Eladio Reyes

Peruvian footballer.

Born January 8th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Chincha Alta.

Clarice Benini

Italian chess player (1905-1976).

Born January 8th, 1905 in Florence.

Died September 6th, 1976 at 71 years old in Rufina.

Jaroslav Miller

Czech historian and university educator.

Born January 8th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Šumperk. ^[ref]

Andrés González

Colombian footballer.

Born January 8th, 1984 (age 42 years) in Cali.

Dmitriy Reiherd

Kazakh freestyle skier.

Born January 8th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Oskemen.

Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong

Ghanaian politician.

Born January 8th, 1958 (age 68 years) in Mampong. ^[ref]

Artur Shahinyan

Olympic wrestler.

Born January 8th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Armenia.

Paul Henri Lecomte

French botanist (1856-1934).

Born January 8th, 1856 in Saint-Nabord.

Died June 12th, 1934 at 78 years old in Paris.

Arnold Kadlec

Czech ice hockey player.

Born January 8th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Most. ^[ref]

Valentyna Tserbe-Nessina

Ukrainian biathlete.

Born January 8th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Poliske.

Seigo Kobayashi

Japanese association football player.

Born January 8th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Kobe.

Jerzy Kaczmarek

Polish fencer.

Born January 8th, 1948 (age 78 years) in Lubsko.

Bruno Saul

Estonian soviet politician and businessman (1932–2022).

Born January 8th, 1932 in Narva.

Died March 3rd, 2022 at 90 years old in Tallinn. ^[ref]

Javier Imbroda

Spanish basketball coach.

Born January 8th, 1961 in Melilla.

Died April 2nd, 2022 at 61 years old in Málaga (prostate cancer). ^[ref]

André Wohllebe

East german canoeist (1962-2014).

Born January 8th, 1962 in East Berlin.

Died December 29th, 2014 at 52 years old in Berlin (pancreatic cancer).

Andrey Shuvalov

Fencer.

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

Josef Reiter

Austrian judoka.

Born January 8th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Niederwaldkirchen.

Maurice Kufferath

Belgian conductor, musicologist, music critic and librettist (1852-1919).

Born January 8th, 1852 in Brussels, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode.

Died December 8th, 1919 at 67 years old in Brussels.

Heinrich Schröter

Mathematician (1829-1892).

Born January 8th, 1829 in Königsberg.

Died January 3rd, 1892 at 62 years old in Wrocław.

Filip Sasínek

Czech middle-distance runner.

Born January 8th, 1996 (age 30 years) in Uherské Hradiště. ^[ref]

Asger Christensen

Danish politician.

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

Hanna Marusava

Belarusian archer.

Born January 8th, 1978 (age 48 years) in Mogilev.

Fethi Missaoui

Tunisian boxer.

Born January 8th, 1974 (age 52 years) in Tunisia.

Friedrich Ris

Swiss entomologist (1867–1931).

Born January 8th, 1867 in Glarus.

Died January 30th, 1931 at 64 years old in Rheinau. ^[ref]

Taiki Yamada

Japanese association football player.

Born January 8th, 2002 (age 24 years) in Chiba Prefecture.