Famous Deaths on 8 Oct

Famous Deaths on 8 Oct

1286 - John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
1317 - Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)
1621 - Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist
1647 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562)
1652 - John Greaves, English mathematician (b. 1602)
1656 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
1659 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary
1735 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
1754 - Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707)
1772 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (b. 1711)
1793 - John Hancock, American revolutionary (b. 1737)
1795 - Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman (b. 1725)
1809 - James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721)
1834 - François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
1847 - Rose Scott, Social Reformer
1869 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
1879 - Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834)
1886 - Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (b. 1819)
1897 - Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830)
1928 - Larry Semon, comedian (b. 1889)
1931 - Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (b. 1865)
1936 - William Henry Stark, American business leader (b. 1851)
1936 - Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882)
1942 - Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer
1944 - Wendell Willkie, American politician (b. 1892)
1945 - Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869)
1952 - Joe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1877)
1953 - Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
1953 - Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto (b. 1912)
1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886)
1962 - Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer
1967 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
1970 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934)
1970 - Jean Giono, French author (b. 1895)
1973 - Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher (b. 1889)
1977 - Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer , composer , lyricist (b. 1902 )
1982 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, Nobel laureate (b. 1889)
1982 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (b. 1915)
1983 - Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
1985 - Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (b. 1919)
1990 - B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)
1992 - Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
1995 - Christopher Keene, American conductor (b. 1946)
1997 - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (b. 1913)
1999 - John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915)
2002 - Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
2004 - James Chace, American historian (b. 1931)
2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)
2005 - Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (b. 1928)
2006 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (b. 1975)
2007 - John Henry, American race horse (b. 1975)
976 - Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen