Editing January 8 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Carl Rogers]], American psychologist and academic (died 1987)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Liora Bresler|author2=David Cooper|author3=Joy Palmer|title=Fifty Modern Thinkers on Education: From Piaget to the Present Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MXcii-IYm2kC&pg=PA49|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-59259-3|page=49}}</ref>
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Karl Brandt]], German physician and [[SS]] officer (died 1948)<ref>{{cite book|title=Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law No. 10, Nuremberg, October 1946-April, 1949|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gpHuXlH479kC&pg=PA190|year=1949|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=190}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Carl Gustav Hempel]], German philosopher from the Vienna and the Berlin Circle (died 1997)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stuart Gerry Brown|author2=Stuart Brown|author3=Stuart C. Brown|author4=Diané Collinson |author5=Robert Wilkinson|title=Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Philosophers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hz8OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA332|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-06043-1|page=332}}</ref>
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[William Hartnell]], English actor (died 1975)<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Donnelley|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmYcAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7984-0|page=266}}</ref>
*  1908 &ndash; [[Fearless Nadia]], Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (died 1996)<ref>{{cite web | title=Fearless Nadia's 110th Birthday | website=Google | date=2018-01-08 | url=https://doodles.google/doodle/fearless-nadias-110th-birthday/ | access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Ashapoorna Devi]], Indian author and poet (died 1995)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Book Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aiDhAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=C. Chari for Perspective Publications|page=23}}</ref>
*  1909 &ndash; [[Bruce Mitchell (cricketer)|Bruce Mitchell]], South African cricketer (died 1995)<ref>{{cite book|author=Eric Rosenthal|title=Total Book of South African Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=28pBAAAAYAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Delta Books|isbn=978-0-908387-19-9|page=124}}</ref>
*  1909 &ndash; [[Evelyn Wood (teacher)|Evelyn Wood]], American author and educator (died 1995)<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/30/obituaries/evelyn-wood-who-promoted-speed-reading-is-dead-at-86.html | title = Evelyn Wood, Who Promoted Speed Reading, Is Dead at 86|author=Lawrence Van Gelder | date = 1995-08-30 | work = The New York Times | access-date = 2017-03-11}}</ref> 
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Galina Ulanova]], Russian actress and ballerina (died 1998)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Allen Robertson|author2=Donald Hutera|title=The Dance Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZ0YAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=G.K. Hall|isbn=978-0-8161-9095-9|page=131}}</ref>
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Gypsy Rose Lee]], American actress, dancer, and author (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book|author=Noralee Frankel|title=Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=riwpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA4|date=3 March 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-975433-5|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[José Ferrer]], Puerto Rican-American actor and director (died 1992)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6|page=61}}</ref>
*  1912 &ndash; [[Lawrence Walsh]], Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th [[United States Deputy Attorney General]] (died 2014)<ref name="Moritz1992">{{cite book|author=Charles Moritz|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DWftWR1VGIEC|year=1992|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=597|isbn=978-0-8242-0128-9}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Walker Cooper]], American baseball player and manager (died 1991)<ref>{{cite book|title=Baseball Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0wsAAAAMAAJ|year=1956|publisher=C.C. Spink & Son|page=46}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor]], American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1994)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Douglas Wilmer]], English actor (died 2016)<ref>{{cite news|last=Hadoke|first=Toby|title=Douglas Wilmer obituary|work=The Guardian|date=5 April 2016|accessdate=8 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/05/douglas-wilmer-obituary-sherlock-holmes}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Dale D. Myers]], American engineer (died 2015)<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences|title=NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1975|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rt1Ze5R9v_UC&pg=PA122|year=1974|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=122}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Larry Storch]], American actor and comedian<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018|work= [[United Press International]]|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2019| archive-date= January 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180108222931/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|url-status=live|quote=…comic actor Larry Storch in 1923 (age 95)}}</ref>(died 2022)<ref name="barnes">{{cite news|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/larry-storch-dead-f-troop-1235177225/|title = Larry Storch, Corporal Randolph Agarn on 'F Troop,' Dies at 99|newspaper = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = July 8, 2022|access-date = July 8, 2022|last = Barnes|first = Mike}}</ref>
*  1923 &ndash; [[Giorgio Tozzi]], American opera singer and actor (died 2011)<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HgdaAAAAYAAJ|year=1961|publisher=H.W. Wilson Company|page=455}}</ref>
