Famous People Born on January 8

♑ Capricorn

• Bull Nakano (1968) — Japanese professional wrestler and golfer
• Noah Cyrus (2000) — American singer and actress (born 2000)
• James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871) — Northern Irish Unionist politician (1871–1940)
• Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587) — Dutch colonial administrator
• Hans von Bülow (1830) — German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)
• Edmond-Charles Genêt (1763) — French diplomat
• Betsy DeVos (1958) — American politician and philanthropist (born 1958)
• Saeed Jaffrey (1929) — British-Indian actor (1929–2015)
• Karl Brandt (1904) — German physician and Nazi criminal (1904–1948)
• Bruce Sutter (1953) — American baseball player (1953–2022)
• Lowell Mason (1792) — American composer; leading figure in American church music
• Ignas Brazdeikis (1999) — Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player (born 1999)
• Sarah Polley (1979) — Canadian actress, film director, and screenwriter (born 1979)
• Josh Hazlewood (1991) — Australian cricketer (born 1991)
• Jeff Francoeur (1984) — American baseball player (born 1984)
• Andrew Wood (singer) (1966) — American rock musician (1966–1990)
• José Ferrer (1912) — Puerto Rican actor and director (1912–1992)
• Evelyn Wood (teacher) (1909) — American educator and businesswoman
• Patrick J. Hurley (1883) — American diplomat and politician
• S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899) — 4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956 to 1959
• Ron Moody (1924) — British actor (1924–2015)
• Mohan Rakesh (1925) — Indian writer (1925–1972)
• Clarence B. Jones (1931) — American lawyer (1931–2026)
• William Hartnell (1908) — English actor (1908–1975)
• Soupy Sales (1926) — American comedian and actor (1926–2009)
• Winnaretta Singer (1865) — American patron of the arts
• Evelyn Lear (1926) — American operatic soprano
• Robby Krieger (1946) — American guitarist (born 1946)
• Bob Eubanks (1938) — American television and radio personality (born 1938)
• John Curtin (1885) — Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945