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January 8 in recent years

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year (358 in leap years).

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

  • 1037Su Dongpo, Chinese calligrapher and poet (d. 1101)
  • 1345 – Kadi Burhan al-Din, poet, kadi, and ruler of Sivas (d. 1398)
  • 1529 – John Frederick II, duke of Saxony (d. 1595)
  • 1583Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1643)
  • 1587 – Johannes Fabricius, German astronomer and academic (d. 1616)
  • 1587 – Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1629)
  • 1589Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1638)

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1902Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic (d. 1987)
  • 1904 – Karl Brandt, German physician and SS officer (d. 1948)
  • 1905Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (d. 1997)
  • 1908William Hartnell, English actor (d. 1975)
  • 1908 – Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (d. 1996)
  • 1909 – Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet (d. 1995)
  • 1909 – Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer (d. 1995)
  • 1909 – Evelyn Wood, American author and educator (d. 1995)
  • 1910Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina (d. 1998)
  • 1911 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author (d. 1970)
  • 1912José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director (d. 1992)
  • 1912 – Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (d. 2014)
  • 1915Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
  • 1917Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1994)
  • 1920Douglas Wilmer, English actor (d. 2016)
  • 1922Dale D. Myers, American engineer (d. 2015)
  • 1923Larry Storch, American actor and comedian(d. 2022)
  • 1923 – Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor (d. 2011)
  • 1923 – Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985)
  • 1923 – Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author (d. 2008)
  • 1924 – Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (d. 2010)
  • 1924 – Ron Moody, English actor and singer (d. 2015)
  • 1925Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (d. 1972)
  • 1926Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (d. 2012)
  • 1926 – Kerwin Mathews, American actor (d. 2007)
  • 1926 – Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)
  • 1926 – Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (d. 2022)
  • 1926 – Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (d. 2009)
  • 1927 – Charles Tomlinson, English poet and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1928Slade Gorton, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th Attorney General of Washington (d. 2020)
  • 1929Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (d. 2015)
  • 1931 – Bill Graham, German-American businessman (d. 1991)
  • 1931 – Clarence Benjamin Jones, American lawyer and scholar
  • 1933Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist (d. 2024)
  • 1933 – Jean-Marie Straub, French director and screenwriter (d. 2022)
  • 1934Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist (d. 1987)
  • 1934 – Roy Kinnear, British actor (d. 1988)
  • 1935Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 1977)
  • 1936Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic (d. 2020)
  • 1937Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
  • 1938Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer
  • 1939Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer
  • 1940Cristy Lane, American country and gospel singer
  • 1941Graham Chapman, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)
  • 1941 – Boris Vallejo, Peruvian-American painter
  • 1942Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (d. 2018)
  • 1942 – Junichirō Koizumi, Japanese politician, 56th Prime Minister of Japan
  • 1942 – Yvette Mimieux, American actress (d. 2022)
  • 1944Terry Brooks, American lawyer and author
  • 1945 – Phil Beal, English footballer
  • 1945 – Nancy Bond, American author and academic
  • 1945 – Kathleen Noone, American actress
  • 1946 – Robby Krieger, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1947David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2016)
  • 1947 – Antti Kalliomäki, Finnish pole vaulter and politician
  • 1948 – Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter
  • 1949 – Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer
  • 1951 – Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
  • 1952 – Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator
  • 1952 – Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic
  • 1953 – Marián Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player
  • 1953 – Bruce Sutter, American baseball pitcher (d. 2022)
  • 1955 – Harriet Sansom Harris, American actress
  • 1955 – Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer
  • 1957Dwight Clark, American football player (d. 2018)
  • 1957 – Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
  • 1957 – Ron Cephas Jones, American actor (d. 2023)
  • 1957 – Calvin Natt, American basketball player
  • 1958Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
  • 1958 – Rey Misterio, Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor
  • 1959Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005)
  • 1960 – Dave Weckl, American drummer
  • 1961Calvin Smith, American sprinter
  • 1964 – Ron Sexsmith, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 1965Michelle Forbes, American actress
  • 1966 – Maria Pitillo, American actress
  • 1966 – Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
  • 1966 – Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
  • 1967 – Willie Anderson, American basketball player
  • 1967 – R. Kelly, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1967 – Tom Watson, English politician
  • 1971 – Jason Giambi, American baseball player
  • 1971 – Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer and coach
  • 1972 – Paul Clement, English footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1973Mike Cameron, American baseball player
  • 1976 – Jenny Lewis, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
  • 1977Amber Benson, American actress, writer, director, and producer
  • 1978Marco Fu, Hong Kongese snooker player
  • 1979Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer and manager
  • 1979 – Windell Middlebrooks, American actor (d. 2015)
  • 1979 – Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
  • 1979 – Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
  • 1979 – Sarah Polley, Canadian actress and director
  • 1980 – Sam Riley, English actor and singer
  • 1981Genevieve Cortese, American actress
  • 1981 – Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
  • 1982Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
  • 1982 (or 1983) – Kim Jong-un, North Korean soldier and politician, 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea
  • 1983 – Chris Masters, American wrestler
  • 1984 – Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player and broadcaster
  • 1987Chris Douglas-Roberts, American basketball player
  • 1987 – Cynthia Erivo, English actress and singer-songwriter
  • 1987 – Freddie Stroma, English actor
  • 1988 – Adrián López, Spanish footballer
  • 1988 – Michael Mancienne, English footballer
  • 1988 – Alex Tyus, American-Israeli basketball player
  • 1989 – Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1990 – Blair Walsh, American football player
  • 1991 – Josh Hazlewood, Australian cricketer
  • 1991 – Stefan Johansen, Norwegian footballer
  • 1991 – Stefan Savić, Montenegrin footballer
  • 1991 – Greg Smith, American basketball player
  • 1992 – Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player
  • 1992 – Koke, Spanish footballer
  • 1993William Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1993 – Sophie Pascoe, New Zealand swimmer
  • 1994Glenn Robinson III, American basketball player
  • 1998Tony Bradley, American basketball player
  • 1999 – Ignas Brazdeikis, Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player
  • 1999 – Damiano David, Italian singer-songwriter
  • 2000Noah Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

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