| 15511 | February 8 | Death | 1972 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905) |
| 15512 | February 8 | Death | 1975 – Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) |
| 15513 | February 8 | Death | 1977 – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (b. 1901) |
| 15514 | February 8 | Death | 1979 – Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) |
| 15515 | February 8 | Death | 1980 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936) |
| 15516 | February 8 | Death | 1982 – John Hay Whitney, American financier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1904) |
| 15517 | February 8 | Death | 1984 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903) |
| 15518 | February 8 | Death | 1985 – William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Swallow Sidecar Company (b. 1901) |
| 15519 | February 8 | Death | 1985 – Marvin Miller, American actor (b. 1913) |
| 15520 | February 8 | Death | 1987 – Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905) |
| 15521 | February 8 | Death | 1990 – Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934) |
| 15522 | February 8 | Death | 1992 – Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (b. 1918) |
| 15523 | February 8 | Death | 1993 – Nagalingam Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1920) |
| 15524 | February 8 | Death | 1994 – Raymond Scott, American pianist and composer (b. 1908) |
| 15525 | February 8 | Death | 1996 – Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925) |
| 15526 | February 8 | Death | 1997 – Robert Ridgely American actor and singer (b. 1931) |
| 15527 | February 8 | Death | 1998 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) |
| 15528 | February 8 | Death | 1998 – Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1912) |
| 15529 | February 8 | Death | 1998 – Julian Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932) |
| 15530 | February 8 | Death | 1999 – Iris Murdoch, Irish-English philosopher and author (b. 1919) |
| 15531 | February 8 | Death | 2000 – Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1918) |
| 15532 | February 8 | Death | 2000 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967) |
| 15533 | February 8 | Death | 2001 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (b. 1920) |
| 15534 | February 8 | Death | 2002 – Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (b. 1936) |
| 15535 | February 8 | Death | 2002 – Joachim Hoffmann, German historian and author (b. 1930) |
| 15536 | February 8 | Death | 2004 – Cem Karaca, Turkish singer and guitarist (b. 1945) |
| 15537 | February 8 | Death | 2004 – Julius Schwartz, American journalist and author (b. 1915) |
| 15538 | February 8 | Death | 2005 – Keith Knudsen, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Doobie Brothers and Southern Pacific) (b. 1948) |
| 15539 | February 8 | Death | 2006 – Elton Dean, English saxophonist (Soft Machine) (b. 1945) |
| 15540 | February 8 | Death | 2006 – Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914) |