List of Famous people who died in 2008

Travis Victor Alexander was an American salesman who was murdered by his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Ann Arias, in his house in Mesa, Arizona. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013, and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on April 13, 2015.

Wu Xueqian was a Chinese politician and diplomat who served as the Foreign Minister and Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China.

Raffaele Andreassi was an Italian film director most known for his movie Flashback from 1969. The movie is about a soldier in World War II and received many awards. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Golden Palm. Andreassi also did many documentaries during his director career.

Justin Wright was an American artist who worked at Pixar Animation Studios for slightly over a year until his death.

Emilio Benavent Escuín was a Spanish Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Peter Dubovský, SJ, was a Slovak Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banská Bystrica from 1991 until his retirement in 1997. Dubovský was ordained as a Catholic priest on December 24, 1950 and clandestinely as bishop on May 18, 1961 by Dominik Kalata, because of the Communist Government of Czechoslovakia and the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church by the government. He died on April 10, 2008, at the age of 86.

Neal Paul Hefti was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for The Odd Couple movie and TV series and for the Batman TV series.

Njoo Kiem Bie was a male badminton player from Indonesia in the 1950s. His biggest achievement was helping to bring the Thomas Cup to Indonesia for the first time, as a doubles player in the 1958 series in Singapore, and helping to defend that title in 1961 in Jakarta.

Marius-Félix-Antoine Maziers was French Bishop of the Catholic Church.