June 8 Deaths

June 8 is the 159th day of the year (160th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 206 days remaining until the end of the year.

632 – Muhammad, Arabian prophet (b. 570)
1042 – Harthacnut, English-Danish king (b. 1018)
1154 – William of York, English archbishop and saint
1376 – Edward, the Black Prince, English son of Edward III of England (b. 1330)
1383 – Thomas de Ros, 4th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1338)
1384 – Kan'ami, Japanese actor and author (b. 1333)
1476 – George Neville, English archbishop and academic (b. 1432)
1492 – Elizabeth Woodville, Queen consort of England (b. 1437)
1505 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)
1611 – Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (b. 1552)
1612 – Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (b. 1562)
1621 – Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567)
1628 – Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1547)
1714 – Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
1716 – Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)
1727 – August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)
1768 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)
1771 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1716)
1795 – Louis XVII of France (b. 1785)
1809 – Thomas Paine, English-American theorist and author (b. 1737)
1831 – Sarah Siddons, British actress (b. 1755)
1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
1845 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
1857 – Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
1874 – Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
1876 – George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
1885 – Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
1889 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English priest and poet (b. 1844)
1899 – Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
1924 – Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
1924 – George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
1929 – Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
1945 – Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
1951 – Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
1951 – Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
1956 – Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
1959 – Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
1965 – Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
1966 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)
1968 – Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
1968 – Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)
1969 – Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (b. 1885)
1969 – Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
1970 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)
1972 – Jimmy Rushing, American singer (Oklahoma City Blue Devils) (b. 1901)
1976 – Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (b. 1894)
1980 – Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (b. 1900)
1982 – Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach (b. 1906)
1984 – Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895)
1985 – Afet İnan, Turkish historian and sociologist (b. 1908)
1987 – Alexander Iolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907)
1992 – Atef Bseiso, Palestinian terrorist (b. 1948)
1993 – Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
1997 – George Turner, Australian author and critic (b. 1916)
1997 – Karen Wetterhahn, American chemist and academic (b. 1948)
1998 – Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (b. 1943)
1998 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (b. 1903)
2000 – Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (b. 1948)
2001 – Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (b. 1935)
2003 – Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (b. 1940)
2004 – Charles Hyder, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1930)
2004 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938)
2006 – Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded Rip Off Press (b. 1941)
2006 – Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931)
2006 – Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (b. 1919)
2007 – Kenny Olsson, Swedish motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
2007 – Richard Rorty, American philosopher and academic (b. 1931)
2008 – Šaban Bajramović, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2009 – Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (b. 1935)
2010 – Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
2010 – Andreas Voutsinas, Greek actor and director (b. 1932)
2011 – Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, Comoran terrorist (b. 1974)
2011 – Alan Rubin, American trumpet player and actor (The Blues Brothers) (b. 1943)
2012 – Pete Brennan, American basketball player (b. 1936)
2012 – K. S. R. Das, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2012 – Charles E. M. Pearce, New Zealand-Australian mathematician and academic (b. 1940)
2012 – Ghassan Tueni, Lebanese journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
2013 – Paul Cellucci, American soldier and politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1948)
2013 – Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter, journalist, and critic (b. 1930)
2013 – Taufiq Kiemas, Indonesian politician, 5th First Spouse of Indonesia (b. 1942)
2013 – Angus MacKay, English actor (b. 1927)
2013 – Kyle Miller, Canadian lacrosse player (b. 1981)
2013 – Richard J. Seitz, American general (b. 1918)
2014 – Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2014 – Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (b. 1903)
2014 – Harold Russell Maddock, Australian jockey (b. 1918)
2014 – Billy McCool, American baseball player (b. 1944)
2014 – Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (b. 1948)
2015 – Frank Cappuccino, American boxer and referee (b. 1929)
2015 – Aldo da Rosa, Brazilian engineer and academic (b. 1917)
2015 – David Rotem, Israeli academic and politician (b. 1949)
2015 – Chea Sim, Cambodian commander and politician (b. 1932)