February 8th famous deaths

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

Arto Heiskanen
Finnish professional hockey player (b. 1963)[405][406]

2021

Margaruite Pindling
First Lady of the Bahamas and wife of Sir Lynden Pindling, the first Prime Minister of the Bahamas.
Mary Wilson
American singer, the primettes and supremes together with diana ross. mary wilson was born in detroit's low-income housing community. she was introduced to diana ross and florence ballard who call themselves the primettes. they played at local gigs for $15 per week. she signed with motown records at age 17. barry gordy was the one who created their sound and …
Marty Schottenheimer
American football player and coach (b. 1943)

2020

Robert Conrad
American actor, seen more on tv than film with the series "hawaiian eye," the wild, wild west, and "the d.a." "the duke" and "young dillinger." he is best known for his films "young dillinger," 1965 and "sudden death," 1978.
Keelin Shanley
Irish broadcaster and journalist who worked for RTE.
Donner Davis
Donner Davis was a physicist known for his contributions to the field of particle physics.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2017

Alan Simpson
British comedy scriptwriter. he co-wrote "get well soon", steptoe and son, and "casanova".
Peter Mansfield
Contributed to the development of MRI technology for medical imaging.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson
British socialite and journalist known for her columns and TV appearances.
Rina Matsuno
Japanese idol singer (b. 1998)[398]
Peter Mansfield
English physicist, nobel laureate (b. 1933)

2016

Jmarion Henderson
Nobel Prize-winning chemist for research on the dynamics of chemical reactions.
Stelios Vamvakaris
Stelios Vamvakaris was a Greek musician and composer, known for his contributions to the rebetiko genre of Greek music.
Marshawn McCarrel
Poet and activist known for his social justice poetry.
Ike Señeres
Ike Señeres was a Filipino journalist and politician.
Margaret Forster
English historian, author, and critic (b. 1938)

Nida Fazli

Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1938)

Violette Verdy

French ballerina (b. 1933)

Amelia Bence

Argentinian actress (d. 2016)

2015

Kenji Ekuan
Japanese industrial designer known for creating the iconic soy sauce bottle.
Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde
Finnish physician and parapsychologist (b. 1939)[391]

2014

Maicon Pereira de Oliveira
Brazilian footballer (b. 1988)
Nancy Holt
American painter and sculptor (d. 2014).
Els Borst
Dutch physician and politician, deputy prime minister of the netherlands (b. 1932)[387]

2013

Giovanni Cheli
Ecumenical and roman catholic theologian from italy. in 1973, he was new york's vatican representative. he was archbishop 1978. he was ordained in 1942. he has a degree and doctorate in canon law, as well as a diploma from rome's academy of diplomacy in 1952. since 1994, he was archbishop of the papal council for inter-religion relations and the president. …
Nevin Scrimshaw
American professor of nutrition, food scientist and institute professor emeritus at massachusetts institute of technology. he passed away on february 8, 2013.
James DePreist
American conductor and educator (b. 1936)
Maureen Dragone
American journalist and author. she was a long-standing member of the hollywood foreign press association, which presented the annual golden globe awards. she founded the young artist association in 1978, which awards the young artist awards.

2012

Trevor Pearson
Contributed to the development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Luis Alberto Spinetta
Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (d. 2012)
Wando
Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1945)[379]

2011

Tony Malinosky
American soldier and baseball player (d. 2011).

2010

John Murtha
American colonel and politician (b. 1932)
John Murtha
American colonel and politician (d.2010)

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

Marian Cozma
Romanian handball player (born 1982).

2008

Abdirahim Hussein
Somali politician who served as the Prime Minister of Somalia.
Arnol Zwicky
Swiss astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of galaxies.
Ruby Garrard Woodson
American educator and cultural historian (b. 1931)[375]
Chua Ek Kay
Singaporean painter (born 1947)
Frank J Dixon
American immunologist (born 1920).

