Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 8 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 8
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 8
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 855 | Drogo of Metz, illegitimate son of Charlemagne (b. 801) |
| 899 | Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850) |
| 964 | Zhou the Elder, Chinese queen consort |
| 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) |
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