Birthday wishes go out to Olivia Culpo, Enrique Iglesias and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on May 8th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Top celebrity birthdays on May 8, 2022
Actress Melissa Gilbert turns 58
Fun fact: Has been married to actor Timothy Busfield since 2013
Singer Enrique Iglesias turns 47
Fun fact: Has one Grammy win and 4 nominations
Actor Stephen Amell turns 41
Fun fact: Is originally from Toronto
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Actor Domhnall Gleeson turns 39
Fun fact: Portrayed Bill Weasley in the final two Harry Potter films
Actress and influence Olivia Culpo turns 30
Fun fact: Once appeared as a patron in an episode of ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer Toni Tennille is 82. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 80. Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is 77. Actor Mark Blankfield (“Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” ″The Incredible Shrinking Woman”) is 74. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and of Tom Tom Club is 71. Singer Philip Bailey (solo and with Earth, Wind and Fire) is 71. Country musician Billy Burnette is 69. Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 69. Actor David Keith is 68. Actor Raoul Max Trujillo (“Mayans M.C.”) is 67. “The NFL Today” commentator and former NFL coach Bill Cowher is 65. Drummer Dave Rowntree of Blur is 58. Drummer Del Gray of Little Texas is 54. Singer Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) is 50. Singer Joe Bonamassa is 45. Actor Matt Davis (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 44. Drummer Patrick Meese of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 39. Actor Julia Whelan (“Once and Again”) is 38.
Other popular or historical birthdays on May 8th
Edward Gibbon, historian
Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President
Robert Johnson, blues singer
David Attenborough, naturalist (96)
Peter Benchley, novelist
Don Rickles, actor
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Celebrity fun facts
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson | Emilia Clarke | Sophie Turner
Robert Downey Jr. | Chris Hemsworth | Seth MacFarlane
Gal Gadot | Jason Momoa | Natalie Portman | Kat Dennings
Jenna Fischer | Miley Cyrus | Emma Stone | Reese Witherspoon
Emma Watson | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Tiffani Amber Thiessen
Scarlett Johansson | Kate Mara | Jennifer Aniston | Alan Alda
Jennifer Lawrence & Mila Kunis | David Hasselhoff
Lindsay Lohan | George Clooney | Amanda Seyfried
Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift
Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Alyson Hannigan | Alec Baldwin
Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts | Mark Hamill
Danielle Fishel and the ‘Boy Meets World’ cast
Movie and TV fun facts & more
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25 actors you didn’t know appeared in ‘Boy Meets World’
More movie fun facts: ‘Love Actually’ | ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ | ‘Dirty Dancing’ | ‘Scream’ | ‘Romeo + Juliet’ | ‘The Big Lebowski’ | ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ | ‘The Phantom Menace’
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