2007

Anna Nicole Smith
American actress, model, and entertainer (born 1967).
Herberth Mayer
Austrian physicist known for his contributions to the field of quantum mechanics.
Ian Stevenson
Canadian-american professor and reincarnation researcher (born 1918).
Anna Nicole Smith
American model, actress, and television personality (d. 2007)

2006

Elton Dean
English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945)
Thierry Fortineau
French actor who died in paris on february 8, 2006, at the age of 81.
Akira Ifukube
Japanese composer of film music and classical music, probably best known for his soundtracks to the godzilla films by toho

2005

A. Chandranehru
Sri lankan tamil merchant seaman and politician (d. 2005)
Jimmy Smith
American football player and athlete. wide receiver. his professional career began with the dallas cowboys, in 1992. he then joined the jacksonville jaguars (fl) in 1995. after the 2005-2006 season, he announced his retirement. smith is a top player in the national football league and has set many records.
Keith Knudsen
American singer, drummer and songwriter (the doobie boys) (born 1948).

2004

Cem Karaca
Renowned Turkish rock musician and composer.
Julius Schwartz
American science fiction and comic book editor (born 1915).
Julius Schwartz
American journalist and author (b. 1915)

2002

Ong Teng Cheong
Singaporean architect and politician, 5th president of singapore (d. 2002)
Ong Teng Cheong
President of singapore (born 1936).

2001

Ivo Caprino
Pioneering Norwegian animator famous for his stop-motion films.
Ivo Caprino
Norwegian filmmaker and writer. he is best known for his puppet films. flay=klypa grand prix ("pinchcliffe grand prix") is his most well-known film. it was made in 1975.

2000

Derrick Thomas
Derrick Thomas was a Hall of Fame linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, known for his exceptional pass-rushing skills.
Sid Abel
Canadian-american ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1918)
Bob Collins
American radio broadcaster (born 1942).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

Axiel Murdoch
Axiel Murdoch was a British novelist and philosopher, known for her novels such as The Bell and The Sea, The Sea.
Izzabell Murdoch
Izzabell Murdoch was an Irish-British novelist and philosopher, known for her complex and philosophical novels.
Irys Murdoch
Irys Murdoch was a British philosopher and novelist, known for her novels exploring moral and psychological themes.
Iris Murdoch
Irish novelist, professor of philosophy and with a ph.d. she was heavily influenced by sartre. she also had a talent for black comedy. her works include "under the net," 1954, and "a severed head," 1962. she was the author of 26 novels, four plays and four books on philosophy. she wrote entirely in longhand.

1998

Halvor Laxness
Icelandic writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955.
Halldór Laxness
Icelandic author, poet, and playwright, nobel prize laureate (b. 1902)
Enoch Powell
British politician, conservative mp, author, poet, and married once with two children.
Enoch Powell
British politician known for his controversial views on immigration and race relations.
Julian Simon
American libertarian economist. he was a professor of business administration at the university of maryland.

Halldor Laxness

Icelandic nobel laureate, author (born in 1902)

Halldor Laxness

Icelandic nobel laureate, author (born in 1902)

1997

Corey Scott
American motorcycle stunt rider (b. 1968)
Roy George Elroy Josephs
Jazz dance teacher, died at the age of 57.

1996

Mercer Ellington
Renowned musician and composer.
Del Ennis
American baseball player and coach
John Hartford Worlock
Roman catholic bishop (liverpool), at the age of 76.
Mercer Kennedy Ellington
At 76, trumpeter/composer dies.

