March 4 - Deaths

Deaths

• 251 – Pope Lucius I
• 480 – Saint Landry, bishop of Sées
• 561 – Pope Pelagius I
• 1172 – Stephen III of Hungary (b. 1147)
• 1193 – Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)
• 1238 – Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210)
• 1238 – Yuri II, Grand Prince of Vladimir (b. 1189)
• 1303 – Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)
• 1484 – Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland (b. 1458)
• 1496 – Sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)
• 1583 – Bernard Gilpin, English clergyman, "Apostle of the North" (b. 1517)
• 1604 – Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (b. 1539)
• 1615 – Hans von Aachen, German painter (b. 1552)
• 1619 – Anne of Denmark, wife of James I (b. 1574)
• 1710 – Louis III, Prince of Condé (b. 1668)
• 1733 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (b. 1656)
• 1744 – John Anstis, Garter King of Arms (b. 1669)
• 1762 – Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (b. 1702)
• 1793 – Louis de Bourbon, French admiral (b. 1725)
• 1795 – John Collins, American politician (b. 1717)
• 1805 – Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)
• 1807 – Abraham Baldwin, American politician (b. 1754)
• 1811 – Mariano Moreno, secretary of war of the Primera Junta (b. 1778)
• 1821 – Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, daughter of King William IV, granddaughter of King George III (b. 1820)
• 1832 – Jean-François Champollion, French scholar (b. 1790)
• 1851 – James Richardson, British explorer (b. 1809)
• 1852 – Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, Russian writer (b. 1809)
• 1853 – Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (b. 1774)
• 1853 – Thomas Bladen Capel Royal Navy admiral (b. 1776)
• 1858 – Matthew C. Perry, U.S. naval officer (b. 1794)
• 1864 – Thomas Starr King, influential Californian Unitarian minister during the American Civil War (b. 1824)
• 1866 – Alexander Campbell, Irish founder of the Disciples of Christ (b. 1788)
• 1868 – Jesse Chisholm, American pioneer of the Chisholm Trail (b. 1805)
• 1872 – Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)
• 1883 – Alexander Hamilton Stephens, former Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
• 1888 – Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher (b. 1799)
• 1903 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English novelist (b. 1834)
• 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, English campaigner for daylight saving time (b. 1856)
• 1916 – Franz Marc, German artist (b. 1880)
• 1922 – Bert Williams, American entertainer (b. 1874)
• 1925 – Roger de Barbarin, French trap shooter (b. 1860)
• 1925 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer (b. 1854)
• 1925 – James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
• 1925 – John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (b. 1860)
• 1927 – Ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846)
• 1938 – George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)
• 1938 – Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
• 1940 – Hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860)
• 1941 – Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1858)
• 1944 – Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (b. 1897) (executed)
• 1944 – Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)
• 1944 – René Lefebvre, martyr of the French Resistance (b. 1879)
• 1944 – Emanuel Weiss, American hitman (b. 1906) (executed)
• 1944 – Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and political activist (b. 1855)
• 1945 – Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
• 1945 – Mark Sandrich, American film director, writer and producer (b. 1900)
• 1946 – Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)
• 1948 – Antonin Artaud, French actor/director (b. 1896)
• 1949 – Clarence Kingsbury British track cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1950 – Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899)
• 1952 – Charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
• 1954 – Noel Gay, English composer, (b. 1898)
• 1959 – Maxie Long, American athlete (b. 1878)
• 1960 – Herbert O'Conor, 51st Governor of the US State of Maryland (b. 1896)
• 1960 – Leonard Warren, American baritone (b. 1911)
• 1962 – George Mogridge, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
• 1963 – William Carlos Williams, American poet (b. 1883)
• 1967 – Vladan Desnica, Croatian and Serbian writer (b. 1905)
• 1967 – Michel Plancherel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1885)
• 1969 – Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (b. 1881)
• 1973 – Samuel Tolansky, British scientist and expert on spectroscopy (b. 1907)
• 1974 – Adolph Gottlieb, American painter (b. 1903)
• 1975 – Renée Björling, Swedish actress (b. 1898)
• 1976 – John Marvin Jones, Texan member of the United States House of Representatives and Chief Judge of the US federal Court of Claims (b. 1882)
• 1976 – Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (b. 1886)
• 1976 – Nikolai Semashko, Soviet sports administrator (b. 1907)
• 1976 – Jim Walsh, American basketball player (b. 1930)
• 1977 – Miles C. Allgood, U.S. Representative from Alabama (b. 1878)
• 1977 – Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, novelist and literary art critic (b. 1925)
• 1977 – Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian systemic botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator (b. 1912)
• 1977 – Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b. 1951)
• 1977 – Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (b. 1925)
• 1977 – Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician (b. 1887)
• 1977 – William Paul, American attorney, legislator, and political activist (b. 1885)
