topic collection
2008
year
80 entities
5 domains
Human
58Dmitry Medvedev
Person
President of Russia from 2008 to 2012, Prime Minister of Russia (2012-2020) and Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia since 2020
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Person
Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician (1918–2008)
Edmund Hillary
Person
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
Arthur C. Clarke
Person
British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917–2008)
Bobby Fischer
Person
American chess player (1943–2008)
Harold Pinter
Person
British playwright (1930–2008)
Heath Ledger
Person
Australian actor (1979–2008)
Paul Newman
Person
American actor (1925–2008)
Thabo Mbeki
Person
President of South Africa from 1999 to 2008
George Carlin
Person
American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)
Chingiz Aĭtmatov
Person
Soviet and Kyrgyz author (1928–2008)
Miriam Makeba
Person
South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008)
Charlton Heston
Person
American actor (1923–2008)
Asif Ali Zardari
Person
President of Pakistan (2008–2013; since 2024)
Tarō Asō
Person
Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009
Michael Crichton
Person
American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)
Eartha Kitt
Person
American singer and actress (1927–2008)
Sydney Pollack
Person
American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008)
Samuel P. Huntington
Person
American political scientist (1927–2008)
Yasuo Fukuda
Person
Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 (1936–2026)
Albert Hofmann
Person
Swiss chemist (1906–2008)
Yves Saint Laurent
Person
French fashion designer (1936–2008)
Lee Myung-bak
Person
President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013
Helen Clark
Person
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008
Luc Montagnier
Person
French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)
Mahmoud Darwish
Person
The national Palestinian poet, and author (1941–2008)
John Key
Person
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016
Willis Lamb
Person
American physicist (1913–2008)
Irena Sendler
Person
Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer (1910-2008)
Hua Guofeng
Person
2nd Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (1921–2008)
Leonid Hurwicz
Person
Polish-American economist and mathematician (1917–2008)
Jörg Haider
Person
Austrian politician (1950-2008)
Janez Drnovšek
Person
Slovenian politician (1950–2008)
Dimitris Christofias
Person
6th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2008-2013)
Guy Verhofstadt
Person
Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008
John Archibald Wheeler
Person
American physicist (1911-2008)
George Emil Palade
Person
Romanian cell biologist, physician and Nobel laureate (1912–2008)
Cyd Charisse
Person
American dancer and actress (1921–2008)
Isaac Hayes
Person
American musician and actor (1942-2008)
Bernie Mac
Person
American actor (1957–2008)
Chen Shui-bian
Person
10th and 11th President of Republic of China(Taiwan) (2000–2008)
Yusuf Raza Gilani
Person
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2008 to 2012
Richard Wright
Person
English keyboardist, co-founder of Pink Floyd (1943–2008)
Anthony Minghella
Person
British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954-2008)
Joshua Lederberg
Person
American molecular biologist (1925–2008)
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Person
French author and film director (1922–2008)
Suzanne Pleshette
Person
American actress (1937–2008)
David Foster Wallace
Person
American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)
Tassos Papadopoulos
Person
5th President of the Republic of Cyprus (2003-2008)
Patriarch Alexius II
Person
15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church (1929–2008)
Roy Scheider
Person
American actor (1932–2008)
Paul Scofield
Person
British actor (1922–2008)
Emil Boc
Person
61st Prime Minister of Romania (2008-2012)
Festus Mogae
Person
President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Person
3rd President of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008
Bertie Ahern
Person
11th Taoiseach of Ireland from 1997 to 2008
Gyanendra of Nepal
Person
nepalese politician (born 1947), former king of Nepal (1950–1951; 2001–2008)
Ken Naganuma
Person
Japanese association football player and manager (1930–2008)
Film
18The Dark Knight
Movie
2008 film directed by Christopher Nolan
Slumdog Millionaire
Movie
2008 film directed by Danny Boyle
Iron Man
Movie
2008 film directed by Jon Favreau
Twilight
Movie
2008 American film directed by Catherine Hardwicke
The Hurt Locker
Movie
2008 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Quantum of Solace
Movie
2008 film by Marc Forster
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Movie
2008 film directed by Steven Spielberg
The Incredible Hulk
Movie
2008 film directed by Louis Leterrier
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie
2008 film by David Fincher
Milk
Movie
2008 film directed by Gus Van Sant
The Reader
Movie
2008 film by Stephen Daldry
Gran Torino
Movie
2008 American film directed by Clint Eastwood
Mamma Mia!
Movie
2008 film directed by Phyllida Lloyd
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Movie
2008 film directed by Rob Cohen
In Bruges
Movie
2008 film directed by Martin McDonagh
Taken
Movie
2008 film by Pierre Morel
Valkyrie
Movie
2008 film by Bryan Singer
Changeling
Movie
2008 film by Clint Eastwood
