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January 8 birthdays

José Bénazéraf, Julio César Ribas, Andreja Leški, Burton Holmes, Atanasije Jevtić were born on January 8.

793 people · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Zodiac sign

What zodiac sign is January 8?

Capricorn

January 8 falls under Capricorn. December 22 – January 19.

People born under Capricorn

We use fixed Western tropical calendar ranges. These are a browsing convention; boundaries are not calculated from birth time. No personality claims.

  1. José Bénazéraf

    screenwriter, director

    1922–2012 · aged 90

    1922

    Source: filmportal.de

  2. Julio César Ribas

    association football player, association football coach

    69 years old

    1957

    No external source identified

  3. 29 years old

    1997

    Source: Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin

  4. Burton Holmes

    film producer, explorer

    1870–1958 · aged 88

    1870

    No external source identified

  5. Atanasije Jevtić

    Eastern Orthodox priest, Orthodox theologian

    1938–2021 · aged 83

    1938

    No external source identified

  6. Paula Ortiz

    screenwriter, writer

    47 years old

    1979

    No external source identified

  7. Jakob Jantscher

    association football player, association football coach

    37 years old

    1989

    Source: As

  8. Igor Ivanov

    chess player, pianist

    1947–2005 · aged 58

    1947

    No external source identified

  9. Vyacheslav Zudov

    astronaut, aircraft pilot

    1942–2024 · aged 82

    1942

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  10. 1872–1930 · aged 58

    1872

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  11. Samuel Schmid

    politician

    79 years old

    1947

    Source: admin.ch

  12. René Carmille

    French resistance fighter, military personnel

    1886–1945 · aged 59

    1886

    Source: Léonore database

  13. Hollis Conway

    athletics competitor

    59 years old

    1967

    Source: World Athletics database

  14. Robert D. Webb

    film producer, film director

    1903–1990 · aged 87

    1903

    Source: Find a Grave

  15. Dominique Malonga

    association football player

    37 years old

    1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  16. Teófilo Cruz

    basketball player

    1942–2005 · aged 63

    1942

    No external source identified

  17. Larin Paraske

    narrator, singer

    1833–1904 · aged 70

    1833

    Source: inkeri.ru

  18. Georg Riedel

    double-bassist, film score composer

    1934–2024 · aged 90

    1934

    Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000

  19. Joseph of Leonessa

    missionary, preacher

    1556–1612 · aged 56

    1556

    Source: GCatholic.org

  20. Ahn Jae-Hyung

    table tennis player

    61 years old

    1965

    No external source identified

  21. Alfredo Piatti

    composer, cellist

    1822–1901

    1822

    Source: SNAC

  22. Walter Tennyson Swingle

    botanical collector, botanist

    1871–1952 · aged 81

    1871

    No external source identified

  23. 1920–2019 · aged 99

    1920

    Source: Abbey Simon, Masterly Pianist, Dies at 99

  24. Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya

    land owner, painter

    1908–1994 · aged 86

    1908

    No external source identified

  25. Roberto González Bayón*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    2001

    Source: udlaspalmas.es

  26. Evelyn Lear

    film actor, musician

    1926–2012 · aged 86

    1926

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  27. García de Silva Figueroa*

