| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Anderson, Jr. |
Politician |
8-May-1917 |
|
Governor of Kansas, 1961-65 |
| Kwame Anthony Appiah |
Philosopher |
8-May-1954 |
|
The Ethics of Identity |
| John Archer |
Actor |
8-May-1915 |
3-Dec-1999 |
Destination Moon |
| Doug Atkins |
Football |
8-May-1930 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
| David Attenborough |
Naturalist |
8-May-1926 |
|
Life on Earth |
| Philip Bailey |
Musician |
8-May-1951 |
|
Lead, Earth, Wind & Fire |
| Lex Barker |
Actor |
8-May-1919 |
11-May-1973 |
The tenth to play Tarzan |
| Pat Barker |
Novelist |
8-May-1943 |
|
Regeneration |
| Saul Bass |
Designer |
8-May-1920 |
25-Apr-1996 |
Master of title design |
| Peter Benchley |
Novelist |
8-May-1940 |
11-Feb-2006 |
Jaws |
| James Blyth |
Business |
8-May-1940 |
|
Chairman of Diageo, 2000-08 |
| Vern Buchanan |
Politician |
8-May-1951 |
|
Congressman, Florida 13th |
| Ann Marie Buerkle |
Politician |
8-May-1951 |
|
Congresswoman, New York 25th |
| Arturo de Córdova |
Actor |
8-May-1907 |
3-Nov-1973 |
El |
| Bill Cowher |
Football |
8-May-1957 |
|
Steelers Head Coach, 1992-2006 |
| Mike Cuellar |
Baseball |
8-May-1937 |
2-Apr-2010 |
1969 Cy Young Award Winner |
| Mike D'Antoni |
Basketball |
8-May-1951 |
|
New York Knicks head coach, 2008-12 |
| Blag Dahlia |
Musician |
8-May-1966 |
|
Frontman for The Dwarves |
| Matthew Davis |
Actor |
8-May-1978 |
|
What About Brian |
| Dennis DeConcini |
Politician |
8-May-1937 |
|
US Senator from Arizona, 1977-95 |
| James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr. |
Business |
8-May-1953 |
|
CEO of WGL Holdings |
| Henry Dunant |
Activist |
8-May-1828 |
30-Oct-1910 |
Red Cross founder |
| Klaus Eppler |
Attorney |
8-May-1930 |
|
Retired Partner, Proskauer Rose |
| Fernandel |
Actor |
8-May-1903 |
26-Feb-1971 |
Prolific French comedy star |
| Chris Frantz |
Drummer |
8-May-1951 |
|
Drummer for Talking Heads |
| Stephen Furst |
Actor |
8-May-1955 |
|
Vir on Babylon 5 |
| Romain Gary |
Novelist |
8-May-1914 |
2-Dec-1980 |
Roots of Heaven |
| Edward Gibbon |
Historian |
8-May-1737 |
16-Jan-1794 |
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Melissa Gilbert |
Actor |
8-May-1964 |
|
Little House on the Prairie |
| William H. Gleysteen |
Politician |
8-May-1926 |
6-Dec-2002 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81 |
| Gary Glitter |
Musician |
8-May-1944 |
|
Rock and Roll Part 2 |
| Michel Gondry |
Film Director |
8-May-1963 |
|
Innovative music video director |
| Deborah Harmon |
Actor |
8-May-1951 |
|
Elizabeth Lubbock on Just the Ten of Us |
| F. A. Hayek |
Economist |
8-May-1899 |
23-Mar-1992 |
Austrian economist |
| Darren Hayes |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-May-1972 |
|
Savage Garden vocalist |
| Beth Henley |
Playwright |
8-May-1952 |
|
Crimes of the Heart |
| Miguel Hidalgo |
Religion |
8-May-1753 |
30-Jul-1811 |
Father of Mexican independence |
| Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter |
Military |
8-May-1897 |
18-Jun-1982 |
CIA Director, 1947-50 |
| H. Robert Horvitz |
Scientist |
8-May-1947 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Oscar Hammerstein I |
Theatre Producer |
8-May-1847 |
1-Aug-1919 |
Olympia Theatre |
| Enrique Iglesias |
Singer |
8-May-1975 |
|
Balladeer |
| Sid James |
Actor |
8-May-1913 |
26-Apr-1976 |
Carry on... |
| Keith Jarrett |
Jazz Musician |
8-May-1945 |
|
Jazz pianist and composer |
| Salome Jens |
Actor |
8-May-1935 |
|
Angel Baby |
| Robert Johnson |
Guitarist |
8-May-1911 |
16-Aug-1938 |
Influential blues guitarist |
| David Keith |
Actor |
8-May-1954 |
|
Firestarter |
| Rushworth M. Kidder |
Author |
8-May-1944 |
5-Mar-2012 |
Founder, Institute for Global Ethics |
| Naomi Klein |
Author |
8-May-1970 |
|
The Shock Doctrine |
| Bobby Labonte |
