Famous Deaths on 4 Apr

Famous Deaths on 4 Apr

1284 - King Alfonso X of Castile (b. 1221)
1292 - Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227)
1305 - Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. circa 1217)
1536 - Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
1588 - King Frederick II of Denmark (b. 1534)
1609 - Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526)
1617 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550)
1643 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (b. 1583)
1661 - Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580)
1701 - Joseph Haines, entertainer and author
1743 - Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)
1761 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)
1766 - John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
1774 - Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (b. 1728)
1792 - James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)
1807 - Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (b. 1732)
1817 - André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. 1758)
1841 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773)
1846 - Solomon Sibley, American senator from Michigan Territory (b. 1769)
1861 - John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785)
1863 - Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
1864 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)
1870 - Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
1874 - Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
1878 - Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)
1879 - Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. 1803)
1883 - Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. 1791)
1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist and diarist (b. 1860)
1890 - Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. 1812)
1890 - Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. 1820)
1919 - William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
1923 - John Venn, British mathematician (b. 1834)
1929 - Karl Benz, German engine designer, inventor, and automobile engineer (b. 1844)
1931 - André Michelin, French industrialist (b. 1853)
1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
1947 - William O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. ?)
1951 - George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. 1870)
1951 - Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881)
1953 - King Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
1957 - E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)
1958 - Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (b. 1925)
1961 - Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)
1962 - James Hanratty, executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. 1936)
1967 - Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
1967 - Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)
1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929)
1972 - Stefan Wolpe, German composer (b. 1902)
1972 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American politician (b. 1908)
1976 - Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889)
1979 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President and Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1928)
1979 - Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
1980 - Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917)
1983 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1897)
1984 - Oleg Antonov, Soviet airplane engineer (b. 1906)
1985 - Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)
1987 - C.L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911)
1987 - Chögyam Trungpa, Tibetan Buddhist master (b. 1939)
1991 - H. John Heinz III, U.S. Senator (b. 1938)
1991 - Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914)
1991 - Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. 1911)
1991 - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)
1992 - Yvette Brind'Amour, French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. 1918)
1992 - Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951)
1993 - Alfred Butts, American architect and inventor (Scrabble) (b. 1899)
1995 - Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944)
1995 - Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1915)
1996 - Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1996 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
1999 - Faith Domergue, American actor (b. 1924)
1999 - Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2001 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932)
2002 - Harry L. O'Connor, Czech film stuntman
2003 - Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
2003 - Resortes, Mexican comedian (b. 1916)
2004 - Casey Sheehan, American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan (b. 1979)
2004 - Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
2005 - Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)
2005 - Pope John Paul II, Polish Roman Catholic Pope (b. 1920)
2007 - Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927)
2007 - Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)
2008 - Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (b. 1923)
397 - St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (b. circa 338)
636 - Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. cira 560)
896 - Pope Formosus (b. 816)