List of Famous people who died in 2008

Frans Brands was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Brands won a stage in the 1963 Tour de France and in the 1965 Giro d'Italia, and was the winner of the 1967 Tour de Luxembourg.

Édouard Fachleitner was a French former professional road bicycle racer. He was an Italian citizen until 23 June 1939. He was a professional between 1943 and 1952. Fachleitner's best results were overall victories in the 1948 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and 1950 Tour de Romandie and second place overall in the 1947 Tour de France. He also won the one-day races GP d'Armagnac (1945), Ajaccio-Bastia (1946), Ronde d'Aix-en-Provence (1946) and GP de Cannes (1950).

María Elena Marqués Rangel was a Mexican actress and singer who was a star during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s.

Asbjørn Haugstvedt was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was President of the Odelsting 1977–1981 and Minister of Trade and Shipping 1983–1986, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation 1983–1986. Haugstvedt was also a member of the Norwegian Parliament in the period from 1969 to 1985.

Alessandro Maggiolini was the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Como, Italy.

Michael de Larrabeiti was an English novelist and travel writer. He is best known for writing The Borrible Trilogy, which has been cited as an influence by writers in the New Weird movement.