Oleksandr Dovgach
Ukrainian military pilotDied on Monday March 9th 2026
Deaths on March 8
This archive lists notable deaths associated with March 8 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on March 8, 2026.
Volodymyr Vlasenko
Ukrainian scientist and military doctorDied on Monday March 9th 2026
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Malaysian philosopher dead at age 94
Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, a Malaysian philosopher, died on March 8, 2026. He was a Malaysian Muslim philosopher of Arab descent and was considered one of the few contemporary scholars…
Curzia Ferrari Italian writer dead at age 96
Curzia Ferrari, an Italian journalist, writer and translator of Russian poetry, died on March 8, 2026, in Milan at the age of 96. Born in Milan in May 1929, she…
Graham Sissons public figure dead at age 91
Graham Sissons, an English footballer who played as a defender, died on March 8, 2026. He made more than 250 Football League appearances for Birmingham City, Peterborough United and Walsall.…
David Rokni Israeli colonel dead at age 94
David Rokni, an Israeli reserve colonel who served as the commander of the annual Israel Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem for nearly four decades, died on…
Jerzy Szymanek Journalist dead at age 88
Jerzy Szymanek, a Polish politician, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Ręczno on April 11, 1937, he was a member of the United People's…
Sam Scarber American actor and football player dead at age 76
Sam Scarber, an American actor and former football player, died on March 8, 2026, at age 76. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 24, 1949, he played fullback in…
Mohamed Hansal Algerian football referee dead at age 78
Mohamed Hansal, an Algerian football referee, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Oran, French Algeria, on November 6, 1947, he refereed one match at…
Blake Emmons Canadian country singer and television host
Blake Emmons, a Canadian country singer and television host, died on March 8, 2026, at age 81. Born Bruce MacKenzie in Toronto and raised in Prince George, British Columbia, he…
Ernie Mills American decoy maker dead at age 91
Ernie Mills, an American decoy maker, died on March 8, 2026. Ernest Leon Mills Jr. was a third-generation duck decoy maker who made Lower Chesapeake-style decoys. Nationally recognized as a…
Walid Khalidi Historian dead at age 100
Walid Khalidi, a Palestinian historian, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 100. He wrote extensively on the Palestinian exodus and co-founded the Institute for Palestine Studies in…
Fahad Al-Mejmed Kuwaiti footballer
Fahad Al-Mejmed, a Kuwaiti footballer and military officer, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 33. Al-Mejmed, a centre-back, played for Al Qadsia SC until 2019 and spent…
Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters Iranian military general who served as head of the Military O…
Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters died on March 8, 2026. An Iranian military general, he served as head of the Military Office of Iran's Supreme Leader. The position placed him in…
Ray Schoenke American football player
Ray Schoenke, an American football player who played offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, died on March 8, 2026, at age 84. Born Raymond Frederick Schoenke on…
Vasile Constantin Mao Romanian rugby union player dead at age 88
Vasile Constantin Mao, a Romanian rugby union player, died on March 8, 2026. Better known as Mao, he was a Romanian rugby union coach and academic. Born in Plevna village,…
David Keene American political consultant dead at age 80
David Keene, an American political consultant, died on March 8, 2026, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of 80. He was also a presidential advisor and newspaper editor, and served…
Lutfiya al-Dulaimi Iraqi writer dead at age 87
Lutfiya al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi writer, journalist and women's rights activist, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Baqubah on March 7, 1939, she grew up…
Fahad Al-Mejmed Kuwaiti footballer dead at age 33
Fahad Al-Mejmed, a Kuwaiti footballer, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 33. Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Mejmed was also a military officer in the General Directorate of Land Border…
Mantana Morakul Thai singer and actress dead at age 102
Mantana Morakul, the Thai singer and actress known as Mantana Keartiwongs, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 102. Born on March 30, 1923, she was the first…
Zeph Ellis British rapper dead at age 37
Zeph Ellis, the British rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer better known as Dot Rotten, died on March 8, 2026, aged 37. Born Joseph Daniel Joel Ellis-Stevenson in London, he…
Joseph T. Threston American Navy systems engineer dead at age 90
Joseph T. Threston, an American Navy systems engineer known for his contributions to the development of the Aegis Combat System, died on March 8, 2026. Threston began his career in…
H. H. Hamid 85 dead at age 85
H. H. Hamid, an Indian footballer and forward, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 85. He played for India at the 1960 Summer Olympics and was a…
Slavoljub Marjanović Serbian chess Grandmaster dead at age 71
Slavoljub Marjanović, a Serbian chess grandmaster, died on March 8, 2026. Born in Lalinac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, on January 6, 1955, he was awarded the grandmaster title in 1978…
Moulana Abdullah Tari Indian Islamic scholar and political activist dead at age 86
Moulana Abdullah Tari, an Indian Islamic scholar and political activist, died on March 8, 2026, following a prolonged illness. He was an official of the separatist Jammu and Kashmir Democratic…
Anthony Leggett Caldeira–Leggett model of quantum dissipation, Leggett–Garg inequality, Leggett ine…
Anthony Leggett, the British-American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, died on March 8, 2026. He was 87. Sir Anthony James Leggett was widely recognised as…
Herbs New Zealand musician dead at age -1
Herbs, the New Zealand reggae group founded in 1979, died on March 8, 2026. The multi-ethnic band featured Samoans, Tongans, Cook Islanders, New Zealand Europeans and Māori members. Led by…
