Xu Xin

Chinese table tennis player.

Born January 8th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Xuzhou.

Jacques Anquetil

French cyclist (1934-1987).

Born January 8th, 1934 in Mont-Saint-Aignan.

Died November 18th, 1987 at 53 years old in Rouen (stomach cancer).

Genevieve Padalecki

American actress.

Born January 8th, 1981 (age 45 years) in San Francisco.

Dennis Wheatley

English author of thrillers and occult novels (1897–1977).

Born January 8th, 1897 in London.

Died November 10th, 1977 at 80 years old in Greater London.

Stefan Johansen

Norwegian association football player (born 1991).

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

Robin Ellis

British actor.

Born January 8th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Ipswich.

Quincy Wilson

American athlete.

Born January 8th, 2008 (age 18 years) in Potomac.

Ron Sexsmith

Canadian singer-songwriter.

Born January 8th, 1964 (age 62 years) in St. Catharines.

Martin Sellner

Austrian political activist and active in the alt-right movement.

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

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

4th prime minister of the dominion of ceylon (now sri lanka) from 1956-59.

Born January 8th, 1899 in Colombo.

Died September 26th, 1959 at 60 years old in Colombo.

William A. Clark

American mining magnate and politician (1839–1925).

Born January 8th, 1839 in Connellsville. ^[ref]

Died March 2nd, 1925 at 86 years old in New York City. ^[ref]

Melissa Hill

Former american adult film actress and director.

Born January 8th, 1970 (age 56 years) in San Francisco. ^[ref]

Michael Mancienne

English footballer.

Born January 8th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Isleworth.

Bob Taft

American politician in ohio (born 1942).

Born January 8th, 1942 (age 84 years) in Boston.

Stefanie Dolson

American basketball player.

Born January 8th, 1992 (age 34 years) in Port Jervis.

Ignas Brazdeikis

Lithuanian-canadian basketball player (1999-).

Born January 8th, 1999 (age 27 years) in Kaunas.

Boris Vallejo

Peruvian-american painter (born 1941).

Born January 8th, 1941 (age 85 years) in Lima.

Luther Perkins

American musician (1928–1968).

Born January 8th, 1928 in Memphis.

Died August 5th, 1968 at 40 years old in Nashville.

Kamil Grabara

Polish association football player.

Born January 8th, 1999 (age 27 years) in Ruda Śląska.

Jake Daniels

English association footballer.

Born January 8th, 2005 (age 21 years) in Bispham.

Umang Jain

Indian model and actress.

Born January 8th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Mumbai.

Steven Kanumba

Film actor, writer and director (1984-2012).

Born January 8th, 1984 in Shinyanga.

Died April 7th, 2012 at 28 years old in Dar es Salaam (falling from height). ^[ref]

Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers

British occultist (1854-1918).

Born January 8th, 1854 in London.

Died November 5th, 1918 at 64 years old in Paris (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).

Dave Weckl

American musician.

Born January 8th, 1960 (age 66 years) in St. Louis.

Kerwin Mathews

American actor (1926–2007).

Born January 8th, 1926 in Seattle.

Died July 5th, 2007 at 81 years old in San Francisco (myocardial infarction). ^[ref]