Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2008

Michael Hinz fue un actor teatral, cinematográfico, televisivo y de voz de nacionalidad alemana.

Deborah Jeane Palfrey fue la antigua propietaria de Pamela Martin and Associates, empresa que el gobierno de los Estados Unidos vincula con un servicio de prostitución en el área de Washington, D.C.. Fue formalmente acusada de operar un prostíbulo. Se le apodó la Madam del D.C., y se supone que entre su cartera de clientes había muchas personalidades de gobierno en su país. Uno de los funcionarios de mayor rango de USAID, el embajador Randall L. Tobias, renunció tras admitir haber contratado los servicios de Palfrey.

Isaac Hayes fue un compositor, cantante, actor y productor estadounidense. Fue uno de los creadores del sello sureño de música soul Stax Records, donde trabajó como compositor, músico de sesión y productor de discos, haciendo equipo con su compañero David Porter durante los años 1960. Hayes y Porter, junto con Bill Withers, the Sherman Brothers, Steve Cropper y John Fogerty fueron inducidos en el Salón de la Fama de los Compositores en el año 2005 en reconocimiento a las canciones escritas por ellos, así como el dúo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas y otros. En 2002 Hayes fue incorporado al Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll.

Estelle Anacleta Scher, conocida artísticamente como Estelle Getty, fue una actriz estadounidense.

Vlado Taneski was a Macedonian serial killer. A career journalist for over twenty years, Taneski was arrested in June 2008 in his hometown of Kičevo for the murders of two women on whose deaths he had also written freelance articles; when arrested he was also being investigated over the death of an additional woman. These articles had aroused the suspicion of the police, since they contained information which had not been released to the public. After DNA tests connected Taneski to the murders, he was arrested and imprisoned on 22 June 2008 and was found dead in his cell the following day, after an apparent suicide.

Mohan Chand Sharma, was a Special Cell inspector of the Delhi Police who was martyred during the 2008 Batla House encounter in New Delhi, India. A highly decorated police officer, having highest 10 President Medal for Gallantry in India Sharma was posthumously awarded the Gallantry medal, Ashoka Chakra Award India's highest peacetime military decoration, on 26 January 2009. He was awarded 10th Gallantry Medal on August 15, 2020 in a daring shootout of year 2007 with Jaish e Mohd militant in Jammu (J&K).

Marcel Chevalier worked as the last chief executioner in France. He succeeded his wife's uncle, André Obrecht, in 1976 and held his position until 1981, when capital punishment was abolished under president François Mitterrand and justice minister Robert Badinter. The method of application of the death penalty for civil capital offences in France from 1791 to 1981 was beheading with the guillotine. Military executions were by firing squad.

Urmas Ott was an Estonian television and radio journalist, and famous talk show host in Soviet Union, Estonia and Russia.

Hemant Karkare AC was the chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS). He was killed in action by Pakistani terrorists during 2008 Mumbai attacks. In 2009, he was posthumously given the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime gallantry decoration.

Kanako Fukaura was a Japanese actress. Born in Tokyo, she developed fame largely through many performances as a supporting actress.