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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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