List of Famous people born on May 8th

Thomas Fontaine is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for French Ligue 1 club FC Lorient. Born in the French region of Réunion, Fontaine represents the Madagascar national football team internationally.

Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick,, is a British politician and former Conservative MP for Kingston-upon-Thames. He is best known for his period serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 1990 until 1993. He was created a life peer in 1998. Lamont was a supporter of the Eurosceptic organisation Leave Means Leave.

Anastasia Valeryevna Fesikova, née Anastasia Zuyeva, is a Russian swimmer who holds the Russian national records for the 50, 100 and 200 metres backstroke events. She swam for Russia at the 2008 Olympics, the 2012 Olympics and the 2016 Olympics. At the 2012 Olympic Games, she won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke.

Akira Taue is a retired Japanese professional wrestler. He is also a former AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, a former GHC Heavyweight Champion and has had fourteen 5 Star Matches as awarded by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Bruno Carotenuto is an Italian actor. He is known for playing Antonio Baxter in A Fistful of Dollars (1964), and Tom Strike in La sceriffa (1959).

Jean Obeid was a Lebanese journalist and politician, who served in different cabinet posts, the last of which was foreign minister of Lebanon from 2003 to 2004.