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List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 8th

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2029 - 2020

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

2023

  • American singer and songwriter (b. 1942)

2022

  • Olivia Newton-John

    An american singer, born in australia. she is also an actress and a businesswoman. for its 20th anniversary, "grease" was re-released by the studio in 1998.

2021

  • Estonian poet and translator known for his philosophical poetry.

  • Canadian politician, 18th premier of ontario (b. 1929)

2020

  • Israeli politician and diplomat who played a key role in the early years of the state of Israel.

  • Colombian football player and manager (b. 1929)

  • Former philippine senator and mayor of manila (b. 1929)

2019 - 2010

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

2019

2018

  • Australian professional golfer known for his talent and perseverance.

  • Kenyan track and field athlete (b. 1990)

2017

  • Glen Campbell

    American country and western singer, recording artist, and actor in tv and film. he won five grammy's and was promoted to host the "summer brothers smothers show", in 1968. he is best known for his songs "gentle on my mind" (and "by the time i get to phoenix") his acting career was dominated by westerns and he acted alongside some …

  • Glen Campbell was a renowned musician known for hits like 'Rhinestone Cowboy' and 'Wichita Lineman.'

2015

  • Abner Shimony was a prominent physicist known for his work in quantum mechanics.

  • Canadian ice hockey coach and player (d. 2015).

  • American producer and rapper (bootcamp clik and heltah sketah). (d. 2015).

2014

  • Israeli producer and director. he produced movies for sylvester stallone and chuck norris as well as charles bronson and jean-claude van damme. he was also known for producing comic-book-style movies such as masters of the universe and superman iv: the quest for peace. golan, who wrote and edited film scripts under the pseudonym joseph goldman. golan-globus was his co-owner.

  • British Conservative politician known for his work in the House of Commons.

  • Co-founder of the advertising agency Lowe & Partners known for iconic campaigns.

  • Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014.)

  • Israeli director and producer (d. 2014)

2013

  • Karen Black

    American actress, who was ten years old when she had her first stage experience. she continued performing on the stage until the aeur60s. in 1960aeur(tm), she made her film debut with "the prime time." she also starred in "five easy pieces", 1969. for this film, she won the new york film critics award as best supporting actress. in 1970, she …

  • American soprano and actress (b. 1922)

  • Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1918)

  • Russian chess player (d. 2013)

  • Dutch bishop (b. 1926)

2012

2011

2010

  • Patricia Neal

    American actress, who became a broadway star in her broadway debut in 1945. she had many small roles in the 1950s, but was awarded the oscar for "hud" in 1963. she won her second oscar in 1968 for "the subject was roses."

  • Israeli journalist known for his work in the field of labor relations.

2009 - 2000

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

2009

2008

2007

  • American film director and producer known for his work in comedy films.

  • Chinese journalist and politician (b. 1952)

  • A notable phone phreak. (born 1949)

2006

  • British actor known for his roles in 'Doctor Who'.

2005

  • Barbara Bel Geddes

    Nyc, new york -- actress. (vertigo miss ellie-dallas. caught).

  • American professional baseball manager and player. he was a second baseman in major league baseball for the brooklyn dodgers (1944-1948), pittsburgh pirates (1947), chicago cubs (1928) and boston braves (1950aeur'51), st. louis cardinals (1952), and the boston red sox (1956aeur'57).

  • Renowned French-American illustrator known for his children's books.

  • Swedish-english painter (b. 1938)

  • South african writer and public speaker (d. 2005)

2004

  • Renowned jazz saxophonist and composer.

  • American figure painter, who made a name for himself in the 1950s as a figurative artist. he is best known for his large-scale paintings of male aggression. he earned a degree from the university of chicago in art history and was admitted to the art institute of chicago under the gi bill. he was awarded his master of arts degree …

  • Fay Wray

    Fay Wray was a renowned actress best known for her role in the classic film 'King Kong'.

  • Greek actor and director (d. 2004)

2003

2002

  • Pioneering mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of topology.

2001

  • American political family. jane wyman and ronald reagan's first child. she was a minor singer and actress on the radio and has also appeared in television and film.

2000

  • American politician who served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.

1999 - 1990

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

1998

  • Edman Rolf was a Swedish biochemist who developed the Edman degradation, a method for sequencing amino acids in proteins.

  • Margaret Hutchinson was a British novelist known for her novels set in the English countryside.

  • Iranian journalist (b. 1968)

1997

1996

  • Founder of the Best Buy electronics retail chain.

  • English physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1905)

  • Estonian journalist and chess player (d. 1996).

