Juan Ramón Rocha (69)
May 8th, 1954

Argentine footballer and manager – Juan Ramón Rocha was born in Santo Tomé (City in Corrientes, Argentina) on May 8th, 1954 and is 69 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

57

Meles Zenawi

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

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

77

Ruth Padel

British poet and author

*May 8th, 1946, Wimpole Street

60

Michel Gondry

French film director, screenwriter and producer

*May 8th, 1963, Versailles

59

Melissa Gilbert

American actress

*May 8th, 1964, Los Angeles

42

Jan Eichhorn

German luger

*May 8th, 1981, Sonneberg

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

35

Carola Rackete

German merchant navy captain

*May 8th, 1988, Preetz

70

Billy Burnette

American musician

*May 8th, 1953, Memphis

70

Hartmut Krüger

German handball player

*May 8th, 1953, Güsen

51

Sisse Graum Jørgensen

Danish film producer

*May 8th, 1972, Copenhagen

37

Nguyễn Hoàng Hải

Badminton player

*May 8th, 1986, Bắc Giang

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

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

83

Toni Tennille

American singer

*May 8th, 1940, Montgomery

73

Tatjana Ždanoka

Latvian mathematician and politician

*May 8th, 1950, Riga

21

Lanny Tria Mayasari

Badminton player

*May 8th, 2002, Sleman

67

Cristina Comencini

Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist

*May 8th, 1956, Rome

52

Reid Smith

American actor (1949-2001)

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

48

Enrique Iglesias

Spanish singer

*May 8th, 1975, Madrid

63

Nick Zedd

American filmmaker and writer

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

62

Bill de Blasio

109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022

*May 8th, 1961, Manhattan

90

Don Rickles

American stand-up comedian (1926–2017)

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

63

Franco Baresi

Italian association football player

*May 8th, 1960, Travagliato

34

Nora Arnezeder

French actress and singer

*May 8th, 1989, Paris

71

Beth Henley

American writer and actor b. 1952

*May 8th, 1952, Jackson

39

David King

British pair skater

*May 8th, 1984, Carlisle

47

Giuseppe Zeno

Italian actor

*May 8th, 1976, Cercola

67

Jeff Wincott

Canadian actor

*May 8th, 1956, Scarborough

Also born in 1954

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

69

Paolo Gentiloni

Italian politician (born 1954)

*November 22nd, 1954, Rome

69

Rudolf Henke

German politician

*June 5th, 1954, Birkesdorf

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

38

Rafael Orozco Maestre

Colombian singer (1954-1992)

*March 24th, 1954, Becerril †June 11th, 1992, Barranquilla

69

Lorenz Caffier

German politician

*December 24th, 1954, Dresden

69

Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018

*October 24th, 1954, Sydney

69

Kathleen Turner

American actress

*June 19th, 1954, Springfield

69

James Cameron

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

*August 16th, 1954, Kapuskasing

69

Jean-Claude Juncker

Luxembourgish politician who was president of the European Commission in the period 2014-2019 (8th european legislature)

*December 9th, 1954, Redange

70

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

*February 18th, 1954, Englewood

Juan Ramón Rocha