Famous people born on 8 January

• Elvis PresleyAmerican singer and actor · 1935–1977
  42 yrs
• Stephen HawkingBritish theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author · 1942–2018
  76 yrs
• David BowieEnglish musician and actor · 1947–2016
  69 yrs
• Alfred Russel WallaceBritish naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist · 1823–1913
  90 yrs
• Georgy MalenkovSoviet politician · 1902–1988
  86 yrs
• Emily Greene BalchAmerican economist and writer · 1867–1961
  94 yrs
• Walther BotheGerman physicist, mathematician and chemist · 1891–1957
  66 yrs
• Carl RogersAmerican psychologist · 1902–1987
  85 yrs
• Baltasar GraciánAragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language · 1601–1658
  57 yrs
• Wilkie CollinsBritish writer · 1824–1889
  65 yrs
• Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella ↗Spanish politician; dictator, aristocrat, and military officer who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1923 to 1930 · 1870–1930
  60 yrs
• Maximilian Kolbe ↗Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church · 1894–1941
  47 yrs
• Jacques Anquetil ↗French cyclist · 1934–1987
  53 yrs
• José Ferrer ↗American actor and director · 1912–1992
  80 yrs
• Graham Chapman ↗English actor, comedian and writer · 1941–1989
  48 yrs
• Lawrence Alma-Tadema ↗Dutch-born British painter · 1836–1912
  76 yrs
• Elena of Montenegro ↗Queen consort of Italy (1900-1946) and Servant of God; mother of Umberto II of Italy · 1873–1952
  79 yrs
• Yan Fu ↗Chinese translator · 1854–1921
  67 yrs
• John Curtin ↗Australian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia · 1885–1945
  60 yrs
• Karl Brandt ↗German Nazi SS officer and physician, executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity · 1904–1948
  44 yrs
• Stephen III of Hungary ↗King of Hungary and Croatia · 1147–1172
  25 yrs
• Leonardo Sciascia ↗Italian writer · 1921–1989
  68 yrs
• Galina Ulanova ↗Soviet ballet dancer · 1910–1998
  88 yrs
• Hans von Bülow ↗German conductor and pianist · 1830–1894
  64 yrs
• Melisende ↗Queen of Jerusalem · 1105–1161
  56 yrs
• Simon Vouet ↗French painter · 1590–1649
  59 yrs
• Ivan Gundulić ↗Croatian baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa · 1589–1638
  49 yrs
• S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ↗4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956-59 · 1899–1959
  60 yrs
• Samuel von Pufendorf ↗German philosopher · 1632–1694
  62 yrs
• William Hartnell ↗English actor · 1908–1975
  67 yrs
• Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale ↗British prince (1864-1892); eldest child of the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra · 1864–1892
  28 yrs
• Stepan Makarov ↗Russian admiral · 1849–1904
  55 yrs
• Carl Gustav Hempel ↗German philosopher · 1905–1997
  92 yrs
• Elisabetta Sirani ↗Italian painter · 1638–1665
  27 yrs
• James Longstreet ↗Confederate Army general · 1821–1904
  82 yrs
• Joseph Weizenbaum ↗German-American computer scientist · 1923–2008
  85 yrs

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