List of Famous people born on May 8th
Kevin Hayes
Kevin Patrick Hayes is an American professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Kim Hye-jun
Kim Hye-jun is a South Korean actress. She is best known for her role in Kingdom as Queen Consort Cho. She won Best New Actress at the 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards for her role in Another Child. Her other works include Matrimonial Chaos and Rain or Shine.
Evgeny Lebedev
Evgeny Alexandrovich Lebedev, Baron Lebedev is a Russian-British businessman, who owns Lebedev Holdings Ltd, which owns the Evening Standard, The Independent and the TV channel London Live.
Philip Bailey
Philip James Bailey is an American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter and percussionist, best known as an early member and one of the two lead singers of the band Earth, Wind & Fire. Noted for his four-octave vocal range and distinctive falsetto register, Bailey has won seven Grammy Awards. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame as a member of Earth, Wind & Fire. Bailey was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame for his work with the band.
Matías Dituro
Matías Ezequiel Dituro Curto is an Argentine goalkeeper currently playing for Universidad Católica of the Primera División in Chile.
Takumi Mitani
Takumi Mitani is a Japanese female singer. She is the 20th Uta no Onēsan in the NHK series Okaasan to Issho. She was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Blake Leibel
Blake Leibel is a Canadian convicted murderer. He had previously been a comic book creator, graphic novelist, screenwriter, and a fledgling animated film director, residing in Los Angeles, California. In June 2018, Leibel was convicted of first-degree murder of his fiancée, Iana Kasian.
Mohammed Gulam Dewji
Mohammed "Mo" Gulamabbas Dewji is a Tanzanian billionaire businessman and former politician. He is owner of MeTL Group, a Tanzanian conglomerate founded by his father in the 1970s. Dewji served as Member of the Tanzanian Parliament for Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) from 2005 to 2015 for his home town of Singida. As of October 2019, Dewji has an estimated net worth of US $1.9 billion, therefore positioning him as the 17th richest person in Africa and the continent's youngest billionaire. Dewji is also the first Tanzanian to cover Forbes Magazine in 2013.
Elyes Gabel
Elyes Cherif Gabel is an English actor. Among his most notable roles, he has portrayed Dr. Gupreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama Casualty, starred in the CBS series Scorpion as computer genius Walter O'Brien, Dothraki Rakharo in Seasons 1 and 2 of the HBO series Game of Thrones, and P.E. teacher Rob Cleaver in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road. He appeared in the ITV drama Identity, and portrayed Detective Adam Lucas in Season 3 of Body of Proof.
Ian "H" Watkins
Ian Watkins, known professionally as H, is a Welsh singer and actor. He is known as a member of the British pop group Steps. In 2020, he competed in the twelfth series of Dancing on Ice.