Famous People Who Died In 2008

• Bobby Fischer

  Sportsman

  Illinois, United States of America

• Bettie Page

  Model

  Tennessee, United States of America

• Gordon B. Hinckley

  Religious Leader

  Utah, United States of America

• George Habash

  Politician

  Israel

• Daniel Carleton Gajdusek

  Physician

  New York, United States of America

• Dith Pran

  Journalist

  Siem Reap Province, Cambodia

• Adrian Kantrowitz

  Doctor

  New York, United States of America

• V P Singh

  Politician

  Uttar Pradesh, India

• Adrian Mitchell

  Poet

  England, United Kingdom

• Michael Crichton

  Author

  Illinois, United States of America

• Michael DeBakey

  Surgeon

  Louisiana, United States of America

• Sir Arthur Charles Clarke

  Writer

  Somerset, United Kingdom

• Adi Da

  Teacher

  New York, United States of America

• Harold Pinter

  Actor

  London, United Kingdom

• Paul Newman

  Sportsman

  Ohio, United States of America

• Isaac Hayes

  Actor

  Tennessee, United States of America

• Mahmoud Darwish

  Poet

  Palestine

• Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn

  Author

  Stavropol Krai, Russia

• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Spiritual Leader

  Madhya Pradesh, India

• Bruce Conner

  Artist

  Kansas, United States of America

• Heath Ledger

  Actor

  Western Australia, Australia

• Albert Hofmann

  Scientist

  Switzerland

• Boyd Coddington

  Hot Rod Designer

  Idaho, United States of America

• Irena Sendler

  Nurse

  Poland

• Brad Renfro

  Actor

  Tennessee, United States of America

• Estelle Getty

  Actress

  New York, United States of America

• Jane McGrath

  Activist

  England, United Kingdom

• George E. Palade

  Biologist

  Romania

• Edmund Hillary

  Mountaineer

  New Zealand

• Willis Eugene Lamb Jr.

  Physicist

  California, united states of America

• Alun Hoddinott

  Composer

  Wales, United Kingdom

• Joshua Lederberg

  Geneticist

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Levy Mwanawasa

  Politician

  Copperbelt, Zambia

• Sydney Pollack

  Actor

  Indiana, United States of America

• Charlton Heston

  Actor

  Illinois, United States of America

• Suzanne Pleshette

  Actress

  New York, United States of America

• Paul Scofield

  Actor

  England, United Kingdom

• Tom Lantos

  Politician

  Budapest, Hungary

• David Foster Wallace

  Writer

  New York, United States of America

• Anthony Minghella

  Director

  Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

• Jesse Helms

  Politician

  North Carolina, United States of America

• Jerry Reed

  Singer

  Georgia, United States of America

• William Mark Felt

  Investigator

  Idaho, United States of America

• Paul Raymond

  Publisher

  England, United Kingdom

• Alton Ellis

  Musician

  Jamaica

• Johnnie Carr

  Activist

  Alabama, United States Of America

• Deborah Jeane Palfrey

  Criminal

  Pennsylvania, United States Of America

• Christian Brando

  Artist

  California, United States Of America

• Pat Garrett

  Government Official

  Alabama, United States Of America

• Arthur Shawcross

  Criminal

  Maine, United States of America

• Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

  Mathematician

  Missouri, United States of America

• Studs Terkel

  Journalist

  New York, United States of America

• Mildred Loving

  Activist

  Virginia, United States of America

• William F. Buckley Jr.

  Academic

  New York, United States of America

• Odetta

  Activist

  Alabama, United States of America

• Jim McKay

  Journalist

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Robert Rauschenberg

  Painter

  Texas, United States of America

• Tim Russert

  Journalist

  New York, United States of America

• Yma Sumac

  Opera Singer

  Cajamarca, Peru

• Larry Davis

  Murderer

  New York, United States of America

• James Bevel

  Activist

  Mississippi, united states of America

• Miriam Makeba

  Activist

  ?Gauteng, South Africa

• Bo Diddley

  Guitarist

  Mississippi, united states of America

• Jules Dassin

  Director

  Connecticut, united states of America

• Margaret Truman

  Writer

  Missouri, United States of America