Famous People Born on May 8

• Groban, Florent (1983)

  The Army Captain awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2015

• Johnson, Robert (1911)

  The legendary blues guitarist of "Crossroads" fame

• Kaluuya, Daniel (1989)

  The star of the movie 'Get Out'

• McTeer, Janet (1961)

   The Oscar-nominated star of Tumbleweeds and Albert Nobb

• Pynchon, Thomas (1937)

  Reclusive author of Gravity's Rainbow

• Rickles, Don (1926)

  The insult comic who used "dummy" and "hockey puck"

• Snyder, Gary (1930)

  Pulitzer-winning Beat poet who wrote Turtle Island

• Sorensen, Ted (1928)

  Counselor and speechwriter for John F. Kennedy

• Truman, Harry S. (1884)

  President of the United States, 1945-53

• Walker, William (1824)

  19th century filibuster who set up his own republic in Lower California

See also: Died on May 8