People who died on January 08

2005

Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b: May 5, 1952 ; d: January 8, 2005)
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Warren Spears (d: January 8, 2005)
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Michel Thomas (d: January 8, 2005)
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2004

John A. Gambling, American radio show host (b: February 5, 1930 ; d: January 8, 2004)
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2003

Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (b: February 17, 1925 ; d: January 8, 2003)
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2002

Alexander Prochorow (d: January 8, 2002)
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Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b: July 2, 1932 ; d: January 8, 2002)
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2000

Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (b: March 3, 1918 ; d: January 8, 2000)
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1998

Michael Tippett, English composer (b: January 2, 1905 ; d: January 8, 1998)
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1997

Melvin Calvin, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: April 8, 1911 ; d: January 8, 1997)
► Biography of Melvin Calvin

1996

François Mitterrand, President of France (b: October 26, 1916 ; d: January 8, 1996)
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1995

Carlos Monzon (d: January 8, 1995)
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1994

Pat Buttram (d: January 8, 1994)
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1993

Eleanor Hibbert (d: January 8, 1993)
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1991

Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard) (b: April 23, 1960 ; d: January 8, 1991)
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1990

Terry-Thomas (d: January 8, 1990)
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1989

Bruce Chatwin, British writer (b: May 13, 1940 ; d: January 8, 1989)
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1986

Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b: June 24, 1906 ; d: January 8, 1986)
► Biography of Pierre Fournier

1983

Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (b: March 22, 1913 ; d: January 8, 1983)
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1981

Matthew "Stymie" Beard (d: January 8, 1981)
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1980

John Mauchly (d: January 8, 1980)
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1976

Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b: March 5, 1898 ; d: January 8, 1976)
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1975

Richard Tucker, American tenor (b: August 28, 1913 ; d: January 8, 1975)
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1972

Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (b: December 13, 1911 ; d: January 8, 1972)
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1970

Georges Guibourg (d: January 8, 1970)
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1969

Albert Hill, British athlete (b: March 24, 1889 ; d: January 8, 1969)
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1963

Kay Sage (d: January 8, 1963)
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1958

Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b: October 26, 1883 ; d: January 8, 1958)
► Biography of Paul Pilgrim

1956

Jim Elliot, American missionary (b: October 8, 1927 ; d: January 8, 1956)
► Biography of Jim Elliot

1950

Joseph Schumpeter (d: January 8, 1950)
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1948

Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (b: June 20, 1887 ; d: January 8, 1948)
► Biography of Kurt Schwitters

1942

Joseph Franklin Rutherford (d: January 8, 1942)
► Biography of Joseph Franklin Rutherford

1941

Lord Robert Baden-Powell, English founder of the Boy Scouts (b: February 22, 1857 ; d: January 8, 1941)
► Biography of Robert Baden-Powell

1916

Ada Rehan (d: January 8, 1916)
► Biography of Ada Rehan

1896

Paul Verlaine, French poet (b: March 30, 1844 ; d: January 8, 1896)
► Biography of Paul Verlaine

William Raine Marshall (d: January 8, 1896)
► Biography of William Raine Marshall

1880

Joshua A. Norton, Emperor Norton I of the United States of America and Protector of Mexico (b: February 14, 1819 ; d: January 8, 1880)
► Biography of Joshua A. Norton

1874

Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b: September 8, 1814 ; d: January 8, 1874)
► Biography of Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg

1854

William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b: October 2, 1768 ; d: January 8, 1854)
► Biography of William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford

1825

Eli Whitney, American inventor (b: December 8, 1765 ; d: January 8, 1825)
► Biography of Eli Whitney

1815

Edward Pakenham, British general (b: March 19, 1778 ; d: January 8, 1815)
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1789

Jack Broughton (d: January 8, 1789)
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1775

John Baskerville, English printer (b: January 28, 1706 ; d: January 8, 1775)
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1713

Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (b: February 17, 1653 ; d: January 8, 1713)
► Biography of Arcangelo Corelli

1707

John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair (d: January 8, 1707)
► Biography of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair

1642

Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (b: February 15, 1564 ; d: January 8, 1642)
► Biography of Galileo Galilei

1570

Philibert de l'Orme (d: January 8, 1570)
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1557

Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b: March 28, 1522 ; d: January 8, 1557)
► Biography of Albert the Warlike

1324

Marco Polo, Venetian explorer (b: September 15, 1254 ; d: January 8, 1324)
► Biography of Marco Polo

Giotto di Bondone (d: January 8, 1324)
► Biography of Giotto di Bondone

1198

Pope Celestine III (d: January 8, 1198)
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1107

Edgar I of Scotland (d: January 8, 1107)
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482

Saint Severinus (d: January 8, 482)
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