*  1923 &ndash; [[Johnny Wardle]], English cricketer (died 1985)<ref>{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |pages=[https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/180 180–181] |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/180 }}</ref>
*  1923 &ndash; [[Joseph Weizenbaum]], German-American computer scientist and author (died 2008)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harry Henderson|title=Artificial Intelligence: Mirrors for the Mind|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKmIiICDIwgC&pg=PA118|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-60413-059-1|page=118}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Lees]], Chinese-American soldier and composer (died 2010)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Martin |title=Benjamin Lees: Composer who eschewed modernism in favour of a gritty, muscular clarity |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/benjamin-lees-composer-who-eschewed-modernism-in-favour-of-a-gritty-muscular-clarity-2066921.html |access-date=24 March 2020 |work=The Independent |date=1 September 2010}}</ref>
*  1924 &ndash; [[Ron Moody]], English actor and singer (died 2015)<ref>{{cite book|author=Peter Noble|title=British Film and Television Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJFmAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=King Publications|page=282}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Mohan Rakesh]], Indian author and playwright (died 1972)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mohan Rakesh|title=One Day in the Season of Rain: The Play that launched modern Hindi theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B_2dCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT45|date=24 April 2015|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5214-012-1|page=45}}</ref>
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Lear]], American operatic soprano (died 2012)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Laa-Lyud|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hTwOAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4068-2|page=254}}</ref>
*  1926 &ndash; [[Kerwin Mathews]], American actor (died 2007)<ref>{{cite news|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|title=Kerwin Mathews: Actor who crossed swords with animation|work=The Guardian|date=3 September 2007|access-date=8 January 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/03/guardianobituaries.obituaries|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108200941/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/03/guardianobituaries.obituaries|archive-date=8 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1926 &ndash; [[Kelucharan Mohapatra]], Indian dancer and choreographer (died 2004)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kelucharan Mohapatra {{!}} Indian dancer|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kelucharan-Mohapatra|access-date=2020-08-02|website= Britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
*  1926 &ndash; [[Hanae Mori]], Japanese fashion designer<ref>{{cite book|author=Andrea Arsenault|title=Contemporary Designers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cLLXrvCeTGwC|year=1990|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-0-912289-69-4|page=405}}</ref> (died 2022)
*  1926 &ndash; [[Soupy Sales]], American comedian and actor (died 2009)<ref>{{cite book|author=Karin Adir|title=The Great Clowns of American Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5jr9L--C4tMC&pg=PA189|date=1 December 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1303-4|page=189}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Charles Tomlinson]], English poet and academic (died 2015)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Slade Gorton]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 14th [[Attorney General of Washington]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=G000333|title=Gorton, Thomas Slade, III (Slade) (1928-)|website=Biographical Directory of US Congress|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/former-u-s-sen-slade-gorton-92-dies/ |title=Former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton, a towering figure in Washington state, dies at 92 |date=18 August 2020 |publisher=Seattletimes.com |access-date=2020-08-19}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Saeed Jaffrey]], Indian-British actor (died 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/16/saeed-jaffrey|title=Saeed Jaffrey obituary|author=Naseem Khan|date=16 November 2015|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]], German-American businessman (died 1991)
*  1931 &ndash; [[Clarence Benjamin Jones]], American lawyer and scholar<ref>{{cite book|author1=Clayborne Carson|author2=Tenisha Armstrong|author3=Susan Carson|title=The Martin Luther King, Jr., Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWN2AAAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-29440-2|pages=163–164}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Charles Osgood]], American soldier and journalist (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018|work= [[United Press International]]|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2019| archive-date= January 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180108222931/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|url-status=live|quote=…newsman Charles Osgood in 1933 (age 85)}}</ref>
*  1933 &ndash; [[Jean-Marie Straub]], French director and screenwriter (died 2022)<ref>{{cite book|author1=ans-Michael Bock|author2=im Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7gFT_Duq1cC&pg=PA462|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-0-85745-565-9|page=462}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Jacques Anquetil]], French cyclist (died 1987)<ref>{{cite book|title=Guinness Book of World Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxZNAAAAYAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company|page=551}}</ref>
*  1934 &ndash; [[Roy Kinnear]], British actor (died 1988)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmIYAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-050-6|page=431}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Elvis Presley]], American singer, guitarist, and actor (died 1977)<ref>{{cite book |author=Guralnick, Peter; Jorgensen, Ernst|year=1999|title=Elvis Day by Day: The Definitive Record of His Life and Music|publisher=Ballantine|isbn=0-345-42089-6|page=3}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Robert May, Baron May of Oxford]], Australian-English zoologist, ecologist, and academic (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/apr/29/robert-may-bob-may-lord-may-obituary|title=Lord May of Oxford obituary|date=29 April 2020|author=Georgina Ferry|website=The Guardian|access-date=14 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Shirley Bassey]], Welsh singer<ref>{{cite book|author=John L. Williams|title=Miss Shirley Bassey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8RgBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT38|date=2 September 2010|publisher=Quercus|isbn=978-0-85738-394-5|page=38}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Bob Eubanks]], American game show host and producer<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZlmAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-9554-8|page=80}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)|Carolina Herrera]], Venezuelan-American fashion designer<ref>{{cite book|author=Janet Riehecky|title=Carolina Herrera: International Fashion Designer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Afs8AAAAYAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Childrens Press|isbn=978-0-516-04178-0|page=6}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Cristy Lane]], American country and gospel singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum (Nashville, Tenn.)|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQoKAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-511671-7|page=289}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Graham Chapman]], English actor and screenwriter (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|title=Screen International Film and TV Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqNmAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Screen International, King Publications|page=342}}</ref>
*  1941 &ndash; [[Boris Vallejo]], Peruvian-American painter<ref>{{cite web|title=Boris Vallejo|website=Illustration History|publisher=Norman Rockwell Museum|date=2020|accessdate=8 January 2024|url=https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/boris-vallejo}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Stephen Hawking]], English physicist and author (died 2018)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Elton|title=Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of My Life Time and a Biography of an Envisioned Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6rYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1|publisher=Thomas Elton|page=1}}</ref>
*  1942 &ndash; [[Junichirō Koizumi]], Japanese politician, 56th [[Prime Minister of Japan]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Gale Group|title=Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZzksAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-7337-6|page=307}}</ref>
*  1942 &ndash; [[Yvette Mimieux]], American actress (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/yvette-mimieux-dead-the-time-machine-actress-the-most-deadly-game-1234914745/|title=Yvette Mimieux Dies; Actress/Writer Who Starred In 'The Time Machine' Had Just Turned 80|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=18 January 2022|access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Terry Brooks]], American lawyer and author<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018|work= [[United Press International]]|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2019| archive-date= January 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180108222931/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Phil Beal]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/tottenham-hotspur-fc/phil-beal-9730/league-appearances_a12832/|title=Phil BEAL|website=sporting-heroes.net|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1945 &ndash; [[Nancy Bond]], American author and academic<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hile|author2=Donna Oldendorf|author3=Hile Kevin|title=Something about the Author|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0Rh-vhjOOMC|date=July 1995|publisher=Gale Research International, Limited|isbn=978-0-8103-2292-9|page=16}}</ref>
*  1945 &ndash; [[Kathleen Noone]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Robby Krieger]], American guitarist and songwriter<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Riordan|author2=Jerry Prochnicky|title=Break on through: the life and death of Jim Morrison|url=https://archive.org/details/breakonthroughli00rior|url-access=registration|date=June 1991|publisher=Morrow|isbn=978-0-688-08829-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/breakonthroughli00rior/page/84 84]}}</ref> 
*  1946 &ndash; [[Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo]], Mexican drug lord<ref>{{cite book|author=Malcolm Beith|title=The Last Narco: Inside the Hunt for El Chapo, the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jmid9oCEz04C&pg=PR9|date=7 September 2010|publisher=Open Road + Grove/Atlantic|isbn=978-0-8021-9622-4|page=9}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[David Bowie]], English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2016)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Forget|title=David Bowie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FXfCunHNWrAC&pg=PP13|year=2002|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-8239-3523-9|page=13}}</ref>
*  1947 &ndash; [[Antti Kalliomäki]], Finnish pole vaulter and politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WN6eAAAAIAAJ|date=December 1990|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-911-5|page=328}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Gillies MacKinnon]], Scottish director and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Murphy|title=Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UOdkAAAAMAAJ|date=11 September 2006|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=978-1-84457-126-0|page=402}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Rowe]], Jamaican cricketer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bridgette Lawrence|author2=Reg Scarlett|title=100 Great Westindian Test Cricketers: From Challenor to Richards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbbA2GVEBKQC|year=1988|publisher=Hansib|isbn=978-1-870518-65-9|page=185}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Kenny Anthony]], Saint Lucian politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Saint Lucia]]<ref>{{cite book|author1=Roger East|author2=Richard J. Thomas|title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VO4AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA442|date=3 June 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-63940-4|page=442}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Feltsman]], Russian-American pianist and educator<ref>{{cite book|author=((Chase's Editors))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cJLTKKjnDVQC|year=2007|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-146819-0|page=79}}</ref>
