Famous Birthdays for January 8James Longstreet 1821 - U.S. Civil War general Wilkie Collins 1824 Jose Ferrer 1909 - Actor, director Larry Storch 1923 - Actor ("F Troop") Ron Moody 1924 - Actor ("Oliver Twist") Soupy Sales (Milton Hines) 1926 - Comedian (Host: The Soupy Sales Show) Walter Hergesheimer 1927 - Hockey player Sander Vanocur 1928 - Broadcast journalist (ABC News) Doreen Wilbur 1930 - Archery Charles Osgood 1933 - Broadcast journalist (CBS News Sunday Morning) Gene Freese 1934 - Baseball Elvis Presley 1935 - Musician, known as "the King of rock 'n' roll" Shirley Bassey 1937 - Singer Bob Eubanks 1938 - Game show host ("The Newlywed Game") Cristy Lane 1940 Country-gospel singer Anthony Gourdine 1940 Singer (Little Anthony and The Imperials) Yvette Mimieux 1941 - Actress ("The Time Machine", "The Most Deadly Game") Stephen Hawking 1942 - Theoretical physicist, writer ("A Brief History of Time") Ron Ellis 1945 - Hockey player Robby Krieger 1946 - Musician (The Doors) David Bowie (David Robert Jones) 1947 Singer, movies ("The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Labyrinth", "Basquiat"), Broadway ("The Elephant Man") Terry Sylvester 1947 (Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans) Joe Reed 1948 - Football player Wilbur Howard 1949 - Baseball player John McTiernan 1951 - Director Bruce Sutter 1953 - Baseball player Calvin Smith 1961 Maria Patillo 1965 - Actress Michelle Forbes 1965 - Actress R. Kelly 1967 - Singer Ami Dolenz 1969 - Actress Jeff Abercrombie - Musician (Fuel) Jason Giambi 1971 - Baseball player Jenny Lewis 1976 - Actress Sarah Polley 1979 - Actress Gaby Hoffman 1982 - Actress Genevieve Nicole Cortese Padalecki - Actress ("Supernatural") |
