History Deaths on March 08

William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)

#William_Howard_Taft

Ray Nitschke, American football player and actor (b. 1936)

#Ray_Nitschke

Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel (b. 1908)

#Alfons_Rebane

Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)

#Harold_Lloyd

Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)

#Christopher_Wren

John Bellairs, American author and academic (b. 1938)

#John_Bellairs

Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (b. 1922)

#Ewald-Heinrich_von_Kleist-Schmenzin

Jack Churchill, Hong Kong-English colonel (b. 1906)

#Jack_Churchill

José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)

#José_Raúl_Capablanca

Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (b. 1914)

#Adolfo_Bioy_Casares

Queen Noguk of Korea

#Queen_Noguk

John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)

#John_Ericsson

Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)

#Edward_Terry_Sanford

John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947)

#John_Vukovich

James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)

#James_Buchanan_Eads

Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)

#Cornelius_Krieghoff

Adela of Normandy, by marriage countess of Blois (b. c. 1067)

#Adela_of_Normandy

Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)

#Hulusi_Behçet

Wincenty Kad?ubek, Polish bishop and historian (b. 1161)

#Wincenty_Kad?ubek

Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor and academic (b. 1688)

#Louis_August_le_Clerc

William III of England (b. 1650)

#William_III_of_England

Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)

#Abraham_Darby_I

Chabuca Granda, Peruvian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1920)

#Chabuca_Granda

Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)

#Johannes_Diderik_van_der_Waals

Zbigniew Religa, Polish surgeon and politician, Polish Minister of Health (b. 1938)

#Zbigniew_Religa

Edward Andrews, American actor (b. 1914)

#Edward_Andrews

Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)

#Thomas_Beecham

Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, 3rd President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951)

#Aslan_Maskhadov

George Stevens, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)

#George_Stevens

Aldo Ferrer, Argentinian economist and diplomat (b. 1927)

#Aldo_Ferrer

Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1401)

#Francesco_I_Sforza

George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1926)

#George_Martin

Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1921)

#Leo_Bretholz

Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)

#Ferdinand_Brokoff

Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)

#Sherwood_Anderson

Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)

#Hank_Locklin

William Guarnere, American sergeant (b. 1923)

#William_Guarnere

Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)

#Joe_DiMaggio

Steven Rubenstein, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1962)

#Steven_Rubenstein

Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)

#Hector_Berlioz

Minoru Mori, Japanese businessman, founded the Mori Art Museum (b. 1934)

#Minoru_Mori

Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)

#Sam_Simon

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1945)

#Ron_"Pigpen"_McKernan

Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)

#Karen_Morley

Veit Bach, German baker and miller (b. 1550)

#Veit_Bach

Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian (b. 1924)

#Peggy_Cass

Billy Eckstine, American trumpet player (b. 1914)

#Billy_Eckstine

William Walton, English composer (b. 1902)

#William_Walton

Cedrick Hardman, American football player and actor (b. 1948)

#Cedrick_Hardman

Bayezid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1360)

#Bayezid_I

Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)

#Frederick_Bligh_Bond

César Lattes, Brazilian physicist and academic (b. 1924)

#César_Lattes

Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)

#Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin

Adam Faith, English singer (b. 1940)

#Adam_Faith

Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic (b. 1912)

#Werner_Hartmann_(physicist)

Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)

#Benjamin_Ruggles_Woodbridge

Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)

#Henry_Ward_Beecher

Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1904)

#Alan_Lennox-Boyd,_1st_Viscount_Boyd_of_Merton

Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria

#Margaret_of_Burgundy,_Duchess_of_Bavaria

Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)

#Howie_Morenz

Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (b. 1921)

#Simin_Daneshvar

John of God, Portuguese friar and saint (b. 1495)

#John_of_God

Krišj?nis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)

#Krišj?nis_Barons

Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)

#Millard_Fillmore

Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (b. 1587)

#Xu_Xiake

Hachik?, Japanese dog (b. 1923)

#Hachik?

Marshall Brodien, American actor (b. 1934)

Kate Wilhelm, American author (b. 1928)

Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)

Tjol Lategan, South African rugby player (b. 1925)

John O'Connell, Irish journalist and politician, 17th Irish Minister of Health (b. 1927)

Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricketer and manager (b. 1939)

Mike Starr, American bass player (b. 1966)

John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)

Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (b. 1948)

Edward Winter, American actor (b. 1937)

Gershon Liebman, French rabbi (b. 1905)

Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1961)

Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)

Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)

Pope Celestine II

Urraca of León and Castile (b. 1079)

Rudolf of Fulda, German theologian

Li Shidao, Chinese warlord