Philip Bourne Unix for VMS Users, PLOS Computational Biology, Protein Data Bank, SciVee dead at age…
Philip Bourne, an Australian bioinformatician and writer, died on March 8, 2026, at age 72. Philip Eric Bourne was the Stephenson Chair of Data Science, director of the School of…
Rostyslav Chapiuk Ukrainian politician dead at age 88
Rostyslav Chapiuk, a Ukrainian politician, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Rusiv on May 22, 1937, he served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine…
B. Wongar Writer dead at age 93
B. Wongar, the pen name of Serbian writer Sreten Božić, died on March 8, 2026, aged 93-94. Born in 1932 in Gornja Trešnjevica, in what was then the Kingdom of…
Lilias, Yoga and You American yoga teacher and television presenter dead at age 90
Lilias Folan, the American yoga teacher and television presenter behind the PBS program Lilias, Yoga and You, died on March 8, 2026. The show, later shortened to Lilias!, first aired…
A H M Touhidul Anowar Chowdhury
Bangladeshi gynaecologist and obstetricianDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Ray De Gruchy
British footballer (Grimsby TownDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Altin Çuko
Albanian football playerDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Carol McNicoll
English studio potterDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Armand LaMontagne
American sculptorDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Prince Frederik of Nassau
POLG mitochondrial disease. Died on Sunday March 9th 2025
Attila Monostori
Hungarian Olympic water polo player (1996)Died on Sunday March 9th 2025
Athol Fugard
South African playwrightDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Dick McTaggart
Scottish lightweight boxerDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Ayo-Maria Atoyebi
Nigerian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Harbans Jandu
Indian lyricistDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Ella Zeller
Romanian tennis playerDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Sergei Vostokov
Russian mathematicianDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Luís Carlos Galter
Brazilian footballer (CorinthiansDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Isabel Miranda de Wallace
Mexican social activistDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Art Schallock
American baseball player (New York YankeesDied on Sunday March 9th 2025
Nikola Vuljanić
Croatian politicianDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
William Whitworth
American journalist and authorDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Dave Ritchie
American football coach (Montreal AlouettesDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Ken J. Miller
American politicianDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Ľubomír Stankovský
Slovak pop rock musician (Modus)Died on Saturday March 9th 2024
Mayte Carol
Mexican actress (Ruletero a toda marchaDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Guy Touvron
French classical trumpet player and music teacherDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Georgi Popov
Bulgarian footballerDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Dick Monteith
American politicianDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Andrew Turner
British broadcaster (BBC Radio 1Died on Saturday March 9th 2024
Jonathan Zak
Israeli pianistDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Hamid Behbahani
Iranian politicianDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Farhan Khan
Pakistani footballer (Pakistan Air Force)Died on Saturday March 9th 2024
Mukhamet Kharrasov
Russian physicistDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Seppo Ahokainen
Finnish ice hockey playerDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Veniamin Zakharov
Belarusian ballet dancerDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
José María Benavides
Spanish Olympic sailor (1976Died on Saturday March 9th 2024
Kosta Barka
Albanian politician of the Greek minorityDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Veniyamin Zakharau
Merited Artist of Republic of BelarusDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Guy Boutilier
Canadian politicianDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Ihar Holubeu
Belarusian sculptorDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
James Hedges
American politicianDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Chance Browne
American cartoonist (Hi and Lois)Died on Saturday March 9th 2024
John Behrent
New Zealand cricketerDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Tristram Powell
English directorDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Wayne Moses
American football coachDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Morris Overstreet
American juristDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Tommy McAvoy
British politicianDied on Saturday March 9th 2024
Fazalur Rehman
Pakistani field hockey playerDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Marat Sarulu
Kyrgyz film director and screenwriter (Songs from the Southern Seas)Died on Thursday March 9th 2023
Takahiro Kimura
Japanese animator (City HunterDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Daud Muzamil
Afghan Taliban politician and militantDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Mystic Meg
British astrologerDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Hassan Ghafourifard
Iranian academic and politicianDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Samaraditya Pal
Indian lawyerDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Marcel Amont
French singerDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Chaim Topol
Israeli actor (Fiddler on the RoofDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Satish Kaushik
Indian acorDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Tish Naghise
American politicianDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Theodore Kanamine
American brigadier generalDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Pat McCormick
American Olympic diverDied on Thursday March 9th 2023
Denise Goddard
Welsh Olympic artistic gymnastDied on Thursday March 9th 2023