Famous Deaths on January 8, Who Died on January 8
Here is a list who died on January 8. Famous deaths for the 8th of January. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on January 8. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1079 | Adèle of France, countess of Flanders (b. 1009) |
| 1107 | Edgar, King of Scotland (b. 1074) |
| 1198 | Celestine III, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1106) |
| 1354 | Charles de la Cerda, French nobleman (b. 1327) |
| 1424 | Stephen Zaccaria, archbishop of Patras |
| 1456 | Lawrence Giustiniani, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1381) |
| 1538 | Beatrice of Portugal, duchess of Savoy (b. 1504) |
| 1557 | Albert Alcibiades, margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (b. 1522) |
| 1598 | John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525) |
| 1642 | Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1564) |
| 1707 | John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648) |
| 1713 | Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653) |
| 1775 | John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706) |
| 1794 | Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720) |
| 1815 | Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778) |
| 1825 | Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765) |
| 1854 | William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768) |
| 1865 | Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779) |
| 1874 | Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814) |
| 1878 | Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821) |
| 1880 | Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811) |
| 1883 | Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825) |
| 1896 | William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) |
| 1914 | Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823) |
| 1916 | Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884) |
| 1918 | Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827) |
| 1920 | Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852) |
| 1925 | George Bellows, American painter (b.1882) |
| 1934 | Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880) |
| 1938 | Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)[239] |
| 1941 | Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general and founder of the Scout movement (b. 1857) |
| 1942 | Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869) |
| 1943 | Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (b. 1879) |
| 1944 | William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (b. 1878) |
| 1945 | Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900) |
| 1948 | Kurt Schwitters, German painter and graphic designer (b. 1887) |
| 1950 | Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (b. 1883) |
| 1952 | Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866) |
| 1953 | Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883) |
| 1954 | Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898) |
| 1958 | Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869) |
| 1961 | Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910) |
| 1963 | Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898) |
| 1975 | Richard Tucker, American operatic tenor (b. 1913) |
| 1980 | John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (b. 1907) |
| 1982 | Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908) |
| 1983 | Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and pilot (b. 1919) |
| 1986 | Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (b. 1906) |
| 1990 | Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (b. 1919) |
| 1991 | Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960) |
| 1994 | Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (b. 1915) |
| 1996 | Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1968) |
| 1997 | Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) |
| 1998 | Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (b. 1905) |
| 2002 | Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) |
| 2003 | Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925) |
| 2006 | Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (b. 1943) |
| 2007 | Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908) |
| 2008 | George Moore, Australian jockey and trainer (b. 1923) |
| 2009 | Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958) |
| 2010 | Art Clokey, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) |
| 2011 | Jiří Dienstbier, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1937) |
| 2012 | Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (b. 1938) |
| 2013 | Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927) |
| 2014 | Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (b. 1925) |
| 2015 | Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (b. 1942) |
| 2016 | Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing driver (b. 1926) |
| 2017 | Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (b. 1925) |
| 2020 | Pat Dalton, Australian footballer (b. 1942) |
| 2021 | Iancu Țucărman, Romanian Holocaust survivor (b. 1922)[300] |
| 2022 | Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (b. 1944) |
| 307 | Hui of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 259) |
| 482 | Severinus of Noricum, Italian apostle and saint |
| 871 | Bagsecg, Viking warrior and leader |
| 926 | Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury |
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