1436 - Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)
1471 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)
1471 - Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English military commander (executed)
1506 - Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
1519 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)
1566 - Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
1615 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
1626 - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)
1677 - Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
1684 - John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)
1729 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)
1734 - James Thornhill, English painter
1737 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)
1774 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)
1776 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)
1790 - Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)
1799 - Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)
1811 - Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
1824 - Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
1849 - Hokusai, Japanese artist (b. 1760)
1858 - Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773)
1859 - Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)
1880 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1901 - John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831)
1903 - Goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans - leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (b. 1872)
1916 - Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish revolutionary (b. 1887)
1919 - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)
1922 - Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)
1937 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910)
1938 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1889)
1945 - Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
1955 - George Enescu, Romanian composer (b. 1881)
1961 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (b. 1895)
1969 - Osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892)
1970 - Allison Krause - Kent State victim (b. 1951)
1970 - Jeffrey Miller - Kent State victim (b. 1950)
1970 - Sandra Scheuer - Kent State victim (b. 1949)
1970 - William Schroeder (b. 1950)
1971 - Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (b. 1934)
1972 - Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)
1973 - Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright (b. 1917)
1975 - Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1897)
1980 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
1984 - Diana Dors, British actress (b. 1931)
1984 - Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
1985 - Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
1987 - Paul Butterfield, American blues harmonica player (b. 1942)
1992 - Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician (b. 1927)
2001 - Bonnie Lee Bakley, American murder victim (b. 1956)
2005 - David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930)
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Famous Deaths on 4 May
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Famous Deaths on 3 May
1152 - Matilda of Boulogne, Queen of England (b. 1105)
1160 - Peter Lombard, Italian scholar and bishop (b. c.1100)
1270 - King Béla IV of Hungary (b. 1206)
1294 - John I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1252/1253)
1481 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1432)
1598 - Anna Guarini, Italian singer (b. 1563)
1606 - Henry Garnet, English Jesuit (executed) (b. 1555)
1622 - Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1564)
1679 - James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
1693 - Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607)
1704 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (b. 1644)
1724 - John Leverett the Younger, American President of Harvard (b. 1662)
1750 - John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
1752 - Samuel Ogle, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. c. 1692)
1758 - Pope Benedict XIV (b. 1675)
1763 - George Psalmanazar, British impostor (b. 1679)
1764 - Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (b. 1712)
1779 - John Winthrop, American astronomer (b. 1714)
1793 - Martin Gerbert, German theologian and historian (b. 1720)
1839 - Ferdinando Paer, Italian composer (b. 1771)
1856 - Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer (b. 1803)
1918 - Charlie Soong, Christian Missionary
1921 - Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (b. 1883)
1942 - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
1958 - Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
1969 - Zakir Hussain, 3rd President of India, (b. 1897)
1972 - Bruce Cabot, American film actor (b. 1904)
1987 - Dalida, French singer (b. 1933)
1988 - Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (b. 1908)
1989 - Christine Jorgensen, American transsexual (b. 1926)
1989 - Edward Ochab, Polish Communist politician (b. 1906)
1991 - Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-born writer (b. 1933)
1991 - Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (b. 1907)
1992 - George Murphy, American dancer, actor and politician (b. 1902)
1994 - Ezra Taft Benson, thirteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)
1996 - Jack Weston, American actor (b. 1924)
1996 - Alex Kellner, American baseball player (b. 1924)
1997 - Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver (b. 197)
1997 - Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (b. 1927)
1999 - Joe Adcock, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1999 - Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
2000 - John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor, Catholic Archbishop of New York (b. 1920)
2001 - Billy Higgins, American drummer (b. 1936)
2002 - Barbara Castle, British politician (b. 1910)
2002 - Evgeny Svetlanov, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1928)
2003 - Suzy Parker, American actress (b. 1932)
2004 - Anthony Ainley, British actor (b. 1932)
2004 - Ken Downing, British racing driver (b. 1917)
2004 - Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2006 - Earl Woods, Athlete and father of Tiger Woods (b. 1932)
2006 - Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1949)
2006 - Karel Appel, Dutch painter (b. 1921)
2007 - Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
2007 - Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923)
2007 - Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
2008 - Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish former Primer Minister (b. 1926)