H. Robert Horvitz (76)
May 8th, 1947

American biologist – H. Robert Horvitz was born in Chicago (City and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America) on May 8th, 1947 and is 76 years old today.

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Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

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Ruth Padel

British poet and author

*May 8th, 1946, Wimpole Street

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Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

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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

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Jan Eichhorn

German luger

*May 8th, 1981, Sonneberg

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Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

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

52

Reid Smith

American actor (1949-2001)

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

35

Carola Rackete

German merchant navy captain

*May 8th, 1988, Preetz

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Michel Gondry

French film director, screenwriter and producer

*May 8th, 1963, Versailles

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Toni Tennille

American singer

*May 8th, 1940, Montgomery

59

Melissa Gilbert

American actress

*May 8th, 1964, Los Angeles

53

Naomi Klein

Canadian author and activist

*May 8th, 1970, Montreal

51

Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Danish film producer

*May 8th, 1972, Copenhagen

73

Tatjana Ždanoka

Latvian mathematician and politician

*May 8th, 1950, Riga

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Nguyễn Hoàng Hải

Badminton player

*May 8th, 1986, Bắc Giang

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Don Rickles

American stand-up comedian (1926–2017)

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

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Lanny Tria Mayasari

Badminton player

*May 8th, 2002, Sleman

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Enrique Iglesias

Spanish singer

*May 8th, 1975, Madrid

84

James R. Thompson

American politician in Illinois (1936-2020)

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

57

Meles Zenawi

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

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

34

Nora Arnezeder

French actress and singer

*May 8th, 1989, Paris

86

Thomas Pynchon

American novelist (born 1937)

*May 8th, 1937, Glen Cove

69

John Michael Talbot

American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter

*May 8th, 1954, Oklahoma City

70

Billy Burnette

American musician

*May 8th, 1953, Memphis

62

Bill de Blasio

109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022

*May 8th, 1961, Manhattan

75

Maurizio Nichetti

Italian film director, screenwriter and actor

*May 8th, 1948, Milan

39

David King

British pair skater

*May 8th, 1984, Carlisle

70

Hartmut Krüger

German handball player

*May 8th, 1953, Güsen

63

Franco Baresi

Italian association football player

*May 8th, 1960, Travagliato

Also born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

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Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

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Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

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Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

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Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director

*June 6th, 1947, Glendale

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

69

Bern Nix

American musician (1947-2017)

*September 21st, 1947, Toledo †May 31st, 2017, New York City

76

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

76

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

76

Sam Neill

New Zealand actor

*September 14th, 1947, Omagh

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Elton John

English singer and pianist

*March 25th, 1947, Pinner

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

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Michael Levitt

Biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology

*May 9th, 1947, Pretoria

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Salman Rushdie

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

*June 19th, 1947, Mumbai

H. Robert Horvitz