List of Famous people who died in 2008

Ahmad Suradji, also known as Nasib Kelewang and Datuk Maringgi, was an Indonesian serial killer who admitted to murdering 42 girls and women between 1986 and 1997. Suradji's victims, ranging in age between 11 and 30, were strangled after being buried in the ground up to their waists as part of a ritual. He buried his victims in a sugarcane plantation near his home, with their heads facing his house, which he believed would give him extra power.

Herbert Morse, known professionally as Barry Morse, was an English-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio, best known for his roles in the ABC television series The Fugitive and the British sci-fi drama Space: 1999. His performing career spanned seven decades and he had thousands of roles to his credit, including work for the BBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Ali Alatas was an Indonesian diplomat of Ba 'Alawi sada descent, who served as the country's foreign minister from 1988 to 1999. He was Indonesia's longest serving foreign minister.

Paco Ignacio Taibo I, was a prolific Spanish-Mexican writer and journalist.

Gleb Vasilyevich Plaksin was a French-born Soviet and Russian film actor and musician.

Albert Cossery was an Egyptian-born French writer of Levantine origin. Although Cossery lived most of his life in Paris and only wrote in the French language, all of his novels were either set in his home country of Egypt or in an imaginary Middle Eastern country. He was nicknamed "The Voltaire of the Nile". His writings pay tribute to the humble and to the misfits of his childhood in Cairo, as well as praise a form of laziness and simplicity very distant from our contemporary society.

Wu Tse-yuan was a Taiwanese politician, known for his involvement in black gold politics, and ties to gangs.

Wu Jin was a Taiwanese educator and politician who served as Minister for Education between 1996 and 1998 under president Lee Teng-hui.

Ahn Jae-hwan was a South Korean actor.

Béatrix Beck was a French writer of Belgian origin.