Deaths on 8 April
2000s
Nelsy Cruz
2025
Dominican Republic politician (1982–2025)
Keith Barnes
2024
Welsh-Australian rugby league footballer (1934–2024)
Peter Higgs
2024
British theoretical physicist (1929–2024)
Ralph Puckett
2024
U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient (1926–2024)
Mimi Reinhardt
2022
Austrian secretary (1915–2022)
Rick May
2020
Canadian-American voice and theatre actor (1940–2020)
Abdul Momin Imambari
2020
Bangladeshi Islamic scholar (1930–2020)
Josine Ianco-Starrels
2019
Romanian-born American art curator (1926–2019)
Jayakanthan
2015
Indian writer, journalist, filmmaker
Rayson Huang
2015
Hong Kong chemist
Sergei Lashchenko
2015
Ukrainian kickboxer (1987–2015)
David Laventhol
2015
American newspaper editor and publisher (1933–2015)
Jean-Claude Turcotte
2015
Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (1936–2015)
Emmanuel III Delly
2014
Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church from 2003 to 2012
Karlheinz Deschner
2014
German writer and activist (1924–2014)
Ivan Mercep
2014
New Zealand architect (1930–2014)
Mikhail Beketov
2013
Russian journalist (1958–2013)
Annette Funicello
2013
American actress and singer (1942–2013)
Sara Montiel
2013
Spanish actress and singer (1928–2013)
José Luis Sampedro
2013
Spanish economist and writer (1917–2013)
Margaret Thatcher
2013
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990
Blair Kiel
2012
American football player (1961–2012)
Jack Tramiel
2012
American businessman and Holocaust survivor (1928–2012)
Janusz K. Zawodny
2012
Hedda Sterne
2011
Romanian-American artist (1910–2011)
Antony Flew
2010
English analytic and evidentialist philosopher (1923–2010)
Malcolm McLaren
2010
English fashion designer and music manager (1946–2010)
Teddy Scholten
2010
Dutch singer and television presenter (1926–2010)
Richard de Mille
2009
American author (1922–2009)
Piotr Morawski
2009
Polish mountaineer (1976–2009)
Kazuo Shiraga
2008
Japanese abstract painter
Sol LeWitt
2007
American artist (1928–2007)
Gerard Reve
2006
Dutch writer
Onna White
2005
Canadian choreographer and dancer (1922-2005)
Werner Schumacher
2004
German actor
María Félix
2002
Mexican actress and singer (1914–2002)
Harvey Quaytman
2002
American painter (1937 - 2002)
František Šťastný
2000
Czechoslovakian motorcycle racer
Claire Trevor
2000
American actress (1910–2000)
1900s
Laura Nyro
1997
American singer and songwriter (1947–1997)
Ben Johnson (actor)
1996
American actor and stuntman (1918��1996)
León Klimovsky
1996
Argentine film director (1906–1996)
Mick Young
1996
Australian politician (1936–1996)
François Rozet
1994
Canadian actor
Marian Anderson
1993
African-American contralto (1897–1993)
Daniel Bovet
1992
Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist
Dead (musician)
1991
Swedish black metal vocalist (1969–1991)
Ryan White
1990
AIDS spokesperson and poster boy (1971–1990)
J. Fred Coots
1985
American songwriter (1897–1985)
Pyotr Kapitsa
1984
Soviet physicist and Nobel Laureate (1894–1984)
Isamu Kosugi
1983
Japanese actor and director (1904–1983)
Omar Bradley
1981
United States Army general (1893–1981)
Breece D'J Pancake
1979
American short story writer
James McGuigan
1974
Canadian prelate
Pablo Picasso
1973
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
Zinaida Aksentyeva
1969
Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer
Lars Hanson
1965
Swedish film and stage actor
Juan Belmonte
1962
Spanish bullfighter (1892–1962)
Joseph Carrodus
1961
Australian public servant
Marios Makrionitis
1959
Greek Jesuit prelate
Vaslav Nijinsky
1950
Russian dancer and choreographer (1889–1950)
Olaf Frydenlund
1947
Norwegian sport shooter (1862–1947)
Kostas Skarvelis
1942
Greek composer
Marcel Prévost
1941
French writer
Robert Bárány
1936
Austria-born otologist (1876–1936)
Božena Benešová
1936
Czech author and poet
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
1931
Swedish poet
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
1920
American composer (1884–1920)
Loránd Eötvös
1919
Hungarian physicist (1848–1919)
Auguste Deter
1906
First person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (1850–1906)
1800s
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
1894
Indian Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838–1894)
Bernardino António Gomes Jr.
1877
Portuguese physician and scientist
Charles Auguste de Bériot
1870
Belgian violinist and composer
Elisha Otis
1861
19th-century American industrialist and inventor of the Otis Elevator
István Széchenyi
1860
Hungarian noble and statesman
Gaetano Donizetti
1848
Italian opera composer (1797–1848)
Before 1800
Francis II Rákóczi
1735
Hungarian revolutionary (1676–1735)
John Wise (clergyman)
1725
American Christian clergy (1652–1725)
Wolfgang Dietrich, Count of Castell-Remlingen
1709
German nobleman (1641–1709)
Hiob Ludolf
1704
German orientalist (1624-1704)
Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
1704
English Army officer and politician (1641–1704)
Niels Juel
1697
Danish naval officer (1629–1697)
Carlo Rainaldi
1691
Italian architect
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg
1612
Queen consort of Denmark and Norway from 1597 to 1612
Magdalen Dacre
1608
16th and 17th-century English noblewoman and Catholic recusant
Martin Chemnitz
1586
German Lutheran theologian and reformer
Oda Nobuhide
1551
Japanese daimyō and magistrate (1510–1551)
Lorenzo de' Medici
1492
Lord of Florence from 1469 to 1492
Georg von Peuerbach
1461
Austrian astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker (1423-1461)
Sejong the Great
1450
King of Joseon from 1418 to 1450
John II of France
1364
King of France from 1350 to 1364
Stephen Gravesend
1338
14th-century Bishop of London
Thomas of Tolentino
1321
Christian saint
Gertrude of Babenberg, Duchess of Bohemia
1150
Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1140 to 1150
John II Komnenos
1143
Byzantine emperor from 1118 to 1143
Mu'izz al-Dawla
967
1st Buyid emir of Iraq from 945 to 967
Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy
956
Frankish noble
Wang Yanxi
944
Emperor of Min from 941 to 944
Adalelm, Count of Troyes
894
Count of Troyes (died 894)
Charibert II
632
King of Aquitaine from 629 to 632
Prince Shōtoku
622
Semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)
Caracalla
217
Roman emperor from 198 to 217