The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people who died on January 8th

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642)

Italian astronomer and physicist
Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney (1765 - 1825)

American inventor
Yvonne De Carlo

Yvonne De Carlo (1922 - 2007)

Canadian-American actress and singer
Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai (1898 - 1976)

Chinese Premier
Howlin' Wolf

Howlin' Wolf (1910 - 1976)

American singer-songwriter and musician
Kurt Schwitters

Kurt Schwitters (1887 - 1948)

German painter and writer
Buck Henry

Buck Henry (1930 - 2020)

American actor, screenwriter, and director
Edd Byrnes

Edd Byrnes (1932 - 2020)

American actor
Steve Clark

Steve Clark (1960 - 1991)

English guitarist
Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)

Italian violinist and composer
Pat Buttram

Pat Buttram (1915 - 1994)

American actor
Jim Elliot

Jim Elliot (1927 - 1956)

American missionary
Andrae Crouch

Andrae Crouch (1942 - 2015)

American musician
Marilyn Bergman

Marilyn Bergman (1928 - 2022)

American songwriter
Adan Canto

Adan Canto (1981 - 2024)

Mexican-American actor and director
Charles E. Merriam

Charles E. Merriam (1874 - 1953)

Political scientist
Joseph Schumpeter

Joseph Schumpeter (1883 - 1950)

Austrian economist