  • American writer. he was often considered a second-class writer. however, huncke was an important figure in the beat generation. his moniker best describes the generation of writers as well as artists.

  • English physicist and nobel prize laureate (born 1905).

1995

1994

1993

1992

1991

  • American astronaut who graduated in 1951 from the u.s. in 1951, he graduated from the naval academy and earned his m.s. in aeronautical engineering, he was awarded his m.s. he was a test pilot with the bureau of chief air defense command and was chosen to be a nasa astronaut in april 1966. he was the lunar module pilot for …

  • Acclaimed soprano known for her powerful voice.

  • Col usaf/astronaut (apollo 15), is killed at 61

  • Zaans resistance fighter (white ko).

  • Historical (vorstenhuizen of our time)

1989 - 1980

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

1988

1987

1985

  • Louise Brooks

    Iconic silent film actress known for her bob haircut and roles in Pandora's Box and Diary of a Lost Girl.

  • Renowned physicist known for contributions to quantum mechanics.

  • Celebrity photographer known for his iconic images of Marilyn Monroe.

1984

  • Richard Deacon

    American actor and singer (d.1984)

  • American illustrator and author (d. 1984).

  • American supporting actor. in 1952, he arrived in hollywood with $48. he quickly became a master of deadpan and a pompous glare. he was most well-known for his role as mel cooley in "the dick van dyke show", where he appeared in over 100 films.

1982

1981

  • Holbert Coulter was a renowned baseball player known for his exceptional skills on the field.

  • Irish republican, pira volunteer and hunger striker (b. 1957)

1980

1979 - 1970

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

1979

1978

1977

  • The 1932 nobel prize for physiology was shared by sir charles sherrington, an english electrophysiologist. they were awarded for their work on neuron function. he proved the all-or nothing law of nerves with experimental evidence.

1976

  • Fidel castro was killed by the us central intelligence agency.

1975

1974

1973

  • Author and playwright of the swedish history, journalist and author (d. 1973).

  • General secretary of the communist party of greece (born in 1903)

  • American homicide. a mass murderer from the 1970s, whose horrifying case made waves in the public eye. his victims were young houston teenagers who visited his candy factory. he claimed that his military service 1964-1965 had made him homosexual and began to rape, kill and torture teenage boys in 1970. corll hosted glue-sniffing parties prior to the murders because of …

1972

1971

1969 - 1960

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

1969

1966

1965

  • American writer known for her short story 'The Lottery' and her novels 'The Haunting of Hill House' and 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle'.

  • American gothic novelist, also known as "virginia werewolf" of sa(c),ance fiction. she was a prolific and well-organized writer who kept her typewriter going day after night. in addition to her haunting fictions she also wrote funny domestic works and contributed articles to "woman's home companion", "the saturday evening post" in 1950s. jackson's chilling thrillers won a huge following. she was …

  • American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)

  • Us author (road through the wall), dies at 45

1963

1962

1961

1960

1959 - 1950

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

1959

1958

  • Legendary baseball player known for his exceptional skills on the field.

1954

1950

1949 - 1940

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

1948

1947

1946

  • Hersel Hess was a German politician and a prominent member of the Nazi Party, serving as Adolf Hitler's deputy.

1944

  • German tank commander and military officer who achieved the highest number of confirmed kills in a Panzer during World War II.

  • Russian-French painter known for his expressionist works.

  • German wwii tank commander (born 1914)

  • Polish-german field marshal (d. 44)

1941

  • Geisha Ichimaru was a renowned geisha in Kyoto, Japan, known for her elegance and mastery of traditional Japanese arts.

1940

  • Millicent Sargent Shinn was a botanist known for her research on plant genetics and breeding.

  • American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)

1939 - 1930

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

1937

1934

1933

  • Austrian architect and theoretician villa ma 1/4 ller was designed (d. 33).

1930

1929 - 1920

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

1928

1926

  • Thresia Chacko was an Indian Catholic nun who is venerated as a saint in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

  • Thresia Mankidiyan was an Indian Catholic nun who founded the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel.

1925

  • Inventor of the Otis Elevator safety brake system.

1922

  • Alden Ames was a politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

1921

  • Fins journalist/writer (panu tuomio), reaches death age 59

1920

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1918

1915

  • American mathematician known for his work in the field of algebraic geometry.

1911

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1909

  • An australian saint and nun co-founded the sisters of st joseph of the sacred heart (d. 1909)

1908

1902

  • Jams Tissot was a French painter and illustrator who was a prominent proponent of the Aesthetic movement in Victorian-era Britain.

  • French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)

  • American painter and academic (b. 1853)

  • French painter/illustrator

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