Here is a list who died on date 4 May today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for May 4
Name | Date |
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408 | Venerius, archbishop of Milan |
784 | Arbeo, bishop of Freising |
1003 | Herman II, duke of Swabia |
1038 | Gotthard of Hildesheim, German bishop (b. 960) |
1406 | Coluccio Salutati, chancellor of Florence (b. 1331) |
1436 | Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish rebel leader |
1471 | Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, son and heir of Henry VI of England (b. 1453) |
1483 | George Neville, Duke of Bedford (b. 1457) |
1506 | Husayn Mirza Bayqara, Timurid ruler of Herat (b. 1438) |
1535 | John Houghton, Carthusian monk and saint |
1562 | Lelio Sozzini, Italian Protestant theologian (b. 1525) |
1566 | Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) |
1571 | Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1511) |
1604 | Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer (b. 1533) |
1605 | Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (b. 1522) |
1615 | Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1561) |
1626 | Arthur Lake, English bishop and scholar (b. 1569) |
1677 | Isaac Barrow, English mathematician and theologian (b. 1630) |
1684 | John Nevison, English criminal (b. 1639) |
1729 | Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) |
1734 | James Thornhill, English painter and politician (b. 1675) |
1737 | Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686) |
1774 | Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714) |
1776 | Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717) |
1790 | Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718) |
1799 | Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750) |
1811 | Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) |
1816 | Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761) |
1824 | Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754) |
1839 | Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784) |
1859 | Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771) |
1880 | Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815) |
1901 | John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831) |
1903 | Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872) |
1912 | Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861) |
1916 | Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891) |
1919 | Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880) |
1922 | Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888) |
1923 | Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877) |
1924 | E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858) |
1938 | Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860) |
1941 | Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880) |
1945 | Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880) |
1953 | Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876) |
1955 | George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881) |
1964 | Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883) |
1969 | Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892) |
1971 | William Brown Meloney, writer and theatrical producer (b. 1902) |
1972 | Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (b. 1905) |
1973 | Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917) |
1975 | Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897) |
1976 | Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (b. 1886) |
1980 | Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892) |
1981 | C. Loganathan, Sri Lankan banker (b. 1913) |
1983 | Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911) |
1984 | Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931) |
1985 | Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (b. 1938) |
1987 | Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1942) |
1988 | Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (b. 1891) |
1990 | Emily Remler, American guitarist (b. 1957) |
1991 | Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1902) |
1992 | Gregor Mackenzie, Scottish politician (b. 1927) |
1993 | France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (b. 1919) |
1995 | Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (b. 1922) |
2000 | Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1909) |
2001 | Bonnie Lee Bakley, American model, wife of Robert Blake (b. 1956) |
2004 | David Reimer, Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (b. 1965) |
2005 | David Hackworth, American colonel and journalist (b. 1930) |
2008 | Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (b. 1918) |
2009 | Dom DeLuise, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1933) |
2011 | Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924) |
2012 | Mort Lindsey, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1923) |
2013 | Otis Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (b. 1918) |
2014 | Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (b. 1924) |
2015 | William Bast, American screenwriter and author (b. 1931) |
2016 | Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Burundian politician (b. 1946) |
2020 | Don Shula, American football player and coach (b. 1930) |
2021 | Nick Kamen, English model, songwriter (b. 1962) |
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