May 8 Deaths

Famous people who died on May 8th

Harry Gordon Selfridge

Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947)

American-English businessman, founded Selfridges

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873)

English philosopher

George Peppard

George Peppard (1928 - 1994)

American actor

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988)

American writer

Antoine Lavoisier

Antoine Lavoisier (1743 - 1794)

French chemist

Jeanne Cooper

Jeanne Cooper (1928 - 2013)

American actress

Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904)

English photographer

Maurice Sendak

Maurice Sendak (1928 - 2012)

American author

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880)

French author

Sir Dirk Bogarde

Sir Dirk Bogarde (1921 - 1999)

English actor

Fred Ward

Fred Ward (1942 - 2022)

American actor

Helena Blavatsky

Helena Blavatsky (1831 - 1891)

Russian scholar and theosophist

Talcott Parsons

Talcott Parsons (1902 - 1979)

American sociologist

Teresa Teng

Teresa Teng (1953 - 1995)

Taiwanese singer

Gilles Villeneuve

Gilles Villeneuve (1950 - 1982)

Canadian race car driver

Dana Plato

Dana Plato (1964 - 1999)

American actress

Oswald Spengler

Oswald Spengler (1880 - 1936)

German philosopher

William Schallert

William Schallert (1922 - 2016)

American actor

Eddy Arnold

Eddy Arnold (1918 - 2008)

American country music artist

John Fante

John Fante (1909 - 1983)

American novelist

Dom Dimaggio

Dom Dimaggio (1917 - 2009)

American baseball player

Rita Lee

Rita Lee (1947 - 2023)

Brazilian singer

Norman Bel Geddes

Norman Bel Geddes (1893 - 1958)

American industrial designer

Neil Bogart

Neil Bogart (1943 - 1982)

American producer

Fay Spain

Fay Spain (1932 - 1983)

American actress

Laverne Andrews

Laverne Andrews (1911 - 1967)

American Singer

Roy Horn

Roy Horn (1944 - 2020)

German magician

Jim Finks

Jim Finks (1927 - 1994)

American football player

Jones Very

Jones Very (1813 - 1880)

American poet and essayist

Larry Levis

Larry Levis (1946 - 1996)

American poet, short story writer, literary critic, college professor

Francois Coli

Francois Coli (1881 - 1927)

French Pilot

Andre Harrell

Andre Harrell (1960 - 2020)

American record producer