David Attenborough
Actor
1926 · United Kingdom
Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian, and writer.
Sources (2)
- David Attenborough (Q183337) · Wikidata
- David Attenborough · Wikipedia
Taha Mikati is a Lebanese billionaire businessman, the brother of fellow billionaire and former prime minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati. He is the co-founder of Investcom, the M1 Group, and the Mikati Foundation.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Each figure is a dated estimate from the publisher shown; wealth changes, and nothing here is live.
| As of | Estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.2B | Forbes · current |
Every fact on this page traces to one of these.
Also born on May 8
Actor
1926 · United Kingdom
Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster, natural historian, and writer.

Entrepreneur
1884–1972 · United States
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April.
National Archives and Records Administration. Office of Presidential Libraries. Harry S. Truman Library., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Actor
1975 · Spain
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler is a Spanish singer and songwriter.
Eva Rinaldi from Sydney, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Athlete
1970 · Spain
Luis Enrique Martínez García is a Spanish football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
Lluís from Sabadell (Barcelona), España, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Author
1937 · United States
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist. He is known for his dense, complex works of postmodern fiction, which are distinguished by their paranoid tone, absurd humor, and references to history, art, science, and popular culture.
Photo presumably taken by "Mr. DiLillo", who was identified as staff photographer of The Oysterette (Mead 1989, p. 170)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Author
1899–1992 · Austria
Friedrich August von Hayek was an Austrian economist and philosopher. He is known for his contributions to political economy, political philosophy and intellectual history.
The original uploader was DickClarkMises at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons