List of Famous people who died in 1908

Sir William Randal Cremer usually known by his middle name "Randal", was an English Liberal Member of Parliament, a pacifist, and a leading advocate for international arbitration. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 for his work with the international arbitration movement.

Sir Lopes Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet, PC, known as Massey Franco until 1831, of Maristow in the parish of Tamerton Foliot, Devon, was a British Conservative politician and agriculturalist.

Ivan Yegorovich Zabelin was a Russian historian and archaeologist with a Slavophile bent who helped establish the National History Museum on Red Square and presided over this institution until 1906. He was the foremost authority on the history of the city of Moscow and a key figure in the 19th-century Russian Romantic Nationalism.

Marie-Anne Detourbay was a French demimonde and salon-holder. She was a famous courtesan during the Second Empire, and also hosted a literary salon which had some influence during the Second Empire and the Third Republic. She is also known for her relationship with Jules Lemaître.

Newton Edmunds was an American politician who served as the second Governor of Dakota Territory, serving during the American Civil War.

James William Crabtree (1871–1908) was a gifted English footballer of the end of the 19th century.

Giovanni Battista Casali del Drago was an Italian cardinal.