List of Famous people who died in 2008
Dan Shomron
Lt. Gen. Dan Shomron was the 13th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), from 1987 to 1991.
Claus Nissen
Wander Taffo
Eriko Iwamoto
Richard Davis Anderson
Richard Davis Anderson, Sr. was an American mathematician known internationally for his work in infinite-dimensional topology. Much of his early work focused on proofs surrounding Hilbert space and Hilbert cubes.
Boris Rosenfeld
Desmond Richard Parsons
Vintila Ivanceanu
Constant Vanden Stock
Constant Vanden Stock was the president and a player of Belgian football club R.S.C. Anderlecht. The stadium of this club is named after him. Constant Vanden Stock also served as coach of the Belgium national football team from 1958 to 1968. He is the father of another club president, Roger Vanden Stock. He is also behind the bribery of referee Emilio Guruceta Muro to throw the UEFA cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest in 1984. Vanden Stock managed the family brewery Belle-Vue, famous for its Kriek and Lambic, until he sold it to beer giant Interbrew, now InBev.
Elijah Mudenda
Elijah Haatuakali Kaiba Mudenda was a Zambian politician. He served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Zambia from 27 May 1975 to 20 July 1977.