Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 8:
Singer Shirley Bassey is 88.
Game show host Bob Eubanks (``The Newlywed Game'') is 87.
Fashion designer Carolina Herrera is 86.
Country-gospel singer Cristy Lane is 85.
Singer Anthony Gourdine of Little Anthony and the Imperials is 84.
(Keith) Lee Jackson, bass player with the late '60s British rock group The Nice, is 82.
Actress Kathleen Noone is 80.
Guitarist Robby Krieger of The Doors is 79.
Terry Sylvester, rhythm guitarist with The Hollies, is 78.
Movie director John McTiernan is 74.
Actress Harriet Sansom Harris (``Desperate Housewives'') is 70.
Singer Mike Reno (Loverboy) is 70.
Singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is 60.
Actress Michelle Forbes (``True Blood,'' ''Homicide,`` ''Star Trek: The Next Generation``) is 60.
Actress Maria Pitillo (``Providence'') is 60.
Singer R. Kelly is 58.
Actress Ami Dolenz is 56.
Country singer Tift Merritt is 50.
Singer Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley is 49.
Actress Amber Benson (``Buffy The Vampire Slayer'') is 48.
Actor Scott Whyte is 47.
Actor-comedian Ron Pederson is 47.
Singer-songwriter Erin McCarley is 46.
Actress Sarah Polley is 46.
Actress Rachel Nichols is 45.
Actress Gaby Hoffmann (``Sleepless in Seattle,'' ''Field of Dreams``) is 43.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is 43.
Actor Freddie Stroma is 38.
Singer Noah Cyrus is 25.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1862, publisher Frank Nelson Doubleday. (Jan. 30, 1934)
In 1908, actor William Hartnell (``Dr. Who'') (April 23, 1975)
In 1910, ballerina Galina Ulanova. (March 21, 1998)
In 1912, actor Jose Ferrer. (Jan. 26, 1992)
In 1923, actor-comedian Larry Storch (``F Troop''). (July 8, 2022)
In 1924, actor Ron Moody. (June 11, 2015)
In 1926, comedian Soupy Sales. (Oct. 22, 2009)
In 1926, opera singer Evelyn Lear. (July 1, 2012)
In 1928, guitarist Luther Perkins. (Aug. 5, 1968)
In 1928, Quebec poet Gaston Miron. (Dec. 15, 1996)
In 1931, music industry promoter Bill Graham. (Oct. 25, 1991)
In 1933, former ``Sunday Morning'' host Charles Osgood. (Jan. 23, 2024)
In 1935, Elvis Presley, the King of Rock 'n' Roll. (Aug. 16, 1977)
In 1941, comedian Graham Chapman (Monty Python). (Oct. 4, 1989)
In 1942, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. (March 14, 2018)
In 1942, actress Yvette Mimieux (``The Time Machine,'' ''Where the Boys Are``). (Jan. 17, 2022)
In 1944, fiddler Eleanor Townsend. (Dec. 31, 1998)
In 1944, keyboardist Joel ``Taz'' DiGregorio (Charlie Daniels Band). (Oct. 12, 2011)
In 1945, NHL All-star forward Ron Ellis. (May 11, 2024)
In 1947, singer David Bowie. (Jan. 10, 2016)
In 1958, guitarist Marc Moreland (Wall of Voodoo). (March 13, 2002)
In 1959, drummer Paul Hester (Crowded House). (March 26, 2005)
In 1979, actor Windell D. Middlebrooks. (March 9, 2015)
In 1986, Canadian actress Jaclyn Linetsky (the voice of Caillou, a preschool animated series). (Sept. 8, 2003)
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