Did you know
Noah Cyrus's first full-length album, The Hardest Part, was released on September 16, 2022, to widespread critical acclaim.
Famous Birthdays on January 8
2000 — Noah Cyrus
American singer, songwriter, and actress
January 8 has 185 recorded notable births across history, from 1037 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on January 8
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- 1547 The first Lithuanian-language book, the Catechism of Martynas Mažvydas, is published in Königsberg. Source
- 1972 Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh. Source
- 1811 Charles Deslondes leads an unsuccessful slave revolt in the North American settlements of St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana. Source
- 2002 President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act. Source
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José Ferrer was one of the most celebrated and esteemed Hispanic American actors during his lifetime and after, with a career spanning nearly 60 years between 1935 and 1992.
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Saeed Jaffrey's career covered film, radio, stage and television roles over six decades and more than 150 British, American, and Indian movies.
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Elisabeth Dee DeVos is an American politician, philanthropist, and former government official who served as the 11th United States secretary of education from 2017 to 2021.
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In the early 1960s, he moved to San Francisco and in 1965, began to manage the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
More major people born on January 8
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1912
José Ferrer
Puerto Rican-American actor and director (died 1992)
José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television.
1929
Saeed Jaffrey
Indian-British actor (died 2015)
Saeed Jaffrey was a British-Indian actor. His career covered film, radio, stage and television roles over six decades and more than 150 British, American, and Indian movies.
1958
Betsy DeVos
American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
Elisabeth Dee DeVos is an American politician, philanthropist, and former government official who served as the 11th United States secretary of education from 2017 to 2021.
1931
Bill Graham
German-American businessman (died 1991)
Bill Graham was an American concert promoter. In the early 1960s, he moved to San Francisco and in 1965, began to manage the San Francisco Mime Troupe.
1904
Karl Brandt
German physician and SS officer (died 1948)
Karl Brandt was a German physician and Schutzstaffel (SS) officer in Nazi Germany. Trained in surgery, Brandt joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and became Adolf Hitler's "escort doctor" (Begleitarzt) in August 1934.
1968
Bull Nakano
Japanese professional wrestler
Keiko Aoki is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional golfer better known as Bull Nakano . She began competing in All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) as a teenager under the ring name Bull Nakano.
1953
Bruce Sutter
American baseball pitcher (died 2022)
Howard Bruce Sutter was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Atlanta Braves from 1976 to 1988.
1587
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (died 1629)
Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a Dutch naval officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early 17th century, serving two terms as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies.
1830
Hans von Bülow
German pianist and composer (died 1894)
Freiherr Hans Guido von Bülow was a German conductor, pianist, and composer of the Romantic era.
1763
Edmond-Charles Genêt
French-American translator and diplomat (died 1834)
Edmond-Charles Genêt, also known as Citizen Genêt, was the French envoy to the United States appointed by the Girondins during the French Revolution.
1871
James Craig
1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1940)
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC (NI), DL, was a leading Irish unionist and a key architect of Northern Ireland as a devolved region within the United Kingdom.
1792
Lowell Mason
American composer and educator (died 1872)
Lowell Mason was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music. Lowell composed over 1,600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today.
1991
Josh Hazlewood
Australian cricketer
Josh Reginald Hazlewood is an Australian international cricketer. He is a pace bowler known for his accuracy and has been compared to former Australian paceman Glenn McGrath.
1924
Ron Moody
English actor and singer (died 2015)
Ron Moody was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Lionel Bart's 1960 stage musical Oliver!, originating the role in the initial London production and reprising it in the 1968 film…
1999
Ignas Brazdeikis
Lithuanian-Canadian basketball player
Ignas "Iggy" Brazdeikis is a Lithuanian-Canadian professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB and Basketball Champions League (BCL). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines.
1883
Patrick J. Hurley
American general, politician, and diplomat, 51st United States Secretary of War (died 1963)
Patrick Jay Hurley was an American attorney, Republican Party politician, military officer, and diplomat.
1979
Sarah Polley
Canadian actress and director
Sarah Ellen Polley is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, political activist and actress.
1909
Evelyn Wood
American author and educator (died 1995)
Evelyn Nielsen Wood was an American educator and businessperson, widely known for popularizing speed reading, although she preferred the phrase "dynamic reading".
1931
Clarence Benjamin Jones
American lawyer and scholar
Clarence Benjamin Jones was an American lawyer and the personal counsel, advisor, draft speech writer and close friend of Martin Luther King Jr.