Famous Deaths on 4 Dec

Famous Deaths on 4 Dec

1075 - Archbishop Anno II of Cologne
1123 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
1214 - William I of Scotland
1270 - Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre
1334 - Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
1340 - Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
1459 - Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)
1576 - Rheticus, Austrian mathematician (b. 1514)
1585 - John Willock, Scottish reformer
1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet
1642 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (b. 1585)
1649 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)
1679 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)
1680 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
1696 - Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624)
1732 - John Gay, English poet and dramatist (b. 1685)
1798 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist (b. 1737)
1828 - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
1902 - Charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company - Wall Street Journal) (b. 1851)
1926 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861)
1933 - Stefan George, German poet (b. 1868)
1935 - Charles Robert Richet, French physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1850)
1935 - Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (b. 1864)
1944 - Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879)
1945 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)
1956 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891)
1967 - Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
1969 - Fred Hampton, American activist (b. 1948)
1975 - Hannah Arendt, German political theorist (b. 1906)
1976 - W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
1976 - Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (b. 1951)
1976 - Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913)
1980 - Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
1980 - Stanisława Walasiewicz (Stella Walsh), Polish-born athlete (b. 1911)
1987 - Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (b. 1897)
1988 - Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899)
1993 - Frank Zappa, American musician and composer (b. 1940)
1995 - Lionel Giroux (Little Beaver), Canadian midget wrestler (b. 1935)
1997 - Richard Vernon, English actor (b. 1925)
1999 - Rose Bird, American judge (b. 1936)
2003 - Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
2004 - Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
2005 - Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (b. 1922)
2005 - Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b.1963)
2005 - Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
2006 - James Kim, American television personality (b. 1971)
2007 - Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932)
2007 - Chip Reese, American professional poker player (b. 1951)
2007 - Pimp C, American Rapper (b. 1973)
765 - Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)
771 - Carloman, King of the Franks (b. 751)