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Famous People Born on January 8(185 people)

Notable Figure

Zach Charbonnet, American football player

Actor

Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress

Athlete

Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player

Musician

Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter

Athlete

Tony Bradley, American basketball player

Athlete

Jhoan Durán, Dominican baseball player

Actor

Ryan Destiny, American actress and singer

Athlete

Glenn Robinson III, American basketball player

Notable Figure

William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Athlete

Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer

Athlete

Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player

Koke, Spanish footballer(1992 - present)
Athlete

Koke, Spanish footballer

Notable Figure

Valkyrae, American online streamer

Notable Figure

Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer

Athlete

Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer

Athlete

Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer

Athlete

Greg Smith, American basketball player

Notable Figure

Blair Walsh, American football player

Notable Figure

Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player

Athlete

Adrián López, Spanish footballer

Athlete

Michael Mancienne, English footballer

Athlete

Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player

Athlete

Chris Douglas-Roberts, American basketball player

Actor

Cynthia Erivo, English actress and singer-songwriter

Actor

Freddie Stroma, English actor

Athlete

Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player and broadcaster

Athlete

Chris Masters, American wrestler

Actor

Gaby Hoffmann, American actress

Actor

Genevieve Cortese, American actress

Athlete

Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player

Actor

Sam Riley, English actor and singer

Athlete

Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer and manager

Actor

Windell Middlebrooks, American actor (died 2015)

Athlete

Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer

Athlete

Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer

Actor

Sarah Polley, Canadian actress and director

Notable Figure

Marco Fu, Hong Kongese snooker player

Actor

Amber Benson, American actress, writer, director, and producer

Actor

Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

Athlete

Mike Cameron, American baseball player

Athlete

Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager

Athlete

Jason Giambi, American baseball player

Politician

Andreas Kollross, Austrian politician

Athlete

Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach

Athlete

Bull Nakano, Japanese professional wrestler

Athlete

Willie Anderson, American basketball player

Musician

R. Kelly, American singer-songwriter, producer, and sex offender

Politician

Tom Watson, English politician

Actor

Maria Pitillo, American actress

Notable Figure

Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (died 2009)

Musician

Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (died 1990)

Actor

Michelle Forbes, American actress

Musician

Ron Sexsmith, Canadian singer-songwriter

Athlete

Calvin Smith, American sprinter

Musician

Dave Weckl, American drummer

Musician

Paul Hester, Australian drummer (died 2005)

Politician

Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education

Actor

Rey Misterio, Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor (died 2024)

Notable Figure

Dwight Clark, American football player (died 2018)

Notable Figure

Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer

Actor

Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (died 2023)

Athlete

Calvin Natt, American basketball player

Actor

Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress

Musician

Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer

Notable Figure

Marián Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player

Notable Figure

Bruce Sutter, American baseball pitcher (died 2022)

Musician

Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator

Scientist

Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic

Political Leader

Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia

Notable Figure

Shadia Abu Ghazaleh, Palestinian militant (died 1968)

Notable Figure

Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer

Filmmaker

Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter

Actor

David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2016)

Politician

Antti Kalliomäki, Finnish pole vaulter and politician

Musician

Robby Krieger, American guitarist and songwriter

Notable Figure

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexican drug lord

Athlete

Phil Beal, English footballer

Writer

Nancy Bond, American author and academic

Actor

Kathleen Noone, American actress

Writer

Terry Brooks, American lawyer and author

Writer

Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (died 2018)

Political Leader

Junichirō Koizumi, Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan

Actor

Yvette Mimieux, American actress (died 2022)

Actor

Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (died 1989)

Artist

Boris Vallejo, Peruvian-American painter

Musician

Cristy Lane, American country and gospel singer

Fashion

Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer

Filmmaker

Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer

Musician

Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer

Notable Figure

Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic (died 2020)

Actor

Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 1977)

Notable Figure

Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (died 1987)

Actor

Roy Kinnear, British actor (died 1988)

Writer

Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist (died 2024)

Filmmaker

Jean-Marie Straub, French director and screenwriter (died 2022)

Business

Bill Graham, German-American businessman (died 1991)

