No, negative 8 is not a whole number.
Whole numbers are defined as the set of non-negative integers that include zero and all positive integers. This means that the whole number set is {0, 1, 2, 3, …}. Since negative numbers do not belong to this set, negative 8 is not classified as a whole number.
In summary, because whole numbers can only be zero or positive, negative 8 does not qualify as a whole number.