• 1978 – Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. 1909)
• 1978 – Joe Marsala, American jazz clarinetist and songwriter (b. 1907)
• 1978 – John Meighan, Irish Clann na Talmhan politician (b. 1891)
• 1979 – Harry Hopkinson, British yodeler (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Gladys McConnell, American movie actress and aviatrix (b. 1905)
• 1979 – Mike Patto, (Michael Thomas McCarthy), English vocalist and front man for The Bow Street Runners (b. 1942)
• 1979 – Robert John Sinclair, 1st Baron Sinclair of Cleeve, British businessman and public servant (b. 1893)
• 1979 – Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer (b. 1926)
• 1980 – Johannes Martin Bijvoet, Dutch chemist and crystallographer (b. 1892)
• 1980 – Alan Hardaker, English football administrator (b. 1912)
• 1980 – Eric Kerfoot, English footballer (b. 1924)
• 1980 – J. F. A. McManus, Canadian pathologist (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Luis Piazzini, Argentine chess master (b. 1905)
• 1980 – Alfred Plé, French Olympic rower (b. 1888)
• 1980 – Alex Vetchinsky, British film designer (b. 1904)
• 1981 – Odette Barencey, French film actress (b. 1893)
• 1981 – Franz Kapus, Swiss Olympic bobsledder (b. 1909)
• 1981 – John Knight, Australian politician (b. 1943)
• 1981 – Karl-Jesco von Puttkamer, German World War II naval adjutant to Adolf Hitler (b. 1900)
• 1981 – Torin Thatcher, Indian actor (b. 1905)
• 1982 – Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-born English novelist (b. 1912)
• 1984 – Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist (b. 1908)
• 1984 – Jewel Carmen, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1984 – Martin Hürlimann, Swiss photographer (b. 1897)
• 1984 – Geoffrey Lumsden, British actor (b. 1914)
• 1986 – Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (b. 1936)
• 1986 – Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist (b. 1917)
• 1986 – Edward MacLysaght, Irish genealogist (b. 1887)
• 1986 – Richard Manuel, Canadian musician (The Band) (b. 1943)
• 1986 – Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and novelist (b. 1913)
• 1986 – John Spence, British Conservative Party politician (b. 1920)
• 1988 – Beatriz Guido, Argentine novelist and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1989 – Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (b. 1916)
• 1990 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
• 1990 – Harry Worthington, American track and field athlete (b. 1891)
• 1991 – Godfrey Bryan, English cricketer (b. 1902)
• 1991 – Kenneth Lindsay, British Labour Party politician (b. 1897)
• 1992 – Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (b. 1930)
• 1992 – Art Babbitt, American animator (b. 1907)
• 1992 – Peter Judge, English cricketer (b. 1916)
• 1992 – Pare Lorentz, American filmmaker (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Mary Osborne, American jazz electric guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Larry Rosenthal, American professional baseball outfielder (b. 1910)
• 1993 – Michael Beecher, Australian-based model and actor (b. 1939)
• 1993 – Art Hodes, American jazz pianist (b. 1904)
• 1993 – Tomislav Ivčić, Croatian singer, songwriter and politician (b. 1953)
• 1993 – Izaak Kolthoff, Dutch chemist (b. 1894)
• 1993 – Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, British politician and government minister (b. 1929)
• 1993 – Richard Sale, American screenwriter and film director (b. 1911)
• 1994 – John Candy, Canadian comedian (b. 1950)
• 1994 – George Edward Hughes, Irish-born philosopher and logician(b. 1918)
• 1994 – Chris Seydou, Malian fashion designer (b. 1949)
• 1994 – Paul Solomon, American psychic (b. 1939)
• 1995 – Eden Ahbez, American composer (b. 1908)
• 1995 – Iftekhar, Indian actor (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Matt Urban, Lieutenant Colonel United States Army (b. 1919)
• 1996 – Minnie Pearl, American comedian (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Johnny Sauer, American football player, coach, and broadcaster (b. 1925)
• 1997 – Joe Baker-Cresswell, English Royal Navy officer (b. 1901)
• 1997 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (b. 1916)
• 1997 – Edouard Klabinski, Polish professional racing cyclist (b. 1920)
• 1997 – Carey Loftin, American actor/stuntman (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Ivan Dougherty, Australian World War II Army Major General (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Donald Rodney, British artist (b. 1961)
• 1998 – Jules Fontaine Sambwa, Zairean political officeholder and economist (b. 1940)
• 1999 – Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Del Close, American actor (b. 1934)
• 1999 – Eddie Dean, American western singer and actor (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Fritz Honegger, Swiss politician (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Milosz Magin, Polish composer and pianist (b. 1929)
• 1999 – Teddy McRae, American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Joseph Regenstein Jr., American business leader and philanthropist (b. 1923)
• 1999 – Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer, translator and literary historian (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Hermann Brück, German-born UK astronomer (b. 1905)
• 2000 – Kyi Kyi Htay, actress, singer, opera performer and dancer (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Michael Noonan, Australian-born New Zealander novelist and radio script writer (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Alphons Silbermann, German Jewish sociologist, musicologist, entrepreneur and publicist (b. 1909)
• 2000 – Ta-You Wu, Chinese-born atomic and nuclear theoretical physicist (b. 1907)
• 2001 – Gerardo Barbero, Argentine chess grandmaster (b. 1961)
• 2001 – Jean René Bazaine, French painter, designer of stained glass windows, and writer (b. 1904)
