May 4 - Deaths

Deaths

• 476 – Erki Tõnne, Last Roman emperor
• 1436 – Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman
• 1471 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (b. 1453)
• 1471 – Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English military commander (b. 1438)
• 1506 – Husayn Bayqarah, Timurid ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
• 1519 – Lorenzo 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 – Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (b. 1714)
• 1776 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 – Matthew Tilghman, American planter and Revolutionary leader, 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, American politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 – John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 – Goce Delchev, Macedonian revolutionary figure, leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (b. 1872)
• 1916 – Members of the Easter Rising
  • Edward Daly, Irish nationalist and Member of the Easter Rising (b. 1891)
  • Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish nationalist and Leader of the Easter Rising (b. 1887)
  • Willie Pearse, Irish nationalist and Member of the Easter Rising (b. 1891)
• 1919 – Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)
• 1922 – Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian-Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 – Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1937 – Noel Rosa, Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician (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)
• 1953 – Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 – George Enescu, Romanian composer (b. 1881)
• 1961 – Anita Stewart, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892)
• 1970 – Allison Krause American student, victim of the Kent State shootings (b. 1951)
• 1970 – Eugenia Livanos, Greek socialite (b. 1927)
• 1970 – Jeffrey Miller, American student, victim of the Kent State shootings (b. 1950)
• 1970 – Sandra Scheuer, American student victim of the Kent State shootings (b. 1949)
• 1970 – William Knox Schroeder, American student victim of the Kent State shootings (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, Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1984 – Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
• 1984 – Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)
• 1985 – Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
• 1987 – Paul Butterfield, American singer and musician (b. 1942)
• 1987 – Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1990 – Emily Remler American jazz guitarist (b.1957)
• 1992 – Gregor Mackenzie, LEnglish politician (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 2001 – Bonnie Lee Bakley, American murder victim, wife of Robert Blake (b. 1956)
• 2005 – David Hackworth, American army officer and journalist (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Kishan Maharaj, Indian tabla player (b.1923)
• 2009 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
• 2010 – Ernie Harwell, American sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Haukur Angantýsson, Icelandic chess player (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Alexander Chikvaidze, Russian diplomat (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Charlotte Hawkins Flowers, American super-centenarian (b. 1900)
• 2012 – Angelica Garnett, English writer and painter (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Mort Lindsey, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Bob Stewart, American television producer, founded Stewart Tele Enterprises (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Adam Yauch, American rapper, songwriter, musician, and director (Beastie Boys) (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (b. 1963)