People who died on April 8 91
Caracalla
d. 217 (b. 188)
Caracalla, Roman emperor (b. 188)
Prince Shōtoku
d. 622 (b. 574)
Shōtoku, Japanese prince (b. 572)
Charibert II
d. 632 (b. 607)
Charibert II, Frankish king (b. 607)
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Adalelm, Count of Troyes
d. 894
Adalelm, Frankish nobleman
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Wang Yanxi
d. 944
Wang Yanxi, Chinese emperor
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Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy
d. 956
Gilbert, Frankish nobleman
Mu'izz al-Dawla
d. 967 (b. 915)
Mu'izz al-Dawla, Buyid emir (b. 915)
John II Komnenos
d. 1143 (b. 1087)
John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1143)
Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia
d. 1150 (b. 1118)
Gertrude of Babenberg , duchess of Bohemia (b. 1118)
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Thomas of Tolentino
d. 1321
Thomas of Tolentino, Italian-Franciscan missionary (b. c. 1255)
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Stephen Gravesend
d. 1338
Stephen Gravesend, bishop of London
John II of France
d. 1364 (b. 1319)
King John II of France (d. 1364)
Sejong the Great
d. 1450 (b. 1397)
Sejong the Great, Korean king (d. 1450)
Georg von Peuerbach
d. 1461 (b. 1423)
Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
Lorenzo de' Medici
d. 1492 (b. 1449)
Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1449)
Oda Nobuhide
d. 1551 (b. 1510)
Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
Martin Chemnitz
d. 1586 (b. 1522)
Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran theologian and reformer (b. 1522)
John Foxe
d. 1587 (b. 1516)
John Foxe, English historian and author (b. 1516)
Magdalen Dacre
d. 1608 (b. 1538)
Magdalen Dacre, English noble (b. 1538)
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg
d. 1612 (b. 1575)
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (d. 1612)
Carlo Rainaldi
d. 1691 (b. 1611)
Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect, designed the Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto (b. 1611)
Niels Juel
d. 1697 (b. 1629)
Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (d. 1697)
Hiob Ludolf
d. 1704 (b. 1624)
Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (d. 1704)
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
d. 1704 (b. 1641)
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1641)
Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen
d. 1709 (b. 1641)
Wolfgang Dietrich of Castell-Remlingen, German nobleman (b. 1641)
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John Wise (clergyman)
d. 1725 (b. 1652)
John Wise, American minister (b. 1652)
Francis II Rákóczi
d. 1735 (b. 1676)
Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
Gaetano Donizetti
d. 1848 (b. 1797)
Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
Elisha Otis
d. 1861 (b. 1811)
Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (d. 1861)
Charles Auguste de Bériot
d. 1870 (b. 1802)
Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
d. 1894 (b. 1838)
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1894)
Auguste Deter
d. 1906 (b. 1850)
Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
Loránd Eötvös
d. 1919 (b. 1848)
Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (d. 1919)
Charles Griffes
d. 1920 (b. 1884)
Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (d. 1920)
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
d. 1931 (b. 1864)
Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
Róbert Bárány
d. 1936 (b. 1876)
Róbert Bárány, Austrian-Swedish otologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1936)
Božena Benešová
d. 1936 (b. 1873)
Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
Marcel Prévost
d. 1941 (b. 1862)
Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (d. 1941)
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Kostas Skarvelis
d. 1942 (b. 1880)
Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
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Olaf Frydenlund
d. 1947 (b. 1862)
Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
Vaslav Nijinsky
d. 1950 (b. 1890)
Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
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Marios Makrionitis
d. 1959 (b. 1913)
Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (d. 1959)
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Joseph Carrodus
d. 1961 (b. 1885)
Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
Juan Belmonte
d. 1962 (b. 1892)
Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1962)
Lars Hanson
d. 1965 (b. 1886)
Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
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Zinaida Aksentyeva
