Famous Deaths on 8 Nov

Famous Deaths on 8 Nov

1171 - Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)
1195 - Conrad of Hohenstaufen
1226 - King Louis VIII of France (b. 1187)
1246 - Berenguela of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Castile (b. 1180)
1308 - Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher
1517 - Francisco Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish statesman (b. 1436)
1527 - Jerome Emser, German theologian (b. 1477)
1599 - Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528)
1600 - Natsuka Masaie, Japanese warlord (b. 1562)
1605 - Robert Catesby, English conspirator (b. 1573)
1658 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (b. 1599)
1674 - John Milton, English poet (b. 1608)
1719 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652)
1817 - Andrea Appiani, Italian painter (b. 1754)
1830 - King Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
1887 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (b. 1851)
1890 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (b. 1822)
1905 - Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
1917 - Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b. 1879)
1921 - Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet (b. 1849)
1934 - Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician (b. 1879)
1944 - Walter Nowotny, Austrian/German fighter pilot (b. 1920)
1945 - August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
1949 - Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian clergyman (b. 1874)
1953 - John van Melle, South African author (b. 1887)
1953 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
1959 - Frank Sherman Land, founder of DeMolay International (b. 1890)
1965 - Dorothy Kilgallen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1913)
1968 - Wendell Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
1970 - Huw Thomas Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician (b. 1892)
1974 - Ivory Joe Hunter, American R&B singer, pianist and songwriter (b. 1914)
1977 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (b. 1896)
1978 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (b. 1894)
1979 - Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of Charles de Gaulle (b. 1900)
1983 - Mordecai Kaplan, Rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (b. 1881)
1985 - Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1899)
1986 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician (b. 1890)
1993 - Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff, Russian mathematician (b. 1906)
1994 - Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (b. 1940)
1998 - Jean Marais, French actor (b. 1913)
1999 - Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1941)
1999 - Leon Å tukelj, Slovenian gymnast (b. 1898)
2002 - Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (b. 1931)
2003 - Guy Speranza, American singer, original Riot frontman (b. 1956)
2003 - Bob Grant, English actor (b. 1932)
2003 - C. Z. Guest, American socialite (b. 1920)
2005 - David Westheimer, American novelist (b. 1917)
2005 - Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (b. 1928)
2006 - Basil Poledouris, American film score composer (b. 1945)
2007 - Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician and former DSWD Secretary. (b. 1943)
2007 - Chad Varah founder of charity The Samaritans (b. 1911)
911 - Louis the Child, last Carolingian ruler of the East Franks (b. 893)
955 - Pope Agapetus II