Famous Deaths on 5 Apr

Famous Deaths on 5 Apr

1168 - Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)
1419 - Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
1605 - Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513)
1617 - Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555)
1673 - François Caron, French explorer (b. 1600)
1676 - John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)
1693 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (b. 1627)
1695 - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, English writer (b. 1633)
1697 - King Charles XI of Sweden (b. 1655)
1717 - Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
1735 - William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657)
1735 - Samuel Wesley, English poet (b. 1662)
1765 - Edward Young, English poet (b. 1683)
1794 - Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician (b. 1760)
1794 - Georges Danton, French Revolutionary leader (b. 1759)
1900 - Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (b. 1822)
1923 - George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866)
1928 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (b. 1890)
1941 - Sir Nigel Gresley, Steam locomotive engineer (b. 1876)
1943 - Aleš Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist (b. 1869)
1945 - Karl Otto Koch, German SS-officer (b. 1897)
1945 - Huldreich Georg Früh (b. 1903)
1946 - Vincent Youmans, American songwriter (b. 1898)
1952 - Charles Collett, GWR chief mechanical engineer (b. 1871)
1964 - General Douglas MacArthur, American general (b. 1880)
1967 - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)
1967 - Mischa Elman, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1891)
1969 - Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (b. 1903)
1969 - Shelby Storck, American television producer (b. 1917)
1970 - Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891)
1972 - Brian Donlevy, American actor (b. 1901)
1972 - Isabel Jewell, American actress (b. 1907)
1973 - John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928)
1974 - A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882)
1975 - Chiang Kai-shek, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
1976 - Howard Hughes, American aviator (b. 1905)
1976 - Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (b. 1891)
1979 - Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893)
1981 - Bob Hite, American singer (Canned Heat) (b. 1945)
1982 - Abe Fortas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1910)
1983 - Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)
1989 - María Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran Teacher (b. 1938)
1991 - John Tower, American politician (b. 1925)
1991 - Sonny Carter, American astronaut (b. 1947)
1992 - Molly Picon, American actress (b. 1898)
1992 - Sam Walton, American retailer (b. 1918)
1994 - Kurt Cobain, American musician (Nirvana) (b. 1967)
1997 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926)
1998 - Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947)
1999 - Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)
2000 - Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)
2001 - Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906)
2002 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967)
2004 - Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)
2004 - SÅ‚awomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (b. 1915)
2005 - Dale Messick, American comic strip artist (b. 1906)
2005 - John Sichel, British film and television director (b. 1937)
2005 - Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953)
2005 - Saul Bellow, Canadian born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)
2006 - Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)
2007 - Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (b. 1923)
2007 - Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
2007 - Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956)
2007 - Poornachandra Tejaswi, Kannada writer (b. 1938)
2007 - Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (b. 1908)
2008 - Charlton Heston, American Actor (b. 1923)
582 - Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512)

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)