Famous Birthdays for 8th January 2023

1871 – James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish unionist politician and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1921-1940), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1940)
1891 – Storm Jameson, English writer (d. 1986)
1909 – Evelyn Wood, American educator (d. 1995)
1932 – Roberto Suárez Gómez, Bolivian drug lord called the “King of Cocaine” whose story was the basis of the movie “Scarface”, born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (d. 2000)
1933 – Jean-Marie Straub, French director (Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach), born in Metz, France
1934 – Jacques Anquetil, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1957, 61-64; first 5-time winner), born in Mont-Saint-Aignan, France (d. 1987)
1934 – Piet Dankert, Dutch politician (PvdA), born in Stiens, Netherlands (d. 2003)
1935 – Jesse Garon Presley, American stillborn twin brother of Elvis Presley, born in Tupelo, Mississippi (d. 1935)
1977 – Amber Benson, American actress, born in Birmingham, Alabama
1990 – Maci Wainwright, American singer, born in Edmond, Oklahoma

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