Mike German, Baron German (78)
May 8th, 1945

British politician (born 1945) – Mike German, Baron German was born in Cardiff (Capital city of Wales, United Kingdom) on May 8th, 1945 and is 78 years old today.

Other personalities born on May 8

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

77

Ruth Padel

British poet and author

*May 8th, 1946, Wimpole Street

60

Florence Parly

French politician

*May 8th, 1963, Boulogne-Billancourt

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

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

42

Jan Eichhorn

German luger

*May 8th, 1981, Sonneberg

35

Carola Rackete

German merchant navy captain

*May 8th, 1988, Preetz

60

Michel Gondry

French film director, screenwriter and producer

*May 8th, 1963, Versailles

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

37

Nguyễn Hoàng Hải

Badminton player

*May 8th, 1986, Bắc Giang

90

Don Rickles

American stand-up comedian (1926–2017)

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

52

Reid Smith

American actor (1949-2001)

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

21

Lanny Tria Mayasari

Badminton player

*May 8th, 2002, Sleman

73

Tatjana Ždanoka

Latvian mathematician and politician

*May 8th, 1950, Riga

84

James R. Thompson

American politician in Illinois (1936-2020)

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

86

Thomas Pynchon

American novelist (born 1937)

*May 8th, 1937, Glen Cove

48

Enrique Iglesias

Spanish singer

*May 8th, 1975, Madrid

76

H. Robert Horvitz

American biologist

*May 8th, 1947, Chicago

79

Gary Glitter

English convicted child sex offender and former glam rock singer-songwriter and musician

*May 8th, 1944, Banbury

34

Nora Arnezeder

French actress and singer

*May 8th, 1989, Paris

57

Meles Zenawi

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

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

45

Ricky Nelson

American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor

*May 8th, 1940, Teaneck †December 31st, 1985, Dallas

62

Bill de Blasio

109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022

*May 8th, 1961, Manhattan

80

Tomas von Brömssen

Swedish actor

*May 8th, 1943, Örgryte

69

John Michael Talbot

American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter

*May 8th, 1954, Oklahoma City

39

David King

British pair skater

*May 8th, 1984, Carlisle

Also born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

71

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

79

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

79

Linda Hunt

American actress

*April 2nd, 1945, Morristown

78

Patrick Modiano

French writer

*July 30th, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt

78

Alain Juppé

92nd Prime Minister of France

*August 15th, 1945, Mont-de-Marsan

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

Mike German, Baron German