List of Famous people who died in 2008

Christian Fechner was a French film producer, screenwriter and director.

Ignazio Fabra is a flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Italy. He won a world title in 1955 and finished second at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and 1962 and 1963 world championships. He placed fourth-fifth at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.

Jan Grzebski was a Polish railroad worker who fell into a coma in 1988 and woke up in 2007. He actually stayed in coma for four years but fully recovered only 19 years after.

Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Ridha al-Husayni al-Shirazi was an Iraqi-Iranian Shia scholar, and the eldest son of the late Grand Ayatollah Muhammad al-Shirazi.

Martin Schliessler (1929–2008) was a German adventurer, cinematographer and sculptor.

Mary Margaret Truman Daniel was an American classical soprano, actress, journalist, radio and television personality, writer, and New York socialite. She was the only child of President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman. While her father was president, during the years 1945 to 1953, Margaret regularly accompanied him on campaign trips, most notably the 1948 extensive countrywide train-borne 'Whistle-stop' campaign trip, which lasted several weeks; she also appeared often at important White House and political events during those years. She was a favorite with the media.

Anatoly Ignatovich Pristavkin was a Russian writer and public figure.