Died On August 8th

Discover the most famous people who died on August 8. The list includes people like Shirley Jackson, Louise Brooks, Mary MacKillop, Cannonball Adderley, George Canning. Famous personalities featured on this list, include soldiers, political leaders, artists and aviators and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, Germany, United Kingdom & Australia and many more countries.
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 1 
Olivia Newton-John
(One of the Best-selling Artists, Who Starred in the Musical 'Grease')
Olivia Newton-John
110
Birthdate: September 26, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cambridge, England, US
Died: 2022
 2 
Glen Campbell
(Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, Actor and TV Host)
Glen Campbell
13
Birthdate: April 22, 1936
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Billstown, Arkansas, United States
Died: 2017
 3 
Trajan
(Roman Emperor)
Trajan
15
Birthdate: September 18, 0053
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hispania Baetica
Died: 0117
 4 
Karen Black
(American Actress, Screenwriter and Singer)
Karen Black
6
Birthdate: July 1, 1939
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
Died: 2013
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 5 
Patricia Neal
(A major star of the 1950s and 60s, she was the recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two British Academy Film Awards)
Patricia Neal
9
Birthdate: January 20, 1926
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Packard, Kentucky, United States
Died: 2010
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 6 
Louise Brooks
(Actress)
Louise Brooks
4
Birthdate: November 14, 1906
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cherryvale, Kansas, United States
Died: 1985
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 7 
Fay Wray
(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Ann Darrow’ in the Film ‘King Kong’)
Fay Wray
9
Birthdate: September 15, 1907
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cardston, Canada
Died: 2004
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 8 
Barbara Bel Geddes
4
Birthdate: October 31, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2005
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 9 
Bobby Bowden
(One of the Greatest College Football Coaches of All Time)
Bobby Bowden
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 8, 1929
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Died: 2021
 10 
Maureen Reagan
(Actor)
Maureen Reagan
9
Birthdate: January 4, 1941
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Los Angeles
Died: 2001
 11 
Cannonball Adderley
(Jazz alto saxophonist)
Cannonball Adderley
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 15, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida, United States
Died: 1975
 12 
Albert Namatjira
8
Birthdate: July 28, 1902
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hermannsburg
Died: 1959
 13 
James Irwin
(American Astronaut and the Eighth Person Ever to Walk on the Moon)
James Irwin
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 17, 1930
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Pittsburgh
Died: 1991
 14 
Lamont Dozier
(Singer-Songwriter)
Lamont Dozier
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: June 16, 1941
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: 2022
 15 
John H. Johnson
(Publisher, Entrepreneur)
John H. Johnson
4
Birthdate: January 19, 1918
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Arkansas City, Arkansas, United States
Died: 2005
 16 
Ahmed Deedat
(Writer)
Ahmed Deedat
11
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 1, 1918
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Surat
Died: 2005
 17 
Camilo Sesto
(Spanish Pop Rock Musician, Songwriter and Music Producer)
Camilo Sesto
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 16, 1946
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Alcoy, Spain
Died: 2019
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 18 
George Canning
(Former British Prime Minister)
George Canning
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 11, 1770
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Marylebone
Died: 1827
 19 
Baldur von Schirach
(German Nazi Politician and Leader of the Nazi Youth Movement)
Baldur von Schirach
9
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 9, 1907
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1974
 20 
Kid Chocolate
(Cuban Boxer)
Kid Chocolate
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 6, 1910
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Cerro, Havana, Cuba
Died: 1988
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 21 
Menahem Golan
(Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter)
Menahem Golan
0
Birthdate: May 31, 1929
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tiberias
Died: 2014
 22 
Ivan Kozhedub
(Aviator, Military personnel)
Ivan Kozhedub
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 8, 1920
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Obrazhiivka
Died: 1991
 23 
Maria Theresa of Austria
(Queen)
Maria Theresa of Austria
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 31, 1816
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1867
 24 
Charles Keating
(Actor)
Charles Keating
0
Birthdate: October 22, 1941
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 2014
