Celebrity Birthdays for May 8:
Naturalist Sir David Attenborough is 99.
Author Thomas Pynchon is 88.
Singer Toni Tennille is 85.
Actor James Mitchum is 84.
Country singer Jack Blanchard is 83.
Bassist Paul Samwell-Smith (The Yardbirds) is 82.
Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is 80.
Actor Mark Blankfield ("Robin Hood: Men in Tights," ''The Incredible Shrinking Woman") is 77.
Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and of Tom Tom Club is 74.
Singer Philip Bailey (solo and with Earth, Wind and Fire) is 74.
Country musician Billy Burnette is 72.
Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 72.
Actor David Keith is 71.
Singer-songwriter Sylvain Cossette is 62.
Director Michel Gondry is 62.
Actress Melissa Gilbert is 61.
Drummer Dave Rowntree of Blur is 61.
Singer Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) is 53.
Singer Enrique Iglesias is 50.
Singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright is 49.
Singer Joe Bonamassa is 48.
Actor Matt Davis (“Legally Blonde,” “The Vampire Diaries") is 47.
Singer Ana Maria Lombo (Eden's Crush) is 47.
Actor Stephen Amell ("Arrow") is 44.
Actor Elyes Gabel is 42.
Actress Julia Whelan ("Once and Again") is 41.
Actress Nora Anezeder is 36.
Rapper 6IX9INE is 29.
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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