*  1952 &ndash; [[Peter McCullagh]], Irish mathematician and academic<ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Society (Great Britain)|title=List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660-1998: a complete listing of all Fellows and Foreign Members since the foundation of the Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XklnAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Royal Society|page=109}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Marián Šťastný]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marian Stastny |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/marian-stastny-8451687 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1953 &ndash; [[Bruce Sutter]], American baseball pitcher (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/Sutter-remembered-as-pioneer-of-split-fingered-fastball|title=Sutter remembered as pioneer of split-fingered fastball|publisher=Baseball Hall of Fame|date=October 14, 2022|access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Harriet Sansom Harris]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1955 &ndash; [[Mike Reno]], Canadian singer and drummer<ref>{{cite book|author=Norm N. Nite|title=Rock on: the illustrated encyclopedia of rock n' roll: the video revolution, 1978-present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxwKAQAAMAAJ|date=1 September 1985|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-06-181644-4|page=191}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Dwight Clark]], American football player (died 2018)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Dwight Clark, 61, Dies; Made a Touchdown Catch for the Ages |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/obituaries/dwight-clark-61-dies-made-a-touchdown-catch-for-the-ages.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=5 June 2018}}</ref>
*  1957 &ndash; [[Nacho Duato]], Spanish dancer and choreographer<ref>{{cite book|title=Dansart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=az3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Los Libros de Danza|page=71}}</ref>
*  1957 &ndash; [[Ron Cephas Jones]], American actor (died 2023)<ref name="AP" />
*  1957 &ndash; [[Calvin Natt]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Calvin Natt |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77691/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Betsy DeVos]], American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education<ref>{{cite book|author=Congress (U.S.), Joint Committee on Printing|title=Official Congressional Directory 115th Congress, 2017-2018, Convened January 2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bWDn3d8YZNcC&pg=PA763|date=6 September 2018|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-094209-9|page=763}}</ref>
*  1958 &ndash; [[Rey Misterio]], Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor. (died 2024)<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2018: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAY3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA596|date=26 September 2017|publisher=Bernan Press|isbn=978-1-59888-926-0|page=596}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Paul Hester]], Australian drummer (died 2005)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/mar/29/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|title=Paul Hester|last=Laing|first=Dave|date=29 March 2005|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=28 November 2016}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Dave Weckl]], American drummer<ref>{{cite book|title=Modern Drummer: MD.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1O8JAQAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Modern Drummer Publications|page=30}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Calvin Smith]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web|title=Calvin Smith|url=https://www.olympic.org/calvin-smith-1|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=17 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Ron Sexsmith]], Canadian singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=Tweet by Ron Sexsmith|url=https://twitter.com/RonSexsmith/status/1479847252264894464|publisher=Twitter|access-date=8 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Michelle Forbes]], American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 8, 2023 includes celebrities Noah Cyrus, Sarah Polley |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-8-2023-includes-celebrities-noah-cyrus-sarah-polley.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Maria Pitillo]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1966 &ndash; [[Igor Vyazmikin]], Russian ice hockey player (died 2009)<ref>{{cite book|author=K. Michael Gaschnitz|title=The Edmonton Oilers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLSJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA213|date=31 January 2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1252-5|page=213}}</ref>
*  1966 &ndash; [[Andrew Wood (singer)|Andrew Wood]], American singer-songwriter (died 1990)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nick Talevski|title=The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beMTAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7548-4|page=481}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Willie Anderson (basketball)|Willie Anderson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Willie Anderson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/335/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1967 &ndash; [[R. Kelly]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and sex offender<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/pages/rkelly.aspx|title=R. Kelly|access-date=March 31, 2016|work=Cook County Clerk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414092511/http://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sweethomecookcounty/pages/rkelly.aspx|archive-date=April 14, 2016}}</ref>
