List of Famous people who died in 2008

Augusto Daniel Odone and Michaela Teresa Murphy Odone were the parents of Lorenzo Michael Murphy Odone, a child with the illness adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). They became famous for developing a controversial treatment using Lorenzo's oil for their son's incurable illness. This quest was recounted in the film Lorenzo's Oil (1992). Augusto had previously been an economist for the World Bank.

Tasha Tudor was an American illustrator and writer of children's books.

Eriko Yamaguchi is a Japanese women's professional shogi player ranked 2-dan.

Dursun Karataş was a Turkish revolutionary of Kurdish descent, and the founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C).

Sinan Sofuoğlu was a Turkish motorcycle racer.

Horst Skoff was a professional tennis player from Austria, who won four tournaments at the top-level.

Yoji Totsuka was a Japanese physicist and Special University Professor, Emeritus, University of Tokyo. Totsuka died on July 10, 2008 from colorectal cancer.

Lucien Léger (1937–2008) was a French criminal.

Pedro Antonio Marín Marín, known by his "nom de guerre" Manuel Marulanda Vélez, was the main leader of the Communist FARC-EP. Marulanda was born in a coffee-growing region of west-central Colombia in the Quindío Department, to a peasant family politically aligned with the Liberal Party during conflicts in the 1940s and 1950s.

Sonja Anita Maria Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg was the widow of Count Lennart Bernadotte, grandson of Sweden's King Gustaf V through his father, Prince Wilhelm, the king's second son.