Famous Deaths on 8 May

Famous Deaths on 8 May

1192 - Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)
1278 - Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268)
1319 - King Haakon V of Norway (b. 1270)
1473 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
1538 - Edward Fox, English bishop
1672 - Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Tréville and French Officer (b. 1598)
1766 - Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (b. 1693)
1773 - Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (b. 1728)
1781 - Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)
1785 - Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (b. 1719)
1785 - Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (b. 1701)
1788 - Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
1794 - Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (b. 1743)
1819 - Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii
1828 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781)
1837 - Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)
1842 - Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (b. 1790)
1853 - Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (b. 1785)
1873 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (b. 1806)
1880 - Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
1891 - Helena Blavatsky, Russian-born author (b. 1831)
1903 - Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848)
1936 - Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
1943 - Mordechaj Anielewicz, Polish Resistance Fighter (b. 1919)
1945 - Wilhelm Rediess, SS and Police leader of Nazi-occupied Norway (b. 1900)
1945 - Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883)
1945 - Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of Nazi-occupied Norway (b. 1898)
1947 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
1948 - U Saw, Burmese politician (b. 1900)
1950 - Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (b. 1865)
1952 - William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)
1960 - J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (b. 1904)
1967 - LaVerne Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (b. 1911)
1969 - Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892)
1975 - Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887)
1982 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943)
1982 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950)
1984 - Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest) (b. 1890)
1984 - Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
1985 - Dolph Sweet, American actor (b. 1920)
1985 - Theodore Sturgeon, American science fiction writer (b. 1918)
1987 - Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (b. 1920)
1988 - Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (b. 1907)
1990 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
1991 - Jean Langlais, French composer and pianist (b. 1907)
1991 - Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (b. 1903)
1993 - Avram Davidson, American writer (b. 1923)
1994 - George Peppard, American actor (b. 1928)
1995 - Teresa Teng, Asian superstar (b. 1953)
1996 - Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)
1996 - Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)
1996 - Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)
1998 - Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (b. 1912)
1999 - Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)
1999 - Ed Gilbert, American actor (b. 1931)
1999 - Dirk Bogarde, British actor (b. 1921)
2000 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
2000 - Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American transhumanist (b. 1959)
2000 - Henry Nicols, AIDS activist (b. 1973)
2005 - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (b. 1981)
2006 - Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (b. 1938)
2008 - Eddy Arnold, Country music star (b. 1918)
2008 - François Sterchele, Belgian football player (b. 1982)