Famous Deaths on 4 Jul

Famous Deaths on 4 Jul

1187 - Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch
1541 - Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish explorer (b. 1495)
1546 - Hayreddin Barbarossa, Admiral of the Ottoman Navy (b. 1478)
1603 - Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (b. 1521)
1623 - William Byrd, English composer
1648 - Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1601)
1742 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671)
1754 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680)
1761 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)
1780 - Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (b. 1712)
1787 - Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
1821 - Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742)
1826 - Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
1826 - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
1831 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
1848 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer (b. 1768)
1850 - William Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759)
1854 - Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (b. 1781)
1857 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786)
1881 - Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)
1882 - Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)
1891 - Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (b. 1809)
1901 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (b. 1843)
1902 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863)
1905 - Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830)
1910 - Melville Weston Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
1910 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835)
1916 - Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888)
1922 - Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894)
1926 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901)
1931 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1869)
1931 - Buddie Petit, American jazz musician (b. 1895)
1934 - Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics (b. 1867)
1938 - Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
1938 - Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democratic politician (b. 1881)
1941 - Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881)
1946 - Gerda Steinhoff, Nazi concentration camp overseer (b. 1922)
1948 - Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (b. 1882)
1963 - Bernard Freyberg, Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
1970 - Barnett Newman, American artist (b. 1905)
1970 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1884)
1971 - August Derleth, American writer and editor (b. 1909)
1975 - Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
1976 - Antoni SÅ‚onimski, Polish poet (b. 1895)
1977 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918)
1979 - Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer (b. 1905)
1980 - Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (b. 1895)
1982 - Terry Higgins, early British AIDS death (b. 1945)
1984 - Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
1986 - Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
1986 - Flor Peeters, Belgian composer, organist, and teacher (b. 1903)
1988 - Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (b. 1954)
1991 - Victor Chang, Australian physician (b. 1936)
1992 - Ástor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer (b. 1921)
1993 - Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician and historian (b. 1903)
1994 - Joey Marella, American professional wrestling referee (b. 1964)
1995 - Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919)
1995 - Bob Ross, American artist and television host (b. 1942)
1997 - Charles Kuralt, American television presenter (b. 1934)
1997 - John Zachary Young, English zoologist (b. 1907)
1999 - Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917)
2000 - Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
2001 - Keenan Milton, Professional Skater (b. 1974)
2002 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (b. 1912)
2002 - Winnifred Quick, American Titanic survivor (b. 1904)
2002 - Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (b. 1951)
2003 - André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
2003 - Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
2004 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920)
2004 - Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), an eccentric street entertainer in Nottingham, England (b. 1932)
2005 - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
2007 - Barış Akarsu, Turkish rock musician (b. 1979)
2007 - Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)
2008 - Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
2008 - Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (b. 1980)
2008 - Charles Wheeler, British journalist (b. 1923)
2008 - Thomas M. Disch, American science fiction author (b. 1940)
2008 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
907 - Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria
943 - Taejo of Goryeo, ruler of Korea (b. 877)
965 - Pope Benedict V, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (b. unknown)
973 - Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890)