Birthday wishes go to Olivia Culpo, Enrique Iglesias and all the other celebrities with today’s birthdays. Check out the slideshow below to see photos of celebrities getting a year older on May 8th and learn an interesting fact about each of them.
Celebrity birthdays on May 8, 2022
NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 30: Actor Timothy Busfield and actress Melissa Gilbert attend the opening night of Medea at BAM Harvey Theater on January 30, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Lars Nikki/Getty Images for the Pam Foundation)Getty Images for Pam
Actress Melissa Gilbert is 58 years old
Fun Fact: She has been married to actor Timothy Busfield since 2013
Enrique Iglesias performs on Friday, October 29, 2021, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP)Paul R. Giunta / Invision / AP
Singer Enrique Iglesias has turned 47
Fun Fact: It has a Grammy Award and 4 nominations
Stephen Amell arrives at the “Heels” premiere on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/Associated Press)Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP
Actor Stephen Amell is 41 years old
Fun fact: I’m from Toronto
Check out more celebrities who were born in Canada
Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson (center) poses with the Seth Stormtroopers on the red carpet at the European premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in London, December 18, 2019 (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN / AFP) Press via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images
Actor Domhnall Gleeson is 39 years old
Fun Fact: She portrayed Bill Weasley in the last two Harry Potter films
Olivia Culpo poses for photographers as she arrives at the premiere of “America Latina” during the 78th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Thursday, September 9, 2021 (Photo by Joel C. Ryan/Invision/Associated Press)Joel C. Ryan/Invision/Associated Press
Actress and influencer Olivia Culpo is 30 years old
Fun Fact: He once appeared as a shepherd on an episode of Hell’s Kitchen.
More celebrities with birthdays today
Singer Tony Tennell is 82 years old. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 80 years old. Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is 77 years old. Actor Mark Blankfield (“Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” ″The Amazing Shrunken Woman”) is 74 years old. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and vocalist Philip Bailey (Solo and With Earth, Wind and Fire) is 71 years old. Country musician Billy Burnett is 69. Van Halen’s drummer Alex Van Halen is 69. Actor David Keith is 68. Actor Raul Max Trujillo (“Mayans MC”) is 67. Commentator “The NFL Today” and former NFL coach Bill Coyer 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 Night Sweats is 39. Actress Julia Whelan (“Once Upon a Time”) is 38 years old.
Other popular or historical birthdays on May 8
Edward Gibbon, historian
Harry Truman, the 33rd President of the United States
Robert Johnson, blues singer
David Attenborough, naturalist (96)
Peter Benchley, Novelist
Don Rickles, Actor
With the Associated Press
Fun Facts About Celebrities (The Associated Press)
Fun facts about celebrities
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson | Emilia Clarke | Sophie Turner
Robert Downey Jr. Chris Hemsworth | Seth MacFarlane
Gal Gadot | Jason Momoa | Natalie Portman | Kat Dennings
Jenna Fisher | Miley Cyrus | Emma Stone | Reese Witherspoon
Emma Watson | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Tiffany Amber Thiessen
Scarlett Johansson | Kate Mara | Jennifer Aniston | Alan Alda
Jennifer Lawrence and Mila Kunis | David Hasselhoff
Lindsay Lohan | George Clooney | Amanda
Betty White | Dave Matthews | Danica McKellar | Taylor Swift
Britney Spears | Bill Nye | Alison Hannigan | Alec Baldwin
Rachel McAdams | Demi Moore | Julia Roberts | Mark Hamill
Danielle Fishel and the “Boy Meets World” team
A look at lists of fun facts about film and television (The Associated Press)
Fun facts about movies, TV and more
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45 actors born in Ohio
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88 celebrities who were born in Canada
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25 Actors You Didn’t Know Starred in Game of Thrones
25 Actors You Didn’t Know Appeared on ‘Boy Meets World’
Hosting the Oscars since 1989
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