• 2001 – Glenn Hughes, American singer (The Village People) (b. 1950)
• 2001 – Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Jim Rhodes, American politician (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Harold Stassen, American politician (b. 1907)
• 2001 – Martin Wright, British bioengineer (b. 1912)
• 2002 – Claire Davenport, English actress (b. 1933)
• 2002 – Eric Flynn, British actor/singer (b. 1939)
• 2002 – Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian writer and translator (b. 1935)
• 2002 – Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Margarete Neumann, German writer and lyrical poet (b. 1917)
• 2002 – Shirley Ann Russell, award-winning British costume designer (b. 1935)
• 2002 – Velibor Vasović, Yugoslavian footballer (b. 1939)
• 2003 – Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian bank robber (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Fernando Lázaro Carreter, Spanish linguist and journalist. (b. 1923)
• 2004 – John McGeoch, Scottish musician (Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Public Image Ltd.) (b. 1955)
• 2004 – Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929)
• 2004 – George Pake, American physicist (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
• 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)
• 2005 – Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-born writer (b. 1934)
• 2006 – August Bischof, last living Austrian World War I veteran (b. 1900)
• 2006 – John Reynolds Gardiner, American engineer (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer (b. 1952)
• 2006 – Dave Rose, American artist (b. 1910)
• 2006 – Edgar Valter, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Natalie Bodanya, American soprano (b. 1908)
• 2007 – Jorge Kolle Cueto, Bolivian politician
• 2007 – Thomas Eagleton, American politician (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Bob Hattoy, American activist (b. 1950)
• 2007 – Richard Joseph, British games soundtrack composer (b. 1954)
• 2007 – Sunil Kumar Mahato, Indian parliamentarian (b. 1966)
• 2007 – Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (Breakout) (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Tina Lagostena Bassi, Italian lawyer, Italian deputy for Forza Italia party, showoman and writer (b. 1926)
• 2008 – Robert Bruning, Australian actor and producer (b. 1928)
• 2008 – Gary Gygax, Fantasy author and role-playing games creator. (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Elena Nathanael, Greek film actress (b. 1941)
• 2008 – Leonard Rosenman, American film composer (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Yugoslavian-born Croatian actress (b. 1935)
• 2008 – George Walter, former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Joseph Bloch, American concert pianist (b. 1917)
• 2009 – John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (Cephas & Wiggins) (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Yvon Cormier, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1938)
• 2009 – Patricia De Martelaere, Flemish writer (b. 1957)
• 2009 – Horton Foote, American playwright (b. 1916)
• 2009 – George McAfee, American football player (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Harry Parkes, English footballer (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Salvatore Samperi, Italian film director (b 1944)
• 2009 – Triztán Vindtorn, Norwegian poet and performance artist (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (b. 1933)
• 2010 – Johnny Alf, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1929)
• 2010 – Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazian politician (b. 1945)
• 2010 – Etta Cameron, Danish singer and actor (b. 1939)
• 2010 – Samuel J. Eldersveld, U.S. academic, political scientist, and Democratic politician (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Joaquim Fiúza, Portuguese sailor (b. 1908)
• 2010 – Tetsuo Kondo, Japanese politician (b. 1929)
• 2010 – Hilario Chávez Joya, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Nan Martin, American actress (b. 1927)
• 2010 – Roger Newman, British-born American actor and television writer (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Angelo Poffo, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Tony Richards, British footballer (b. 1934)
• 2010 – Joanne Simpson, American meteorologist (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Fred Wedlock, British folk musician (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Indian politician and former Nepali Prime Minister (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Frank Chirkinian, American producer (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Vivienne Harris, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher (b. 1921)
• 2011 – Charles Jarrott, British film and television director (b. 1927)
• 2011 – Ed Manning, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
• 2011 – Johnny Preston, American pop singer (b. 1939)
• 2011 – Mikhail Simonov, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1920)
• 2011 – Arjun Singh, Indian politician (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Alenush Terian, Iranian astronomer and physicist (b. 1920)
• 2011 – Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Paul McBride, British lawyer (b. c. 1965)
• 2012 – Don Mincher, American baseball player (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Runako Morton, West Indian cricketer (b. 1978)
• 2012 – John C. Reiss, American Roman Catholic prelate, former Bishop of Trenton (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Shmuel Tankus, Israeli naval officer, fifth commander of the Israeli Navy (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Joan Taylor, American actress and writer (b. 1929)