 25 
James Tissot
(Painter)
James Tissot
0
Birthdate: October 15, 1836
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: 1902
Joaquín Torres García
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 28, 1874
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montevideo
Died: 1949
 27 
Mary MacKillop
(Australian Religious Sister Who Has Been Declared a Saint By the Catholic Church)
Mary MacKillop
25
Birthdate: January 15, 1842
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Fitzroy, Australia
Died: 1909
 28 
Paul Rudolph
(architect, university teacher)
Paul Rudolph
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: October 23, 1918
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Elkton
Died: 1997
 29 
Stjepan Radić
(Croatian Politician and Croatian People's Peasant Party Founder Who Was Assassinated in the Parliament)
Stjepan Radić
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 11, 1871
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Desno Trebarjevo, Croatia
Died: 1928
 30 
Francis Hutcheson
(Scotch-Irish Philosopher and a Leading Figure of the Scottish Enlightenment)
Francis Hutcheson
0
Birthdate: August 8, 1694
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saintfield, County Down, Ulster, Ireland
Died: 1746
 31 
Emil Škoda
(Engineer)
Emil Škoda
1
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: November 18, 1839
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pilsen, Czechia
Died: 1900
 32 
Vulcana
(Welsh Strongwoman)
Vulcana
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 6, 1874
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Abergavenny, Wales
Died: 1946
 33 
Nevill Francis Mott
(Physicist Who Won the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics for His Work on Electronic, Magnetic, and Disordered Systems)
Nevill Francis Mott
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 30, 1905
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Leeds, England
Died: 1996
 34 
Lothair II
(King)
Lothair II
0
Birthdate: 0835 AD
Birthplace: Unknown
Died: 0869
 35 
Erwin von Witzleben
(Russian American Actress)
Erwin von Witzleben
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 4, 1881
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: 1944
 36 
Prince Edmond de Polignac
(Composer)
Prince Edmond de Polignac
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 19, 1834
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1901
 37 
Jack Clement
(Singer-songwriter)
Jack Clement
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 5, 1931
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Whitehaven, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: 2013
 38 
Joaquín Torres-García
(Uruguayan Artist and Art Theorist Who Established the Constructive Universalism Movement)
Joaquín Torres-García
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 28, 1874
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: 1949
 39 
Daniel Jarque
(Association football player)
Daniel Jarque
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 1, 1983
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Barcelona
Died: 2009
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 40 
Thomas McElwee
(Revolutionary)
Thomas McElwee
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 30, 1957
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Died: 1981
 41 
Yolanda Vargas Dulché
(Writer principally known for the creation of the comic book character of Memín Pinguín)
Yolanda Vargas Dulché
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 18, 1926
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: 1999
 42 
Félix Leclerc
(Singer-songwriter)
Félix Leclerc
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: August 2, 1914
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: La Tuque, Québec, Canada
Died: 1988
 43 
Jacob Burckhardt
(Swiss Historian of Art and Culture)
Jacob Burckhardt
1
Birthdate: May 25, 1818
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: 1897
 44 
Nicholas Monsarrat
(British Novelist Known for His 'Sea Stories')
Nicholas Monsarrat
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 22, 1910
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: 1979
 45 
Julissa Gomez
(American Gymnast)
Julissa Gomez
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 4, 1972
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Died: 1991
 46 
Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité
(Politician)
Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité
0
Birthdate: April 11, 1758
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Léogâne, Saint-Domingue
Died: 1858
 47 
Vera Zasulich
(Writer)
Vera Zasulich
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 8, 1849
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Gzhatsky Uyezd
Died: 1919
 48 
Joseph Maria Olbrich
(Architect)
Joseph Maria Olbrich
1
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: December 22, 1867
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Opava, Czechia
Died: 1908
 49 
Anna J. Harrison
(Chemist)
Anna J. Harrison
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 23, 1912
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Benton City, Missouri, United States
Died: 1998
 50 
Barbara Mertz
(Author)
Barbara Mertz
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 29, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Canton, Illinois, United States
Died: 2013