Famous people born on 8 January

Elvis Presley leads the birthdays of 8 January. Fame score 89.4, ahead of Stephen Hawking by 2.7.

1. 1Elvis PresleyMusicians · United States1935-1977

   89.41935-1977

2. 2Stephen HawkingScientists · United Kingdom1942-2018

   86.71942-2018

3. 3David BowieMusicians · United Kingdom1947-2016

   85.81947-2016

Also born on 8 January

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44thKim Jong-unSupreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 b. 1984North Korea ★ #1Politicians85.4

55thCynthia ErivoBritish actress and singer-songwriter b. 1987United KingdomActors81.8

66thNoah CyrusAmerican singer and actress b. 2000United StatesMusicians78.1

77thDamiano DavidItalian singer-songwriter b. 1999Italy ★ #1Musicians78.0

88thMaria OzawaJapanese AV idol and pornographic actress b. 1986Japan ★ #1Actors77.7

99thValkyraeAmerican video game streamer b. 1992United StatesStreamers76.6

1010thShirley BasseyWelsh singer b. 1937United KingdomMusicians76.2

1111thPascal ObispoFrench singer, producer and songwriter b. 1965France ★ #1Musicians75.5

1212thKim Ga-eunSouth Korean actress b. 1989South Korea ★ #1Actors73.8

1313thYasushi TaoJapanese baseball player b. 1954JapanAthletes72.3

1414thBull NakanoJapanese professional wrestler and golfer b. 1968JapanAthletes72.2

1515thOrkun IşıtmakTurkish YouTuber b. 1996Turkey ★ #1YouTubers72.1

1616thJenny LewisAmerican musician and actress b. 1976United StatesMusicians71.6

1717thAlfred Russel WallaceBritish naturalist, explorer, geographer 1823-1913United KingdomHistorical Figures71.2

1818thRyō TamuraActors · turned 54JapanActors69.9

1919thR. KellyAmerican singer, songwriter, record producer, sex offender b. 1967United StatesMusicians68.4

2020thAyana ShinozakiJapanese singer and AKB48 Team A member b. 1996JapanMusicians68.3

2121stTeresa SalgueiroPortuguese singer b. 1969Portugal ★ #1Musicians68.1

2222ndRon SexsmithCanadian singer-songwriter b. 1964Canada ★ #1Musicians68.0

2323rdJunichiro KoizumiPrime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006 b. 1942JapanPoliticians67.7

2424thLeonid FedorovMusicians · turned 63Russia ★ #1Musicians66.8

2525thGeorgy MalenkovSoviet politician (1902-1988)RussiaPoliticians66.6

2626thPope Callixtus IIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458 from...Spain ★ #1Religious Figures66.1

2727thRintarō OgataJapanese politician b. 1973JapanPoliticians65.5

2828thSu ShiChinese writer and politician (1037-1101)China ★ #1Writers64.8

2929thMaximilian KolbePolish Conventual Franciscan friar 1894-1941RussiaAcademics64.4

3030thMiguel Ángel Félix GallardoMexican drug lord b. 1946Mexico ★ #164.2

3131stIrina SlavinaRussian journalist 1973-2020RussiaJournalists64.1

3232ndBetsy DeVosAmerican politician and philanthropist b. 1958United StatesPoliticians63.8

3333rdAlbrecht GlaserGerman politician (CDU, AfD) b. 1942Germany ★ #1Politicians63.6

3434thRainer KraftGerman politician b. 1974GermanyPoliticians63.3

3535thAnnabel ScholeyBritish actress b. 1984United KingdomActors63.2

3636thArchie RoachAustralian singer, songwriter; Gunditjmara-Bundjalung... 1956-2022Australia ★ #1Musicians63.2

3737thAya ShoaibEgyptian writer b. 1988Egypt ★ #1Writers63.2

3838thGaby HoffmannAmerican actress b. 1982United StatesActors62.9

3939thCarl RogersAmerican psychologist (1902-1987)United StatesAcademics62.8

4040thYashIndian actor b. 1986India ★ #1Actors62.6

4141stKokeSpanish footballer b. 1992SpainFootballers62.5

4242ndEmily Greene BalchAmerican economist and writer 1867-1961United StatesAcademics62.1

4343rdMichelle ForbesAmerican actress b. 1965United StatesActors62.1

4444thKhalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al NahyanEmirati politician b. 1982Politicians62.0

4545thDavid SilvaSpanish footballer b. 1986SpainFootballers62.0

4646thPeng ShuaiChinese female tennis player b. 1986ChinaTennis Players61.9

4747thGraham ChapmanEnglish actor, comedian and writer (1941-1989)United KingdomActors61.8

