Famous Deaths on March 4

Deaths 1 - 200 of 231

• 480 Saint Landry, French bishop of Sées
• 561 Pelagius I, Italian Pope (556-61), dies
• 1172 Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies; (b. 1147)

• 1238 Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210)
• 1238 Yuri II, Grand Prince of Vladimir, beheaded by his own forces after being caught by Mongolian forces (b. 1189)
• 1303 Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)
• 1484 Saint Casimir, Crown Prince of Poland dies at 25
• 1496 Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (b. 1427)
• 1561 Carlo Carafa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41
• 1583 Bernard Gilpin, English clergyman, "Apostle of the North" (b. 1517)
• 1604 Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian and founder of Socinianism, dies at 64
• 1615 Hans von Aachen, German painter, dies
• 1617 Arcangelo Crivelli, Italian composer, dies at 70
• 1710 Louis III, Prince of Condé and Duke de Bourbon, dies at 41
• 1733 Claude de Forbin, French naval commander, dies at 76
• 1744 John Anstis, English Garter King of Arms, dies at 74
• 1762 Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (b. 1702)
• 1793 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter and cartoonist, dies at 44
• 1794 Henri de La Rochejacquelin, French Royalist Army leader, dies at 21
• 1795 John Collins, American politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (1786-90), dies at 77
• 1804 Carl Leopold Röllig, German composer, glass-harmonica player, composer, and inventor (bowed pianos - orphica and xänorphika), dies at about 65 [birth date uncertain]
• 1805 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79
• 1807 Abraham Baldwin, American politician (b. 1754)
• 1825 Raphaelle Peale, American painter (After the Rain, 1823), dies at 51
• 1831 Georg Michael Telemann, German composer, dies at 82
• 1832 Jean-François Champollion, French scholar who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics with the Rosetta Stone, dies at 41
• 1839 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, Austrian pianist and composer, dies at 72
• 1842 James Forten, African-American abolitionist and businessman who used his wealth to push for civil rights and the abolition of slavery, dies at 75
• 1851 James Richardson, British explorer (Sahara Desert), dies of an illness near Lake Chad at 41
• 1851 Michael Henkel, German composer and organist, dies at 70
• 1852 Nikolai Gogol [Nikolay], Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, humorist, and dramatist (Dead Souls, The Inspector-General), dies at 43
• 1853 Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist, dies at 78

• 1864 Thomas Starr King, American Unitarian clergyman and lecturer who advocated for California to remain in the Union (Christianity & Humanity), dies of an illness at 39
• 1866 Alexander Campbell, Irish-American clergyman and Founder of Disciples of Christ, dies at 77
• 1866 Félix Danjou, French church organist, arranger, music teacher, organ builder, and political journalist, dies at 53
• 1868 Jesse Chisholm, American pioneer of the Chisholm Trail (b. 1805)
• 1872 Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)
• 1876 Alfred Holmes, English violinist and composer, dies at 38
• 1877 Hendrik van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42

• 1883 John Graham Chambers, Welsh athlete who wrote the Queensberry rules for boxing, dies at 40
• 1888 Amos Bronson Alcott, American reformer, philosopher and poet (Table Talk), dies at 88
• 1903 Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
• 1906 John McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. 1831)
• 1910 Knut Ångström, Swedish physicist (b. 1857)
• 1915 William Willett, British inventor of Daylight Saving Time, dies of influenza at 58
• 1916 Franz Marc, German Expressionist painter (co-founder of journal Blaue Reiter), dies in battle at 36
• 1918 Eugène d'Harcourt, French composer and conductor, dies at 58
• 1922 Bert Williams, African American comedian and entertainer, dies at 46
• 1925 James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
• 1925 John Montgomery Ward, American Baseball HOF pitcher (perfect game 1880; NL ERA leader 1878; NL strikeout leader & NL wins leader 1879; Providence Grays), dies of pneumonia at 65
• 1925 Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German composer, dies at 70
• 1927 Ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846)
• 1933 Willie Walker, American jazz singer and guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36
• 1936 Ruben Liljefors, Swedish composer, dies at 64
• 1938 George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)
• 1938 Jack Taylor, American baseball pitcher (MLB record 187 consecutive complete games; World Series 1907, NL ERA leader 1902 Chicago Cubs), dies at 68
• 1940 Hamlin Garland, American writer (Middle Border), dies at 79
• 1941 Edoardo Mascheroni, Italian composer, dies at 81
• 1942 Yuliya Veysberg, Russian composer, dies at 62
• 1943 Nikolaos Politis, Greek foreign minister and diplomat (Greek representative League of Nations), dies at 71
• 1944 Emanuel Weiss, American hitman (b. 1906) (executed)
• 1944 Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and political activist (b. 1855)

