Famous Deaths on December 8, Who Died on December 8
Here is a list who died on December 8. Famous deaths for the 8th of December. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on December 8. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
Famous people who died in December 8th?
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Who died on December 8?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1186 | Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (b.c 1125) |
| 1292 | John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 1365 | Nicholas II, Duke of Opava (b. 1288) |
| 1431 | Hedwig Jagiellon, Polish and Lithuanian princess (b. 1408) |
| 1550 | Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. 1478) |
| 1626 | John Davies, English poet, lawyer, and politician (b. 1569) |
| 1632 | Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1561) |
| 1638 | Ivan Gundulić, Croatian poet (b. 1589) |
| 1643 | John Pym, English politician (b. 1583) |
| 1649 | Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (b. 1613) |
| 1680 | Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English lawyer and politician (b. 1606) |
| 1691 | Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615) |
| 1709 | Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625) |
| 1722 | Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652) |
| 1734 | James Figg, English prizefighter |
| 1744 | Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717) |
| 1745 | Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683) |
| 1746 | Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693) |
| 1756 | William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690) |
| 1768 | Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702) |
| 1779 | Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707) |
| 1815 | Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739) |
| 1830 | Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767) |
| 1856 | Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790) |
| 1859 | Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785) |
| 1864 | George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815) |
| 1869 | Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832) |
| 1885 | William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821) |
| 1886 | Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792) |
| 1894 | Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821) |
| 1903 | Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820) |
| 1907 | King Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829) |
| 1913 | Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868) |
| 1914 | Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828) |
| 1917 | Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836) |
| 1918 | Josip Stadler, Bosnian Catholic archbishop (b. 1843) |
| 1919 | J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852) |
| 1922 | Joe McKelvey, Irish Republican Army officer executed during the Irish Civil War |
| 1929 | José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867) |
| 1932 | Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (b. 1843) |
| 1937 | Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856) |
| 1938 | Friedrich Glauser, Swiss author (b. 1896) |
| 1940 | George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861) |
| 1941 | Izidor Kürschner, Hungarian football player and coach (b. 1885) |
| 1942 | Albert Kahn, American architect, Fisher Building, Packard Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869) |
| 1952 | Charles Lightoller, English sailor (b. 1874) |
| 1954 | Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer, and writer (b. 1894) |
| 1958 | Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888) |
| 1963 | Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908) |
| 1966 | Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899) |
| 1971 | Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903) |
| 1975 | Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948) |
| 1978 | Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898) |
| 1980 | John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940) |
| 1982 | Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951) |
| 1983 | Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904) |
| 1984 | Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903) |
| 1991 | Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1911) |
| 1992 | William Shawn, American journalist (b. 1917) |
| 1993 | Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933) |
| 1994 | Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927) |
| 1996 | Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950) |
| 1997 | Bob Bell, American clown and actor (b. 1922) |
| 1999 | Péter Kuczka, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1923) |
| 2001 | Mirza Delibašić, Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954) |
| 2003 | Rubén González, Cuban pianist (b. 1919) |
| 2004 | Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966) |
| 2005 | Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge (b. 1914) |
| 2006 | Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915) |
| 2007 | Gerardo García Pimentel, Mexican journalist (b. 1983) |
| 2008 | Oliver Postgate, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925) |
| 2009 | Luis Días, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952) |
| 2012 | Jerry Brown, American football player (b. 1987) |
| 2013 | John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917) |
| 2014 | Tom Gosnell, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1951) |
| 2015 | Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano and actress (b. 1925) |
| 2016 | John Glenn, American astronaut and senator, first American to go into orbit (b. 1921) |
| 2018 | David Weatherall, English physician, geneticist, and academic (b. 1933) |
| 2019 | René Auberjonois, American actor (b. 1940) |
| 2021 | Robbie Shakespeare, Jamaican bass guitarist and record producer (b. 1953) |
| 855 | Drogo of Metz, illegitimate son of Charlemagne (b. 801) |
| 899 | Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850) |
| 964 | Zhou the Elder, Chinese queen consort |
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