Famous Deaths for 8th June 2025

1628 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher who popularized the term psychology, dies at 81
1714 – Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony, dies at 83
1835 – Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761)
1866 – Wilhelm Schirmer, German landscape artist, dies at 64
1870 – Johann Gottlob Töpfer, German organist, composer, and teacher, dies at 78
1908 – Johan Lindegren, Swedish composer, musician and teacher, dies at 66
1990 – Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies
1992 – William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64
2010 – Crispian St. Peters [Robin Peter Smith], British pop singer (The Pied Piper; No No No), dies at 71
2019 – Arthur Frackenpohl, American composer, arranger, and pedagogue (Natural Superiority of Music), dies at 95

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