History Deaths on June 08

Habib Tanvir, Indian Urdu, Hindi playwrights, theatre director, poet and actor (b. 1923)

#Habib_Tanvir

Beatrice Portinari, object of Dante Alighieri's adoration (b. 1266)

#Beatrice_Portinari

Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)

#Edmondo_Rossoni

William of York, English archbishop and saint

#William_of_York

Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)

#Sani_Abacha

Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)

#Mary_of_the_Divine_Heart

Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930)

#Yoram_Kaniuk

Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1547)

#Rudolph_Goclenius

Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of England (b. 1437)

#Elizabeth_Woodville

Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)

#Marie_Laurencin

Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)

#Anton_Melik

Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)

#Ignace_Bourget

Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (b. 1737)

#Thomas_Paine

Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)

#Gerard_Manley_Hopkins

Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)

#Rodolphe_Töpffer

Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)

#Cochise

Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1604)

#Tokugawa_Iemitsu

Sam Panopoulos, Greek cook (b. 1934)

#Sam_Panopoulos

August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)

#August_Hermann_Francke

Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (b. 1552)

#Jean_Bertaut

Edward Fortunatus, German nobleman (b. 1565)

#Edward_Fortunatus

Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)

#Satchel_Paige

Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)

#Oswald_Pohl

Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567)

#Anne_de_Xainctonge

Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)

#Johann_Joachim_Winckelmann

Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1385)

#Thomas_de_Mowbray,_4th_Earl_of_Norfolk

George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1716)

#George_Montagu-Dunk,_2nd_Earl_of_Halifax

Anthony Bourdain, American chef (b. 1956)

#Anthony_Bourdain

Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)

#Hongzhi_Emperor

Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948)

#Paul_Cellucci

Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)

#Gian_Domenico_Romagnosi

Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)

#Sophia_of_Hanover

Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)

#Mack_Jones

George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)

#George_Mallory

Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)

#Karl_Hanke

Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (b. 1562)

#Hans_Leo_Hassler

Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)

#Johann_Wilhelm,_Elector_Palatine

Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942)

#Taufiq_Kiemas

Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)

#Ludovico_Scarfiotti

Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)

#Alexander_Iolas

Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)

#Bliss_Carman

Muhammad, the central figure of Islam, widely regarded as its founder (b. 570/571)

#Muhammad

Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932)

#Chea_Sim

Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935)

#Omar_Bongo

Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)

#Andrew_Jackson

Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)

#Yoshihito,_Prince_Katsura

Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)

#Thorleif_Schjelderup-Ebbe

Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)

#Eugène_Fiset

Harthacnut, English-Danish king (b. 1018)

#Harthacnut

George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)

#George_Sand

Sarah Siddons, Welsh actress (b. 1755)

#Sarah_Siddons

Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1911)

#Robert_Taylor_(actor)

Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)

#Andrew_Irvine_(mountaineer)

Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)

#Douglas_William_Jerrold

Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)

Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1926)

Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1940)

Pete Brennan, American basketball player (b. 1936)

Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

Šaban Bajramovi?, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1936)

Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919)

Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)

Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)

Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (b. 1935)

Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (b. 1948)

Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)

Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (b. 1948)

George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)

Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)

J.I. Rodale, American author and playwright (b. 1898)

Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)

Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (b. 1885)

Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)

Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)

Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)

George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1440)

George Neville, English archbishop and academic (b. 1432)

Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York (b. c.1350)

Kan'ami, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1333)

Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1338)

Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)

Zhao Ying, Chinese chancellor (b. 885)

Chlodulf, bishop of Metz (or 697)