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2008 deaths
- Maharishi Mahesh YogiMaharishi Mahesh Yogi was born Mahesh Prasad Varma on the 12th of January 1911, though some sources suggest 1917 or 1918.
- John Archibald WheelerJohn Archibald Wheeler was born in Jacksonville, Florida, on the 9th of July 1911. He grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, but spent a year from 1921 to 1922 on a…
- SuhartoOn the 8th of June 1921, a boy named Suharto was born inside a house with walls made of plaited bamboo in the hamlet of Kemusuk.
- Robert SeamansRobert Channing Seamans Jr. was born on the 30th of October 1918 in Salem, Massachusetts. He attended Lenox School in Lenox, Massachusetts before earning a…
- Arthur C. ClarkeArthur Charles Clarke was born on the 16th of December 1917 in Minehead, Somerset. He grew up nearby at Bishops Lydeard where he lived on a farm.
- Alan T. NolanAlan T. Nolan entered the world on the 19th of January 1923 in Evansville, Indiana. His early years unfolded within a community that would later shape his…
- Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was born on the 11th of December 1918 in Kislovodsk. His father Isaakiy Semyonovich Solzhenitsyn died in a hunting accident…
- Neil AspinallNeil Stanley Aspinall entered the world on the 13th of October 1941 in Prestatyn, North Wales. His mother had been evacuated from Liverpool to escape…
- Dražan JerkovićDražan Jerković entered the world on the 6th of August 1936 in Šibenik. At that moment, his hometown belonged to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
- Bo DiddleyEllas Bates McDaniel arrived in the world on the 30th of December 1928, inside a small town called McComb, Mississippi. He was the only child of Ethel…
- Saeko HimuroSaeko Himuro entered the world on the 11th of January 1957. Her birthplace was Iwamizawa in Hokkaidō Prefecture. This northern island of Japan provided a…
- Michael CrichtonJohn Michael Crichton was born on the 23rd of October 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Roslyn, New York, where he walked to school and rode his bike…
- Peter BranscombePeter John Branscombe entered the world on the 7th of December 1929 in Sittingbourne, Kent. He grew up playing cricket at Dulwich College before serving his…
- Joseph WeizenbaumJoseph Weizenbaum was born on the 8th of January 1923 in Berlin, Germany. His parents were Jewish and lived under a regime that would soon turn against them.
- Oliver SelfridgeOliver Gordon Selfridge entered the world on the 10th of May 1926 in England. His father was Harry Gordon Selfridge Jr., a man who worked at his own family's…
- Gary GygaxErnest Gary Gygax was born on the 27th of July 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. His father Ernst worked as a violinist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra while his…
- Pauline BaynesPauline Diana Baynes was born on the 9th of September 1922 at 67 Brunswick Place in Hove, East Sussex. Her family moved to India when she was still a baby.