8 January Deaths

Published : 08 Jan 2018, 11:30

Jagoroniya Desk

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 357 days remaining until the end of the year (358 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).

Deaths

307 – Emperor Hui of Jin (b. 259)
482 – Severinus of Noricum, Italian saint (b. 410)
871 – Bagsecg, Viking leader
926 – Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury
1079 – Adèle of France, Countess of Flanders (b. 1009)
1107 – Edgar, King of Scotland (b. 1074)
1198 – Pope Celestine III (b. 1106)
1332 – Andronikos III Megas Komnenos, Emperor of Trebizond
1337 – Giotto, Italian painter and architect, designed Scrovegni Chapel and Giotto's Campanile (b. 1266)
1354 – Charles de La Cerda (b. 1327)
1424 – Stephen Zaccaria, Latin Archbishop of Patras
1456 – Lawrence Giustiniani, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1381)
1464 – Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian and academic (b. 1385)
1538 – Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (b. 1504)
1557 – Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (b. 1522)
1570 – Philibert de l'Orme, French sculptor and architect, designed the Château d'Anet (b. 1510)
1598 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1525)
1642 – Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (b. 1564)
1664 – Moses Amyraut, French physician and theologian (b. 1596)
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)
1789 – Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
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)
1853 – Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
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)
1878 – Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
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)
1896 – Paul Verlaine, French poet (b. 1844)
1901 – John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
1912 – Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
1914 – Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
1916 – Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
1916 – Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
1918 – Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
1918 – Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
1925 – George Bellows, American painter (b.1925)
1934 – Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)
1934 – Alexandre Stavisky, Ukrainian-French financier (b. 1886)
1935 – Rauf Yekta, Turkish musicologist and author (b. 1871)
1938 – Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (b. 1880)
1941 – Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, English general (b. 1857)
1942 – Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)
1943 – Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (b. 1919)
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)
1956 – Jim Elliot, American missionary and martyr (b. 1928)
1958 – Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)
1958 – John Duff, Canadian race car driver (b. 1895)
1961 – Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
1963 – Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)
1969 – Albert Hill, English runner and coach (b. 1889)
1969 – Elmar Kaljot, Estonian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
1970 – Georges Guibourg, French actor, singer, and playwright (b. 1891)
1972 – Kenneth Patchen, American poet and author (b. 1911)
1975 – Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)
1976 – Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
1976 – Robert Forgan, Scottish-English physician and politician (b. 1891)
1979 – Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter and harp player (b. 1898)
1980 – John Mauchly, American physicist and academic (b. 1907)
1981 – Matthew Beard, American actor (b. 1925)
1982 – Grégoire Aslan, Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1908)
1983 – Gerhard Barkhorn, German general and pilot (b. 1919)
1983 – Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (b. 1913)
1983 – Gale Page, American actress (b. 1910)
1984 – Eerik Kumari, Estonian ornithologist and academic (b. 1912)
1986 – Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator (b. 1906)
1990 – Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (b. 1919)
1990 – Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (b. 1911)
1991 – Steve Clark, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
1994 – Pat Buttram, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)
1994 – Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925)
1996 – Metin Göktepe, Turkish photographer and journalist (b. 1968)
1996 – François Mitterrand, French sergeant and politician, 21st President of France (b. 1916)
1996 – Howard Taubman, American author and critic (b. 1907)
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)
2002 – Dave Thomas, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Wendy's (b. 1932)
2003 – Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b. 1925)
2004 – John A. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1930)
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)
2007 – Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1916)
2007 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1922)
2007 – David Ervine, Northern Irish politician and activist (b. 1953)
2007 – Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1925)
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)
2011 – Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924)
2012 – Dave Alexander, American singer and pianist (b. 1938)
2012 – T. J. Hamblin, English haematologist and academic (b. 1943)
2012 – John Madin, English architect, designed the Birmingham Central Library (b. 1924)
2012 – Bernhard Schrader, German chemist and academic (b. 1931)
2012 – Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (b. 1929)
2013 – Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1927)
2013 – Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (b. 1920)
2013 – Alasdair Milne, Indian-English director and producer (b. 1930)
2014 – Vicente T. Blaz, American general and politician (b. 1928)
2014 – Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (b. 1941)
2014 – Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher, Dutch-Australian swimmer (b. 1925)
2014 – Antonino P. Roman, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
2015 – Andraé Crouch, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (b. 1942)
2015 – Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1926)
2015 – Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
2016 – Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian race car driver (b. 1926)
2016 – German Moreno, Filipino television host, actor, comedian & talent manager (b. 1933)
2017 – Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (b. 1925)
2017 – James Mancham, Seychellois politician (b. 1939)
2017 – Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician (b. 1934)
2017 – Peter Sarstedt, Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)

Source: wikipedia

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