Famous People Who Died on December 8
Discover the most famous people who died on December 8. The list includes people like George Boole, John Lennon, Golda Meir, Herbert Spencer, Thomas De Quincey. Famous personalities featured on this list, include non-fiction writers, philosophers, composers and mathematicians and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Australia & Germany and many more countries.
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Birthdate: December 2, 1998
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2019
Rapper Juice Wrld is best remembered for his tracks Lucid Dreams and All Girls Are the Same. He was also part of the collective Internet Money. He died due to a drug-induced seizure at the age of 21. His posthumous album Legends Never Die topped the Billboard 200 chart.
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John Lennon(The Founder, Co-Songwriter, Co-Lead Vocalist & Rhythm Guitarist of 'The Beatles')
Birthdate: October 9, 1940
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1980
John Lennon was part of the hugely successful and popular music band, Beatles. It became the first British band to break out big in the US. However, they eventually broke up. Subsequently, Lennon went solo, with 1971 album, Imagine, being his most successful and acclaimed post-Beatles efforts. Sadly he was shot dead by a deranged fan in New York.
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John Glenn(Tthe First American to Orbit the Earth)
Birthdate: July 18, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cambridge, Ohio, United States
Died: 2016
The first American to orbit the Earth, John Glenn was an astronaut, aviator, politician, and businessman. Beginning his career as an army man, he was a fighter pilot in World War II. He later joined NASA and was one of the Mercury Seven. Following his retirement from NASA, he became a politician and served in the US Senate.
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Dimebag Darrell(Guitarist, Composer, Musician)
Birthdate: August 20, 1966
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dallas
Died: 2004
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Marty Robbins(One of the Most Popular and Successful Country and Western Music Performers from the Late 1940s to the Early 1980s)
Birthdate: September 26, 1925
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Glendale, Arizona, United States
Died: 1982
Singer, actor, and multi-instrumentalist Marty Robbins was also a NASCAR driver. He played the guitar since his U.S. Navy days. Famous for his country and Western tracks such as Singing the Blues and El Paso, he also won two Grammys and appeared in films such as Honkytonk Man.
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Golda Meir(Former Prime Minister of Israel (1969 - 1974))
Birthdate: May 3, 1898
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: 1978
Born in present-day Ukraine and brought up in the United States, the phenomenal rise of Golda Meir to become the prime minister of Israel was driven by her sheer leadership qualities. She steered her country amid hostilities from its neighbourhood during her eventful term as premier which also saw the Yom Kippur War. She is remembered as a strong-willed woman.
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Rene Auberjonois(Actor & Director Best Known for His Role of 'Odo' on 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine')
Birthdate: June 1, 1940
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 2019
René Auberjonois is best remembered as Odo from the series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also delivered a Tony-winning performance in the play Coco. He had voiced many video-game characters, such as Karl Schafer in the Uncharted video games. He had also narrated many books, including several Pendergast novels
Birthdate: June 29, 1919
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kingsburg, California, United States
Died: 1983
Louis Burton Lindley Jr., or Slim Pickens, gained fame for his roles in Westerns. His background as a rodeo performer helped him grab cowboy roles. Some of his most noteworthy movies were Dr. Strangelove and One-Eyed Jacks. He also appeared in series such as The Americans and Hee Haw.
Birthdate: April 20, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2023
Ryan O'Neal trained to be a boxer but stepped into showbiz with the role of Rodney Harrington in the soap Peyton Place. He made waves with his Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated role in Love Story. He also starred in Barry Lyndon, A Bridge Too Far, and the series Bones.
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George Boole(Mathematician, Philosopher, and Logician Best Known as the Author of ‘The Laws of Thought’)
Birthdate: November 2, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Died: 1864
George Boole is remembered for pioneering Boolean algebra, a tool used in digital computer circuits. More of a self-taught mathematician, Boole began teaching at 16 and later grew up to be a math professor at Queen’s College, Cork. His work in differential equations and algebraic logic was groundbreaking.
