| 3391 | January 8 | Birth | 1947 – Luke Williams, New Zealand-American wrestler |
| 3392 | January 8 | Birth | 1948 – Jerzy Kaczmarek, Polish fencer |
| 3393 | January 8 | Birth | 1948 – Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter |
| 3394 | January 8 | Birth | 1949 – John Podesta, American lawyer and politician 20th White House Chief of Staff |
| 3395 | January 8 | Birth | 1949 – Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer |
| 3396 | January 8 | Birth | 1950 – Jos Hermens, Dutch runner |
| 3397 | January 8 | Birth | 1951 – Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia |
| 3398 | January 8 | Birth | 1951 – John McTiernan, American director and producer |
| 3399 | January 8 | Birth | 1951 – Franz Pachl, German chess player |
| 3400 | January 8 | Birth | 1951 – Karen Tei Yamashita, American author and academic |
| 3401 | January 8 | Birth | 1952 – Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator |
| 3402 | January 8 | Birth | 1952 – Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic |
| 3403 | January 8 | Birth | 1952 – Mel Reynolds, American academic and politician |
| 3404 | January 8 | Birth | 1953 – Bruce Sutter, American baseball player |
| 3405 | January 8 | Birth | 1954 – Konstantinos Kypriotis, Greek martial artist (d. 1995) |
| 3406 | January 8 | Birth | 1955 – Joan Kingston, Canadian nurse, educator, and politician |
| 3407 | January 8 | Birth | 1955 – Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer and coach |
| 3408 | January 8 | Birth | 1955 – Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer |
| 3409 | January 8 | Birth | 1957 – Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer |
| 3410 | January 8 | Birth | 1957 – David Lang, American composer and academic |
| 3411 | January 8 | Birth | 1958 – Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler, trainer, and actor |
| 3412 | January 8 | Birth | 1959 – Kim Duk-koo, South Korean boxer (d. 1982) |
| 3413 | January 8 | Birth | 1959 – Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005) |
| 3414 | January 8 | Birth | 1959 – Keith Rodden, American NASCAR crew chief |
| 3415 | January 8 | Birth | 1960 – Dave Weckl, American drummer |
| 3416 | January 8 | Birth | 1961 – Keith Arkell, English chess player |
| 3417 | January 8 | Birth | 1961 – Calvin Smith, American sprinter |
| 3418 | January 8 | Birth | 1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese manga writer and artist |
| 3419 | January 8 | Birth | 1962 – Chris Marion, American singer and keyboard player |
| 3420 | January 8 | Birth | 1964 – Marc Quinn, English sculptor |