List of Famous people who died in 2008
Ray Wu
Ray Jui Wu was a Chinese-born American geneticist. A pioneer of plant genetic engineering, Wu was Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biology at Cornell University.
Sufi Abu Taleb
Sufi Abu Taleb was an Egyptian politician. He served as Speaker of the People's Assembly from 1978 to 1983 and, following the assassination of Anwar El Sadat on 6 October 1981, assumed the duties of acting head of state for eight days, until the accession of Hosni Mubarak.
Charles H. Joffe
Charles H. Joffe was an American film producer and comedy talent manager. He is best known as, in partnership with Jack Rollins, the producer or executive producer of most of Woody Allen's films. Joffe won the 1977 Academy Award for Best Picture as producer of Allen's Annie Hall.
Doreen Albina de Burgh Gibbs
David Hugh Jones
David Hugh Jones was an English stage, television and film director.