Auto Racing |
8-May-1964 |
|
Winston Cup Champion, 2000 |
| Norman Lamont |
Politician |
8-May-1942 |
|
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1990-93 |
| Pedro Lascurain |
Head of State |
8-May-1856 |
21-Jul-1952 |
President of Mexico for 25 minutes |
| Phyllida Law |
Actor |
8-May-1932 |
|
The Winter Guest |
| Alfred Lerner |
Business |
8-May-1933 |
23-Oct-2002 |
CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002 |
| Sonny Liston |
Boxing |
8-May-1932 |
30-Dec-1970 |
World Heavyweight Champion 1962-64 |
| Bill Lockyer |
Politician |
8-May-1941 |
|
State Treasurer of California |
| John Lott |
Economist |
8-May-1958 |
|
More Guns, Less Crime |
| Ronnie Lott |
Football |
8-May-1959 |
|
FOX NFL Sunday |
| Gary Lunn |
Politician |
8-May-1957 |
|
Canadian Minister of Natural Resources |
| André Lwoff |
Scientist |
8-May-1902 |
30-Sep-1994 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| David Manners |
Aristocrat |
8-May-1959 |
|
11th Duke of Rutland |
| Josie Maran |
Model |
8-May-1978 |
|
Fashion model, sometime actress |
| E. W. Marland |
Politician |
8-May-1874 |
3-Oct-1941 |
Governor of Oklahoma, 1935-39 |
| Janet McTeer |
Actor |
8-May-1961 |
|
Tumbleweeds |
| James Mitchum |
Actor |
8-May-1941 |
|
Son of Robert Mitchum |
| Jerry Moss |
Business |
8-May-1935 |
|
The "M" in A&M Records |
| Ricky Nelson |
Musician |
8-May-1940 |
31-Dec-1985 |
I'm Walkin' |
| Red Nichols |
Jazz Musician |
8-May-1905 |
28-Jun-1965 |
Red Nichols and His Five Pennies |
| William A. Owens |
Military |
8-May-1940 |
|
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1994-96 |
| Stephen Payne |
Business |
8-May-1964 |
|
Lobbyist, Strategic Political Partners |
| Bo Pilgrim |
Business |
8-May-1928 |
|
Co-Founder of Pilgrim's Pride |
| Thomas Pynchon |
Novelist |
8-May-1937 |
|
Gravity's Rainbow |
| John Reid |
Politician |
8-May-1947 |
|
British MP, Airdrie and Shotts |
| Ptolemy Reid |
Head of State |
8-May-1912 |
2-Sep-2003 |
Prime Minister of Guyana, 1980-84 |
| Don Rickles |
Comic |
8-May-1926 |
|
King of the Insult |
| Phil Rosen |
Film Director |
8-May-1888 |
22-Oct-1951 |
Spooks Run Wild |
| Roberto Rossellini |
Film Director |
8-May-1906 |
3-Jun-1977 |
Stromboli |
| Gregory Scarpa, Sr. |
Criminal |
8-May-1928 |
8-Jun-1994 |
Top Mafia FBI informant for 30 years |
| Fulton J. Sheen |
Religion |
8-May-1895 |
9-Dec-1979 |
America's first televangelist |
| Lovie Smith |
Football |
8-May-1958 |
|
Head Coach, Chicago Bears |
| Gary Snyder |
Poet |
8-May-1930 |
|
Turtle Island |
| Ted Sorensen |
Attorney |
8-May-1928 |
31-Oct-2010 |
Aide to JFK |
| Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-Hwan |
Religion |
8-May-1922 |
16-Feb-2009 |
Catholic Archbishop of Seoul, 1968-98 |
| J. Millard Tawes |
Politician |
8-May-1894 |
25-Jun-1979 |
Governor of Maryland, 1959-67 |
| Toni Tennille |
Singer |
8-May-1940 |
|
The Captain and Tennille |
| James R. Thompson |
Politician |
8-May-1936 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 1977-91 |
| Tom of Finland |
Artist |
8-May-1920 |
7-Nov-1991 |
Beefcake fetish artist |
| James Traficant |
Politician |
8-May-1941 |
|
Disgraced former Ohio Congressman |
| Harry S. Truman |
Head of State |
8-May-1884 |
26-Dec-1972 |
33rd US President, 1945-53 |
| Erik H. van der Kaay |
Business |
8-May-1940 |
|
CEO of Datum, Inc., 1998-2002 |
| Alex Van Halen |
Drummer |
8-May-1953 |
|
Drummer for Van Halen |
| William Henry Vanderbilt |
Business |
8-May-1821 |
8-Dec-1885 |
Wealthy son of Cornelius Vanderbilt |
| William Walker |
Military |
8-May-1824 |
12-Sep-1860 |
American "filibuster" |
| Ian Watkins |
Singer |
8-May-1976 |
|
H from STEPS |
| Edmund Wilson |
Author |
8-May-1895 |
12-Jun-1972 |
Axel's Castle |
| Meles Zenawi |
Head of State |
8-May-1955 |
20-Aug-2012 |
Prime Minister of Ethiopia |
