Bishop, Elizabeth (1911)
Poet Laureate of the United States, 1949-50
Famous People Born on February 8
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Cassady, Neal (1926)
The basis for Dean Moriarity in Jack Kerouac's On the Road -
Chopin, Kate (1851)
Author of The Awakening -
Coleman, Gary (1968)
Short star of TV's Diff'rent Strokes -
Dean, James (1931)
Movie icon and star of Rebel Without a Cause -
Grisham, John (1955)
Author of The Client and The Firm -
Jackson, Lisa P. (1962)
Administrator of the EPA, 2009-2013 -
Lemmon, Jack (1925)
Felix Ungar in the movie The Odd Couple -
Nolte, Nick (1941)
Athletic, gravel-voiced movie star -
Selfridge, Thomas E. (1882)
The first air crash fatality -
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820)
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Turner, Lana (1921)
The sultry star of The Postman Always Rings Twice -
Verne, Jules (1828)
Author of Around the World in Eighty Days -
Williams, John (1932)
Composer of the themes from Jaws and Star Wars