Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2008

Bettie Mae Page fue una modelo pin-up estadounidense. Conocida como " la reina del Pin-up". Se hizo famosa en la década de los 50 por sus fotos fetiches y pin-up. Su aspecto, con su cabello negro y su flequillo, ha influido a muchos artistas.

Sydney Pollack fue un director de cine, productor y actor estadounidense ganador del premio Óscar.

Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.

Melvin Henry Ignatow was a resident of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., who was tried for the 1988 murder of his former girlfriend, Brenda Sue Schaefer. The case was controversial because Ignatow was acquitted of the charge and he later admitted killing Schaefer. Under the legal principle of double jeopardy, however, Ignatow could not be tried a second time for the murder. He was, instead, convicted and jailed for several instances of perjury in his grand jury testimony for the case.

Yang Jia was a Chinese citizen executed for murdering six Shanghai police officers with a knife.

Havildar Bhanbhagta Gurung VC, also known as Bhanbhakta Gurung, was a Nepalese Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, awarded for his actions while serving as a Rifleman with the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Gurkha Rifles in Burma during the Second World War.

Alec Nathan Wildenstein was an American billionaire businessman, art dealer, racehorse owner, and breeder.

Aimé Fernand David Césaire fue un poeta y político martiniqués. Fue el ideólogo del concepto de la negritud y su obra ha estado marcada por la defensa de sus raíces africanas.

Robert Arthur Knox was an English actor who portrayed the character of Marcus Belby in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and had signed to appear in the planned film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Alexei Andreyevich Cherepanov was a Russian professional ice hockey winger who played for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Previously, Cherepanov had played for Avangard's lower-level teams, and then for the senior men's team in the Russian Super League. Cherepanov was selected in the first round of the 2007 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft by the New York Rangers, although he never played professional hockey in North America. Cherepanov represented Russia in international play, and played in several tournaments at the junior level. He won a gold medal at the 2007 World Under-18 Championships. While playing at the Under-20 level, Cherepanov won silver and bronze medals in 2007 and 2008.