Chris Frantz (72)
May 8th, 1951

American musician – Chris Frantz was born in Fort Campbell (United States Army installation) on May 8th, 1951 and is 72 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 8

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

60

Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

77

Ruth Padel

British poet and author

*May 8th, 1946, Wimpole Street

73

Tatjana Ždanoka

Latvian mathematician and politician

*May 8th, 1950, Riga

97

David Attenborough

British broadcaster and naturalist (born 1926)

*May 8th, 1926, Isleworth

92

Sofía Ímber

Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist

*May 8th, 1924, Soroca †February 20th, 2017, Caracas

42

Jan Eichhorn

German luger

*May 8th, 1981, Sonneberg

60

Michel Gondry

French film director, screenwriter and producer

*May 8th, 1963, Versailles

59

Melissa Gilbert

American actress

*May 8th, 1964, Los Angeles

35

Carola Rackete

German merchant navy captain

*May 8th, 1988, Preetz

52

Reid Smith

American actor (1949-2001)

*May 8th, 1949, Burbank †October 16th, 2001, Burbank

53

Naomi Klein

Canadian author and activist

*May 8th, 1970, Montreal

51

Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Danish film producer

*May 8th, 1972, Copenhagen

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

*May 8th, 1938, Nogent-sur-Marne †March 10th, 2012, Montrouge

37

Nguyễn Hoàng Hải

Badminton player

*May 8th, 1986, Bắc Giang

83

Toni Tennille

American singer

*May 8th, 1940, Montgomery

57

Meles Zenawi

Ethiopian politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1955-2012)

*May 8th, 1955, Adwa †August 20th, 2012, City of Brussels

70

Billy Burnette

American musician

*May 8th, 1953, Memphis

71

Beth Henley

American writer and actor b. 1952

*May 8th, 1952, Jackson

70

Hartmut Krüger

German handball player

*May 8th, 1953, Güsen

69

John Michael Talbot

American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter

*May 8th, 1954, Oklahoma City

21

Lanny Tria Mayasari

Badminton player

*May 8th, 2002, Sleman

90

Don Rickles

American stand-up comedian (1926–2017)

*May 8th, 1926, Queens †April 6th, 2017, Beverly Hills

48

Enrique Iglesias

Spanish singer

*May 8th, 1975, Madrid

34

Nora Arnezeder

French actress and singer

*May 8th, 1989, Paris

62

Bill de Blasio

109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022

*May 8th, 1961, Manhattan

63

Nick Zedd

American filmmaker and writer

*May 8th, 1958, Takoma Park †February 27th, 2022, Mexico City

63

Franco Baresi

Italian association football player

*May 8th, 1960, Travagliato

71

Maurizio Zaccaro

Film director

*May 8th, 1952, Milan

84

James R. Thompson

American politician in Illinois (1936-2020)

*May 8th, 1936, Chicago †August 14th, 2020, Chicago

Also born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

72

Michelle Bachelet

President of Chile

*September 29th, 1951, La Cisterna

72

Edie McClurg

American comedian and actress

*July 23rd, 1951, Kansas City

72

Magdalena Stoof

German archaeologist, author and egyptologist

*September 24th, 1951, Werdau

72

Ben Feringa

Dutch Nobel laureate in chemistry

*May 18th, 1951, Barger-Compascuum

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

73

Sal Landi

American actor

*April 11th, 1951, New York City

72

Karen Allen

American actress

*October 5th, 1951, Carrollton

72

Al Franken

American comedian and former U.S. Senator (born 1951)

*May 21st, 1951, Manhattan

73

Kenny Dalglish

Scottish association football player and manager

*March 4th, 1951, Glasgow

72

Beverly D'Angelo

American actress

*November 15th, 1951, Columbus

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