What happened on May 8 ?

1460 - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)

1521 - Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit (d. 1597)

1587 - Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1637)

1622 - Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (d. 1698)

1629 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (d. 1697)

1632 - Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German marshal (d. 1706)

1653 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (d. 1734)

1668 - Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747)

1670 - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726)

1735 - Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter (d. 1811)

1738 - Mikhail Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1809)

1753 - Miguel Hidalgo Mexican revolutionary (d. 1811)

1825 - George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898)

1828 - Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss social activist, Nobel laureate (d. 1910)

1829 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician (d. 1869)

1842 - Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist (d. 1909)

1850 - Ross Barnes, baseball player (d. 1915)

1884 - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States (d. 1972)

1895 - Fulton J. Sheen, American bishop (d. 1979)

1899 - Arthur Q. Bryan, American voice actor (d. 1959)

1899 - Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)

1902 - Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)

1903 - Fernandel, French actor (d. 1971)

1905 - Red Nichols, American musician(d. 1965)

1906 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)

1911 - Robert Johnson, American musician (d. 1938)

1913 - Bob Clampett, American animator (d. 1984)

1914 - Romain Gary, Polish writer (d. 1980)

1916 - João Havelange, Brazilian industrialist

1916 - Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993)

1917 - Papa John Creach, American musician (Jefferson Airplane) (d. 1994)

1919 - Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)

1920 - Saul Bass, American graphic designer (d. 1996)

1925 - Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania

1926 - Sir David Attenborough, British producer

1926 - Don Rickles, American comedian

1928 - Theodore Sorenson, American writer

1930 - Heather Harper, Irish singer

1930 - Gary Snyder, American poet

1932 - Phyllida Law, Scottish actress

1932 - Sonny Liston, American boxer (d. 1970)

1935 - Jack Charlton, English footballer

1937 - Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Colombian politician

1937 - Thomas Pynchon, American novelist

1940 - Peter Benchley, American author (d. 2006)

1940 - Ricky Nelson, American singer (d. 1985)

1942 - Terry Neill, Northern Irish footballer

1943 - Toni Tennille, American singer

1944 - Captain Dale Dye, American actor

1944 - Gary Glitter, English singer

1945 - Keith Jarrett, American musician

1947 - H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, Nobel laureate

1948 - Felicity Lott, English singer

1951 - Philip Bailey, American singer (Earth, Wind & Fire)

1951 - Chris Frantz, American musician (Talking Heads)

1953 - Alex Van Halen, Dutch drummer

1954 - David Keith, American actor

1957 - Bill Cowher, American football coach

1957 - Marie Myriam, French singer

1963 - Robin Jarvis, British writer

1964 - Melissa Gilbert, American actress

1964 - Bobby Labonte, American race car driver

1964 - Dave Rowntree, British musician (Blur)

1966 - Claudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer

1968 - Jamie Summers, American porn star

1970 - Luis Enrique, Spanish football player

1972 - Darren Hayes, Australian singer

1972 - Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player

1973 - Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese artist

1974 - Jon Tickle, English entertainer

1974 - Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001)

1975 - Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer

1976 - Martha Wainwright, Canadian musician and songwriter

1976 - Ian "H" Watkins, pop singer (Steps)

1978 - Lúcio, Brazilian footballer

1980 - Michelle McManus, Scottish singer

1980 - Benny Yau, Canadian entertainer

1981 - Björn Dixgård, Swedish guitarist

1985 - Mashio Miyazaki, Japanese actress