| 138841 | December 8 | Death | 1793 – Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1743) |
| 138842 | December 8 | Death | 1811 – Eliza Poe, English-American actress (b. 1787) |
| 138843 | December 8 | Death | 1830 – Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767) |
| 138844 | December 8 | Death | 1859 – Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785) |
| 138845 | December 8 | Death | 1864 – George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815) |
| 138846 | December 8 | Death | 1869 – Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832) |
| 138847 | December 8 | Death | 1885 – William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821) |
| 138848 | December 8 | Death | 1894 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821) |
| 138849 | December 8 | Death | 1903 – Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820) |
| 138850 | December 8 | Death | 1907 – Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829) |
| 138851 | December 8 | Death | 1913 – Camille Jenatzy, Belgian racing driver (b. 1868) |
| 138852 | December 8 | Death | 1914 – Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828) |
| 138853 | December 8 | Death | 1914 – Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861) |
| 138854 | December 8 | Death | 1917 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836) |
| 138855 | December 8 | Death | 1918 – Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843) |
| 138856 | December 8 | Death | 1919 – J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852) |
| 138857 | December 8 | Death | 1936 – Simplicio Godina, Filipino conjoined twin (b. 1908) |
| 138858 | December 8 | Death | 1937 – Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist (b. 1856) |
| 138859 | December 8 | Death | 1938 – Friedrich Glauser, Swiss soldier and author (b. 1896) |
| 138860 | December 8 | Death | 1940 – George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861) |
| 138861 | December 8 | Death | 1952 – Charles Lightoller, English officer on the RMS Titanic (b. 1874) |
| 138862 | December 8 | Death | 1954 – Gladys George, American actress and singer (b. 1904) |
| 138863 | December 8 | Death | 1954 – Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888) |
| 138864 | December 8 | Death | 1958 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888) |
| 138865 | December 8 | Death | 1963 – Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908) |
| 138866 | December 8 | Death | 1966 – Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899) |
| 138867 | December 8 | Death | 1971 – Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903) |
| 138868 | December 8 | Death | 1971 – Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b. 1896) |
| 138869 | December 8 | Death | 1973 – Carol Victor, Hereditary Prince of Albania, (b. 1913) |
| 138870 | December 8 | Death | 1975 – Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948) |