4848thWilliam HartnellEnglish actor (1908-1975)United KingdomActors61.2

4949thAdrian MutuRomanian footballer b. 1979Romania ★ #1Footballers61.1

5050thSathiyan GnanasekaranIndian table tennis player b. 1993India61.1

5151stEliot HigginsBritish citizen journalist and former blogger b. 1979United KingdomJournalists61.0

5252ndBaltasar GraciánAragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer... 1604-1658SpainWriters60.6

5353rdManuela ArcuriItalian actress and model b. 1977ItalyActors60.6

5454thAsuka KudōJapanese actor b. 1991JapanActors60.6

5555thIgor KurchatovSoviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960)RussiaScientists60.3

5656thMyriam SyllaItalian volleyball player b. 1995Italy60.1

5757thJirès Kembo EkokoFrench footballer b. 1988FranceFootballers60.1

5858thElena of MontenegroQueen consort of Italy (1900-1946) and Servant of God 1873-1952Historical Figures60.0

5959thPrince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and AvondaleBritish prince (1864-1892); eldest child of the future...United KingdomHistorical Figures60.0

6060thSarah PolleyCanadian actress, film director and screenwriter b. 1979CanadaActors60.0

6161stJosé FerrerAmerican actor and director (1912-1992)United StatesActors59.9

6262ndRieke Diah PitalokaIndonesian politician b. 1974Indonesia ★ #1Politicians59.8

6363rdWalther BotheGerman physicist, mathematician and chemist (1891-1957)GermanyScientists59.8

6464thRachel NicholsAmerican actress and model b. 1980United StatesActors59.5

6565thSam RileyEnglish actor b. 1980United KingdomActors59.2

6666thRoy KinnearBritish actor (1934-1988)United KingdomActors59.1

6767thZaara YesminIndian actress b. 1997IndiaActors59.0

6868thStuart MartinBritish film actor, television actor and dub actor b. 1986United KingdomActors58.8

6969thWilkie CollinsBritish writer (1824-1889)Writers58.7

7070thKamil GrabaraPolish footballer b. 1999Poland ★ #1Footballers58.6

7171stMiguel Primo de RiveraSpanish politician; dictator, aristocrat 1870-1930SpainPoliticians58.6

7272ndAnne SchedeenAmerican actress 1949-2026United StatesActors58.6

7373rdRon Cephas JonesAmerican actor (1957-2023)United StatesActors58.2

7474thJohn CarrollFirst Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United... 1735-1815United StatesReligious Figures58.1

7575thQ1222900German comedian and actor b. 1972GermanyComedians58.1

7676thAnna YamadaJapanese actress b. 2001JapanActors57.8

7777thYvette MimieuxAmerican actress (1942-2022)United StatesActors57.8

7878thMichael KearnsAmerican journalist 1950-2026United StatesJournalists

7979thNora MiaoHong Kong actress b. 1952ChinaActors57.6

8080thGDRNIcelandic singer and actress b. 1996Iceland ★ #1Musicians57.6

8181stCarolina HerreraVenezuelan-American fashion designer b. 1939Venezuela ★ #1Designers57.5

8282ndAdrián López ÁlvarezSpanish footballer b. 1988SpainFootballers57.5

8383rdGenevieve PadaleckiAmerican actress b. 1981United StatesActors57.4

8484thRobby KriegerAmerican guitarist b. 1946United StatesMusicians57.3

8585thRon MoodyBritish actor (1924-2015)United KingdomActors57.3

8686thJohn McTiernanAmerican filmmaker b. 1951United StatesDirectors57.3

8787thWilliam BoninAmerican serial killer (1947-1996)United States57.1

8888thGiuseppe FavalliItalian footballer b. 1972ItalyFootballers56.8

8989thKarl BrandtGerman Nazi SS officer and physician 1904-1948GermanyDoctors56.8

9090thAmin MirzazadehIranian amateur wrestler b. 1998Iran ★ #156.8

9191stHans von BülowGerman conductor and pianist (1830-1894)GermanyMusicians56.7

9292ndS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon... 1899-1959Sri Lanka ★ #1Politicians56.7

9393rdFreddie StromaBritish actor b. 1987United KingdomActors56.7

9494thSayuri KamataJapanese politician b. 1965JapanPoliticians56.7

9595thAllanBrazilian footballer b. 1991Brazil ★ #1Footballers56.7

9696thJoseph WeizenbaumGerman-American computer scientist (1923-2008)GermanyWriters56.6

9797thSaeed JaffreyIndian actor (1929-2015)IndiaActors56.5

9898thAndrew WoodAmerican musician and singer (1966-1990)United StatesMusicians56.5

9999thJacques AnquetilFrench cyclist (1934-1987)FranceAthletes56.5

100100thMartín LandaluceSpanish tennis player b. 2006SpainTennis Players56.5

Died on this day

Who died on 8 January, ranked the same way.

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