d. 1969 (b. 1900)
Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (d. 1969)
Pablo Picasso
d. 1973 (b. 1881)
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)
James Charles McGuigan
d. 1974 (b. 1894)
James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (b. 1894)
Breece D'J Pancake
d. 1979 (b. 1952)
Breece D'J Pancake American short story writer (b. 1952)
Omar Bradley
d. 1981 (b. 1893)
Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893)
Isamu Kosugi
d. 1983 (b. 1904)
Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (b. 1904)
Pyotr Kapitsa
d. 1984 (b. 1894)
Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
John Frederick Coots
d. 1985 (b. 1897)
John Frederick Coots, American songwriter (d. 1985)
Ryan White
d. 1990 (b. 1971)
Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (b. 1971)
Daniel Bovet
d. 1992 (b. 1907)
Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
Marian Anderson
d. 1993 (b. 1897)
Marian Anderson, American operatic singer (b. 1897)
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François Rozet
d. 1994 (b. 1899)
François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (b. 1899)
Ben Johnson (actor)
d. 1996 (b. 1918)
Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (d. 1996)
León Klimovsky
d. 1996 (b. 1906)
León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
Mick Young
d. 1996 (b. 1936)
Mick Young, Australian politician (d. 1996)
Laura Nyro
d. 1997 (b. 1947)
Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1947)
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František Šťastný
d. 2000 (b. 1927)
František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927)
Claire Trevor
d. 2000 (b. 1910)
Claire Trevor, American actress (b. 1910)
María Félix
d. 2002 (b. 1914)
María Félix, Mexican actress (b. 1914)
Harvey Quaytman
d. 2002 (b. 1937)
Harvey Quaytman, American painter and educator (d. 2002)
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Werner Schumacher
d. 2004 (b. 1921)
Werner Schumacher, German actor (b. 1921)
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Onna White
d. 2005 (b. 1922)
Onna White, Canadian choreographer and dancer (b. 1922)
Gerard Reve
d. 2006 (b. 1923)
Gerard Reve, Dutch author and poet (b. 1923)
Sol LeWitt
d. 2007 (b. 1928)
Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
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Kazuo Shiraga
d. 2008 (b. 1924)
Kazuo Shiraga, Japanese painter (b. 1924)
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Richard de Mille
d. 2009 (b. 1922)
Richard de Mille, American Scientologist, author, investigative journalist, and psychologist (b. 1922)
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Piotr Morawski
d. 2009 (b. 1976)
Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1976)
Malcolm McLaren
d. 2010 (b. 1946)
Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
Teddy Scholten
d. 2010 (b. 1926)
Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (b. 1926)
Hedda Sterne
d. 2011 (b. 1910)
Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (d. 2011)
Blair Kiel
d. 2012 (b. 1961)
Blair Kiel, American football player and coach (b. 1961)
Jack Tramiel
d. 2012 (b. 1928)
Jack Tramiel, Polish-American businessman, founded Commodore International (b. 1928)
Janusz K. Zawodny
d. 2012 (b. 1921)
Janusz K. Zawodny, Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist (b. 1921)
Mikhail Beketov
d. 2013 (b. 1958)
Mikhail Beketov, Russian journalist (b. 1958)
Annette Funicello
d. 2013 (b. 1942)
Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (b. 1942)
Sara Montiel
d. 2013 (b. 1928)
Sara Montiel, Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928)
José Luis Sampedro
d. 2013 (b. 1917)
José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (b. 1917)
Margaret Thatcher
d. 2013 (b. 1925)
Margaret Thatcher, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1925)
Emmanuel III Delly
d. 2014 (b. 1927)
Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927)
Karlheinz Deschner
d. 2014 (b. 1924)
Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (d. 2014)
Ivan Mercep
d. 2014 (b. 1930)
Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (b. 1930)
Jayakanthan
d. 2015 (b. 1934)
Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (d. 2015)
Rayson Huang
d. 2015 (b. 1920)
Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (b. 1920)
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Sergei Lashchenko
d. 2015 (b. 1987)
Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (b. 1987)
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David Laventhol
d. 2015 (b. 1933)
David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (b. 1933)
Jean-Claude Turcotte
d. 2015 (b. 1936)
Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (d. 2015)