People who died on April 08

2004

Bruce Edwards, golf caddy (b: November 16, 1954 ; d: April 8, 2004)
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2003

Anita Borg (d: April 8, 2003)
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2002

María Félix, Mexican actress (b: April 8, 1914 ; d: April 8, 2002)
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2000

Claire Trevor, American actress (b: March 8, 1909 ; d: April 8, 2000)
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1996

Ben Johnson (actor) (d: April 8, 1996)
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1993

Marian Anderson, American contralto (b: February 27, 1897 ; d: April 8, 1993)
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1991

Dead (musician) (d: April 8, 1991)
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1990

Ryan White, American activist (b: December 6, 1971 ; d: April 8, 1990)
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1984

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: July 9, 1894 ; d: April 8, 1984)
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1981

Omar Bradley, American general (b: February 12, 1893 ; d: April 8, 1981)
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1978

Ford Frick, baseball commissioner (b: December 19, 1894 ; d: April 8, 1978)
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1973

Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b: October 25, 1881 ; d: April 8, 1973)
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1965

Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b: July 26, 1886 ; d: April 8, 1965)
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1950

Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish-born ballet dancer (b: March 12, 1888 ; d: April 8, 1950)
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1938

Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b: December 19, 1885 ; d: April 8, 1938)
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1936

Robert Bárány, Nobel Prize winner in medicine (b: April 22, 1876 ; d: April 8, 1936)
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1931

Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer (b: November 20, 1864 ; d: April 8, 1931)
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1920

Charles Tomlinson Griffes, American composer (b: September 17, 1884 ; d: April 8, 1920)
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1848

Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b: November 29, 1797 ; d: April 8, 1848)
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1725

John Wise (clergyman) (d: April 8, 1725)
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1704

Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English statesman (b: April 8, 1641 ; d: April 8, 1704)
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Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist (b: June 15, 1624 ; d: April 8, 1704)
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1697

Niels Juel, Danish admiral (b: May 8, 1629 ; d: April 8, 1697)
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1691

Carlo Rainaldi (d: April 8, 1691)
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1587

John Foxe (d: April 8, 1587)
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1586

Martin Chemnitz, German theologian (b: November 9, 1522 ; d: April 8, 1586)
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1492

Lorenzo de Medici, Italian statesman (b: January 1, 1449 ; d: April 8, 1492)
► Biography of Lorenzo de Medici

1461

Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b: May 30, 1423 ; d: April 8, 1461)
► Biography of Georg Purbach

1364

King John II of France (b: April 16, 1319 ; d: April 8, 1364)
► Biography of John II of France

1143

John II Comnenus (d: April 8, 1143)
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956

Gilbert of Chalon (d: April 8, 956)
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217

Caracalla, Roman emperor (b: April 4, 186 ; d: April 8, 217)
► Biography of Caracalla

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