• 1944 Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)
• 1945 Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
• 1945 Mark Sandrich [Goldstein], American film director, writer and producer (The Gay Divorcee; Top Hat; Holiday Inn), dies of a heart attack at 44
• 1946 Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)
• 1948 Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51
• 1950 Adam Rainer, Austrian man, only record human to ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899)
• 1952 Charles Scott Sherrington, British physiologist (Nobel 1932-functions of neurons), dies at 94
• 1954 Georg Göhler, German composer (Rückert), dies at 79
• 1954 Noel Gay [Reginald Moxon Armitage], British composer (Who's Been Polishing the Sun), dies at 55
• 1958 Albert Kuyle [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54
• 1959 Maxie Long, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1900), dies at 80
• 1960 Herbert O'Conor, American politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)
• 1960 Leonard Warren [Warenoff], American baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1939-60), dies of a heart attack during a performance of Verddi's "La forza del destino" at 48
• 1962 Cairine R. Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77
• 1962 George Mogridge, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1924 Washington Senators; no-hitter 1917 NY Yankees), dies at 73
• 1963 William Carlos Williams, American physician and poet (Pictures from Brueghel, and Other Poems), dies at 79
• 1966 Jānis Mediņš, Latvian composer, dies at 75
• 1967 Michel Plancherel, Swiss mathematician (harmonic analysis), and professor, dies at 82
• 1967 Vladan Desnica, Croatian and Serbian writer, dies at 61
• 1967 Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan, American Baseball HOF pitcher, outfielder, manager (Kansas City Monarchs NgL, 1920-38), dies at 73
• 1968 Alexandre Eugène Cellier, French organist and composer, dies at 84
• 1969 Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (b. 1881)
• 1973 (Calvin) "Scotty" Stoneman, American bluegrass fiddler (The Stoneman Family; The Kentucky Colonels), dies of anti-alcoholism medication overdose at 50
• 1973 Samuel Tolansky, British scientist and expert on spectroscopy (b. 1907)
• 1974 Adolph Gottlieb, American painter, dies at 71
• 1974 Mihail Andricu, Romanian pianist, composer, violinist, and music professor (Bucharest Conservatory, 1926-59), dies at 79
• 1976 Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (Thermodynamik), dies at 89
• 1977 Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b. 1951)
• 1977 Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician and former Chancellor of Germany (b. 1887)
• 1977 Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (b. 1925)
• 1978 Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. 1909)
• 1979 Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer (First ascent of the West Ridge of Mount Everest), dies at 52
• 1981 Torin Thatcher, British actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies of cancer at 76
• 1984 Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist (b. 1908)
• 1984 Geoffrey Lumsden, British actor (b. 1914)
• 1984 Jewel Carmen, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1984 Shalva Mikhailovich Mshvelidze, Russian composer, dies at 79
• 1986 Ding Ling, Chinese writer (The Sun Shines Over the Sanggan River), dies at 81

• 1986 Henri Knap, Dutch journalist and writer, dies at 75
• 1986 Howard Greenfield, American song lyricist ("Calendar Girl"; "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"; "Love Will Keep Us Together"; theme to "Bewitched"), dies of a brain tumor at 50
• 1986 Richard Manuel, Canadian rock vocalist and pianist (The Band - "The Shape I'm In"; "Tears Of Rage"), commits suicide at 42
• 1987 Siro Cisilino, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 83
• 1989 James A. Parsons, American metallurgist and inventor (stainless steel), dies at 88 [1]
• 1989 Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (Art Tatum), dies of meningitis at 72
• 1991 Vance Colvig, actor (UHF, Barfly, My Chauffeur), dies at 72
• 1992 Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure
• 1992 C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies
• 1992 Christian K. Nelson, American inventor of Eskimo Pie (now Edy's Pie)), dies at 98
• 1992 Mary Osborne, American jazz guitarist, dies of liver cancer at 70
• 1992 Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61
• 1993 Art Hodes, Ukrainian-born American jazz, blues pianist and editor (Jazz Record), dies at 88
• 1993 Isaac Kolthoff, Dutch analytical chemist (developed cold process for producing synthetic rubber), dies at 99
• 1993 Nicholas Ridley, Lord Ridley of Liddesdale, English politician, Minister of Finance, dies at 64
• 1993 Richard Sale, American pulp writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80

• 1995 Eden Ahbez [George Aberle], American songwriter ("Nature Boy"; "Lonely Island), dies in a car accident at 86
• 1996 Barbara Lewis, British obituarist, dies at 55
• 1996 Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley], American country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry, Hee-Haw), dies at 84
• 1997 Carey Loftin, American actor (Duel, The French Connection), dies at 83
• 1997 Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (b. 1916)
• 1999 Del Close, American actor (b. 1934)

