History Deaths on May 08

John Fante, American author and screenwriter (b. 1909)

#John_Fante

Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (b. 1911)

#Roman_Totenberg

Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)

#Natalie_of_Serbia

Jean Carrière, French author (b. 1928)

#Jean_Carrière

J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904)

#J._H._C._Whitehead

William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879)

#William_Fox_(producer)

Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands

#Kamehameha_I

Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (b. 1935)

#Nancy_Malone

Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (b. 1939)

#Jair_Rodrigues

Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)

#Paul_Gauguin

Beryl Burton, English cyclist (b. 1937)

#Beryl_Burton

Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)

#Frank_Bourne

John Stuart Mill, English economist and civil servant (b. 1806)

#John_Stuart_Mill

Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)

#Antoine_Lavoisier

John Stark, American general (b. 1728)

#John_Stark

Tai Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 939)

#Emperor_Taizong_of_Song

Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (b. 1936)

#Joseph_P._Teasdale

François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (b. 1982)

#François_Sterchele

Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)

#Richard_Jago

Lionel Rose, Australian boxer (b. 1948)

#Lionel_Rose

Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)

#Edmund_G._Ross

Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)

#Josef_Terboven

Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)

#Ali_Bey_al-Kabir

Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)

#Étienne_François,_duc_de_Choiseul

Rudolf Serkin, Czech-Austrian pianist and educator (b. 1903)

#Rudolf_Serkin

Soeman Hs, Indonesian author and educator (b. 1904)

#Soeman_Hs

George Peppard, American actor and producer (b. 1928)

#George_Peppard

Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880-1884 (b. 1833)

#Manuel_González_Flores

Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (b. 1950)

#Gilles_Villeneuve

Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter (b. 1907)

#Robert_A._Heinlein

Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1926)

#Luis_Miguel_Dominguín

Luigi Nono, Italian composer and educator (b. 1924)

#Luigi_Nono

Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)

#Gustave_Flaubert

Dirk Bogarde, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)

#Dirk_Bogarde

Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (b. 1918)

#Theodore_Sturgeon

Dana Plato, American actress (b. 1964)

#Dana_Plato

Avery Brundage, American businessman and art collector (b. 1887)

#Avery_Brundage

Richeza of Denmark, queen of Sweden

#Richeza_of_Denmark

Ottokar IV, duke of Styria (b. 1163)

#Ottokar_IV,_Duke_of_Styria

Jeanne Cooper, American actress (b. 1928)

#Jeanne_Cooper

William Schallert, American actor; president (1979-81) of the Screen Actors Guild (b. 1922)

#William_Schallert

Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (b. 1921)

#Roger_L._Easton

Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (b. 1919)

#Mordechai_Anielewicz

Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)

#Harry_Gordon_Selfridge

John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)

#John_Stafford,_1st_Earl_of_Wiltshire

Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)

#Bernhard_Rust

Mauro Giuliani, Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (b. 1781)

#Mauro_Giuliani

Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1918)

#Eddy_Arnold

Haakon V, king of Norway (b. 1270)

#Haakon_V_of_Norway

Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (b. 1880)

#Pandurang_Vaman_Kane

Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (b. 1770)

#Alexander_Balashov

Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nun and saint (b. 1632)

#Catherine_of_St._Augustine

Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)

#Nikolai_Reek

Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)

#Helena_Blavatsky

Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)

#Samuel_Chandler

R. Douglas Stuart Jr., American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Norway (b. 1916)

#R._Douglas_Stuart_Jr.

Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)

#Oswald_Spengler

Barbara Radziwi??, queen of Poland (b. 1520)

#Barbara_Radziwi??

Bud Shrake, American journalist and author (b. 1931)

#Bud_Shrake

Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)

#Wilhelm_Rediess

Sprent Dabwido, President of Nauru from 2011 to 2013 (b. 1972)

#Sprent_Dabwido

Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)

#Tore_Svennberg

Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1790)

#Jules_Dumont_d'Urville

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)

#Giovanni_Antonio_Scopoli

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)

#Sebastião_José_de_Carvalho_e_Melo,_1st_Marquis_of_Pombal

Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)

#Jan_Roothaan

Zeki Alasya, Turkish actor and director (b. 1943)

#Zeki_Alasya

Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865)

#Vital_Brazil

U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900)

#U_Saw

Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)

#Pietro_Longhi

Uri Zvi Greenberg, Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1896)

#Uri_Zvi_Greenberg

Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1917)

#Dom_DiMaggio

Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (b. 1932)

#Menashe_Kadishman

Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1945)

#Carson_Whitsett

Anne V. Coates, British film editor (Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man, Erin Brockovich), Oscar winner (1963) (b. 1925)

Big Bully Busick, American professional wrestler (b. 1954)

Tom M. Apostol, American analytic number theorist (b. 1923)

Atanas Semerdzhiev, Bulgarian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Bulgaria (b. 1924)

Juan Schwanner, Hungarian-Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1921)

Mwepu Ilunga, Congolese footballer (b. 1949)

Yago Lamela, Spanish long jumper (b. 1977)

Ken Whaley, Austrian-English bass player (b. 1946)

Hugh J. Silverman, American philosopher and theorist (b. 1945)

Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)

Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)

Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (b. 1948)

Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)

Stacy Robinson, American football player (b. 1962)

Jerry McMorris, American businessman (b. 1941)

Everett Lilly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1924)

Philip R. Craig, American author and poet (b. 1933)

Iain Macmillan, Scottish photographer and author (b. 1938)

Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1981)

Elvira Pagã, Brazilian vedette, singer, and artist (b. 1920)

Henry Nicols, American activist (b. 1973)

Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)

Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author (b. 1918)

Ed Gilbert, American actor (b. 1931)

Charles Rebozo, American banker and businessman (b. 1912)

Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler (b. 1915)

Garth Williams, American illustrator (b. 1912)

Larry Levis, American poet, author, and critic (b. 1946)

Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953)

Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (b. 1923)

Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (b. 1933)

Jean Langlais, French pianist and composer (b. 1907)

Doris Stokes, English psychic and author (b. 1920)

Ernle Bradford, English historian and author (b. 1922)

Dolph Sweet, American actor (b. 1920)

Karl Marx, German conductor and composer (b. 1897)

Gino Bianco, Italian-Brazilian race car driver (b. 1916)

Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1890)

Neil Bogart, American record producer, co-founded Casablanca Records (b. 1943)

Geoffrey Baker, English Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the British Army (b. 1920)

Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist (b. 1921)

Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (b. 1892)

Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)

John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)

Themistoklis Diakidis, Greek high jumper (b. 1882)

John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)

John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)

Edward Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1496)

Duan Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1269)

Ahmed Sanjar, Seljuk sultan (b. 1086)

Pope Benedict II

Pope Boniface IV (b. 550)

Pope John II