Celebrity Birthdays for May 8:
Naturalist Sir David Attenborough is 98.
Author Thomas Pynchon is 87.
Singer Toni Tennille is 84.
Actor James Mitchum is 83.
Country singer Jack Blanchard is 82.
Bassist Paul Samwell-Smith (The Yardbirds) is 81.
Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is 79.
Actor Mark Blankfield ("Robin Hood: Men in Tights," ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman") is 76.
Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and of Tom Tom Club is 73.
Singer Philip Bailey (solo and with Earth, Wind and Fire) is 73.
Country musician Billy Burnette is 71.
Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 71.
Actor David Keith is 70.
Singer-songwriter Sylvain Cossette is 61.
Director Michel Gondry is 61.
Actress Melissa Gilbert is 60.
Drummer Dave Rowntree of Blur is 60.
Singer Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) is 52.
Singer Enrique Iglesias is 49.
Singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright is 48.
Singer Joe Bonamassa is 47.
Actor Matt Davis (“Legally Blonde,” “The Vampire Diaries") is 46.
Singer Ana Maria Lombo (Eden's Crush) is 46.
Actor Stephen Amell ("Arrow") is 43.
Actor Elyes Gabel is 41.
Actress Julia Whelan ("Once and Again") is 40.
Actress Nora Anezeder is 35.
Rapper 6IX9INE is 28.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1828, Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross. (Oct. 30, 1910)
In 1884, U.S. President Harry S. Truman. (Dec. 26, 1972)
In 1911, blues guitarist Robert Johnson. (Aug. 16, 1938)
In 1914, Canadian composer-arranger-conductor Morris Surdin. (Aug. 19, 1979)
In 1919, actor Lex Barker. (May 11, 1973)
In 1926, comedian Don Rickles. (April 6, 2017)
In 1928, bluegrass fiddler Benny Martin. (March 13, 2001)
In 1931, Composer Charles Wilson. (June 13, 2019)
In 1932, world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston. (Dec. 30, 1970)
In 1940, singer Rick Nelson. (Dec. 31, 1985)
In 1941, singer John Fred (John Fred and his Playboy Band). (April 14, 2005)
In 1942, Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood (The Mothers of Invention). (Dec. 25, 2011)
In 1943, musician Danny Whitten (Neil Young and Crazy Horse). (Nov. 18, 1972)
In 1955, actor Stephen Furst ("St. Elsewhere," ''Animal House"). (June 16, 2017)
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