1908 deaths

Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first U.S. president to serve nonconsecutive terms and the first Democrat elected president after the American Civil War.

French physicist (1852–1908)

Chinese empress (1835–1908)

Russian composer (1844–1908)

Serbian writer (1873–1908)

Italian writer (1846-1908)

German painter, poet and cartoonist (1832–1908)

English politician (1828–1908)

Brazilian writer

Indian religious leader (1835–1908)

King of Portugal from 1889 to 1908 (1863–1908)

Chinese emperor (1871-1908)

British Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908 (1836–1908)

Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)

Spanish violinist and composer (1844–1908)

French poet and novelist (1842–1908)

Russian chess player

French dramatist (1831-1908)

Norwegian novelist (1833–1908)

Maria Louise Ramé (1 January 1839 – 25 January 1908), going by the name Marie Louise de la Ramée and known by the pseudonym Ouida ( ), was an English novelist. Ouida wrote more than 40 novels, as well as short stories, children's books and essays. Moderately successful, she lived a life of luxury, entertaining many of the literary figures of the day.

Prime Minister of Italy (1839-1908)

American Old West outlaw (1866–1908)

Cuban politician (1835–1908); President of Cuba (1902–1906)

Austrian architect (1867–1908)

American composer (1860–1908)

English illustrator

Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835-1908)

French writer (1834–1908)

Egyptian writer, judge and social reformer (1863–1908)

Czech poet, publicist and bookwriter (1846–1908)

Poet and painter (1846-1908)

German tennis player (1876-1908)

Japanese admiral, cabinet minister (1836-1908)

German philosopher and theologian (1814-1908)

Russian grand duke

Portuguese crown prince (1887-1908)

Russian politician (1832-1908)

Italian painter and engraver (1825-1908)

Irish astronomer

Indonesian guerrilla leader against the Dutch (1850–1908)

American train robber (1867–1908)

American sheriff (1850–1908)

American journalist, children's writer (1848–1908)

British politician and Governor General of Canada (1841–1908)

Prime Minister of Spain (1838-1908)

English chess player (1830–1908)

English physicist and electrical engineer (1847-1908)

Austrian artist (1883-1908)

Japanese writer and journalist (1871–1908)

Serbian writer (1847–1908)

Latvian writer, journalist and playwright (1863–1908)

Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (1840–1908)

Ukrainian mathematician from Russian empire

Croatian poet (1865–1908)

German zoologist and ecologist (1825-1908)

German botanist (1817–1908)

American sculptor (1830–1908)

Serbian writer (1852-1908)

British colonial governor (1860-1908)

French scientist (1816–1908)