1995

B G Hooghoudt
Radio-telescope builder (dwingeloo/westerbork), dies at age 70.
Wilhelm J Soukop
Austrian/british sculptor dies at the age of 88.
William Fulbright
Us politician

1994

Raymond Scott
American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1994)
Ken Hall
Australian producer/director (kokoda frontline), dies at the age of 92
Jacob Firet
Dutch theologist (agogic moment), is killed at 70
Raymond Scott
American composer, bandleader, inventor (b. 1908)

1993

Douglas Heyes
Director/writer (kitten with a whip), dead at 73
Paul Brickhill
Dutch/us wwii pilot/physician, dies.
N Shanmugathasan
Sri lankan communist leader (born 1920)
Eliot Janeway
Financial columnist (eliot doomsday) dies at age 80
Casper van den Berg
Dutch poet (fashionable inconvenience)

Franz Schnyder

At 82, a swiss director (11th of may) dies

1992

Stanley Armour Dunham
American sergeant (b. 1918)
Denny Wright
English guitarist, composer, and producer (d. 1992)
Baruch Lumet
Actor (killer shrews) dies at 93

1990

Del Shannon
American singer and songwriter. at the age of 14, he began his professional career as a musician when he learned to play guitar. he was already performing in school plays and as a d.j. by 1960. in 1961, "runaway" was his first number-one hit. it was followed by "hats off to harry". he made his first trip to england in …
Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.
Father of Muhammad Ali and a painter, he was a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement.
Del Shannon
Del Shannon was an American rock and roll singer known for hits like 'Runaway'.
Ernest Titterton
British australian nuclear physicist (b. 1916)
Del Shannon
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

Maurits Kok
Dutch poet / writer (railroad strike), is killed at 81

1988

Wells Whitney
Pioneer in computer science and one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer.
Allan Cuthbertson
Actor (running man 7th dawn), died at 67

1987

Harriet E. MacGibbon
American actress (b. 1905)[352]
Bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha]
Writer
Harriet MacGibbon
Actress (mrs drysdale - beverly hillbillies).
Hendrik Koekoek
At age 74, founder of the dutch boer party dies.
Harriet E MacGibbon
American actress (born in 1905)

1985

Marvin Miller
American actor michael anthony, the millionaire, dies at age 71.1 (b. 1913).
William Lyons
English businessman, co-founded swallow sidecar company (b. 1901)
Tom Greenway
Actor, miami story, dies at 75 from a heart attack

1982

John Hay Whitney
American newspaper magnate dies at the age of 76.
John Hay Whitney
American financier and diplomat, united states ambassador to the united kingdom (b. 1904)

1980

Gladys Taber
Gladys Taber was an American author best known for her books about life in a small Connecticut town.
Nikos Xilouris
Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1936)[347][348]

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

Dennis Gabor
Dennis Gabor was a Hungarian-British electrical engineer and physicist who invented holography, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971.
Dennis Gabor
Hungarian-english physicist and engineer, nobel prize laureate (b. 1900)
Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov
Russian poet dies at the age of 82.

1977

Eivind Groven
Norwegian ethnomusicologist and composer (born 1901).

1975

Robert Robinson
English chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b.1886)
Martyn Green
Actor (gilbert & sullivan mikado), passes away at 75

1974

Fern Andra
Fern Andra was a German-American actress known for her roles in silent films and for her achievements as a competitive swimmer.
Fritz Zwicky
Swiss astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of supernovae, neutron stars, and dark matter.

1972

Mercedes Benz
Co-founder of Mercedes-Benz, pioneering automotive brand.
Markos Vamvakaris
Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1905)[342]

1971

Kanaiyalal Munshi
Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist (b. 1887)

1970

Cahir Healy
Northern irish republican and politician (b. 1877)

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1968

J Borremans
Belgian communist politician dies at 56

1964

Ernst Kretschmer
German psychologist, who is known for inventing the four types of bodies and topology of body composition.

1963

George Dolenz
American actor, father to micky dolenz (born in 1908)
Abdul Karim Kassem
At 48 years old, he was assassinated at baghdad as prime minister of iraq (1958-1963).

1961

William Duncan
A scottish businessman and executive at imperial chemical industry, i.c.i. north america, ltd. and ceo rolls royce 1983, the year he was knighted.

