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Famous people born on May 8
Short answer
Well-known people born on May 8 include Harry S. Truman (1884), Friedrich Hayek (1899), Henry Dunant (1828) and Enrique Iglesias (1975). Our list below has 99 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives May 8 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1587 (Victor Amadeus I of Savoy) and the most recent is 2005 (Oliver Bearman). The most common fields on this date: football, singer, actor.
Who was born on May 8?
- Harry S. Truman 1884 President of the United States from 1945 to 1953; politician
- Friedrich Hayek 1899 Austrian and British economist
- Henry Dunant 1828 Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross
- Enrique Iglesias 1975 Spanish singer, songwriter and producer
- David Attenborough 1926 British broadcaster and naturalist
- John Michael Talbot 1954 American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter
- Thomas Pynchon 1937 American novelist
- Fernandel 1903 French actor and singer
- Don Rickles 1926 American stand-up comedian
- Meles Zenawi 1955 Ethiopian politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia
- Roberto Rossellini 1906 Italian film director
- Luis Enrique 1970 Spanish footballer and manager
- Franco Baresi 1960 Italian association football player
- Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla 1753 Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence
- Andrea Barzagli 1981 Italian association football player
- João Havelange 1916 Brazilian businessman and athlete
- Robert Johnson 1911 American blues singer and guitarist
- Bill de Blasio 1961 109th Mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022
- Lúcio 1978 Brazilian footballer
- André Lwoff 1902 French microbiologist
- Jean-Marie Vianney 1786 French priest and saint
- 6ix9ine 1996 American rapper from New York
- Hisashi Kurosaki 1968 Japanese association football player and manager
- Stephen Amell 1981 Canadian actor
- H. Robert Horvitz 1947 American biologist
- Cláudio Taffarel 1966 Brazilian association football player and manager
- Ricky Nelson 1940 American musician and actor
- William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire 1720 Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Inessa Armand 1874 French communist politician, editor
- Jack Charlton 1935 English footballer and manager
- Keith Jarrett 1945 American jazz/classical pianist and composer
- Jean Giraud 1938 French comics author
- Miyoshi Umeki 1929 Japanese-American actress and singer
- Leon Festinger 1919 American psychologist
- Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia 1779 Russian grand duke
- Oliver Bearman 2005 British racing driver
- Sandro Tonali 2000 Italian association football player
- Saul Bass 1920 American graphic designer and filmmaker
- Olivia Culpo 1992 American model
- Ali Hassan Mwinyi 1925 Tanzanian statesman
- Michel Gondry 1963 French film director, screenwriter and producer
- Gary Snyder 1930 American poet
- Mark Noble 1987 English association football player
- Charbel Makhluf 1828 Lebanese Maronite monk and saint
- Pedro Lascuráin 1856 President of Mexico for 45 minutes in 1913
- Danny Faure 1962 4th President of Seychelles
- Rebeca Andrade 1999 Brazilian artistic gymnast
- Aloysius Stepinac 1898 Croatian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Zagreb and blessed
- Victor Amadeus I of Savoy 1587 Duke of Savoy
- Marie Myriam 1957 French singer
- Hiromu Arakawa 1973 Japanese manga artist
- Matthew Davis 1978 American actor
- Pat Barker 1943 British writer
- Kyoko Kuroda 1970 Japanese association football player
- Melissa Gilbert 1964 American actress
- Fulton J. Sheen 1895 American roman catholic bishop and television presenter
- Darren Hayes 1972 Australian pop singer
- Manfred Gerlach 1928 German jurist and politician
- Guillaume Kigbafori Soro 1972 Ivorian politician
- Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco 2003 Moroccan prince
- Lex Barker 1919 American actor
- Peter Benchley 1940 American author
- William Walker 1824 American filibuster, physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary
- Nora Arnezeder 1989 French actress and singer
- Roddy Doyle 1958 Irish author
- Claude Louis Hector de Villars 1653 Marshal General of France
- Joe Bonamassa 1977 American musician
- Brian Tyler 1972 American composer
- Bernardin Gantin 1922 Beninese Catholic prelate and Servant of God
- Mary Lou Williams 1910 American jazz pianist and composer
- Kalkidan Gezahegne 1991 Ethiopian distance runner
- François Mignet 1796 French historian and journalist
- Kwame Anthony Appiah 1954 Ghanian-British-American philosopher and writer
- David Keith 1954 American actor and film director
- Edmund Wilson 1895 American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters
- Maicon Pereira de Oliveira 1988 Brazilian footballer
- Eve Kivi 1938 Estonian actress
- Benoît Paire 1989 French tennis player
- Andrea Pollack 1961 East German swimmer
- Florence Parly 1963 French politician
- Thodoris Papaloukas 1977 Greek basketball player
- Paul Harrington 1960 Irish singer
- Stanisław Sosabowski 1892 Polish general
- Kim Seon-ho 1986 South Korean actor, born 1986
- Stephen Furst 1954 American actor
- John C. Bogle 1929 American investor and money manager
- Josie Maran 1978 American model, actress, and entrepreneur
- Candice Night 1971 American musician
- Philip Bailey 1951 American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
- Gastón Mazzacane 1975 Argentine racing driver
- Džanan Musa 1999 Bosnian basketball player
- Martha Wainwright 1976 Canadian-American singer-songwriter
- Jordyn Huitema 2001 Canadian association football player
- Shigeo Sawairi 1963 Japanese association football player and manager
- Sylvestre Ntibantunganya 1956 President of Burundi
- Sasha Kaun 1985 Russian basketball player
- Stephen Kim Sou-hwan 1922 South Korean Roman Catholic cardinal and Servant of God
- Buakaw Banchamek 1982 Thai kickboxer
- Mehmet Günsür 1975 Turkish actor
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on May 8 share the 8th of May as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.