List of Famous people born on January 8th

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo

First Name Miguel
Last Name Gallardo
Born on January 7, 1946 (age 78)
Born in Mexico, Sinaloa

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, commonly referred to by his alias El Jefe de Jefes, is a convicted Mexican drug lord. He was one of the founders of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1970s. Throughout the 1980s, the cartel controlled much of the drug trafficking in Mexico and the corridors along the Mexico–United States border.

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Peng Shuai

First Name Peng
Last Name Shuai
Born on January 8, 1986 (age 38)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Peng Shuai is a Chinese professional female tennis player. She reached a career-high of world No. 1 in the doubles ranking by the WTA as the first Chinese tennis player in February 2014. In August 2011, she peaked at No. 14 of the singles rankings. Peng has won two singles and 22 doubles titles. She won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the final. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Peng won her first ladies' doubles championship with Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and again won at the 2014 French Open with Hsieh. Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament in singles came at the 2014 US Open when she reached the semifinals, becoming the third Chinese tennis player in history to make a major semifinal after Zheng Jie and Li Na.

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Kim Jong-un

First Name Kim
Last Name Jong-un
Born on January 8, 1984 (age 40)
Born in North Korea

Kim Jong-un is a North Korean politician serving as Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea since 2012. He is the second child of Kim Jong-il (1941–2011), who was North Korea's second supreme leader from 1994 to 2011, and Ko Yong-hui (1952–2004). He is a grandson of Kim Il-sung, who was the founder and first supreme leader of North Korea from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.

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Cynthia Erivo

First Name Cynthia
Last Name Erivo
Born on January 8, 1987 (age 37)
Height 152 cm | 5'0

Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo is an English actress, singer and songwriter. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Emmy Award, a Tony Award and a Grammy Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards.

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Bruce Kingsbury

First Name Bruce
Last Name Kingsbury
Born on January 8, 1918
Died on August 29, 1942 (aged 24)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Bruce Steel Kingsbury, VC was an Australian soldier of the Second World War. Serving initially in the Middle East, he later gained renown for his actions during the Battle of Isurava, one of many battles forming the Kokoda Track Campaign in the south-east of the island of New Guinea, then part of the Australian Territory of Papua. His bravery during the battle was recognised with the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. The first serviceman to receive the VC for actions on Australian territory, Kingsbury was a member of the 2/14th Infantry Battalion.

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Betsy DeVos

Elisabeth Dee Prince
First Name Betsy
Born on January 8, 1958 (age 66)

Elisabeth Dee DeVos is a former American government official who served as the 11th United States secretary of education from 2017 to 2021. DeVos is known for her support for school choice, school voucher programs, and charter schools. She was Republican national committeewoman for Michigan from 1992 to 1997 and served as chair of the Michigan Republican Party from 1996 to 2000, with reelection to the post in 2003. She has advocated for the Detroit charter school system and she is a former member of the board of the Foundation for Excellence in Education. She has served as chair of the board of the Alliance for School Choice and the Acton Institute and headed the All Children Matter PAC.

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Naveen Kumar Gowda

First Name Naveen
Last Name Gowda
Born on January 8, 1986 (age 38)
Born in India

Naveen Kumar Gowda, better known by the stage name Yash, is an Indian film actor who works in Kannada cinema.

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Noah Cyrus

Noah Lindsey Cyrus
First Name Noah
Last Name Cyrus
Born on January 8, 2000 (age 24)

Noah Lindsey Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. In 2016, she released her debut single "Make Me (Cry)", featuring vocals from Labrinth.

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Elisabeth Pähtz

First Name Elisabeth
Born on January 8, 1985 (age 39)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Elisabeth Pähtz has been the strongest German female chess player since her youth. In 2002 Pähtz became the World Youth Champion of the girls' under-18 age group, and in 2005 the World Junior Girls Champion. She won the 2018 European Women's Championship in rapid chess. In 2021 she scored her third grandmaster norm; if confirmed she will become the first German woman to earn the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).

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Pascal Obispo

First Name Pascal
Last Name Obispo
Born on January 8, 1965 (age 59)

Pascal Michel Obispo is a French singer-songwriter.

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