Philip Bailey of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, one of the recipients of the 42nd Kennedy Center Honors, poses after a dinner at the U.S. State Department in Washington, DC on December 7, 2019. The singer turns 73 on May 8. File Photo by Ron Sachs/UPI
Enrique Iglesias performs onstage at iHeartRadio's Fiesta Latina 2022 at the FTX Arena in Miami on October 15. The singer turns 49 on May 8. File Photo by Gary I. Rothstein/UPI
May 8 (UPI) — People born on this day belong to the sign of Taurus.
These include:
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— Jean-Henri Dunant, Swiss Red Cross founder/co-founder of the Young Men's Christian Union, 1828
— Harry Truman, 33rd President of the United States, 1884
— Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist who won the Nobel Prize in 1899
— Film director Roberto Rossellini, 1906
— Musician Mary Lou Williams, 1910
— Musician Robert Johnson, 1911
— David Attenborough, author, broadcaster and naturalist, 1926 (aged 98)
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— Comedian Don Rickles, 1926
— Sonny Liston, former heavyweight boxing champion in 1932
— Actor/musician Rick Nelson, 1940
— Author Peter Benchley, 1940
— Musician Toni Tennille (Captain & Tennille), 1940 (age 84)
— Musician Gary Glitter, born Paul Francis Gadd, born in 1944 (died at age 80)
— Musician Chris Frantz (Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club) 1951 (age 73)
— Musician Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind & Fire) 1951 (age 73)
— Musician Alex Van Halen, 1953 (age 71)
— Actor David Keith, 1954 (age 70)
— Actor Stephen Furst, 1954
— Actor Raul Max Trujillo, 1955 (age 69)
— Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, 1961 (age 63)
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— Musician Dave Rowntree (Blur), 1964 (age 60)
— Actress Melissa Gilbert, 1964 (age 60)
— Musician Darren Hayes (Savage Garden), 1972 (age 52)
— Enrique Iglesias, musician, 1975 (age 49)
— Actor Matthew Davis, 1978 (age 46)
— Actor Stephen Amell, 1981 (age 43)
— Actor Elise Gabel, 1983 (age 41)
— Beauty pageant contestant/actress Olivia Culpo, 1992 (age 32)
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