List of Famous people born on January 8th

Niklas Fernando Nygård Castro is a football forward who currently plays for Aalesund. Born in Norway, Castro represents the Chile national team.

Rosa Lúcia Benedetti Magalhães is a Brazilian professor and artist. She is best known as the most successful carnival designer in Rio de Janeiro, with six championships won since 1984, when the Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí was built. Designing carnival parades since 1971, Rosa likes telling historic events in her designs, such as the discovery of Brazil (2000), the life and creations of Hans Christian Andersen (2005), Don Quixote (2010), and the corruption scandal that led to the construction of the Versailles Palace in France (2017).

Chloé Coulloud is a French actress, known for her role in the 2011 French horror movie Livide.

Pai Ya-tsan is a Taiwanese political activist. During his imprisonment, Amnesty International designated Pai a prisoner of conscience.

Rómulo Alberto Roux Moses is a Panamanian politician, chairman of the party Democratic Change since January 2018. He was the party's candidate for the 2019 general election.

John Campbell McTiernan Jr. is an American filmmaker. He is best known for his action films, especially Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), and The Hunt for Red October (1990). His later well-known films include the action-comedy-fantasy film Last Action Hero (1993), the action film sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), the heist-film remake The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), and The 13th Warrior (1999). His last completed feature film was the mystery-thriller Basic, released in 2003.

Guilherme Machado Cardoso Fontes is a Brazilian actor and director.

Alexander Trent Tyus is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Liga ACB. He was the 2018 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP. Having been naturalized as an Israeli citizen, he also represented the senior Israeli national basketball team. Standing at 2.03 meters tall, he is an athletic frontcourt player and good rebounder.

Fabio de Miguel, alias Fanny McNamara or Fabio McNamara is a Spanish artist.

Robert Alan Krieger is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the guitarist of the rock band the Doors; as such he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Krieger wrote or co-wrote many of the Doors' songs, including the hits "Light My Fire", "Love Me Two Times", "Touch Me", and "Love Her Madly". After the Doors disbanded, Krieger continued his performing and recording career with other musicians including former Doors bandmates John Densmore and Ray Manzarek. He was listed by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.