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Howard Rollins(Actor)
Birthdate: October 17, 1950
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: 1996
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Herbert Spencer(Philosopher and Sociologist Known for His Hypothesis of ‘Social Darwinism’ and the Expression 'Survival of the Fittest')
Birthdate: April 27, 1820
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Died: 1903
Herbert Spencer was the man behind the expression “survival of the fittest,” after reading Charles Darwin's iconic work On the Origin of Species. The British anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher introduced the concept of Social Darwinism, which applied the theory of evolution to societies and social classes.
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Robert Prosky(Actor)
Birthdate: December 13, 1930
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2008
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: December 26, 1933
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2019
Caroll Spinney was an American cartoonist, puppeteer, artist, author, and speaker. He is best remembered for playing Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird on the popular educational children's TV series Sesame Street from 1969 to 2018. Over the course of his illustrious career, Caroll Spinney was honored with two Grammy Awards and four Daytime Emmy Awards.
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William Henry Vanderbilt(Businessman)
Birthdate: May 8, 1821
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Died: 1885
Birthdate: September 5, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cape May, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2019
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
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Tris Speaker(Baseball Player)
Birthdate: April 4, 1888
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hubbard, Texas, United States
Died: 1958
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Bobby Joe Hill(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: June 12, 1943
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Highland Park, Michigan, United States
Died: 2002
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: November 9, 1885
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Elmshorn, Germany
Died: 1955
Hermann Klaus Hugo Wey is remembered for his contribution to both physics and math. He was one of the first scientists to think of merging the concepts of electromagnetism and relativity. He moved from the University of Göttingen to Princeton in the wake of the rise of the Nazi reign.
Birthdate: September 13, 1904
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Patten, Maine, U.S.
Died: 1954
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John Cornforth(Australian–British Chemist and Winner of 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
Birthdate: September 7, 1918
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
Died: 2013
John Cornforth was an Australian-British chemist who became the first Nobel laureate from New South Wales when he was honored with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975. Over the course of his career, Cornforth also won other prestigious awards like the Royal Medal, Copley Medal, and Centenary Medal. In 1975, he was adjudged the Australian of the Year.
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Claude Cahun(French Photographer Known for Her Self-Portraits and Tableaux That Incorporated a Surrealist Style and Gender Fluidity)
Birthdate: October 25, 1894
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: 1954
Claude Cahun was a French sculptor, surrealist photographer, and writer. He is best remembered for his work as a self-portraitist and writer. Apart from his primary career, Claude Cahun also played a major role in the Second World War, serving as a propagandist and resistance worker.
Birthdate: January 21, 1829
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Stadsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 1907
Oscar II ruled as the king of both Sweden and Norway., His reign witnessed the dissolution of the union between the two countries in 1905. A lover of literature and the arts, he had penned several books and had also built the world’s first open-air museum, near Oslo.
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Douglas Tompkins(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: March 20, 1943
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Conneaut, Ohio, United States
Died: 2015
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Anthony Veasna So(Former American Writer known for short stories)
Birthdate: February 20, 1992
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Stockton, California, United States
Died: 2020
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Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein(Writer)
Birthdate: August 12, 1872
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cumberland Lodge, Old Windsor
Died: 1956
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Gerard Stokes(New Zealand Rugby League Footballer Who Plays as a Prop)
Birthdate: 1955 AD
Birthplace: New Zealand
Died: 2020
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Gertrude Jekyll(Horticulturist, Painter, Gardener, Non-fiction writer, Botanist, Architect)
Birthdate: November 29, 1843
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London
Died: 1932
Landscape architect Gertrude Jekyll was born into an affluent family and grew up in a refined environment, learning music and traveling. Initially interested in painting, she gave it up to focus on gardening when she developed eyesight problems. She built around 400 gardens and also collaborated with Sir Edwin Lutyens.
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Alejandro Sabella(Argentine Football Player and Manager)
Birthdate: November 5, 1954
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: 2020
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine(German Princess and Later Duchess of Orléans by Her Marriage to Philippe I, Duke of Orléans)
Birthdate: May 27, 1652
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire
Died: 1722
German princess Elizabeth Charlotte, also known as Madame Palatine, became the duchess of Orléans as the second wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. Interestingly, she converted from Protestantism to Catholicism just to get married to Philippe I. An ancestress of several royal families, she was also known as the Grandmother of Europe.
