January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 357 days remaining (358 in leap years).
- 1821 - James Longstreet, Confederate General (+ 1904)
- 1824 - Wilkie Collins, novelist (+ 1889)
- 1867 - Emily Greene Balch[?], winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 1946 (+ 1961)
- 1870 - Miguel Primo de Rivera[?], dictator of Spain (+ 1930)
- 1891 - Walter Bothe[?], physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954 (+ 1957)
- 1909 - Willy Millowitsch[?], actor (+ 1999)
- 1912 - José Ferrer, actor (+ 1992)
- 1910 - Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova[?], dancer (+ 1988)
- 1925 - James Saunders[?], dramatist
- 1926 - Soupy Sales[?], comedian
- 1928 - Sander Vanocur[?], journalist
- 1931 - Bill Graham[?], rock music entrepreneut (+ 1991)
- 1933 - Charles Osgood[?], journalist, commentator
- 1934 - Bart Starr[?], American football star
- 1935 - Elvis Presley, singer and guitarist (+ 1977)
- 1937 - Shirley Bassey, singer
- 1937 - Bob Eubanks[?], game show host
- 1941 - Graham Chapman, comedian (+ 1989)
- 1942 - Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and author
- 1942 - Yvette Mimieux[?], actress
- 1942 - George Passmore, artist, half of Gilbert and George
- 1946 - Robby Krieger[?], musician ("The Doors")
- 1949 - Wolfgang Puck[?], celebrity chef
- 1947 - David Bowie, singer
- 1959 - Paul Hester, drummer
- 1107 - King Edgar of Scotland
- 1642 - Galileo Galilei, father of modern astronomy
- 1880 - Joshua A. Norton, "Emperor Norton I of the United States of America"
- 1896 - Paul Verlaine, lyric poet
- 1941 - Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts
- 1976 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China
- 1980 - John Mauchly, co-inventor of the ENIAC computer
- 1990 - Terry-Thomas, actor, comedian
- 1996 - Francois Mitterrand, politician and President of France.
- 1998 - Michael Tippett, composer
- 2002 - Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's International[?]
- 2002 - Alexander Prochorow (65) - Russian physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics 1964
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
January 7 - January 9 - December 8 - February 8 - Historical anniversaries