Famous Deaths on 8 Apr

Famous Deaths on 8 Apr

1143 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)
1364 - King John II of France (b. 1319)
1461 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)
1586 - Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522)
1587 - John Foxe, English writer (b. 1516)
1691 - Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1611)
1697 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (b. 1629)
1704 - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (b. 1641)
1704 - Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b. 1624)
1725 - John Wise, English clergyman (b. 1652)
1735 - Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg (b. March 27, 1676)
1848 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
1857 - Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (b. 1827)
1861 - Elisha Otis, American elevator builder (b. 1811)
1870 - Charles de Bériot, Belgian composer (b. 1802)
1919 - Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist (b. 1848)
1920 - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (b. 1884)
1931 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1864)
1936 - Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1876)
1942 - Kostas Skarvelis, Greek songwriter (b. 1880)
1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish-born ballet dancer (b. 1890)
1958 - Ethel Turner, Australian author (b. 1872)
1965 - Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist and sculptor (b. 1881)
1974 - James Charles McGuigan, Catholic archbishop of Toronto (b. 1894)
1978 - Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (b. 1894)
1981 - Omar Bradley, U.S. general (b. 1893)
1984 - Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1894)
1985 - J. Fred Coots, American songwriter (b. 1897)
1986 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (b. 1967)
1990 - Ryan White, American AIDS activist (b. 1971)
1991 - Dead (musician), Swedish metal singer (b. 1969)
1992 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1907)
1993 - Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897)
1994 - François Rozet, French Canadian actor (b. 1899)
1996 - León Klimovsky, Argentine film director (b. 1906)
1996 - Ben Johnson, American actor (b. 1918)
1996 - George W. Jenkins, American businessman (b. 1907)
1997 - Laura Nyro, American singer and composer (b. 1947)
2000 - Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
2002 - María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
2004 - Enda Colleran, Gaelic footballer (b. 1941)
2005 - Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2005 - Onna White, Canadian choreographer (b. 1924)
2006 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (b. 1923)
2007 - Carey W. Barber, a member of Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses (b. 1905)
2007 - Sol LeWitt, American artist (b. 1928)
2008 - John Button, Australian politician (b. 1933)
2008 - Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928)
2008 - Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
217 - Caracalla, Roman Emperor (b. 186)
956 - Gilbert of Chalon, Duke of Burgundy