History Deaths on April 08

Mu'izz al-Dawla, Buyid emir (b. 915)

#Mu'izz_al-Dawla

Gerard Reve, Dutch author and poet (b. 1923)

#Gerard_Reve

Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran theologian and reformer (b. 1522)

#Martin_Chemnitz

Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (b. 1971)

#Ryan_White

Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)

#Oda_Nobuhide

Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927)

#Emmanuel_III_Delly

Marian Anderson, American operatic singer (b. 1897)

#Marian_Anderson

Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (b. 1936)

#Jean-Claude_Turcotte

Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (b. 1624)

#Hiob_Ludolf

Caracalla, Roman emperor (b. 188)

#Caracalla

Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (b. 1575)

#Anne_Catherine_of_Brandenburg

Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1449)

#Lorenzo_de'_Medici

Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1918)

#Ben_Johnson_(actor)

Margaret Thatcher, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1925)

#Margaret_Thatcher

Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)

#Daniel_Bovet

Sejong the Great, Korean king (b. 1397)

#Sejong_the_Great

Sh?toku, Japanese prince (b. 572)

#Prince_Sh?toku

Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (b. 1942)

#Annette_Funicello

Sara Montiel, Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928)

#Sara_Montiel

Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)

#Božena_Benešová

Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)

#Juan_Belmonte

Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (b. 1904)

#Isamu_Kosugi

Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)

#Vaslav_Nijinsky

María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)

#María_Félix

John Foxe, English author (b. 1516)

#John_Foxe

Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)

#Pablo_Picasso

Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)

#Georg_von_Peuerbach

Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)

#Róbert_Bárány

Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

#Malcolm_McLaren

Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)

#Erik_Axel_Karlfeldt

John II, French king (b. 1319)

#John_II_of_France

Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1934)

#Jayakanthan

Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (b. 1924)

#Karlheinz_Deschner

Gertrude of Babenberg , duchess of Bohemia (b. 1118)

#Gertrude_of_Babenberg,_Duchess_of_Bohemia

Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (b. 1930)

#Ivan_Mercep

Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)

#Charles_Auguste_de_Bériot

Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893)

#Omar_Bradley

Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (b. 1926)

#Teddy_Scholten

Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894)

#Pyotr_Kapitsa

José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (b. 1917)

#José_Luis_Sampedro

Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)

#Auguste_Deter

Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)

#Claire_Trevor

Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)

#Loránd_Eötvös

Mikhail Beketov, Russian journalist (b. 1958)

#Mikhail_Beketov

Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)

#Gaetano_Donizetti

Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect, designed the Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto (b. 1611)

#Carlo_Rainaldi

Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1641)

#Henry_Sydney,_1st_Earl_of_Romney

John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1087)

#John_II_Komnenos

Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676)

#Francis_II_Rákóczi

Jack Tramiel, Polish-American businessman, founded Commodore International (b. 1928)

#Jack_Tramiel

Charibert II, Frankish king (b. 607)

#Charibert_II

Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (b. 1629)

#Niels_Juel

Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen, German nobleman (b. 1641)

#Wolfgang_Dietrich_of_Castell-Remlingen

Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)

#Lars_Hanson

Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)

#Elisha_Otis

Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)

#Marcel_Prévost

David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (b. 1933)

Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (b. 1987)

Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (b. 1920)

Janusz K. Zawodny, Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist (b. 1921)

Blair Kiel, American football player and coach (b. 1961)

Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (b. 1910)

Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1976)

Richard de Mille, American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist (b. 1922)

Kazuo Shiraga, Japanese painter (b. 1924)

Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)

Onna White, Canadian choreographer and dancer (b. 1922)

Werner Schumacher, German actor (b. 1921)

Harvey Quaytman, American painter (b. 1937)

František Š?astný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927)

Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1947)

Mick Young, Australian politician (b. 1936)

León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)

François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (b. 1899)

Per "Dead" Ohlin, Swedish musician (b. 1969)

John Frederick Coots, American pianist and composer (b. 1897)

Breece D'J Pancake, American short story writer (b. 1952)

James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (b. 1894)

Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)

Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)

Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)

Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)

Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)

Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)

John Wise, American minister (b. 1652)

Magdalen Dacre, English noble (b. 1538)

Stephen Gravesend, bishop of London

Thomas of Tolentino, Italian-Franciscan missionary (b. c.?1255)

Gilbert, Frankish nobleman

Wang Yanxi, Chinese emperor

Adalelm, Frankish nobleman