List of Famous people born on May 8th

Peter “Poker” Åke Wallenberg is chair of eight of the sixteen public and private foundations formed by the Wallenberg family or established in memory of family members. The foundations, which are known collectively as the Wallenberg Foundations, annually award funding of approximately SEK 2.2 billion, largely for research and education at Swedish universities.

Boris Khabalovich Shukhov is a retired Soviet cyclist. He was part of the Soviet team that finished in ninth place at the 1968 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 100 km team time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the world championships, he won a gold medal in 1970 and a silver in 1973 in the same event. Individually, he won the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste in 1973.

Tom Maniatis, is an American professor of molecular and cellular biology. He is a Professor at Columbia University, and serves as the Scientific Director and CEO of the New York Genome Center.

Edward Thomas Butler was a Welsh journalist, sports commentator, and Welsh rugby union player, who won 16 caps for the Wales team between 1980 and 1984 and scored 2 tries.

José Ángel Gurría Treviño, also known as Ángel Gurría, is a Mexican economist and diplomat. Since 1 June 2006, he has been the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Paul Harrington is an Irish musician, who, with Charlie McGettigan, won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in 1994.

Chen Chieh 陳傑 is a Taiwanese athlete specializing in the 400 meters hurdles. He represented his country at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics without reaching the semifinals.