History Deaths on January 08

Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)

#Ada_Rehan

William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)

#William_Rainey_Marshall

Gale Page, American actress (b. 1910)

#Gale_Page

Albert Alcibiades, margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (b. 1522)

#Albert_Alcibiades,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (b. 1906)

#Pierre_Fournier

Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)

#Kay_Sage

John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)

#John_Dalrymple,_1st_Earl_of_Stair

Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)

#Alexandre_Stavisky

Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)

#Justus_Möser

Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924)

#Thorbjørn_Svenssen

Philibert de l'Orme, French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (b. 1510)

#Philibert_de_l'Orme

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general (b. 1857)

#Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell

Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan Journalist (b. 1958)

#Lasantha_Wickrematunge

Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1564)

#Galileo_Galilei

Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter and harp player (b. 1898)

#Sara_Carter

Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)

#Nikolay_Nekrasov

William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)

#William_Beresford,_1st_Viscount_Beresford

Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)

#Gauchito_Gil

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (b. 1934)

#Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani

Celestine III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1106)

#Pope_Celestine_III

James Mancham, Seychellois politician (b. 1939)

#James_Mancham

Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866)

#Antonia_Maury

Edgar, king of Scotland (b. 1074)

#Edgar,_King_of_Scotland

Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (b. 1919)

#Richard_Hillary

George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)

#George_Bellows

Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author (b. 1871)

#Rauf_Yekta

Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)

#Paul_Verlaine

Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (b. 1879)

#Andres_Larka

Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)

#Charles_Étienne_Brasseur_de_Bourbourg

Albert Hill, English runner and coach (b. 1889)

#Albert_Hill_(athlete)

Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)

#Hugh_Binney

Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)

#Steve_Clark

Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)

#Mary_Colter

Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (b. 1925)

#Nicolai_Gedda

John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)

#John_Baskerville

German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian & talent manager (b. 1933)

#German_Moreno

Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)

#Joseph_Franklin_Rutherford

Ji?í Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1937)

#Ji?í_Dienstbier

John Madin, English architect, designed the Birmingham Central Library (b. 1924)

#John_Madin

Matthew Beard, American actor (b. 1925)

#Matthew_Beard_(American_actor)

Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)

#Aimé,_duc_de_Clermont-Tonnerre

Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (b. 1911)

#Terry-Thomas

Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)

#Johannes_Pääsuke

Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

#Alexander_Prokhorov

Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (b. 1932)

#Dave_Thomas_(businessman)

Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (b. 1938)

#Dave_Alexander_(blues_musician)

Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (b. 1928)

#Vicente_T._Blaz

Bagsecg, Viking warrior and leader

#Bagsecg

Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)

#Emperor_Norton

Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (b. 1929)

#Alexis_Weissenberg

Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (b. 1942)

#Andraé_Crouch

Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

#Melvin_Calvin

John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525)

#John_George,_Elector_of_Brandenburg

Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (b. 1925)

#Irma_Heijting-Schuhmacher

Severinus of Noricum, Italian apostle and saint

#Severinus_of_Noricum

Beatrice of Portugal, duchess of Savoy (b. 1504)

#Beatrice_of_Portugal,_Duchess_of_Savoy

François Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st President of France (b. 1916)

#François_Mitterrand

Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)

#Eli_Whitney

Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)

#Arcangelo_Corelli

Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)

#Edward_Pakenham

Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (b. 1941)

#Madeline_Gins

Eerik Kumari, Estonian ornithologist and academic (b. 1912)

#Eerik_Kumari

Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)

#Ellis_H._Roberts

Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)

#Rembrandt_Bugatti

Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)

#Schoolboy_Rowe

Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)

#Andrei_Bely

William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (b. 1878)

#William_Kissam_Vanderbilt_II

Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (b. 1883)

#Joseph_Schumpeter

Giotto, Italian painter and architect, designed Scrovegni Chapel and Giotto's Campanile (b. 1266)

#Giotto

Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)

#Harvey_Haddix

Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)

#Zhou_Enlai

Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1922)

#Yvonne_De_Carlo

Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)

#Jack_Broughton

Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)

#Simon_Bolivar_Buckner

Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927)

#Kenojuak_Ashevak

Moses Amyraut, French physician and theologian (b. 1596)

#Moses_Amyraut

Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian race car driver (b. 1926)

#Maria_Teresa_de_Filippis

Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)

#Jane_Bolin

Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (b. 1913)

#Tom_McCall

Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)

Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (b. 1921)

Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1926)

Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1939)

Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (b. 1930)

Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (b. 1920)

Bernhard Schrader, German chemist and academic (b. 1931)

T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (b. 1943)

Art Clokey, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

George Moore, Australian jockey and trainer (b. 1923)

Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1925)

David Ervine, Northern Irish politician and activist (b. 1953)

Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1916)

Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (b. 1943)

John A. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1930)

Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925)

Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)

Howard Taubman, American author and critic (b. 1907)

Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1968)

Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)

Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (b. 1919)

Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and pilot (b. 1919)

Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)

John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (b. 1907)

Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (b. 1891)

Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)

Kenneth Patchen, American poet and author (b. 1911)

Georges Guibourg, French actor, singer, and playwright (b. 1891)

Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer and coach (b. 1901)

John Duff, Canadian race car driver (b. 1895)

Jim Elliot, American missionary and martyr (b. 1928)

Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)

Kurt Schwitters, German painter and graphic designer (b. 1887)

Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)

Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)

Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)

John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)

Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)

Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)

Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian and academic (b. 1385)

Lawrence Giustiniani, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1381)

Stephen Zaccaria, archbishop of Patras

Charles de La Cerda, French nobleman (b. 1327)

Andronikos III, emperor of Trebizond

Adèle of France, countess of Flanders (b. 1009)

Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury

Hui of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 259)