Famous Deaths on July 8, Who Died on July 8
Here is a list who died on July 8. Famous deaths for the 8th of July. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on July 8. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1153 | Pope Eugene III (b. 1087) |
| 1253 | Theobald I of Navarre (b. 1201) |
| 1261 | Adolf IV of Holstein, Count of Schauenburg |
| 1390 | Albert of Saxony, Bishop of Halberstadt and German philosopher (b. circa 1320) |
| 1538 | Diego de Almagro, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1475) |
| 1623 | Pope Gregory XV (b. 1554) |
| 1689 | Edward Wooster, English-American settler (b. 1622) |
| 1695 | Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1629) |
| 1716 | Robert South, English preacher and theologian (b. 1634) |
| 1721 | Elihu Yale, American-English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1649) |
| 1784 | Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735) |
| 1794 | Richard Mique, French architect (b. 1728) |
| 1820 | Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (b. 1816) |
| 1822 | Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and playwright (b. 1792) |
| 1823 | Henry Raeburn, Scottish portrait painter (b. 1756) |
| 1850 | Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1774) |
| 1859 | Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799) |
| 1873 | Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805) |
| 1887 | Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819) |
| 1895 | Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821) |
| 1905 | Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834) |
| 1913 | Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880) |
| 1917 | Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877) |
| 1930 | Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856) |
| 1933 | Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863) |
| 1934 | Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848) |
| 1939 | Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859) |
| 1941 | Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874) |
| 1942 | Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881) |
| 1943 | Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899) |
| 1950 | Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878) |
| 1952 | August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890) |
| 1956 | Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881) |
| 1965 | Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American lawyer and author (b. 1881) |
| 1967 | Vivien Leigh, British actress (b. 1913) |
| 1968 | Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882) |
| 1971 | Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (b. 1893) |
| 1972 | Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian writer and politician (b. 1936) |
| 1973 | Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1924) |
| 1979 | Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) |
| 1981 | Joe McDonnell (hunger striker), Irish Republican Army member (b. 1951) |
| 1985 | Phil Foster, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1913) |
| 1986 | Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1909) |
| 1987 | Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1903) |
| 1988 | Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (b. 1905) |
| 1990 | Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913) |
| 1991 | James Franciscus, American actor (b. 1934) |
| 1993 | Abul Hasan Jashori, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and freedom fighter (b. 1918) |
| 1994 | Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (b. 1904) |
| 1996 | Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (b. 1911) |
| 1998 | Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (b. 1905) |
| 1999 | Pete Conrad, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930) |
| 2002 | Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (b. 1914) |
| 2004 | Paula Danziger, American author and educator (b. 1944) |
| 2005 | Maurice Baquet, French actor and cellist (b. 1911) |
| 2006 | June Allyson, American actress and singer (b. 1917) |
| 2007 | Chandra Shekhar, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1927) |
| 2008 | John Templeton, American-born British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912) |
| 2009 | Midnight, American singer-songwriter (b. 1962) |
| 2011 | Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet (b. 1924) |
| 2012 | Muhammed bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1934) |
| 2013 | Dick Gray, American baseball player (b. 1931) |
| 2014 | Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
| 2015 | Ken Stabler, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1945) |
| 2016 | Abdul Sattar Edhi, Pakistani philanthropist (b. 1928) |
| 2018 | Tab Hunter, American actor, pop singer, film producer and author (b. 1931) |
| 2020 | Naya Rivera, American actress, model and singer (b. 1987) |
| 2022 | Shinzo Abe, Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020. |
| 689 | Kilian, Irish bishop |
| 810 | Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne (b. 773) |
| 873 | Gunther, archbishop of Cologne |
| 901 | Grimbald, French-English monk and saint (b. 827) |
| 975 | Edgar the Peaceful, English king (b. 943) |
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