History Deaths on February 08

Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)

#Giuseppe_Torelli

Nancy Holt, American sculptor and painter (b. 1938)

#Nancy_Holt

Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

#Halldór_Laxness

Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

#Walther_Bothe

Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)

#Jan_van_Huysum

Violette Verdy, French ballerina (b. 1933)

#Violette_Verdy

Wando, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1945)

#Wando_(singer)

Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter (b. 1950)

#Luis_Alberto_Spinetta

Del Ennis, American baseball player (b. 1925)

#Del_Ennis

George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)

#George_Dolenz

Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1932)

#Els_Borst

Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)

#Peter_the_Great

Ali ibn Hanzala, sixth D??? al-Mu?laq of Tayyibi Isma'ilism

#Ali_ibn_Hanzala

George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)

#George_Formby_Sr

Robert I, Count of Artois (b. 1216)

#Robert_I,_Count_of_Artois

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)

#Hendrik_Willem_Bakhuis_Roozeboom

Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)

#Ernst_Kretschmer

Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1542)

#Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist (b. 1901)

#Eivind_Groven

Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)

#Ivo_Caprino

Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)

#Hans_Jæger

Severus of Antioch, patriarch of Antioch

#Severus_of_Antioch

Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

#Charles_Curtis

Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1918)

#Sid_Abel

Helen of Anjou, queen of Serbia (b. 1236)

#Helen_of_Anjou

Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans (b. 1328)

#Blanche_of_France,_Duchess_of_Orléans

Przemys? II of Poland (b. 1257)

#Przemys?_II

Denny Wright, British guitarist (b. 1924)

#Denny_Wright

John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)

#John_von_Neumann

Robert Rollock, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1555)

#Robert_Rollock

Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)

#Dennis_Gabor

Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)

#Peter_Kropotkin

Amelia Bence, Argentine actress (b. 1914)

#Amelia_Bence

Peter Mansfield, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1933)

#Peter_Mansfield

Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)

#Theodor_Curtius

Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (b. 1546)

#Thomas_Cecil,_1st_Earl_of_Exeter

François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)

#François_Habeneck

James DePreist, American conductor and educator (b. 1936)

#James_DePreist

Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer (b. 1914)

#Akira_Ifukube

Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)

#Connie_Mack

Elton Dean, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945)

#Elton_Dean

France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)

#France_Prešeren

Julius Schwartz, American journalist and author (b. 1915)

#Julius_Schwartz

Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

#Eemil_Nestor_Setälä

William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)

#William_J._Donovan

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)

#Princess_Augusta_of_Saxe-Gotha

Alan Simpson, English scriptwriter (b. 1929)

#Alan_Simpson_(scriptwriter)

Alexis of Russia (b. 1629)

#Alexis_of_Russia

Giovanni Cheli, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)

#Giovanni_Cheli

Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1912)

#Gunther_Plaut

Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1912)

#Enoch_Powell

François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)

#François_Langelier

Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)

#Italo_Santelli

John Murtha, American colonel and politician (b. 1932)

#John_Murtha

Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (b. 1939)

#Rauni-Leena_Luukanen-Kilde

Saint Gerolamo Emiliani, Italian humanitarian (b. 1481)

#Gerolamo_Emiliani

Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (b. 1967)

#Anna_Nicole_Smith

Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)

#Del_Shannon

Raymond Scott, American pianist and composer (b. 1908)

#Raymond_Scott

Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)

#Ivan_V_of_Russia

Alexios IV Angelos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1182)

#Alexios_IV_Angelos

Nida Fazli, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1938)

#Nida_Fazli

Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)

#Maicon_Pereira_de_Oliveira

Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler (b. 1217)

#Hulagu_Khan

Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (b.c. 1100)

#Elvira_of_Castile,_Queen_of_Sicily

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English socialite, television presenter, model, and charity patron (b. 1971)

#Tara_Palmer-Tomkinson

Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)

#Agostino_Bassi

Rina Matsuno, Japanese idol singer (Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku) (b. 1998)

Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1938)

Nevin Scrimshaw, American scientist (b. 1918)

Maureen Dragone, American journalist and author (b. 1920)

Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1909)

Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1918)

Thierry Fortineau, French actor (b. 1953)

A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan sailor and politician (b. 1944)

Ong Teng Cheong, Singaporean architect and politician, 5th President of Singapore (b. 1936)

Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)

Iris Murdoch, Irish-born British novelist and philosopher (b. 1919)

Julian Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)

Corey Scott, American motorcycle stunt rider (b. 1968)

Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (b. 1918)

Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress (b. 1905)

William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Swallow Sidecar Company (b. 1901)

John Hay Whitney, American financier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1904)

Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936)

Robert Robinson, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)

Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)

Maurice Maillot, French actor (b. 1906)

Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)

J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)

Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)

Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)

George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)

Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)

Theodoric of Landsberg (b. 1242)

William II Longespée, English martyr (b. 1212)