Sebastião Salgado (80)
February 8th, 1944

Brazilian photographer – Sebastião Salgado was born in Aimorés (City in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais) on February 8th, 1944 and is 80 years old today.

Other personalities born on February 8

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

24

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

29

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

87

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

35

Bronte Barratt

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder

*February 8th, 1989, Brisbane

40

Shelley Thompson

German Association footballer

*February 8th, 1984, Langenfeld

71

Cristina Stamate

Romanian actress

*February 8th, 1946, Bucharest †November 27th, 2017, Bucharest

82

Robert Klein

American stand-up comedian

*February 8th, 1942, The Bronx

58

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

89

Horst Eckel

German association football player

*February 8th, 1932, Vogelbach †December 3rd, 2021, Landstuhl

92

John Williams

American composer and conductor

*February 8th, 1932, Queens

50

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

55

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

77

Karl-Heinz von Hassel

German actor (1939–2016)

*February 8th, 1939, Hamburg †April 19th, 2016, Hamburg

33

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

65

Henry Czerny

Canadian film, stage and television actor

*February 8th, 1959, Toronto

83

Nick Nolte

American actor

*February 8th, 1941, Omaha

37

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

52

Guillaume Gallienne

French actor

*February 8th, 1972, Neuilly-sur-Seine

69

John Grisham

American writer (born 1955)

*February 8th, 1955, Jonesboro

44

William Jackson Harper

American actor

*February 8th, 1980, Dallas

77

Jules Verne

French writer (1828–1905)

*February 8th, 1828, Nantes †March 24th, 1905, Amiens

58

Hristo Stoichkov

Bulgarian association football player

*February 8th, 1966, Plovdiv

36

Franz Marc

German painter (1880-1916)

*February 8th, 1880, Munich †March 4th, 1916, Braquis

88

Edith Evans

British actress (1888–1976)

*February 8th, 1888, London †October 14th, 1976, Cranbrook

76

Jack Lemmon

American actor (1925–2001)

*February 8th, 1925, Newton †June 27th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

Creed Bratton

American actor and musician

*February 8th, 1943, Los Angeles

80

Egon Zimmermann

Austrian alpine skier (1939-2019)

*February 8th, 1939, Lech †August 23rd, 2019, Lech

65

Mauricio Macri

President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019

*February 8th, 1959, Tandil

62

Terry Melcher

American record producer (1942–2004)

*February 8th, 1942, New York City †November 19th, 2004, Beverly Hills

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

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