List of Famous people who died in 2008

Ahmad Shah was a local who commanded a group of fighters operating in eastern Afghanistan and was linked to Gulbadin Hekmatyar.

Ahmed Al-Rubei was a prominent liberal Kuwaiti politician, journalist, and professor. He graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in Islamic philosophy. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Kuwait in 1985, 1992, and 1999. He also served as Kuwait's Minister of Education and Higher Education from 1992 to 1996. He was also a professor in Kuwait University's Philosophy department.

Tomislav Ladan was a Croatian essayist, critic, translator and novelist.

Arif Ali was the regional product director for the Associated Press news agency in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Marcelo Figueiredo Portugal Gouvêa was the chairman of São Paulo Futebol Clube in Brazil from 2002 to 2006.