    traveler, diplomat

    Date disputed

    1551

    Source: Royal Academy of History

  28. 1748–1801 · aged 53

    1748

    No external source identified

  29. Georgy Abashvili*

    military personnel, sailor

    Date disputed

    1910

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  30. Rosaly Lopes

    geologist, astronomer

    69 years old

    1957

    No external source identified

  31. Jacob Collamer*

    politician, lawyer

    Date disputed

    1791

    Source: Find a Grave

  32. Jade Fraser

    television actor, actor

    33 years old

    1993

    No external source identified

  33. Elena Grushina

    ice dancer, figure skating coach

    51 years old

    1975

    No external source identified

  34. John Catliff

    association football player

    61 years old

    1965

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. 1926–1970 · aged 44

    1926

    Source: BnF authorities

  36. Fernando Astengo

    association football coach, association football player

    66 years old

    1960

    No external source identified

  37. Tang Yi

    swimmer

    33 years old

    1993

    No external source identified

  38. Zeng Cheng

    association football player

    39 years old

    1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  39. Charles Eliot

    botanist, malacologist

    1862–1931 · aged 69

    1862

    Source: SNAC

  40. James Madison Wells

    farmer, governor

    1808–1899 · aged 91

    1808

    Source: SNAC

  41. 1882–1947 · aged 65

    1882

    Source: BnF authorities

  42. 43 years old

    1983

    No external source identified

  43. Fabio McNamara

    actor, artist

    69 years old

    1957

    No external source identified

  44. 47 years old

    1979

    No external source identified

  45. Fernando Peres

    association football coach, association football player

    1943–2019 · aged 76

    1943

    No external source identified

  46. Leyla Badirbeyli

    actor, stage actor

    1920–1999 · aged 79

    1920

    Source: IMDb

  47. 1635–1709 · aged 74

    1635

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  48. Henry James Byron

    Theaterintendant, writer

    1835–1884 · aged 49

    1835

    Source: SNAC

  49. Walter Erbì

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    58 years old

    1968

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  50. Jamie Hampton

    tennis player

    36 years old

    1990

    Source: WTA website

  51. Obbi Oularé

    association football player

    30 years old

    1996

    Source: As

  52. Simon Episcopius

    theologian, university teacher

    1583–1643 · aged 60

    1583

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  53. Jorge Claros

    association football player

    40 years old

    1986

    Source: As

  54. Roman Wójcicki

    association football coach, association football player

    68 years old

    1958

    Source: Transfermarkt

  55. Rewan Amin

    association football player

    30 years old

    1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  56. Poul Kjærholm

    furniture designer, designer

    1929–1980 · aged 51

    1929

    Source: SNAC

  57. 52 years old

    1974

    No external source identified

  58. Pauline Tallen

    minister, politician

    67 years old

    1959

    No external source identified

  59. Anton von Maron*

    teacher, painter

    Date disputed

    1731

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  60. Huang Sijing

    basketball player

    30 years old

    1996

    Source: FIBA database

  61. Krisztofer Horváth

    association football player

    24 years old

    2002

    Source: FBref

  62. Sándor Radó

    psychoanalyst, psychiatrist

    1890–1972 · aged 82

    1890

    Source: Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World

  63. Lorenne Geraldo Teixeira

    volleyball player

    30 years old

    1996

    Source: volleyball.world

  64. Nicolas de Préville

    association football player

    35 years old

    1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  65. Ignacio Solozábal

    basketball player

    68 years old

    1958

    Source: FIBA database

  66. Asuka Hinoi

    singer, actor

    35 years old

    1991

    No external source identified

  67. Bernardo Ruiz

    sporting director, sport cyclist

    1925–2025 · aged 100

    1925

    No external source identified

  68. Tudor Vianu*

    literary critic, philosopher

    Date disputed

    1898

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  69. Fran Brodić

    association football player

    29 years old

    1997

    Source: FBref

  70. Cláudio Pitbull

    association football player

    44 years old

    1982

    Source: As

  71. Don Patinkin

    economist, pedagogue

    1922–1995 · aged 73

    1922

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  72. Francisco Assis

    politician

    61 years old

    1965

    Source: Assembly of the Republic

  73. Fritz Saxl

    art historian, librarian

    1890–1948 · aged 58

    1890

    Source: SNAC

  74. Yevgeny Nesterenko

    bass singer, musician

    1938–2021 · aged 83

    1938

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  75. Guilherme Fontes

    film director, television actor

    59 years old

    1967

    No external source identified

  76. Ville Matti Steinmann

    association football player

    31 years old

    1995

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  77. José Luis Carranza

    association football player

    62 years old

    1964

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  78. Frances Rich

    actor, sculptor

    1910–2007 · aged 97

    1910

    Source: Find a Grave

  79. 1721–1767 · aged 46

    1721

    Source: The Peerage

  80. 1587–1616 · aged 29

    1587

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  81. Anni Espar

    water polo player, swimmer

    33 years old

    1993

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  82. 1928–1996 · aged 68

    1928

    Source: BnF authorities

  83. Angel Marin

    military personnel, politician

    1942–2024 · aged 82

    1942

    No external source identified

  84. Sylvie Germain

    teacher, philosopher

    72 years old

    1954

    Source: Babelio

  85. John Selden Roane

    Brigadegeneral, politician

    1817–1867 · aged 50

    1817

    Source: SNAC

  86. Walter Gramatté

    painter, printmaker

    1897–1929 · aged 32

    1897

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  87. Paul Vaillant-Couturier

    journalist, politician

    1892–1937 · aged 45

    1892

    Source: BnF authorities

  88. Paul Cohn

    mathematician, university teacher

    1924–2006 · aged 82

    1924

    Source: BnF authorities

  89. 25 years old

    2001

    Source: olympedia.org

  90. Hamma Hammami

    politician, writer

    74 years old

    1952

    No external source identified

  91. Non Stanford

    triathlete, athletics competitor

    37 years old

    1989

    Source: World Athletics database

  92. Antonio Palacios Ramilo

    urban planner, architect

    1874–1945 · aged 71

    1874

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  93. Justin Murisier

    alpine skier

    34 years old

    1992

    No external source identified

  94. Jessica Beard

    athletics competitor

    37 years old

    1989

    Source: World Athletics database

  95. Gret Palucca

    choreographer, university teacher

    1902–1993 · aged 91

    1902

    Source: filmportal.de

  96. Manuel Rojas

    writer, novelist

    1896–1973 · aged 77

    1896

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  97. Sebastiano Conca

    draftsperson, painter

    1680–1764 · aged 84

    1680

    Source: Conca, Sebastiano

  98. Josef Bradl

    ski jumper, alpine skier

    1918–1982 · aged 64

    1918

    Source: geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at

  99. Jaroslav Kulhavý

    mountain biker, sport cyclist

    41 years old

    1985

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  100. Jesper Jansson

    association football player

    55 years old

    1971

    Source: Transfermarkt

  101. 46 years old

    1980

    Source: Olympedia

  102. Jonathan Cantwell

    sport cyclist

    1982–2018 · aged 36

    1982

    No external source identified

  103. Boris Verlinsky

    chess player

    1888–1950 · aged 62

    1888

    No external source identified

  104. Albrecht Glaser

    politician, jurist

    84 years old

    1942

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  105. Mika Lehkosuo

    association football player, association football coach

    56 years old

    1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Camilo Mayada

    association football player

    35 years old

    1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  107. Edward Robert Harrison

