List of Famous people born on May 8th

Patricia Mary W. Barker, is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken. In 2012, The Observer named the Regeneration Trilogy as one of "The 10 best historical novels".

Eve Kivi is an Estonian actress.

Tomas Birger von Brömssen is a Swedish actor.

Howard Robert Horvitz is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, whose "seminal discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death" were "important for medical research and have shed new light on the pathogenesis of many diseases".

Shannon Izar is a French rugby union player. She has represented France in both codes of the game. She played at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup and at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.