Legal

Clarence Benjamin Jones, American lawyer and scholar

Actor

Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (died 2015)

Politician

Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington (died 2020)

Writer

Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic (died 2015)

Notable Figure

Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (died 2012)

Actor

Kerwin Mathews, American actor (died 2007)

Notable Figure

Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2004)

Fashion

Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (died 2022)

Actor

Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (died 2009)

Writer

Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (died 1972)

Musician

Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (died 2010)

Actor

Ron Moody, English actor and singer (died 2015)

Actor

Larry Storch, American actor and comedian (died 2022)

Actor

Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor (died 2011)

Notable Figure

Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (died 1985)

Writer

Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author (died 2008)

Scientist

Dale D. Myers, American engineer (died 2015)

Actor

Douglas Wilmer, English actor (died 2016)

Writer

Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1994)

Athlete

Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (died 1991)

Actor

José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director (died 1992)

Politician

Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (died 2014)

Actor

Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author (died 1970)

Actor

Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina (died 1998)

Writer

Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet (died 1995)

Notable Figure

Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (died 1995)

Writer

Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (died 1995)

Actor

William Hartnell, English actor (died 1975)

Actor

Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (died 1996)

Philosopher/Religious

Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (died 1997)

Medical

Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer (died 1948)

Medical

Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (died 1987)

Actor

Dorothy Adams, American character actress (died 1988)

Artist

Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter (died 1969)

Political Leader

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (died 1959)

Writer

Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author (died 1977)

Musician

Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic (died 1967)

Scientist

Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957)

Writer

Storm Jameson, English journalist and author (died 1986)

Notable Figure

Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer (died 1972)

Scientist

Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic (died 1972)

Political Leader

John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1945)

Notable Figure

Mór Kóczán, Hungarian javelin thrower and pastor (died 1972)

Activist

A. J. Muste, Dutch-American pastor and activist (died 1967)

Writer

Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (died 1941)

Politician

Patrick J. Hurley, American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (died 1963)

Politician

Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician (died 1960)

Writer

Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (died 1945)

Political Leader

Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (died 1953)

Notable Figure

Jeanne Adnet, French anarchist (died 1942)

Political Leader

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1940)

Political Leader

Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1930)

Writer

Emily Greene Balch, American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1961)

Politician

William G. Conley, American educator and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (died 1940)

Musician

Winnaretta Singer, American philanthropist (died 1943)

Notable Figure

Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (died 1892)

Notable Figure

Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (died 1934)

Writer

Emma Booth-Tucker, English author (died 1903)

Notable Figure

Fanny Bullock Workman, American mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (died 1925)

Writer

James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (died 1931)

Notable Figure

Frederick Abberline, English police officer (died 1929)

Artist

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-English painter and academic (died 1912)

Musician

Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (died 1894)

Writer

Wilkie Collins, English novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1889)

Musician

Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (died 1861)

Scientist

Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer (died 1913)

Politician

James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey (died 1904)

Politician

Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (died 1893)

Musician

Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer (died 1871)

Politician

John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California (died 1871)

Political Leader

Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (died 1878)

Musician

Lowell Mason, American composer and educator (died 1872)

Notable Figure

Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop (died 1831)

Notable Figure

Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier (died 1844)

Politician

Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat (died 1834)

Business

John Carroll, American archbishop, founder of Georgetown University (died 1815)

Artist

Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (died 1665)

Notable Figure

Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal (died 1709)

Legal

Samuel von Pufendorf, German economist and jurist (died 1694)

Military

François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (died 1695)

Notable Figure

Jean Talon, first Intendant of New France (died 1694)

Writer

Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (died 1658)

Writer

Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet and playwright (died 1638)

Scientist

Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic (died 1616)

Politician

Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1629)

Philosopher/Religious

Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (died 1643)

Notable Figure

John Frederick II, duke of Saxony (died 1595)

Writer

Kadi Burhan al-Din, poet, kadi, and ruler of Sivas (died 1398)

Writer

Su Dongpo, Chinese calligrapher and poet (died 1101)

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About Famous Birthdays on January 8

January 8 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.

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People Born on January 8th — 185+ Notable & Famous Birthdays