Kayyar Kinhanna Rai
Indian independence activist
Died on Saturday August 8th 2015
Deaths on August 8
This archive lists notable deaths associated with August 8 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on August 8, 2026.
Gus Mortson
Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Died on Saturday August 8th 2015
Samuil Lurie
Russian historian of literature
Died on Saturday August 8th 2015
Sean Price
American rapper
Died on Saturday August 8th 2015
Jimmy McColl
Scottish Olympic footballer (1948)
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Igor Kurnosov
Russian chess grandmaster
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Jiří Krejčík
Czech film director (Divine Emma)
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Derek Hockridge
British actor and translator (Asterix)
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Johnny Hamilton
Scottish footballer
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Nicolae Gheorghe
Romanian anthropologist and Roma activist
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
James Sterling Young
American historian and academic
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Jack Clement
American record and film producer
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Ios Teper
Ukrainian-born Australian Soviet military officer
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Fernando Castro Pacheco
Mexican artist and teacher
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Léon Aimé Taverdet
French Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Johannes Bluyssen
Dutch Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Jaymala Shiledar
Indian singer and actor
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Karen Black
American actress (Five Easy Pieces
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Juana Marta Rodas
Paraguayan ceramist
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Chikondi Banda
Malawian footballer
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Regina Resnik
American operatic mezzo-soprano
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Les Ascott
Canadian football player (Toronto Argonauts)
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
John Rankine
British science fiction author
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Barbara Mertz
American mystery writer (The Last Camel Died at Noon)
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Joseph M. McLaughlin
American judge
Died on Thursday August 8th 2013
Peter Sculthorpe
Australian composer (Kakadu)
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Simon Scott
British artist and musician
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Arthur Olsen
American politician
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
J. J. Murphy
Northern Irish actor (Mickybo and Me
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Danny Murphy
American actor (There's Something About Mary
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Leonardo Legaspi
Filipino Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Viktor Kopyl
Ukrainian footballer (Karpaty Lviv
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Menahem Golan
Israeli director and producer (Operation Thunderbolt
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Edmund Collins
Australian Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Luciano Bux
Italian Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Martin V.B. Bostetter
American judge
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Red Wilson
American baseball player (Detroit Tigers)
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Michael K. Smith
American politician
Died on Friday August 8th 2014
Åke W. Sjöberg
Swedish assyriologist
Died on Friday August 8th 2014