Norbert Nigbur (75)
May 8th, 1948

German footballer – Norbert Nigbur was born in Gelsenkirchen (Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) on May 8th, 1948 and is 75 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

52

Reid Smith

American actor (1949-2001)

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

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

35

Carola Rackete

German merchant navy captain

*May 8th, 1988, Preetz

73

Jean Giraud

French comics author (1938–2012)

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

73

Tatjana Ždanoka

Latvian mathematician and politician

*May 8th, 1950, Riga

59

Melissa Gilbert

American actress

*May 8th, 1964, Los Angeles

83

Toni Tennille

American singer

*May 8th, 1940, Montgomery

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

76

H. Robert Horvitz

American biologist

*May 8th, 1947, Chicago

90

Don Rickles

American stand-up comedian (1926–2017)

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

21

Lanny Tria Mayasari

Badminton player

*May 8th, 2002, Sleman

57

Meles Zenawi

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

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

48

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

34

Nora Arnezeder

French actress and singer

*May 8th, 1989, Paris

69

John Michael Talbot

American Roman Catholic singer-songwriter

*May 8th, 1954, Oklahoma City

70

Billy Burnette

American musician

*May 8th, 1953, Memphis

86

Thomas Pynchon

American novelist (born 1937)

*May 8th, 1937, Glen Cove

62

Bill de Blasio

109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022

*May 8th, 1961, Manhattan

70

Hartmut Krüger

German handball player

*May 8th, 1953, Güsen

63

Franco Baresi

Italian association football player

*May 8th, 1960, Travagliato

39

David King

British pair skater

*May 8th, 1984, Carlisle

Also born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

75

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

75

Donna Karan

American fashion designer

*October 2nd, 1948, New York City

75

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (1948–2023)

*February 5th, 1948, Leeds †December 30th, 2023, London

76

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

75

Ian McEwan

British author

*June 21st, 1948, Aldershot

76

Wolfgang Schomburg

Judge

*April 9th, 1948, Berlin

75

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012–2024)

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

76

Féodor Atkine

French actor

*February 27th, 1948, Paris

75

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

*September 10th, 1948, Algiers

75

George R. R. Martin

American writer and television producer

*September 20th, 1948, Bayonne

Norbert Nigbur