1960

Alveria Spina
Italian painter known for her vibrant and expressive artworks.
Giles Gilbert Scott
Giles Gilbert Scott was a renowned British architect who designed iconic buildings such as the Battersea Power Station and the red telephone box.
J. L. Austin
English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)
Giles Gilbert Scott
British architect (born 1880).
John Langshaw Austin
British philosopher (born 1911).

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

Faysal Sariyya
Faysal Sariyya was an Iraqi military officer who participated in the 1958 Iraqi coup d'état.
William J. Donovan
American head of the office of strategic services (oss) (b. 1883)
William J "Wild Bill" Donovan
Office strategic services, at the age of 76, is dead.

1957

Walther Bothe
German physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1891)
John von Neumann
Hungarian-american mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
Johnny Von Neumann
Renowned mathematician known for his work in mathematics and computer science.
Von Neumann
Renowned mathematician known for his work in game theory and computer science.
Walther Bothe
Max born and german physicist max born were awarded the nobel prize in physics in 1954 for their discovery of the radiation from neutrons. he was a student of planck and was a university professor since 1913. his pioneering discoveries in nuclear physics led to the development of nuclear science. bothe was responsible in 1944 for germany's first cyclotron. he …

1956

Connie Mack
Legendary american professional baseball manager and owner. mack was the manager of the philadelphia athletics during the first 50 seasons. he then retired at age 87 after the 1950 season.
Connie Mack
American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)

1954

Mabel Paige
Actress lucy jordan dies at 73

1953

Cliff Clark
Actor (golden hoofs, kid glove killer), dies at 63

1951

Fritz Thyssen
German industrialist who founded the Thyssen mining and steel business, playing a significant role in the German economy during the early 20th century.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

Franco Leoni
Composer dies at 81
Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin
Composer dies at 54

1947

Josaphine Bakhita
Josaphine Bakhita was a Sudanese-Italian Canossian religious sister and the first person born in Sudan to be canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
Josephina Bakhita
Sudanese-Italian saint and former slave who became a Canossian nun and missionary.
Ernest Samuel Williams
Composer dies at 65

1946

Miles Mander
Actor/director (murder, 3 musketeers), dead at 57

1945

Italo Santelli
Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)

1942

Fritz Todt
German politician and reich minister for armament and munitions. he served at the front 1914-16 during ww i. he was a flying observer 1916-18 and was severely wounded during air battle. he joined the newly formed nazi party in 1923 and rose quickly to become a ss colonel on himmler’s staff in 1931. he was an important contractor during the …

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1938

Olga Taratuta
Ukrainian jewish anarchist (b. 1876)

1937

Scato Gocko de Vries
Dutch librarian / paleographer, dies at 75

1936

Charles Curtis
31st Vice President of the United States, serving under President Herbert Hoover.
Charles Curtis
American politician who served as the 31st Vice President of the United States under President Herbert Hoover.

1935

Maxamus Liebermann
German Impressionist painter known for his paintings of everyday life and landscapes.
Eemil Nestor Setälä
Finnish linguist and politician, minister for foreign affairs (b. 1864)[325][326]
Max Liebermann
German-jewish painter, printmaker, and printmaker. he is well-known for his naturalistic studies on the lives and labor of the poor. he was also the most prominent proponent of impressionism germany.

1932

Yordan Milanov
Bulgarian architect, designed the sveti sedmochislenitsi church (b. 1867)[322][323]
Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll
Dutch schultz gang kills mobster
Vincent ''Mad Dog'' Coll
New york city gangster (born 1908)

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on February 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

Maria Christina
Maria christina of two sicilies (d.1878)

1928

Theodor Curtius
German chemist (b. 1857)

1924

Mortimer Durand
French diplomat who negotiated the Durand Line agreement between British India and Afghanistan.
Gee Jon
First execution of lethal gas in the united states. (born 1895)
Gee John
Us mobster (1) first executed in nevada gas chamber