12 notable people died on July 8, including Robert B. Woodward, Simon Kuznets, John Filipec.
20th Century
9 deaths
Robert B. Woodward
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1965)
Simon Kuznets
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1971)
Albert Viger
ministerpolitician
French politician (1843–1926)
Guillermo Valencia Castillo
poetpolitician
Colombian poet (1873-1943)
Zhang Shichuan
entrepreneurfilm director
Founding father of Chinese cinema (1890-1954)
Moses Schorr
assyriologisthistorian
Polish politician and rabbi (1874–1941)
Sophus Bugge
linguistliterary critic
Norwegian linguist (1833–1907)
Julio Garmendia
diplomatjournalist
Venezuelan writer and diplomat
Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar
poetwriter
Indian writer
19th Century
1 death
Oscar I of Sweden
composermonarch
King of Sweden and Norway between 1844–1859 (1799–1859)
18th Century
1 death
Robert South
theologianwriter
English theologian
16th Century
1 death
John Filipec
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Bishop of Oradea, and Administrator of Olomouc
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