021
Mary Wilson (singer)American singer - 2023AArto HeiskanenFinnish ice hockey player
- 2025
Dick JauronAmerican football player and coach - 2025
Sam NujomaPresident of Namibia from 1990 to 2005 - 2025
Gyalo ThondupBrother of the 14th Dalai Lama
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Who died on February 8?
99 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 8, including Severus of Antioch, Robert I of Artois, William Longespée the Younger. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on February 8?
41 documented historical events happened on February 8, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Honorius declared Constantius III to be his co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. On the same day, in another year: Seventh Crusade: The Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt defeated and captured King Louis IX of France at the Battle of Fariskur. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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