Did you know
John Henry Holliday, better known as Doc Holliday, was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter who was a close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp.
Notable Deaths on November 8
1887 — Doc Holliday
American dentist and poker player (born 1851)
November 8 has 114 recorded notable deaths across history, from 397 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
114 source records
397 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on November 8
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 2016 Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton, the first woman ever to receive a major party's nomination. Source
- 1965 The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes. Source
- 1960 John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, who would later be elected president in 1968 and 1972. Source
- 2020 Myanmar holds the 2020 general election, re-electing a government led by the National League for Democracy, which is deposed by the Burmese military the following February during the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Source
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Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades.
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John Milton's 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
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The group maintained a sizeable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s.
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On 2 June 1216, Louis was proclaimed "King of England" by rebellious barons in London, though never crowned.
More major people who died on November 8
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1978
Norman Rockwell
American painter and illustrator (born 1894)
Norman Percevel Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of the country's culture.
1674
John Milton
English poet and philosopher (born 1608)
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
2011
Heavy D
Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1967)
Dwight Arrington Myers, known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-American rapper, record producer, and actor.
1226
Louis VIII
king of France (born 1187)
Louis VIII, nicknamed The Lion, was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As a prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216.
1945
August von Mackensen
German field marshal (born 1849)
Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen, was a German field marshal. He commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I (1914–1918) and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military leaders.
1998
Jean Marais
French actor and director (born 1913)
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais, known professionally as Jean Marais, was a French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer.
1517
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal (born 1436)
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, OFM was a Spanish cardinal, religious figure, and statesman.
1944
Walter Nowotny
Austrian-German soldier and pilot (born 1920)
Walter Nowotny was an Austrian-born fighter ace of the Luftwaffe in World War II.
2014
Luigi Gorrini
Italian soldier and pilot (born 1917)
Luigi Gorrini, MOVM, was an Italian World War II fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica and in the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana.
1773
Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
Prussian general (born 1721)
Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Seydlitz was a Prussian officer, lieutenant general, and among the most renowned of the Prussian cavalry generals.
2012
Pete Namlook
German composer and producer (born 1960)
Peter Kuhlmann, known professionally as Pete Namlook was a German ambient and electronic music producer and composer. One music commentator noted that Namlook was "...
1246
Berengaria of Castile (born 1179)
Berengaria, nicknamed the Great, was the queen of Castile who ascended the throne in 1217, and previously queen of León from 1197 to 1204 as the second wife of King Alfonso IX.
2015
Om Prakash Mehra
Indian air marshal and politician (born 1919)
Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, PVSM was a former air officer in the Indian Air Force. He served as the Chief of the Air Staff from 1973 to 1976.
1605
Robert Catesby
English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (born 1573)
Robert Catesby was the leader of a group of English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Born in Warwickshire, Catesby was educated at Oxford University.
1974
Ivory Joe Hunter
American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1914)
Ivory Joe Hunter was an American rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, and pianist.
397
Martin of Tours
Frankish bishop and saint
Martin of Tours was the third bishop of Tours. He is the patron saint of many communities and organizations across Europe, including of the former French Third Republic.
1965
Dorothy Kilgallen
American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (born 1913)
Dorothy Mae Kilgallen was an American columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist.
2020
Alex Trebek
Canadian-American television personality and longtime host of Jeopardy! (born 1940)
George Alexander Trebek was a Canadian and American game show host and television personality. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he was best known for hosting the syndicated quiz show Jeopardy!
1983
Mordecai Kaplan
Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (born 1881)
Mordecai Menahem Kaplan was an American Conservative rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian-philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist movement of Judaism with his…