*  1967 &ndash; [[Tom Watson (Labour politician)|Tom Watson]], English politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b30NAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-66-7|page=335}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Jason Giambi]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|page=79}}</ref>
*  1971 &ndash; [[Andreas Kollross]], Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Andreas Kollross |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/18666 |publisher=[[Austrian Parliament]] |access-date=30 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929172235/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/18666 |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref>
*  1971 &ndash; [[Pascal Zuberbühler]], Swiss footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=2006 FIFA World Cup Germany List of Players |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |website=FIFA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610174527/https://www.fifadata.com/document/fwc/2006/PDF/FWC_2006_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=10 June 2019 |page=27}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Paul Clement (football manager)|Paul Clement]], English footballer, coach, and manager<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2015/06/in-profile-paul-clement |title=In profile: Paul Clement |publisher=Derby County F.C. |date=1 June 2015 |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Mike Cameron]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite book|author=Baseball Prospectus|title=Baseball Prospectus 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OsgRQcR8YHcC&pg=PA313|date=22 February 2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-55840-9|page=313}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Jenny Lewis]], American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Amber Benson]], American actress, writer, director, and producer<ref>{{cite book|last=Stafford|first=Nikki|title=Bite Me!: The Unofficial Guide to 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'|location=Toronto|publisher=ECW Press|date=2007|isbn=978-1-55022-807-6|page=104}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Marco Fu]], Hong Kongese snooker player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marco Fu|url=https://wst.tv/players/marco-fu/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220174549/https://wst.tv/players/marco-fu/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2020|access-date=2022-01-09|website=World Snooker|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Seol Ki-hyeon]], South Korean footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=177806/index.html|title=SEOL Ki Hyeon profile|website=FIFA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906054447/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=177806/index.html|access-date=19 October 2020|archive-date=2015-09-06}}</ref>
*  1979 &ndash; [[Windell Middlebrooks]], American actor (died 2015)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 8: Sam Riley, Jenny Lewis |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/08/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-8-Sam-Riley-Jenny-Lewis/2351673195535/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1979 &ndash; [[Adrian Mutu]], Romanian footballer<ref>{{Hugman|14348|Adrian Mutu|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref>
*  1979 &ndash; [[Stipe Pletikosa]], Croatian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=27322/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904052448/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=27322/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2010|title=Stipe Pleticosa|website=UEFA|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1979 &ndash; [[Sarah Polley]], Canadian actress and director<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Brian D. |title=Sarah Polley's birthday triumph at the TFCA Awards |url=https://www.macleans.ca/culture/movies/sarah-polleys-birthday-triumph-at-the-tfca-awards/ |publisher=[[Maclean's]] |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=9 January 2013}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Sam Riley]], English actor and singer<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Genevieve Cortese]], American actress<ref name="UPI" />
*  1981 &ndash; [[Jeff Francis]], Canadian baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jeff-francis-433585|title=Jeff Francis Stats|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Gaby Hoffmann]], American actress<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan. 8, 2018|work= [[United Press International]]|date=January 8, 2018|access-date=September 21, 2019| archive-date= January 8, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180108222931/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2018/01/08/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-8-2018/2171515208436/|url-status=live|quote=...actor Gaby Hoffmann in 1982 (age 36)}}</ref>
*  1982 (or 1983, 1984) &ndash; [[Kim Jong Un]], North Korean soldier and politician, 3rd [[List of leaders of North Korea|Supreme Leader of North Korea]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Ian Jeffries|title=Contemporary North Korea: A Guide to Economic and Political Developments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QtmNAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA568|date=10 September 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-27610-2|page=568}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Chris Masters]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |last1=Paglino |first1=Nick |title=WWE To End Raw Guest Hosts?, Chris Masters' Birthday |url=https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/184557-wwe-to-end-raw-guest-hosts-chris-masters-birthday |website=WrestleZone |publisher=[[Mandatory (company)|Mandatory]] |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=8 January 2010}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Jeff Francoeur]], American baseball player and broadcaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Francoeur |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jeff-francoeur-425796 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Chris Douglas-Roberts]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Douglas-Roberts |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201604/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1987 &ndash; [[Cynthia Erivo]], English actress and singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1987 &ndash; [[Freddie Stroma]], English actor<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Adrián López]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.clubatleticodemadrid.com/jugadores/adrian-lopez-alvarez-2|title=Adrian|website=Atletico Madrid|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318141200/http://en.clubatleticodemadrid.com/jugadores/adrian-lopez-alvarez-2|access-date=7 July 2020|archive-date=2015-03-18}}</ref>
