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January 8th famous deaths

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

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2029 - 2020

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

2024

  • Adan Canto is a Mexican actor known for his roles in TV series and films.

2022

  • American concert promoter and producer (b. 1944)

  • Benz Tobler was a Swiss professional cyclist who competed in the 1960s.

2021

  • Mother of Richard Branson and founder of the Eve Branson Foundation.

  • Romanian holocaust survivor (b. 1922)[320]

2020

  • Edd Byrnes

    Edd Byrnes was an American actor known for his role in the TV series '77 Sunset Strip'.

  • Buck Henry was an American journalist known for his work in investigative journalism.

  • American actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1930)

  • Australian footballer (b. 1942)

2019 - 2010

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

2017

  • Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, commonly known as Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, was an influential Iranian politician who served as the fourth President of Iran.

  • Seychellois politician, president 1976-77 (b. 1939)

  • Iranian politician (b. 1934)

  • Indian-british singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)

  • Stockholm, sweden -- opera tenor (opera two-to six)

2016

2015

  • American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (b. 1942)

  • Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd attorney-general for australia (b. 1926)

  • Atlantic city, new jersey -- actress.

2014

2013

  • American LGBTQ rights activist and founder of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).

  • Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927)

  • Indian-english producer and director (d. 2013).

2012

2011

2010

  • American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

  • Actress tongan-australian (d. 2010).

  • Finnish politician and boxer (born 1963).

2009 - 2000

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

2009

  • Gaston lenôtre was a french pastry chef and caterer known for revolutionizing the pastry industry and founding the lenôtre culinary empire.

  • Sri lankan journalist and lawyer (d. 2009).

  • Renowned biologist known for his discovery of the phenomenon of antibiotic-induced plasmid transfer.

  • Canadian-american christian writer (born 1936).

2008

  • Irish-english playwright and poet (d. 1933).

  • American physician, administrator surgeon, and cancer researcher. he is best known for discovering the connection between chewing tobacco use and mouth cancer. he was the founder of roswell park cancer institute, buffalo, new york. he is the author of more than 700 papers and two books. he died on the 19th of may 2008.

2007

  • Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese-American animator and entrepreneur who co-founded the animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions.

  • Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese-American animator and character designer, best known for creating the character Scooby-Doo.

  • Yvonne De Carlo

    Canadian-american actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer whose six-decade career included roles in film, television, musical theatre, and the stage.

  • Northern irish politician and activist (b. 1953)

  • First african american woman judge (born in 1908)

2006

  • Baron stratford, northern irish broadcaster and politician, minister for sport and the olympics (b. 1943)

2005

2004

  • Noted geologist who made significant contributions to the understanding of Earth's geological processes.

  • American radio talk-show host (born 1930).

2003

2002

  • Australian-russian physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1916)

  • American businessman and philanthropist, founded wendy's (b. 1932)

2000

  • German equestrian, regarded as one of the greatest show jumping of all time.

1999 - 1990

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

1999

1998

  • English composer and conductor (d. 1998)

  • Noted physicist who made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics.

1997

1996

  • French politician, whose career spans half a century. he was elected president of france in may 1981 after replacing valery giscard deaeur (tm)estaing. mitterrandaeur (tm)'s election was the first time that a socialist premier has been elected to power in the 23-year history the fifth republic.

  • President of france (1981-1995), dies from cancer at the age of 79.

  • Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1968)

  • French sergeant and politician, 21st president of france (b. 1916)

  • American theater and music critic (born in 1907)

1995

1994

  • American baseball player. he was a left-handed pitcher for the st. louis cardinals (philadelphia phillies), cincinnati redlegs (cincinnati redlegs), pittsburgh pirates (pittsburg pirates) and baltimore orioles (boston orioles) between 1952 and 1965. nicknamed "the kitten".

  • Pat Buttram

    American actor and comedian (b. 1915)

  • American actor, haney - green acres, dies from kidney failure at the age of 78 (born in 1915).

  • Us conductor/arranger (oklahoma! ), at the age of 84.

  • Actor (decadence silver bears), is diagnosed with cancer at the age of 40

1993

1992

1991

  • English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)

  • English guitarist (def léppard - hysteria), dies at the age of 30 (born 1960).

1990

1989 - 1980

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

1989

1988

  • Us secretary of army (1950-1953), dies at the age of 76.

