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With Milan, he won three European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles, six Serie A trophies, four Supercoppa Italiana titles, two European Super Cups, and two Intercontinental Cups, as well as a World Cup with Italy.
Famous Birthdays on May 8
1960 — Franco Baresi
Italian footballer and coach
May 8 has 169 recorded notable births across history, from 1326 to 2005. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1326 – 2005
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Major events on May 8
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- 1788 King Louis XVI of France attempts to impose the reforms of Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne by abolishing the parlements. Source
- 1360 The Hundred Years War: the Treaty of Brétigny is drafted between King Edward III of England and King John II of France (the Good). Source
- 1846 Mexican–American War: American forces led by Zachary Taylor defeat a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande in the first major battle of the war. Source
- 1976 The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Source
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From 1974 to 1983, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder, the second-oldest daughter of Charles Ingalls on the NBC series Little House on the Prairie.
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Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and athlete who was the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998.
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David Keith's breakout role was as aspiring Navy pilot Sid Worley in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), earning Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and New Star of the Year.
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Tom of Finland has been called the "most influential creator of gay pornographic images" by cultural historian Joseph W.
More major people born on May 8
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1964
Melissa Gilbert
American actress and director
Melissa Ellen Gilbert is an American actress. Gilbert began her career as a child actress in the late 1960s, appearing in numerous commercials and guest-starring roles on television.
1916
João Havelange
Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (died 2016)
Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and athlete who was the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998.
1954
David Keith
American actor and director
David Lemuel Keith is an American actor and director. His breakout role was as aspiring Navy pilot Sid Worley in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), earning Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor and New Star…
1920
Tom of Finland
Finnish illustrator (died 1991)
Touko Valio Laaksonen, known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized erotic art featuring suggestively hypermasculine male characters.
1990
Kemba Walker
American basketball player
Kemba Hudley Walker is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is a player enhancement coach for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1972
Darren Hayes
Australian singer-songwriter
Darren Stanley Hayes is an Australian singer, songwriter, music producer and composer. He was the singer of the pop duo Savage Garden from their 1993 establishment until their disbandment in 2001.
1913
Bob Clampett
American animator, director, and producer (died 1984)
Robert Emerson Clampett Sr. was an American animator, director, producer and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated series from Warner Bros.
1989
Lars Eller
Danish ice hockey player
Lars Fosgaard Eller is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is a centre for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Tiger", he was drafted by the St.
1986
Galen Rupp
American runner
Galen Rupp is an American long-distance runner. He competed in the Summer Olympics in 2008 in Beijing, 2012 in London, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro and 2021 in Tokyo.
1977
Bad News Brown
Canadian rapper, harmonica player, and actor (died 2011)
Paul Frappier, better known by his stage name Bad News Brown, was a Canadian entertainer, musician, and hip hop MC of Haitian origin.
1920
Barbara Howard
Canadian sprinter and educator (died 2017)
Barbara Howard was a Canadian sprinter and educator. Growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Howard gained national media attention as a sprinter in high school when she completed a time trial that broke the standing…
1641
Nicolaes Witsen
Mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands (died 1717)
Nicolaes Witsen was a Dutch statesman who was mayor of Amsterdam thirteen times, between 1682 and 1706. In 1693, he became administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
1930
Gary Snyder
American poet, essayist, and translator
Gary Sherman Snyder is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist.
1943
Gamini Lokuge
Sri Lankan politician (died 2025)
Gamini Kulawansa Lokuge was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the Colombo Electoral District between 1989 and 2024, and had previously represented Kesbewa in the National State…
1893
Edd Roush
American baseball player and coach (died 1988)
Edd J. Roush was an American professional baseball player and coach.
1926
David Attenborough
English environmentalist and television host
Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian, and writer.
1867
Margarete Böhme
German novelist (died 1939)
Margarete Böhme was, arguably, one of the most widely read German writers of the early 20th century. Böhme authored 40 novels – as well as short stories, autobiographical sketches, and articles.
1821
William Henry Vanderbilt
American businessman and philanthropist (died 1885)
William Henry Vanderbilt was an American businessman and railroad magnate.
1884
Harry S. Truman
American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (died 1972)
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April.