List of Famous people born on May 8th

André "Andy" Egli is a retired Swiss football defender and current coach.

Jhon Edison Mosquera Rebolledo is a professional Colombian football player who plays as a midfielder for Slovan Liberec.

André-Paul Duchâteau was a Belgian comics writer and mystery novelist.

Ásgeir "Sigi" Sigurvinsson is an Icelandic retired football attacking midfielder and coach.

Vittorio Umberto Antonio Maria Sgarbi is an Italian art critic, art historian, politician, cultural commentator and television personality. He was appointed curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale. Several times a member of the Italian Parliament, he served also in Milan's municipal government. In 2012, he was removed as Mayor of Salemi by the Ministry of Interior because of Mafia interferences in the village.

Philippe Jeantot is a French former deep sea diver, who achieved recognition as a sailor for long-distance, single-handed racing and record-setting. He founded the Vendée Globe, a single-handed, round-the-world, non-stop yacht race.

Lü Hsueh-feng is a Taiwanese actress. In 2015, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Thanatos, Drunk.

Björn Hans-Erik Dixgård is a Swedish musician. He is the frontman of the Swedish band Mando Diao.

Olarenwaju Ayobami Kayode is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Sivasspor on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk, and the Nigeria national team.

Fujio Masuoka is a Japanese engineer, who has worked for Toshiba and Tohoku University, and is currently chief technical officer (CTO) of Unisantis Electronics. He is best known as the inventor of flash memory, including the development of both the NOR flash and NAND flash types in the 1980s. He also invented the first gate-all-around (GAA) MOSFET (GAAFET) transistor, an early non-planar 3D transistor, in 1988.