Died On May 8th
Discover the most famous people who died on May 8. The list includes people like John Stuart Mill, Paul Gauguin, Antoine Lavoisier, Robert A. Heinlein, Shel Silverstein. Famous personalities featured on this list, include philosophers, poets, novelists and sociologists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, United Kingdom & Russia and many more countries.
Dana PlatoAmerican
Actress
John Stuart MillBritish
British Philosopher and Civil Servant.
Paul GauguinFrench
Artist - Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Engraving
Robert A. HeinleinAmerican
Science Fiction Writer
Helena BlavatskyAmerican, Russian
Philosopher
Antoine LavoisierFrench
Chemist
Gilles VilleneuveCanadian
Racing Driver
Jeanne CooperAmerican
Actress
Kamehameha IAmerican
King of Hawaii
Gustave FlaubertFrench
Novelist, Writer
Eadweard MuybridgeBritish
Photographer
Oswald SpenglerGerman
Philosopher
Talcott ParsonsAmerican
Sociologist
George DeukmejianAmerican
Former Governor of California
Herschel GrynszpanGerman, Polish
Murderer
Lionel RoseAustralian
Boxer
Dallas WillardAmerican
Barbara Lee PaytonAmerican
Actress
George PeppardAmerican
Actor
Dirk BogardeBritish
English actor
Louis XVII of FranceFrench
King
Harry Gordon SelfridgeBritish
business magnate
Teresa TengTaiwanese
Singer
Maurice SendakAmerican
Artist, illustrator, writer
Eddy ArnoldAmerican
Singer-Songwriter
Josef TerbovenGerman
Politician
Aleksandr UlyanovRussian
revolutionary
Avery BrundageAmerican
Art collector, Basketball player, Athletics
Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of RussiaRussian
Prince
Duncan GrantBritish, Scottish
Painter
Theodore SturgeonAmerican
Writer
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Nicholas KatzenbachAmerican
Lawyer
John FanteAmerican
Writer, Screenwriter, Novelist
Washington DukeAmerican
Businessperson
Alexander VandegriftAmerican
General
Bebe RebozoAmerican
Banker
John StarkAmerican
Military Officer
Ethel SmythBritish
Composer
Graham BondBritish
Saxophonist
Norman Bel GeddesAmerican
Architect, Designer, Scenographer
Jennings RandolphAmerican
Politician
Haakon V of NorwayNorwegian
King of Norway
Cornell DupreeAmerican
Guitarist
Edward WinslowBritish
Author
Pope Boniface IVSlovak
Rudolf SerkinCzech, American
Pianist
Mauro GiulianiItalian
Composer, Guitarist, Classical guitarist
Charles NungesserFrench
Aviator, Military personnel
Midhat PashaTurkish
Political figure
Beryl BurtonBritish
Sport cyclist
Ahmad SanjarIraqi
Ruler
Étienne François, duc de ChoiseulFrench
Diplomat, Officer, Statesman, Military personnel
Garth WilliamsAmerican
Illustrator
Taylor MeadAmerican
Actor, Poet, Writer
Oakes AmesAmerican
Businessman
Alwin NikolaisAmerican
Choreographer
Pope Benedict IIItalian
Pope
Ramiro I of AragonSpanish
King
Elmer RiceAmerican
Playwright
Josip Juraj StrossmayerCroatian
Politician
Pietro LonghiItalian
Painter
U SawBurmese
Politician
Ellen Churchill SempleAmerican
Geographer
Ali Bey al-KabirEgyptian
Political leader
Herbert MatterAmerican
Photographer
Thomas BainesBritish
Artist
Friedrich von HolsteinGerman
Civil Servant
Uri Zvi GreenbergIsraeli, Ukrainian
Poet
Edward AbrahamBritish
Biochemist
Jones VeryAmerican
Poet
Serge ChermayeffBritish, Russian
Architect
Geza VermesBritish
Academic
Domenico di Pace BeccafumiItalian
Painter
Sébastien BourdonFrench
Painter
Ninel KurgapkinaRussian
Ballerina
Celedonio RomeroSpanish
Guitarist
Pieter PostDutch
Architect
Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount MalvernBritish, Zimbabwean
Politician
Augustin PajouFrench
Sculptor
Marquis of PombalPortuguese
Secretary of State
Dixon DenhamBritish
Soldier
Robert de La RochefoucauldFrench
Special Operations Executive
Maud Wood ParkAmerican
feminist
Sergey ObraztsovRussian
Puppeteer
Gilbert Ames BlissAmerican
Mathematician
Rollin KirbyAmerican
Political Cartoonist
Karl SchulmeisterAustrian
Tobacconist
W. A. B. CoolidgeAmerican
Historian
Ralph Wendell BurhoeAmerican
Educator
Domingo OrtegaSpanish
Matador
William FoxAmerican
Film producer
Bill CoughlinAmerican
Journalist
John BradshawVictor Mordechai GoldschmidtGerman
Mineralogist