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Bob Bell(Announcer)
Birthdate: January 18, 1922
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Flint, Michigan, United States
Died: 1997
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James Hoban(Architect, best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C)
Birthdate: 1755 AD
Birthplace: Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died: 1831
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Henry Laurens(Politician)
Birthdate: March 6, 1724
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, U.S
Died: 1792
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Benjamin Constant(Swiss-French Statesmen, Political Thinker and Activist )
Birthdate: December 25, 1767
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland
Died: 1830
Swiss-French activist and author Benjamin Constant is best remembered for penning the classic French novel Adolphe, which was one of the earliest psychological novels. Initially the chamberlain to the duke of Brunswick, he later supported the French Revolution and became a Member of the Chamber of Deputies.
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Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia(Prince)
Birthdate: July 7, 1883
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Potsdam, Germany
Died: 1942
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Richard Baxter(British Puritan Church Leader, Poet, Hymnodist, Theologian, and Controversialist)
Birthdate: November 12, 1615
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rowton, Shropshire, England
Died: 1691
Richard Baxter was an English poet, theologian, hymnodist, controversialist, and Puritan church leader. He was one of the most influential and important leaders of the Nonconformists. Today, he is commemorated in the Church of England with a feast day on 14 June.
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Peg Leg Bates(Entertainer)
Birthdate: October 11, 1907
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fountain Inn, South Carolina, United States
Died: 1998
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Betty Holberton(American Computer Scientist)
Birthdate: March 7, 1917
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 2001
Birthdate: August 19, 1743
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vaucouleurs, France
Died: 1793
Born as an illegitimate child to a seamstress, Madame du Barry spent her initial days as a prostitute of aristocratic men. She ended up being the official mistress of King Louis XV of France and was executed during the Reign of Terror. Her cauliflower-like wig inspired many food names.
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Oliver Postgate(Animator)
Birthdate: April 12, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hendon, Middlesex, England
Died: 2008
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Blanche Hoschede Monet(Painter)
Birthdate: November 10, 1865
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1947
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Lyudmila Alexeyeva(Historian, Human rights activist)
Birthdate: July 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Yevpatoriya
Died: 2018
Lyudmila Alexeyeva was a Russian human-rights activist and historian. She is credited with co-founding the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, which is currently one of the most prominent human rights organizations in Russia. She was also one of the most important members of the Soviet dissident movement in post-Soviet Russia. Alexeyeva received many prizes and awards for her human rights activities.
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Tadeusz Kantor(Painter)
Birthdate: April 6, 1915
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wielopole Skrzyńskie, Austria-Hungary
Died: 1990
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Elmārs Zemgalis(Latvian-American Chess Master and Mathematics Professor at Highline College)
Birthdate: September 9, 1923
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
Died: 2014
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Rubén González(Former Pianist who is said to have "forged the style of modern Cuban piano playing in the 1940s".)
Birthdate: May 26, 1919
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Santa Clara, Cuba
Died: 2003
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Charles, Grand Duke of Baden(Ruler)
Birthdate: July 8, 1786
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Karlsruhe, Germany
Died: 1818
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Sydney Harris
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Birthdate: September 14, 1917
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: 1986
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Keith Holyoake(26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1960 - 1972))
Birthdate: February 11, 1904
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Mangamutu, New Zealand
Died: 1983
Keith Holyoake was a New Zealand politician who served as the Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1957 and again from 12 December 1960 to 7 February 1972. He also served as the Governor-General of New Zealand from 26 October 1977 to 25 October 1980, becoming the first and only New Zealand politician till date to have held both positions.
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Shehu Musa Yar'Adua(Nigerian Military Officer and Politician)
Birthdate: March 5, 1943
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Katsina, Nigeria
Died: 1997
Major General Shehu Musa Yar'Adua held different positions during Nigerian Civil War. He participated in 1975 Nigerian coup d'état and then served as Transport Minister under new Head of State Murtala Muhammed. Following assassination of Murtala in 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt, Yar'Adua became de facto second-in-command as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, under new Head of State Olusegun Obasanjo.
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John Pym(Member of Parliament)
Birthdate: May 20, 1584
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bridgwater, England
Died: 1643
