Who was born on February 8?

Who was born on February 8?

– 1291 – Alfonso IV (1357) – King of Portugal (from 1325).
– 1777 – Bernard Courtois (1838) – French chemist, discoverer of iodine.
– 1798 – Mikhail Romanov (1798) – Grand Duke of Russia, adjutant general, brother of Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I.
– 1825 – Henry Walter Bates (1892) – English naturalist, first described mimicry.
– 1828 – Jules Verne (1905) – French writer, pioneer of science fiction.
– 1834 – Dmitri Mendeleev (1907) – Russian chemist, Russian scientist who discovered the periodic law of chemical elements, teacher.
– 1868 – Waller Rothschild (1937) – British financier, politician and zoologist.
– 1906 – Chester Carlson (1968) – American physicist and lawyer, inventor of xerography.
– 1910 – Bobokhonov Abdulla (1990) – architect, People’s Architect (1970).
– 1922 – Yuri Averbakh – Soviet chess player, international grandmaster.
– 1925 – Abdusamatov Hafiz – literary critic, Honored Scientist of Uzbekistan (1975).
– 1928 – Vyacheslav Tikhonov (2009) – Soviet and Russian film actor, People’s Artist of the USSR.
– 1950 – Mirjalilov Tohirjon (2000) – painter, academician of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan (1997), People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (2000).
– 1953 – Mary Steenburgen – American film actress.
– 1971 – Dmitry Nelyubin – Soviet and Russian cyclist, Olympic champion.
– 1977 – Roman Kostomarov – Russian figure skater, Olympic champion (2006), Honored Master of Sports of Russia.
– 1987 – Carolina Kostner – Italian figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist, world champion, 5-time European champion.
– 1990 – Mahmud Murodov – Uzbek mixed martial artist, lives in the Czech Republic.