Cristy Lane (84)
January 8th, 1940

American musician – Cristy Lane was born in Peoria (County seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States) on January 8th, 1940 and is 84 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 8

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

42

Elvis Presley

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

*January 8th, 1935, Tupelo †August 16th, 1977, Memphis

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

75

Heino Aunin

Estonian badminton player

*January 8th, 1935, Valga †May 2nd, 2010, Tallinn

42

Huang Sui

Badminton player

*January 8th, 1982, Hunan

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

*January 8th, 1928, Oslo †April 10th, 2017, Oslo

34

Chou Tien-Chen

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 8th, 1990, Taipei

72

Klaus-Peter Flosbach

German politician

*January 8th, 1952, Wipperfürth

53

Jacques Anquetil

French cyclist (1934-1987)

*January 8th, 1934, Mont-Saint-Aignan †November 18th, 1987, Rouen

25

Arne Maier

German association football player

*January 8th, 1999, Ludwigsfelde

40

Kim Jong-un

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea

*January 8th, 1984, Pyongyang

87

Shirley Bassey

Welsh singer

*January 8th, 1937, Tiger Bay

91

Ron Moody

British actor (1924–2015)

*January 8th, 1924, London †June 11th, 2015, London

45

Adrian Mutu

Romanian footballer

*January 8th, 1979, Călinești

85

Carolina Herrera

Venezuelan-American fashion designer

*January 8th, 1939, Caracas

52

Joseph Déchelette

French archaeologist and prehistorian

*January 8th, 1862, Roanne †October 3rd, 1914, Nouvron-Vingré

81

Herbert Ernst Wiegand

German educationist

*January 8th, 1936, Frankfurt †January 3rd, 2018, Heidelberg

37

Cynthia Erivo

British actress and singer

*January 8th, 1987, Stockwell

83

Severino Andreoli

Olympic cyclist

*January 8th, 1941, Caprino Veronese

78

Miguel Emmanuel Figueroa Perez

Mexican drug lord

*January 8th, 1946, Culiacán

47

Amber Benson

American actress

*January 8th, 1977, Birmingham

44

Hugo Grimm

German actor

*January 8th, 1980, Ndanda

36

Lars Bender

German footballer (1988–)

*January 8th, 1988, Koblenz

82

Albrecht Glaser

German politician (CDU, AfD)

*January 8th, 1942, Worms

54

Roy Kinnear

British actor (1934–1988)

*January 8th, 1934, Wigan †September 20th, 1988, Madrid

48

Graham Chapman

English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)

*January 8th, 1941, Stoneygate †October 4th, 1989, Maidstone

81

Hubert Ausböck

German boxer

*January 8th, 1908, Munich †February 1st, 1989

44

Karl Brandt

German Nazi SS officer and physician, executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity (1904–1948)

*January 8th, 1904, Mulhouse †June 2nd, 1948, Landsberg Prison

Also born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

82

Michael Gambon

British actor (1940–2023)

*October 19th, 1940, Dublin †September 27th, 2023, Witham

83

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

84

Joachim Gauck

German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President 2012-2017

*January 24th, 1940, Rostock

83

Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019

*July 6th, 1940, Ushqonyr

79

René Auberjonois

American actor

*June 1st, 1940, New York City †December 8th, 2019, Los Angeles

77

John Mahoney

American actor (1940–2018)

*June 20th, 1940, Blackpool †February 4th, 2018, Chicago

83

Kip S. Thorne

American physicist

*June 1st, 1940, Logan

84

Margrethe II of Denmark

Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024

*April 16th, 1940, Amalienborg

Cristy Lane