Gary Glitter

Paul Francis Gadd, better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, is an English former singer who achieved fame and success during the 1970s and 1980s. His career ended after he was convicted of downloading child pornography in 1999. He was also convicted of child sexual abuse in 2006 and a series of sexual offences in 2015.

8 May 1944

Born on the same birth day (8 May): Aloysius Stepinac • Buakaw Banchamek • Edd Roush • Emil Christian Hansen • Fernandel • Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach • Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming • Iyo Sky • Jeff Wincott • Jesús Arellano • Joan I, Countess of Auvergne • John C. Bogle • João Havelange • Lennie Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann • Melissa Gilbert • Phyllida Law • Rick Zombo • Saul Bass • William Henry Vanderbilt

Born in the same month (May 1944): Antal Nagy (footballer, born 1944) • Bill Alter • Bob Benmosche • Charlie Harper (singer) • Chris Patten • Chris Ralston • Dietrich Mateschitz • Gary Stewart (singer) • Ingrid Roscoe • Jan Kinder • Janet Dailey • Joe Cocker • John Newcombe • Patti LaBelle • Pierre Bachelet • Robert G. W. Anderson • Robert MacPherson (mathematician) • Russi Taylor • Stav Prodromou • Ulrich Beck • W. G. Sebald