Famous People Born on May 8
William Henry Vanderbilt
1821
American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1885)
Claude Louis Hector de Villars
1653
French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (d. 1734)
Francis Ouimet
1893
American golfer (d. 1967)
Alex Van Halen
1953
Dutch-American drummer
(Image Credits)
"Alex Van Halen - Van Halen Live" by Craig ONeal - CC BY 2.0
Flickr: Alex Van Halen - Van Halen Live
Irwin Cotler
1940
Canadian lawyer and politician, 47th Canadian Minister of Justice
(Image Credits)
"Irwin Cotler (2017)" by Jindřich Nosek (NoJin) - CC BY-SA 4.0
Joan I
1326
Countess of Auvergne (d. 1360)
James H. Kindelberger
1895
American businessman (d. 1962)
(Image Credits)
"1977 IAHF Inductee portrait of James h. Kindelberger aeronautical designer and industrialist artist Richard Chase" by SDASM Archives - No restrictions Original Source
Moulay Hassan
2003
Crown Prince of Morocco
(Image Credits)
"Moulay Hassan in 2018" by The White House from Washington, DC - CC BY-SA 4.0
The Centennial of the 1918 Armistice Day Ceremony
Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming
1632
German field marshal and politician (d. 1706)
Roberto Rossellini
1906
Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1977)
Michelle McManus
1980
Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
(Image Credits)
"MichelleMcManus2010 (cropped)" by Michael Gallacher - CC BY-SA 2.0
Glasgow East Woman of the Year
Tom of Finland
1920
Finnish illustrator (d. 1991)