List of Famous people born on May 8th

Galina Timchenko is a Russian journalist and the executive editor of Meduza.

Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist. A MacArthur Fellow, he is noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including history, music, science, and mathematics. For Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon won the 1973 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

Makoto Yukimura is a Japanese manga artist. Yukimura made his debut with the hard science fiction manga Planetes, serialized in Weekly Morning magazine from 1999 to 2004 and adapted into a 26-episode anime series by Sunrise. Before that, he worked as an assistant for Shin Morimura.

Laura Spencer is an American actress. She is known for playing Jane Bennet in the 2012 web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries which is an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, intern Jessica Warren in seasons 9 to 12 of Bones, and Emily Sweeney in seasons 7 to 10 of the CBS comedy series The Big Bang Theory.

Paula Jacques is a French novelist, journalist, and host of the program Cosmopolitaine on the French public station France Inter.

Nomwaya Habib Bamogo is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a deep-lying striker.

Recep Biler is a Turkish goalkeeper. He is 1.93m tall and weighs 80 kg. He is a goalkeeper and transferred from 2000–01 season from Yeni Turgutluspor to Fenerbahçe. He debuted on 29 November 2000 for Siirtspor Turkish Cup 3rd round match.

Sombat Banchamek a.k.a. Buakaw Banchamek is a Thai middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer of Kuy descent, who formerly fought out of Por. Pramuk Gym, in Bangkok, Thailand, under the ring name Buakaw Por. Pramuk.

Carlos Alberto Verna is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician who was governor of La Pampa Province twice, from 2003 to 2007 and from 2015 to 2019. He was also a National Senator for La Pampa for two terms, and served as intendente (mayor) of General Pico.

Raoul Maximiano Trujillo de Chauvelon is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and theatre director. A former soloist with the Nikolais Dance Theatre, he is the original choreographer and co-director for the American Indian Dance Theatre. Trujillo's career spans more than 30 years in film, television, and theatre, as well as hosting a series of dancing programs. He is a Critics' Choice Award nominee.