1987

  • Actor (alternative blowing hot & cool), dies at 69

1986

1985

  • Known for the Mann-Whitney U test in statistics.

  • Co-inventor of the ENIAC, one of the earliest electronic general-purpose computers.

1984

  • Italian glass artist known for his intricate glass sculptures.

1983

  • American politician and governor of oregon, 1966-1974. he was a liberal republican and was well-known as an environmentalist and trailblazer. he is also the author of "maverick", 1977.

  • German fighter pilot (born 1919).

  • German general and pilot (b. 1919)

  • Gale Page

    Actress (4 daughters, knute rockney), is killed by cancer at 72

  • Lois Wilson

    Actress (alice aldrich family), dies at 88

1982

  • Actress ghost & mrs muir, dies from emphysema aged 69

  • Grégoire aslan was a turkish-born actor known for his roles in films such as the guns of navarone and the return of the pink panther.

  • Actor, concrete jungle, dies after suffering a heart attack at the age of 73

1981

1980

  • American physicist and co-founder of the first computer company (d. 1980)

1979 - 1970

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

1979

  • American singer-songwriter (carter family), (d. 1979).

1976

  • First Premier of the People's Republic of China and a prominent diplomat.

  • Chinese soldier and politician, 1st premier of the people's republic of china (b. 1898)

  • British fascist (born 1891)

  • Chinese politician, 1st premier of people's republic of china (d.76)

1975

1972

  • Kinneth Patchen was an American poet known for his experimental and surrealistic poetry.

  • American playwright, poet, novelist, illustrator, satirist, and novelist. he tried out different writing styles and included painting, drawing and jazz music in his works. he died in 1972 on the 8th of january.

1971

1970

  • On his 44th birthday, composer dies

  • French singer, author and playwright georgius, alias theodore crapulet was a versatile performer who was a popular figure in paris for over 50 years.

1969 - 1960

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

1969

1967

1965

1964

  • Austrian politician and engineer 19th chancellor austria (d. 1964).

  • Theologist (atlas of netherlands antilles), is killed at the age of 71.

1963

  • American poet and artist (born 1898).

  • American writer, "so red the rose", dies at the age of 81.

1962

  • Thekla Eckert was a German actress who appeared in numerous films during the silent and early sound eras.

1961

1959 - 1950

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

1958

  • French actress who appeared in over 100 films during the silent and early sound eras.

  • American architect, designed the desert view watchtower (b. 1869)

  • American athlete (born in 1883)

1954

1953

1952

  • A Swedish painter known for his landscape and portrait paintings.

  • Antonia Maury was an American astronomer known for her stellar classification system.

1950

1949 - 1940

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

1948

1946

  • Author and welsh occultist psychologist (d. 1946).

1945

  • Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)

  • Dutch biologist (omgang met planten), dies at 79

  • A swiss-german researcher, statistician, and astrologer said to have analyzed more than 60,000 birth records. his books were in french and german. cosmobiology was founded by krafft. his "correspondence", university of london ann arbor, offers fascinating insights into his life and thoughts. it includes his disastrous stock market speculations and his belief in the jewish responsibility for ww ii. krafft …

1944

1943

  • Author (born 1919). australian spitfire pilot.

  • Estonian general and politician, 1st estonian minister of war (b. 1879)

1942

1941

  • 1st baron baden-powell, english general and founder of the scout movement (b. 1857)

  • Czechoslovak lawyer (b. 1899)

  • 1st baron baden-powell (born 1857), british soldier, author and founder of the scout movement

  • British military figure who founded the boy scouts of england in 1907. he founded the girl scouts in 1907 with his sister agnes. baden-powell wrote several books about scouting, military campaigns, and other topics.

  • Robert Baden-Powell

    British military figure who founded the boy scouts of england in 1907. he founded the girl scouts in 1907 with his sister agnes. baden-powell wrote several books about scouting, military campaigns, and other topics.

1940

1939 - 1930

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

1938

  • Augusta Wallihan was an American journalist known for her work as a correspondent for various newspapers.

  • American author and illustrator (b. 1880)[258]

1937

1934

1929 - 1920

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

1928

1926

1925

1922

1921

1920

1919 - 1910

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

1919

1918

1916

1914

1909 - 1900

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

1907

1901

  • Irish recipient of victoria cross (born in 1873)

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