List of Famous people who died in 2008

Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Ahmad bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani was the eldest son of the Emir of the State of Qatar Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani.

Julie Ege was a Norwegian actress and model, who appeared in many British films of the 1960s and 1970s.

Renata Mirra Ana Maria Fronzi was an Argentine-born Brazilian television and film actress. She was well known for her role as the character, Helena, in the Brazilian television show, Família Trapo. Família Trapo aired on TV Record, the commercial name for Rede Record, from 1967 until 1971. Fronzi appeared on the show opposite a number of actors including Ronald Golias, Jô Soares, Otello Zeloni, Cidinha Campos and Renato Corte Real.

Heinz Krügel was a German football player and manager.

Anita Page was an American film actress who reached stardom in the final years of the silent film era.

Kiyosi Itô was a Japanese mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the theory of stochastic processes. He invented the concept of stochastic integral and is known as the founder of Itô calculus.

Maria Velten was a German serial killer, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for three murders. Maria Velten died in 2008 in a nursing home after having been released from prison for health reasons.

John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell was an English drummer and child actor, who was best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2009.

Don Carlo Caracciolo, 9th Prince of Castagneto, 4th Duke of Melito was an Italian publisher. He created Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso, one of Italy's leading publishing groups. He was known as "the editor prince," referring to his aristocratic birth and elegant manner.

Eugenio Garza Lagüera was a Mexican businessman and philanthropist who served as chairman of the board of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) and Femsa, Latin America's largest beverage corporation. In February 2008 he was laureated with the Business Social Responsibility Award from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a nonpartisan institution created by the U.S. Congress within the Smithsonian Institution.