• 1999 Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (b. 1921)
• 2001 Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
• 2001 Glenn Hughes, American disco singer (The Village People (Biker)), dies of cancer at 50
• 2001 Harold Stassen, American politician (25th Governor of Minnesota) and perennial presidential candidate, dies at 93
• 2001 Jim Rhodes, American politician, Governor of Ohio (b. 1909)
• 2002 Claire Davenport, English actress (The Elephant Man), dies at 68
• 2002 Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (b. 1913)
• 2002 Eric Flynn, British actor and singer (b. 1939)
• 2002 Velibor Vasović, Serbian soccer sweeper (32 caps Yugoslavia; Partizan Belgrade, Ajax) and manager (Partizan, PSG, Red Star Belgrade), dies at 62
• 2003 Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian bank robber (b. 1926)
• 2003 Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
• 2004 Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929)
• 2004 George Pake, American physicist (b. 1924)
• 2004 John McGeoch, Scottish rock guitarist (Magazine: Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Spellbound"; Visage; Public Image Ltd.), dies at 48
• 2004 Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
• 2005 Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-born writer (b. 1934)
• 2005 Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent (b. 1953)
• 2005 Robert Consoli, American actor and musician (b. 1964)
• 2005 Una Hale, Australian soprano (b. 1922)
• 2005 Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian statesman (b. 1951)
• 2006 Dave Rose, American artist (b. 1910)
• 2006 Edgar Valter, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. 1929)
• 2006 Jan Felderhof, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 98
• 2006 John Reynolds Gardiner, American engineer (b. 1944)
• 2006 Roman Ogaza, Polish soccer striker (21 caps; Szombierki Bytom, GKS Tychy, Szombierki Bytom, RC Lens), dies at 53
• 2007 Bob Hattoy, American gay rights, AIDS, and environmental activist, dies from AIDS-related causes at 56
• 2007 Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (Daily Mail; British Sportswriter of the Year 1972, 74, 81, 89) and broadcaster (BBC), dies of cancer at 75
• 2007 Jorge Kolle Cueto, Bolivian Commmunist Party politician
• 2007 Natalie Bodanya [Bodanskaya], American soprano, dies at 98
• 2007 Richard Joseph, British computer and video game soundtrack composer, dies of lung cancer at 53
• 2007 Sunil Kumar Mahato, Indian parliamentarian, assassinated by Communist rebels at 41
• 2007 Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish rock and blues composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist, dies at 63
• 2007 Thomas Eagleton, American politician (38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri), dies at 77
• 2008 Elena Nathanael, Greek film actress (b. 1941)
• 2008 Gary Gygax, American fantasy author and role-playing games creator (Dungeons & Dragons), dies at 69
• 2008 George Walter, former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (b. 1928)
• 2008 Leonard Rosenman, American Academy and Emmy Award-winning film and television composer (Rebel Without A Cause; Star Trek IV; Bound for Glory; Sybill), dies of a heart attack at 83
• 2008 Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Yugoslavian-born Croatian actress (b. 1935)
• 2009 George McAfee, American College-Pro Football HOF utility (Duke University; NFL C'ship 1940, 41, 46; First-team All-Pro & NFL All-Star 1941; Chicago Bears), dies at 90
• 2009 Harry Parkes, English soccer fullback (Aston Villa 320 games), dies at 89
• 2009 Horton Foote, American screenwriter (To Kill a Mockingbird; Tender Mercies), and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (The Young Man from Atlanta), dies at 92
• 2009 John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (Cephas & Wiggins), dies of pulmonary at 78
• 2009 Joseph Bloch, American concert pianist and professor of piano literature (b. 1917)
• 2009 Patricia De Martelaere, Flemish writer (b. 1957)
• 2009 Salvatore Samperi, Italian film director (b 1944)
• 2009 Triztán Vindtorn, Norwegian poet and performance artist (b. 1942)
• 2010 Angelo Poffo, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
• 2010 Etta Cameron, Danish singer and actor (b. 1939)
• 2010 Fred Wedlock, British folk musician (b. 1942)
• 2010 Hilario Chávez Joya, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1928)
• 2010 Joanne Simpson, American meteorologist (b. 1923)
• 2010 Joaquim Fiúza, Portuguese sailor (b. 1908)
• 2010 Johnny Alf, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1929)
• 2010 Lolly Vegas [Candido Vasquez], American rock singer (Redbone - "Come And Get Your Love"), dies of cancer at 70
• 2010 Nan Martin, American actress (b. 1927)
• 2010 Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (b. 1933)
• 2010 Roger Newman, British-born American actor and television writer (b. 1940)
• 2010 Samuel J. Eldersveld, U.S. academic, political scientist, and Democratic politician (b. 1917)
• 2010 Tetsuo Kondo, Japanese politician (b. 1929)
• 2010 Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazian politician (b. 1945)
• 2011 Alenush Terian, Iranian astronomer and physicist (b. 1920)
• 2011 Arjun Singh, Indian politician (b. 1930)
• 2011 Charles Jarrott, British film and television director (b. 1927)
• 2011 Frank Chirkinian, American producer (b.c. 1926)
• 2011 Johnny Preston, American pop singer (Running Bear), dies at 71
• 2011 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Indian politician and former Nepali Prime Minister (b. 1924)
• 2011 Mikhail Simonov, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1920)
• 2011 Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist who won the 1984 Nobel Prize in Physics with Carlo Rubbia, dies at 85
• 2011 Vivienne Harris, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher (b.c. 1921)
• 2012 Runako Morton, West Indian cricket batsman (15 Tests, 4 x 50, HS 70no; Leeward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago), dies in a traffic collision at 33
• 2013 Fran Warren [Wolff], American big band and pop singer ("A Sunday Kind of Love"; "I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Pray'rs)"), dies on her 87th birthday

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