List of Famous people who died in 2008

Byron Lee, OJ, CD, born Byron Aloysius St. Elmo Lee, was a Jamaican musician, record producer, and entrepreneur, best known for his work as leader of Byron Lee and the Dragonaires.

Antonio José González Zumárraga was an Ecuadorian Cardinal of the Catholic Church.

Soerastri Karma Trimurti, who was known as S. K. Trimuti, was an Indonesian journalist, writer and teacher, who took part in the Indonesian independence movement against colonial rule by the Netherlands. She later served as Indonesia's first labor minister from 1947 until 1948 under Indonesian Prime Minister Amir Sjarifuddin.

Darius Nggawa was an Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop.

Nadia Arslan, also romanised as Nadia Arsalan, was a Lebanese actress who came to prominence in Egyptian films of the 1970s.

Ray Ellis was an American record producer, arranger and conductor. He was responsible for the orchestration in Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin (1958).