List of Famous people who died in 2008

Vladimir Konstantinovich Troshin was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor and singer. In 1951, at the age of 25, for his portrayal of a rural inventor in the play Second Love at the Moscow Art Theater, he was awarded the Stalin Prize. Troshin was the original performer of the song "Moscow Nights" that in 1957 brought him fame all over the Soviet Union. He was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1985.

Ove Andersson, nicknamed Påven, was a Swedish rally driver and the first head of Toyota's F1 programme.

Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers Jr., OC was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He was the president and CEO of Rogers Communications Inc., and the fifth-richest person in Canada in terms of net worth.

Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III was an American scholar of ancient art and curator of classical art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1957 to 1996. He was also well known as a numismatist. He also used the pseudonyms Wentworth Bunsen, Isao Tsukinabe and Northwold Nuffler.

John C. Odom was a minor league baseball right-handed pitcher notable for being traded for ten baseball bats while playing in the independent Golden Baseball League in May 2008. Before his stint in the Golden Baseball League, Odom played baseball at Tallahassee Community College and in the minor-league system of the San Francisco Giants.

Prince Michael Andreevich of Russia was a descendant of the House of Romanov which ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917. He was a great nephew of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia.

Wayne Pai was a Taiwanese businessman.