Remembered

George Carlin

1937 – 2008

Actor, Television actor, Film actor, Comedian, Television presenter, Writer

George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American comedian, satirist, social critic, actor and author. Widely regarded as one of the gr…

Barun Sengupta

1934 – 2008

Author, Journalist

Barun Sengupta (Bengali: বরুণ সেনগুপ্ত) (23 January 1934 – 19 June 2008), the founder-editor of Bartaman newspaper, was a Bengali journalist and popular politic…

Chinghiz Aitmatov

1928 – 2008

Politician, Diplomat, Journalist, Translator, Novelist, Screenwriter

Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best-know…

Yves Saint Laurent

1936 – 2008

Grand couturier, Costume designer, Businessperson, Art collector, Personal stylist, Painter

Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), better known as Yves Saint Laurent (, also UK: , US: ; French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] ), was a Fre…

Khaleda Adib Chowdhury

1937 – 2008

Poet, Writer

Khaleda Adib Chowdhury (c. 1937 – 28 May 2008) was a Bangladeshi writer. She was the recipient of 1993 Bangla Academy Literary Award. Awards: Bangla Academy Li…

Sydney Pollack

1934 – 2008

Film producer, Actor, Television actor, Film actor, Television director, Film director

Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed…

Willis Lamb

1913 – 2008

Physicist, University teacher

Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. (July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who was able to precisely determine a surprising shift in electron energies in a…

Irena Sendler

1910 – 2008

Social worker, Clinical nurse specialist, Social activist, Resistance fighter, Administrator, Educator

Irena Stanisława Sendler (née Krzyżanowska; 15 February 1910 – 12 May 2008), operating under the nom de guerre Jolanta, was a Polish humanitarian, social worker…

Albert Hofmann

1906 – 2008

Chemist, Non-fiction writer, Author

Albert Hofmann (11 January 1906 – 29 April 2008) was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of ly…

Charlton Heston

1923 – 2008

Television actor, Film actor, Film director, Autobiographer, Stage actor, Actor

Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist. He gained stardom for his leading man…

Jyoti Bhusan Chaki

1925 – 2008

Linguist, Writer

Jyoti Bhushan Chaki (1925 – 27 March 2008) was an Indian Bengali linguist, academic and polyglot. He had proficiency with 18 different languages. Source: Wikip…

Shahidul Jahir

— – 2008

Bangladesh-associated historical figure. Imported from the user-provided death-anniversary catalogue; biographical enrichment can be added after verification.

Shahidul Zahir

1955 – 2008

Secretary of the Government, Short story writer, Novelist, Translator

Shahidul Zahir (Bengali: শহীদুল জহির; born as Mohammad Shaheedul Haque, 11 September 1953 – 23 March 2008) was a Bangladeshi novelist, short story writer, and g…

Arthur C. Clarke

1917 – 2008

Inventor, Screenwriter, Novelist, Science fiction writer, Explorer, Writer

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and…

Bazlur Rahman

1941 – 2008

Journalist

Bazlur Rahman (3 August 1941 – 26 February 2008) was a Bangladeshi writer and journalist. He was awarded Independence Day Award in journalism by the Government…

Sibnarayan Ray

1921 – 2008

Philosopher, Poet, Writer, Academic, Literary scholar

Sibnarayan Ray (20 January 1921 – 26 February 2008) was an Indian thinker, educationist, philosopher, and literary critic who wrote in the Bengali language. A r…

Manna

1964 – 2008

Film producer, Actor

Syed Mohammad Aslam Talukder (Bengali: সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ আসলাম তালুকদার; 14 April 1964 – 17 February 2008), known by his stage name Manna (মান্না), was a Banglades…

Rajendra Nath

1931 – 2008

Actor, Comedian

Rajendra Nath was an Indian actor and comedian who appeared in Hindi films from the 1950s onward. He became known for comic supporting roles in popular films in…

Abdus Suttar Khan

— – 2008

Bangladesh-associated historical figure. Imported from the user-provided death-anniversary catalogue; biographical enrichment can be added after verification.

Suharto

1921 – 2008

Politician, Military personnel

Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian general and politician who served as the second and longest-serving president of Indonesia from 1967 t…