Famous people born on 8 January
17 of the people we track were born on 8 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.
Stephen Hawking and Junichiro Koizumi were born on the very same day, 8 January 1942.
Georgy Malenkov and Carl Rogers were born on the very same day, 8 January 1902.
Elvis Presley 1935American singerdied aged 42- Stephen Hawking 1942British theoretical physicist and cosmologistdied aged 76
Kim Jong Un 1984North Korean politician who served as Supreme Leader of North Korealiving, 42
David Bowie 1947British musician and actordied aged 69
Alfred Russel Wallace 1823British naturalist and explorerdied aged 90
R. Kelly 1967American singer and songwriterliving, 59
Junichiro Koizumi 1942Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japanliving, 84
Pope Callixtus III 1379Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 79
Georgy Malenkov 1902Soviet politiciandied aged 86
Emily Greene Balch 1867American economist and writerdied aged 94
Walther Bothe 1891German physicist and mathematiciandied aged 66
Carl Rogers 1902American psychologistdied aged 85
David Silva 1986Spanish footballerliving, 40
Wilkie Collins 1824British writerdied aged 65
Miguel Primo de Rivera 1870Spanish politiciandied aged 60
Koke 1992Spanish footballerliving, 34
Maximilian Kolbe 1894Polish friardied aged 47