2008 deaths

American actress (1914-2008)

Head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1973-2008)

Suzzanna Martha Frederika van Osch (13 October 1942 – 15 October 2008) was an Indonesian actress. Known as the "Queen of Indonesian horror", she is well-known in particular in Indonesia for portraying spirits, witches, and other supernatural beings. She was crowned the best female antagonist in Indonesian film industry along with Ruth Pelupessy and Mieke Wijaya.

Indian dancer

archaeologist from Bosnia and Herzegovina

American actress (1914-2008)

Welsh photojournalist (1936–2008)

Iraqi-American musician

Canoe racer

Australian rower

American actor, playwright and librettist (1932–2008)

José Bispo Clementino dos Santos (May 12, 1913 – June 14, 2008) was a Brazilian samba singer known as Jamelão (). He began in music as a tamborim player, but later became known as the official singer at samba school Mangueira's carnival parades, performing in every Carnival from 1949 to 2006. He also toured Europe as a solo performer.

Telugu novelist, translator, and English professor at Osmania University

Russian musician (1956-2008)

Chinese author (1920–2008)

Italian rower (1911–2008)

Russian politician and economist (1958-2008)

American screenwriter and producer (1927–2008)

gymnast

Chilean football manager (1936–2008)

Lithuanian basketball player (1926–2008)

Cambodian politician

alpine skier

actress (1920-2008)

Soviet basketball player from Georgia

American film and television actor and radio announcer (1918-2008)

Swedish actor, director and musician (1920–2008)

Italian tennis player (1980–2008)

American politician and businessman (1924-2008)

Soviet speed skater (1930–2008)

Turkish poet and writer (1918–2008)

Uruguayan footballer (1935-2008)

American politician (1949–2008)

Belgian writer (1923-2008)

Italian screenwriter (1927–2008)

Croatian actor (1939–2008)

Mexican footballer (1929-2008)

American actor (1938–2008)

French executioner (1921–2008)

Brazilian association football player (1923-2008)

fencer (1928-2008)

United States writer, editor and bookshop worker (1934–2008)

Spanish architect

Swiss mathematician (1917–2008)

American professional basketball player (1964–2008)

actor, television director, television producer (1932-2008)

American actor (1961-2008)

American comic writer (1947–2008)

President of the Marshall Islands (1942-2008)

American politician and businessman (1917–2008)

Indian writer

figure skater (1967-2008)

American astronomer (1925-2008)

East Timorese military commander (1968-2008)

American model (1917–2008)

Danish politician (1926-2008)

German musician (1946–2008)

American artist (1922-2008)

Athletics competitor from Kenya

racecar driver (1925–2008)