Famous Deaths on April 8, Who Died on April 8
Here is a list who died on April 8. Famous deaths for the 8th of April. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on April 8. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1143 | John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1087) |
| 1150 | Gertrude of Babenberg, duchess of Bohemia (b. 1118) |
| 1321 | Thomas of Tolentino, Italian-Franciscan missionary (b. c. 1255) |
| 1338 | Stephen Gravesend, bishop of London |
| 1364 | John II, French king (b. 1319) |
| 1450 | Sejong the Great, Korean king (b. 1397) |
| 1461 | Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) |
| 1551 | Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510) |
| 1586 | Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran theologian and reformer (b. 1522) |
| 1608 | Magdalen Dacre, English noble (b. 1538) |
| 1612 | Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (b. 1575) |
| 1691 | Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect, designed the Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto (b. 1611) |
| 1697 | Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (b. 1629) |
| 1704 | Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (b. 1624) |
| 1709 | Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen, German nobleman (b. 1641) |
| 1725 | John Wise, American minister (b. 1652) |
| 1735 | Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676) |
| 1848 | Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797) |
| 1860 | István Széchenyi, Hungarian statesman and reformer (b.1791) |
| 1861 | Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811) |
| 1870 | Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802) |
| 1877 | Bernardino António Gomes, Portuguese physician and naturalist (b. 1806) |
| 1894 | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838) |
| 1919 | Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848) |
| 1920 | Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884) |
| 1931 | Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864) |
| 1936 | Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876) |
| 1941 | Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862) |
| 1942 | Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880) |
| 1947 | Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862) |
| 1950 | Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890) |
| 1959 | Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913) |
| 1961 | Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885) |
| 1962 | Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892) |
| 1965 | Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886) |
| 1969 | Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900) |
| 1973 | Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881) |
| 1974 | James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (b. 1894) |
| 1981 | Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893) |
| 1983 | Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (b. 1904) |
| 1984 | Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894) |
| 1985 | John Frederick Coots, American pianist and composer (b. 1897) |
| 1990 | Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (b. 1971) |
| 1991 | Per Ohlin, Swedish musician (b. 1969) |
| 1992 | Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) |
| 1993 | Marian Anderson, American operatic singer (b. 1897) |
| 1994 | François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (b. 1899) |
| 1996 | Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1918) |
| 1997 | Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1947) |
| 2000 | František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927) |
| 2002 | María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914) |
| 2004 | Werner Schumacher, German actor (b. 1921) |
| 2005 | Onna White, Canadian choreographer and dancer (b. 1922) |
| 2006 | Gerard Reve, Dutch author and poet (b. 1923) |
| 2007 | Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928) |
| 2008 | Kazuo Shiraga, Japanese painter (b. 1924) |
| 2009 | Richard de Mille, American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist (b. 1922) |
| 2010 | Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter (b. 1946) |
| 2011 | Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (b. 1910) |
| 2012 | Blair Kiel, American football player and coach (b. 1961) |
| 2013 | Mikhail Beketov, Russian journalist (b. 1958) |
| 2014 | Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927) |
| 2015 | Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1934) |
| 2019 | Josine Ianco-Starrels, Romanian-born American art curator (b. 1926) |
| 2020 | Rick May, American-Canadian voice actor (b. 1940) |
| 2022 | Mimi Reinhardt, Austrian Jewish secretary (b. 1915) |
| 217 | Caracalla, Roman emperor (b. 188) |
| 622 | Shōtoku, Japanese prince (b. 572) |
| 632 | Charibert II, Frankish king (b. 607) |
| 894 | Adalelm, Frankish nobleman |
| 944 | Wang Yanxi, Chinese emperor |
| 956 | Gilbert, Frankish nobleman |
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