Deaths on 8 November
2000s
Graham Richardson
2025
Australian politician (1949–2025)
Elizabeth Nunez
2024
American novelist (1944–2024)
June Spencer
2024
English actress (1919–2024)
Trevor Sorbie
2024
Scottish hairdresser (1949–2024)
Alex Trebek
2020
Canadian-American TV personality (1940–2020)
Dennis Wrong
2018
Canadian-born American sociologist and professor
Rhea Chiles
2015
American philanthropist (1930–2015)
Joseph Cure
2015
American ice hockey player and actor
Rod Davies
2015
British astronomer
Om Prakash Mehra
2015
Indian Air Force officer
Maduluwawe Sobitha Thera
2015
Sri Lankan political leader (1942 – 2015)
Phil Crane
2014
American politician (1930-2014)
Luigi Gorrini
2014
Italian flying ace (1917–2014)
Don Paul (linebacker)
2014
American football player (1925–2014)
Hugo Sánchez (footballer, born 1984)
2014
Mexican footballer and sports commentator (1984-2014)
Ernie Vandeweghe
2014
American basketball player (1928–2014)
William C. Davidon
2013
American physicist and peace and anti-repression activist
Penn Kimball
2013
American journalist
Arnold Rosner
2013
American composer
Chiyoko Shimakura
2013
Japanese singer and TV presenter
AVS (actor)
2013
Indian actor
Lee MacPhail
2012
American baseball executive (1917-2012)
Pete Namlook
2012
German music producer and composer (1960–2012)
Peggy Vaughan
2012
Heavy D
2011
American musician and actor (1967–2011)
Bil Keane
2011
American cartoonist (1922–2011)
Quintin Dailey
2010
American basketball player (1961–2010)
Jack Levine
2010
American Social Realist painter and printmaker
Emilio Eduardo Massera
2010
Argentine naval officer (1925–2010)
Vitaly Ginzburg
2009
Russian physicist (1916–2009)
Aad Nuis
2007
Dutch politician and political scientist
Dulce Saguisag
2007
Filipino politician (1943–2007)
Chad Varah
2007
English social activist and Anglican priest (1911–2007)
Basil Poledouris
2006
American composer (1945–2006)
Hannspeter Winter
2006
Alekos Alexandrakis
2005
Greek actor
David Westheimer
2005
American novelist (1917–2005)
Peter Mathers
2004
Australian author and playwright
Bob Grant (actor)
2003
English actor (1932–2003)
C. Z. Guest
2003
American actress, author, horsewoman, designer and socialite (1920–2003)
Guy Speranza
2003
Musical artist
Jaun Elia
2002
Pakistani poet (1931–2002)
Aristidis Moschos
2001
Musical artist
1900s
Lester Bowie
1999
American jazz trumpeter and composer (1941–1999)
Leon Štukelj
1999
Slovenian gymnast
Rumer Godden
1998
British author (1907–1998)
John Hunt, Baron Hunt
1998
British Army officer (1910–1998)
Jean Marais
1998
French actor, writer, director and sculptor (1913–1998)
Michael O'Donoghue
1994
American actor and writer (1940–1994)
Vyacheslav Molotov
1986
Soviet politician and diplomat (1890–1986)
Nicolas Frantz
1985
Luxembourgish cyclist (1899–1985)
Jacques Hnizdovsky
1985
Ukrainian-American painter
James Booker
1983
American R&B keyboardist and singer (1939–1983)
Mordecai Kaplan
1983
Lithuanian American rabbi (1881–1983)
Norman Rockwell
1978
American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)
Tasos Giannopoulos
1977
Greek actor
Bucky Harris
1977
American baseball player and manager (1896–1977)
Ivory Joe Hunter
1974
American singer-songwriter (1914–1974)
Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel
1973
Turkish poet, author and politician (1898–1973)
Huw T. Edwards
1970
Welsh trade union leader and politician
Wendell Corey
1968
American actor (1914–1968)
Peter Mohr Dam
1968
Faroe Islands politician
Dorothy Kilgallen
1965
American journalist and TV personality
Subroto Mukerjee
1960
First Chief of the Air Staff of India
Frank S. Land
1959
American businessman
Chika Kuroda
1956
Japanese chemist (1884–1968)
Ivan Bunin
1953
Russian author (1870–1953)
John van Melle
1953
Dutch-born South African writer (1887-1953)
Cyriel Verschaeve
1949
Flemish nationalist priest and writer who collaborated with the Nazis
August von Mackensen
1945
German field marshal (1849–1945)
Walter Nowotny
1944
German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
Carlos Chagas
1934
Brazilian doctor and scientist (1879–1934)
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
1921
Slovak poet
Colin Blythe
1917
English cricketer (1879–1917)
Victor Borisov-Musatov
1905
Russian painter
James Agnew
1901
Australian politician (1815–1901)
1800s
Robert Battey
1895
American physician
César Franck
1890
Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)
Doc Holliday
1887
Gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the American West (1851–1887)
Manuel Bretón de los Herreros
1873
Spanish dramatist (1796–1873)
Francis I of the Two Sicilies
1830
King of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830
Thomas Bewick
1828
English engraver and natural history author (1753–1828)
Andrea Appiani
1817
Italian painter (1754–1817)
Before 1800
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
1773
Prussian cavalry general (1721–1773)
Michel Rolle
1719
French mathematician (1652–1719)
John Milton
1674
English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)
Witte de With
1658
Dutch States Navy officer (1599–1658)
Girolamo Mercuriale
1606
Italian philologist and physician
Robert Catesby
1605
English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (c. 1572–1605)
Natsuka Masaie
1600
Japanese daimyō
Francisco Guerrero (composer)
1599
Spanish Catholic priest and composer
Jerome Emser
1527
German theologian and antagonist of Martin Luther (1477–1527)
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
1517
Spanish cardinal and statesman (1436–1517)
Melozzo da Forlì
1494
Italian architect and painter (c. 1438–1494)
Baeda Maryam I
1478
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1468 to 1478
Peter of Aragon (heir of Sicily)
1400
Heir apparent to the Sicilian throne (1398–1400)
Duns Scotus
1308
Scottish Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1265/66–1308)
Matilda of Béthune
1263
Berengaria of Castile
1246
Queen of Castile and Toledo in 1217
Louis VIII of France
1226
King of France from 1223 to 1226
Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine
1195
Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut
1171
Count of Hainaut (1120-1171)
Ilghazi
1122
Artukid ruler of Mardin from 1107 to 1122
Godfrey of Amiens
1115
French Roman Catholic abbot, bishop of Amiens and saint
Sancha of León
1067
Queen of León from 1037 to 1065
Ibn al-Qutiyya
977
Andalusian historian and Philologist at Al-Hakam II's court
Pope Agapetus II
955
Head of the Catholic Church from 946 to 955
Empress Liu (Li Maozhen's wife)
943
Yao Yi
940
Duan Ning
928
Willehad
789
8th-century Bishop of Bremen
Prince Sawara
785
Japanese prince (c. 750 – 785)
Pope Adeodatus I
618
Head of the Catholic Church from 615 to 618
Martin of Tours
397
Christian cleric and saint (316/336–397)