List of Famous people who died in 2008

Juan Camilo Mouriño Terrazo was a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN) and the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Felipe Calderón.

Ali Sadikin, nicknamed Bang Ali, was an Indonesian politician of Sundanese background. He served as the governor of Jakarta, the country's capital, from 1966 to 1977.

René-Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet was a French aristocrat, money manager, and businessman. He was one of the founders of Access International Advisors, a company caught and subsumed in the Madoff investment scandal in 2008. He committed suicide after losing an estimated $1.4 billion in the Madoff scheme.

Eurípedes Waldick Soriano was a Brazilian singer–songwriter, best known as a composer and singer of songs in the brega style.

Gennady Nikolaevich Bachinsky was a Russian radio talk show host and producer. He was also known as one of founders and guitarist of the indie group Chimera.

Mikhail Isaakovich Mukasei was a Soviet spy codenamed Zephyr.

Avraham "Abie" Nathan was an Israeli humanitarian and peace activist. He founded the Voice of Peace radio station. When he died the president of Israel Shimon Peres said about him: "He was one of the most prominent and special people in the country... He is the man who dedicated his life for other people and for a better humanity."

Al Bandari bint Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928–2008) was a daughter of King Abdulaziz and a member of House of Saud.

Mohamed Kamal Ismail was an Egyptian architect.

Katoucha Niane was a Guinean model. Nicknamed "The Peul Princess", she worked, and later wrote, under the single name "Katoucha". She was the daughter of author, playwright and historian Djibril Tamsir Niane.