    astrophysicist, physicist

    1919–2007 · aged 88

    1919

    Source: Babelio

  108. Mahmoud Riad

    politician, diplomat

    1917–1992

    1917

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  109. Hunter Freeman

    association football player

    41 years old

    1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  110. Lasse Nielsen

    association football player

    38 years old

    1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  111. Clayton Failla

    association football player

    40 years old

    1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  112. Virginia Norwood

    military personnel, engineer

    1927–2023 · aged 96

    1927

    Source: FamilySearch Historical Records

  113. Željko Musa

    handball player, handball coach

    40 years old

    1986

    No external source identified

  114. Herman Pilnik

    chess player

    1914–1981 · aged 67

    1914

    No external source identified

  115. Loïc Damour

    association football player

    35 years old

    1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  116. Wilhelm Homberg

    chemist, philosopher

    1652–1715 · aged 63

    1652

    Source: Base biographique

  117. Javier Imbroda

    basketball coach

    1961–2022 · aged 61

    1961

    No external source identified

  118. Max Llovera

    association football player

    29 years old

    1997

    Source: FBref

  119. Dmitri Galiamin

    association football coach, association football player

    63 years old

    1963

    Source: FBref

  120. Antti Kalliomäki

    pole vaulter, politician

    79 years old

    1947

    No external source identified

  121. Edward Flatau

    physician, neurologist

    1869–1932 · aged 63

    1869

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  122. Julie Wolfthorn

    painter, graphic artist

    1864–1944 · aged 80

    1864

    Source: The Database of Victims of the Nazi Persecution

  123. Chen Xiexia

    weightlifter

    43 years old

    1983

    No external source identified

  124. Lionel Emmett

    field hockey player

    1913–1996 · aged 83

    1913

    No external source identified

  125. Vega Gimeno

    basketball player

    35 years old

    1991

    Source: FIBA database

  126. Fritz Künzli

    association football player, restaurateur

    1946–2019 · aged 73

    1946

    Source: FBref

  127. Huang Sui

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    44 years old

    1982

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  128. Roger Vercel

    writer, novelist

    1894–1957 · aged 63

    1894

    Source: Babelio

  129. Gordon Hollingshead

    film producer, actor

    1892–1952 · aged 60

    1892

    No external source identified

  130. Brian Joseph Dunn

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    71 years old

    1955

    Source: GCatholic.org

  131. Bronisław Pawlik

    actor, television actor

    1926–2002 · aged 76

    1926

    Source: BnF authorities

  132. 1875–1954 · aged 79

    1875

    Source: BnF authorities

  133. Elzan Bibić

    athletics competitor

    27 years old

    1999

    Source: World Athletics database

  134. Benjamin Lees

    university teacher, composer

    1924–2010 · aged 86

    1924

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  135. Piet Dankert

    politician, actor

    1934–2003 · aged 69

    1934

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  136. Marvin Pourie

    association football player

    35 years old

    1991

    Source: As

  137. Abram de Swaan

    essayist, university teacher

    84 years old

    1942

    Source: Discogs

  138. Jean Gilles

    composer

    1668–1705 · aged 37

    1668

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  139. Daniele Fortunato

    association football coach, association football player

    63 years old

    1963

    Source: Transfermarkt

  140. Lucien Capet

    music educator, musician

    1873–1928 · aged 55

    1873

    Source: Léonore database

  141. Marwa Amri

    amateur wrestler

    37 years old

    1989

    Source: olympedia.org

  142. Osamu Hayaishi

    university teacher, biochemist

    1920–2015 · aged 95

    1920

    No external source identified

  143. Gianni Di Marzio

    association football player, association football coach

    1940–2022 · aged 82

    1940

    No external source identified

  144. Mikhail Ignatyev

    lawyer, politician

    1962–2020 · aged 58

    1962

    Source: Chuvash encyclopedia

  145. Tang Jinhua

    badminton player

    34 years old

    1992

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  146. Vasily Botkin

    journalist, art critic

    1812–1869 · aged 57

    1812

    Source: Q20747179

  147. Paul MacDonald

    canoeist, kayaker

    66 years old

    1960

    No external source identified

  148. Norberto Yácono

    association football player, association football coach

    1919–1985

    1919

    No external source identified

  149. Marcello Fondato

    film director, screenwriter

    1924–2008 · aged 84

    1924

    Source: SNAC

  150. 1746–1824 · aged 78

    1746

    Source: The Peerage

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