Famous people and celebrities who died in August 1908

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in August 1908. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Aug. 2 John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
• Aug. 2 Albert Venn
• Aug. 4 Marthe Abran
• Aug. 5 Pietro Mallegori
• Aug. 5 Walery Wroblewski
• Aug. 11 Khudiram Bose

  Indian freedom fighter (born in 1889).

• Aug. 15 Willy Sulzbacher
• Aug. 15 Louis Sussmann-Hellborn
• Aug. 16 Stefano Cotugno
• Aug. 17 Radoje Domanović

  Serbian journalist and satirist (d. 1908).

• Aug. 17 Domenico Amanzio
• Aug. 17 José Cueto Díez de la Maza
• Aug. 21 Mwezi Gisabo
• Aug. 22 Carlo Donati
• Aug. 24 Carlo Borwin di Meclemburgo-Strelitz
• Aug. 25 Antoine Henri Becquerel

  Prize laureate in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity.

• Aug. 25 Henri Becquerel

  French physicist and chemist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1852).

• Aug. 25 Giuseppe Cugnoni
• Aug. 27 Thorvald Bindesbøll
• Aug. 27 William Freeman Vilas
• Aug. 28 Eugenio Bonvicini
• Aug. 30 Alexander P. Stewart

  American general (b. 1821).

• Aug. 30 Cesare Alaggia
• Aug. 30 Giovanni Fattori
• Aug. 31 Leslie Green

  English architect (b. 1875).