Famous Birthdays Today- Enrique Iglesias Is 45

By Seth Williams

May 8th

Actors:

  • Stephen Amell is 39 (“Queer As Folk,” “Private Practice,” “Arrow,” “The Flash, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”)
  • Matthew Davis is 42 (“Legally Blonde,” “The Vampire Diaries”)
  • Elyes Gabel is 37 (“Game of Thrones,” “Body of Proof”)
  • Melissa Gilbert is 56 (“Little House on the Prairie”)
  • David Keith is 66 (“An Officer and a Gentleman,” “Daredevil,” “Reckless”)
  • Julia Whelan is 36 (“Once and Again”)
  • The late Stephen Furst(1954 – 2017)…he would have been 66(“Animal House,” “The Dream Team,” “Babylon 5”) 

Musicians:

  • Katy B is 31 (known to her mama as Kathleen Anne Brien)
  • Philip Bailey is 69
  • Enrique Iglesias is 45
  • Gary Glitter is 76 (FAST FACT: He had been living in Vietnam since deportation from Cambodia on suspected child sexual abuse charges in 2002. Glitter was deported from Vietnam back to Britain at the end of his sentence in 2012, where he was placed on the Sex Offenders' Register for life.In 2015, the now-reviled pop star was sentenced to 16 years in prisonfor his hideous crimes.)
  • Savage Garden’s Darren Hayes is 48
  • Zebrahead’s Matty Lewis is 45
  • Blur drummer Dave Rowntree is 56
  • Toni Tennille is 80
  • Alex Van Halen is 67
  • The late Ricky Nelson(1940 – 1985)…he would have been80 

Plus:

  • Naturalist Sir David Attenborough is 94 (Also nature documentary producer who created the documentaries “Planet Earth” and “The Life of Birds,” among many others) (FAST FACT: His brother, Richard Attenborough starred in the “Jurassic Park” series)
  • Director Michel Gondry is 57 (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”)
  • Model Josie Maran is 42
  • The late comedian Don Rickles(1926-2017)… he would have been 94.
  • The late boxing champ Sonny Liston(1932 – 1970)…he would have been 88(FAST FACTS: Former World Heavyweight Champion who learned to fight while in jail. He compiled a career record of 50-4, competing against such boxing legends as Muhammad Ali and Floyd Patterson.)
  • The late author Peter Benchley(1940 – 2006)…he would have been 80(“Jaws”)
  • The late President Harry S. Truman(1884 – 1972)(FAST FACT: The 33rd U.S. President who ascended to office following Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in 1945 and authorized the use of the atomic bomb on Japan)
  • The late philanthropist William Henry Vanderbilt(1821 – 1885)(FAST FACTS: He inherited nearly $100-million from his father in 1877. The fortune was increased to almost $194-million when he died less than nine years later.)
  • The late author Phyllis Wheatley(1753 – 1784)(FAST FACTS: The first African American woman to become a published writer, she became famous for her 1773 collection, "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral." Many found it hard to believe that she wrote the poems ascribed to her, and she had to defend her authorship in court.)

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