Cláudio Pitbull

Brazilian footballer.

Born January 8th, 1982 (age 44 years) in Porto Alegre.

Marwa Amri

Tunisian wrestler.

Born January 8th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Tunis. ^[ref]

Mikhail Ignatyev

President of the chuvash republic (2010–2020).

Born January 8th, 1962 in Malye Torkhany.

Died June 18th, 2020 at 58 years old in Saint Petersburg (heart failure, COVID-19).

Manuel Rojas

Chilean writer and journalist (1896–1973).

Born January 8th, 1896 in Buenos Aires.

Died March 11th, 1973 at 77 years old in Santiago.

Shadia Abu Ghazaleh

Palestinian political activist (1949–1968).

Born January 8th, 1949 in Nablus.

Died November 28th, 1968 at 19 years old in Nablus.

Giorgi Leonidze

Georgian poet, prose writer and literary scholar (1899–1966).

Born January 8th, 1900. ^[ref]

Died August 9th, 1966 at 66 years old in Tbilisi. ^[ref]

Gianfranco Chiarini

Italian chef.

Born January 8th, 1966 (age 60 years) in Ferrara.

Finlay Knox

Canadian swimmer.

Born January 8th, 2001 (age 25 years) in Leeds. ^[ref]

Jesper Jansson

Swedish footballer.

Born January 8th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Växjö.

Doreen Wilber

American archer (1930–2008).

Born January 8th, 1930 in Rutland.

Died October 19th, 2008 at 78 years old in Jefferson (Alzheimer's disease).

Rewan Amin

Iraqi football player.

Born January 8th, 1996 (age 30 years) in Duhok.

Sarah Höfflin

Swiss freestyle skier.

Born January 8th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Geneva.

Max Llovera

Andorran association football player.

Born January 8th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Andorra la Vella.

Taylor Worth

Australian archer.

Born January 8th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Busselton.

Jorge Aguilar

Chilean tennis player.

Born January 8th, 1985 (age 41 years) in Santiago.

Huang Sui

Badminton player.

Born January 8th, 1982 (age 44 years) in Hunan. ^[ref]

Elena Grushina

Ukrainian ice dancer.

Born January 8th, 1975 (age 51 years) in Odesa.

Isidore Mvouba

Prime minister of the republic of the congo.

Born January 8th, 1954 (age 72 years) in Kindamba.

Boris Verlinsky

Soviet chess player (1888–1950).

Born January 8th, 1888 in Bakhmut.

Died October 30th, 1950 at 62 years old in Moscow.

Andreja Leški

Slovenian judoka.

Born January 8th, 1997 (age 29 years) in Koper.

Fernando Andrade

Brazilian association football player.

Born January 8th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Brazil.

Ahn Jae-Hyung

South korean table tennis player.

Born January 8th, 1965 (age 61 years).

Ignacio Solozábal

Spanish basketball player.

Born January 8th, 1958 (age 68 years) in Barcelona.

Antti Kalliomäki

Finnish politician and athlete.

Born January 8th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Siikainen.

Julieta Castellanos

Honduran sociologist.

Born January 8th, 1954 (age 72 years) in San Francisco de Becerra.