List of Famous people who died in 2008

Leonard Rosenman was an American film, television and concert composer with credits in over 130 works, including Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Barry Lyndon and the animated The Lord of the Rings.

Ivan Francis Southall AM, DFC was an Australian writer best known for young adult fiction. He wrote more than 30 children's books, six books for adults, and at least ten works of history, biography or other non-fiction.

Joseph Pevney was an American film and television director.

Gérard Lauzier was a French comics author and movie director, best known as one of the leading authors in the more adult-oriented French comics scene of the 1970s and 1980s.

Amos Edward Joel Jr. was an American electrical engineer, known for several contributions and over seventy patents related to telecommunications switching systems.

Mogens Glistrup was a Danish politician, lawyer and tax protester. He founded the Progress Party, and was a member of the Folketing. He had his parliamentary immunity revoked a total of six times due to criminal convictions for tax fraud and racism.

István Hetényi was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1980 and 1986.

Serge Nigg was a French composer, born in Paris.

Fred Crane, Herman Frederick Crane, was an American film and television actor and radio announcer. He is probably best known for his role as Brent Tarleton in the 1939 film, Gone with the Wind, speaking the opening lines in the movie during the opening scene with Scarlett O'Hara and Stuart Tarleton.