History Deaths on November 08

Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)

#Colin_Blythe

John Milton, English poet and philosopher (b. 1608)

#John_Milton

Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)

#Carlos_Chagas

Dov Yaffe, Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi (b. 1928)

#Dov_Yaffe

Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1898)

#Peter_Mohr_Dam

James Booker, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)

#James_Booker

Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)

#Thomas_Bewick

Michel Rolle, French mathematician and author (b. 1652)

#Michel_Rolle

John Hunt, Baron Hunt, English colonel, mountaineer, and academic (b. 1910)

#John_Hunt,_Baron_Hunt

Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)

#Norman_Rockwell

Robert Catesby, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1573)

#Robert_Catesby

Melozzo da Forlì, Italian painter (b. c. 1438)

#Melozzo_da_Forlì

Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1899)

#Nicolas_Frantz

Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (b. 1892)

#Huw_T._Edwards

Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

#Walter_Nowotny

Francisco Guerrero, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1528)

#Francisco_Guerrero_(composer)

Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, Sri Lankan monk and activist (b. 1942)

#Maduluwawe_Sobitha_Thero

Berengaria of Castile (b. 1179)

#Berengaria_of_Castile

Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)

#Manuel_Bretón_de_los_Herreros

Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast and judge (b. 1898)

#Leon_Štukelj

Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1915)

#Jacques_Hnizdovsky

Natsuka Masaie, Japanese daimy? (b. 1562)

#Natsuka_Masaie

Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (b. 1925)

#Emilio_Eduardo_Massera

Witte de With, Dutch admiral (b. 1599)

#Witte_de_With

Jean Marais, French actor and director (b. 1913)

#Jean_Marais

Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (b. 1917)

#Luigi_Gorrini

Rod Davies, Australian-English astronomer and academic (b. 1930)

#Rod_Davies

Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)

#Vyacheslav_Molotov

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)

#Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Seydlitz

August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)

#August_von_Mackensen

Sancha of León, Queen of León (b. c. 1018)

#Sancha_of_León

Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)

#Robert_Battey

Louis VIII, king of France (b. 1187)

#Louis_VIII_of_France

Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)

#Subroto_Mukerjee

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish cardinal (b. 1436)

#Francisco_Jiménez_de_Cisneros

John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)

#John_van_Melle

Lee MacPhail, American businessman (b. 1917)

#Lee_MacPhail

Willehad, bishop of Bremen

#Willehad

Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (b. 1881)

#Mordecai_Kaplan

Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)

#Francis_I_of_the_Two_Sicilies

Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1938)

#Chiyoko_Shimakura

Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)

#Don_Paul_(linebacker)

Phil Crane, American academic and politician (b. 1930)

#Phil_Crane

Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

#Vitaly_Ginzburg

Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)

#Doc_Holliday

Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (b. 1914)

#Wendell_Corey

Martin of Tours, Frankish bishop and saint

#Martin_of_Tours

Rhea Chiles, American philanthropist, founded the Polk Museum of Art (b. 1930)

#Rhea_Chiles

Aad Nuis, Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1933)

#Aad_Nuis

Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)

#Pavol_Országh_Hviezdoslav

César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)

#César_Franck

Duns Scotus, Scottish priest, philosopher, and academic (b. 1266)

#Duns_Scotus

Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1941)

#Lester_Bowie

Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (b. 1754)

#Andrea_Appiani

Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (b. 1896)

#Bucky_Harris

James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)

#James_Agnew

Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)

#Ivan_Bunin

Godfrey of Amiens, French bishop and saint (b. 1066)

#Godfrey_of_Amiens

Sawara, Japanese prince

#Prince_Sawara

Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)

#Chika_Kuroda

Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)

#Victor_Borisov-Musatov

Bil Keane, American cartoonist (b. 1922)

#Bil_Keane

Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)

#Girolamo_Mercuriale

Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)

#Cyriel_Verschaeve

Om Prakash Mehra, Indian air marshal and politician (b. 1919)

Joseph Cure, American ice hockey player and actor (b. 1984)

Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (b. 1928)

Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (b. 1984)

Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (b. 1957)

Arnold Rosner, American composer (b. 1945)

Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (b. 1915)

William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1927)

Peggy Vaughan, American author (b. 1936)

Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (b. 1960)

Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1967)

Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (b. 1915)

Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (b. 1961)

Chad Varah, English priest, founded The Samaritans (b. 1911)

Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (b. 1943)

Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist and academic (b. 1941)

Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)

David Westheimer, American soldier and author (b. 1917)

Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (b. 1928)

Peter Mathers, English-Australian author and playwright (b. 1931)

Guy Speranza, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)

C.Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (b. 1920)

Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1932)

Jon Elia, Pakistani poet, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1931)

Aristidis Moschos, Greek santouri player and educator (b. 1930)

Rumer Godden, English author and poet (b. 1907)

Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)

Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (b. 1931)

Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese-French poet and author (b. 1925)

Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1914)

Faruk Nafiz Çaml?bel, Turkish poet, author, and politician (b. 1898)

Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (b. 1913)

Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)

Jerome Emser, German theologian and reformer (b. 1477)

Baeda Maryam I, emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1448)

Peter of Aragon, Aragonese infante (b. 1398)

Matilda of Béthune, French countess

Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1135)

Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)

Ilghazi, Artuqid ruler of Mardin

Ibn al-Q??iyya, Andalusian historian

Agapetus II, pope of the Catholic Church

Liu, empress of Qi (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 877)

Yao Yi, Chinese chancellor (b. 866)

Duan Ning, Chinese general

Adeodatus I, pope of the Catholic Church