May 8th Birthdays

Spanish singer and songwriter, Enrique Iglesias was born on this day in 1975 in Madrid, Spain.

Also born on May 8th:

• 1930
  Gary Snyder, American poet
• 1932
  Phyllida Law, Scottish actress
• 1935
  Salome Jens, American actress
  Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
• 1937
  Thomas Pynchon, American novelist
• 1940
  Toni Tennille, American singer
  Emilio Delgado, American actor
• 1943
  Paul Samwell-Smith, British bassist
• 1945
  Keith Jarrett, American musician
• 1948
  Felicity Lott, English singer
  Steve Braun, American baseball player
• 1951
  Philip Bailey, American singer
  Chris Frantz, American drummer
• 1953
  Alex Van Halen, Dutch-born American drummer
• 1953
  Billy Burnette, American singer, guitarist
• 1954
  Stephen Furst, American actor
  David Keith, American actor
• 1956
  Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor
• 1959
  Ronnie Lott, American football player
• 1960
  Eric Brittingham, American bassist
• 1961
  Janet McTeer, British actress
• 1963
  Sylvain Cossette, Quebec singer, songwriter
  Anthony Field, Australian musician, actor
  Robin Jarvis, British writer
• 1964
  Melissa Gilbert, American actress
  Dave Rowntree, British musician
• 1972
  Darren Hayes, Australian singer
• 1973
  Marcus Brigstocke, English comedian
  Kris Hudson-Lee, English musician
• 1974
  Jon Tickle, English entertainer
• 1976
  Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician, songwriter
  Ian Watkins, Welsh singer, actor
• 1977
  Joe Bonamassa, American blues rock guitarist, singer
• 1978
  Matthew Davis, American actor
• 1980
  Keyon Dooling, American basketball player
  Michelle McManus, Scottish singer
• 1981
  Björn Dixgård, Swedish guitarist, singer, songwriter
  John Maine, American baseball player
• 1982
  Adrian Gonzalez, American baseball player
• 1983
  Lawrence Vickers, American football player
  Matt Willis, British singer
• 1986
  Marvell Wynne, American footballer
• 1987
  Felix Jones, American football player

May Birthday Calendar

Died on May 8th:

• 1794
  Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist, biologist (age 50)
• 1819
  Kamehameha I, King of the Hawaiian Islands (est age 83)
• 1880
  Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (age 58)
• 1903
  Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (age 54)
• 1982
  Neil Bogart, American record producer (Casablanca Records), (age 39)
• 1985
  Dolph Sweet, American actor (age 64)
• 1988
  Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (age 80)
• 1999
  Dirk Bogarde, English actor, screenwriter (age 78)
  Ed Gilbert, American actor (age 67)
  Dana Plato, American actress (age 34)
• 2000
  Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer, guitarist (age 37)
• 2008
  Eddy Arnold, American singer, guitarist, actor (age 89)
• 2012
  Maurice Sendak, American author, illustrator (age 83)
• 2013
  Jeanne Cooper, American actress (age 84)
  Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, and screenwriter (age 86)
• 2014
  Nancy Malone, American actress, director (age 79)
• 2016
  William Schallert, American actor (age 93)
• 2023
  Rita Lee, Brazilian singer, composer (age 75)