*  1988 &ndash; [[Michael Mancienne]], English footballer<ref>{{cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 | year = 2010 | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | location = Edinburgh | isbn = 978-1-84596-601-0 | page = 276 }}</ref>
*  1988 &ndash; [[Alex Tyus]], American-Israeli basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Alex-Tyus/Summary/5630|title=Alex Tyus Player Profile, Florida, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Bests, Awards - RealGM|website=basketball.realgm.com}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Aaron Cruden]], New Zealand rugby player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/profile.asp?ABID=1105|title=Aaron Cruden|website=All Blacks|access-date=25 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Blair Walsh]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Blair Walsh |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15058/blair-walsh |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Josh Hazlewood]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sydneysixers.com.au/team/player-profiles/josh-hazlewood|title=Sydney Sixers Player Profiles – Josh Hazlewood|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219081420/http://www.sydneysixers.com.au/team/player-profiles/josh-hazlewood|archive-date=19 December 2014}}</ref>
*  1991 &ndash; [[Stefan Johansen]], Norwegian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fulhamfc.com/player-profiles/stefan-johansen|title=Stefan Johansen|website=fulhamfc.com|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1991 &ndash; [[Stefan Savić]], Montenegrin footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1907998/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614042517/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1907998/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2010|title=Stefan Savić|website=UEFA|access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref>
*  1991 &ndash; [[Greg Smith (basketball, born 1991)|Greg Smith]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Smith |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202962/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Stefanie Dolson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnba.com/player/stefanie-dolson/#/gamelogs|title=Game Log|website=Women's National Basketball Association|access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1992 &ndash; [[Koke (footballer, born 1992)|Koke]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Koke |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/125660 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>
*  1992 &ndash; [[Valkyrae]], American online streamer<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1744502686471655835 |user=Valkyrae |title=32 today!!!!! 🥳 |date=January 8, 2024 |access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[William Karlsson]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=William Karlsson |url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/player/william-karlsson-8476448 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1993 &ndash; [[Sophie Pascoe]], New Zealand swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://paralympics.org.nz/paralympians-profiles/sophie-pascoe-paralympian-166/|title=Sophie Pascoe|website=Paralympics NZ|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Glenn Robinson III]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Glenn Robinson III |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203922/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Ryan Destiny]], American actress and singer<ref>{{cite tweet |first= Ryan |last= Destiny |author-link= Ryan Destiny |user=RyanDestiny |number=818145024697335809 |date= January 8, 2017|title= Ryan Destiny on Twitter: "23 years young"|link= https://twitter.com/RyanDestiny/status/818145024697335809 |access-date= January 18, 2017 }}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Tony Bradley (basketball)|Tony Bradley]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Bradley |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628396/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1998 &ndash; [[Jhoan Durán]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jhoan Duran |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jhoan-duran-661395 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=24 October 2024}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Ignas Brazdeikis]], Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ignas Brazdeikis |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629649/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1999 &ndash; [[Damiano David]], Italian singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 January 2021|title=Damiano, 22 anni da rockstar per il cantante dei Maneskin|work=[[La Repubblica]]|url=https://www.repubblica.it/moda-e-beauty/dossier/i-compleanni-dei-vip/2021/01/08/news/damiano_david_compleanno_22_anni_cantante_maneskin-291105416/|access-date=2 June 2021 |last=Lupini |first=Anna |quote=...è nato a Roma l'8 gennaio del 1999 |language=it}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Noah Cyrus]], American singer, songwriter, and actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.amomama.com/234869-glimpse-noah-cyrus-journey-becoming-a-mu.html|title=Glimpse into Noah Cyrus' Journey to Becoming a Music Star|website=AmoMama|date=1 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Zach Charbonnet]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Zach Charbonnet Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CharZa00.htm |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=January 7, 2025}}</ref>