Celebrities born on May 08

Charles B. Fitzsimons was an Irish American film and television producer and actor. He was the younger brother and manager of actress Maureen O'Hara.

Playboy's Miss August 2001

Charton Christopher Frantz is an American musician, producer and author. Born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Frantz attended the Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1970s, where he met musicians David Byrne and Tina Weymouth. Byrne and Frantz formed a band called the Artistics, which eventually transformed into the acclaimed new wave band Talking Heads. Weymouth, then Frantz's girlfriend, joined the band in 1975, and the two married in 1977. In 1981, Frantz and Weymouth formed Tom Tom Club, who achieved chart success with the influential single Genius of Love. Frantz was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Talking Heads in 2002. Frantz's memoir, Remain in Love, was published in 2020.

Julia May Whelan is an American television actress. She is best known for her role as Grace Manning on the TV drama series Once and Again (1999-2002), and her co-starring role in the 2002 Lifetime Television movie, The Secret Life of Zoey. A noted child actor, Whelan first appeared on screen at the age of eleven, and continued to take television roles until her matriculation into Middlebury College in 2004. Whelan returned to film acting in November 2008 with a role in the fantasy thriller Fading of the Cries.

Nyle DiMarco (born May 8, 1989) is an American model, actor, and deaf activist. In 2015, DiMarco was the second male winner and the first deaf winner of The CW's America's Next Top Model Cycle 22. The following year, he won season 22 of the ABC televised dance competition Dancing with the Stars, with professional dance partner Peta Murgatroyd.

Arthur Stuart Hull was an American stage and screen actor, his film career spanning the years 1913 to 1947.

Sound Designer and Mixer James LeBrecht is a well-known film and theatre sound designer and mixer, author, producer, and disability rights activist. He is the founder of Berkeley Sound Artists (BSA), an audio post-production house. BSA was the sound house for The Blood of Yingzhou District, the 2006 Academy Award® recipient for short documentary. Other credits include The Force, Unrest, The Waiting Room, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Daughter From Danang, We Were Here, Bang: the Bert Berns Story, and Audrie & Daisy. Jim's work as an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities began in high school as a member of Disabled in Action, a pioneering disability rights group. He helped found the Disabled Students Union at UC San Diego in the mid-1970s. Currently, LeBrecht is a board member at the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, a leading organization working for the rights of the disabled through education, legislation, and litigation.

Byron Kane was born on May 9, 1923 in St. Albans, Vermont (USA) as Byron Harold Kaplan. He was a producer and actor, known for The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), Peter Gunn (1958) and Hawaiian Eye (1959). He died on April 10, 1984 in Los Angeles, California (USA).

Gilles de Maistre (born 8 May 1960) is a French filmmaker, journalist, and actor who was nominated for a César Award. He is married to screenwriter Prune de Maistre and has six children. He is a half-brother of Patrice de Maistre and is a grand-nephew of the director René Clément. He is a descendant of the philosopher Joseph de Maistre. Source: Article "Gilles de Maistre" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.