List of Famous people who died in 1908

Sir Ewen Cameron was a Scottish merchant banker and chartered accountant of the late 19th century, who rose to be chairman of Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank in London. He played a key role in arranging loans from the Rothschild family to the Empire of Japan during the Russo-Japanese War.

General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He served as Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in South Africa during the early months of the Second Boer War and subsequently commanded the army in Natal until his return to England in November 1900.

August Emil Daniel Ferdinand Wilhelmj was a German violinist and teacher.

Franz von Leydig, also Franz Leydig, was a German zoologist and comparative anatomist.

Lewis Henry Douglass was the oldest son of Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray Douglass. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Douglass was well educated and as a boy apprenticed, in Rochester, New York, as a typesetter for his father's newspapers The North Star and Douglass' Weekly.

Colonel Lewis Vivian Loyd DL was a British Conservative Party politician.

Lionel Hervey-Bathurst was an English cricketer. Hervey-Bathurst played as a wicketkeeper.

Friedrich Adler was a German architect and archaeologist.

François-Auguste Gevaert was a Belgian musicologist and composer.