April 4 - Deaths

Deaths

• 397 – St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (b. c. 338)
• 636 – Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. c. 560)
• 896 – Pope Formosus (b. 816)
• 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. c. 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. c. 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 – Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. 1820)
• 1890 – Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. 1812)
• 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 – Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881)
• 1951 – George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. 1870)
• 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, British rapist and murderer (b. 1936)
• 1967 – Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)
• 1967 – Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929)
• 1970 – Byron Foulger, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1972 – Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American politician (b. 1908)
• 1972 – Stefan Wolpe, German composer (b. 1902)
• 1976 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889)
• 1979 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President (1971–1973) and Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973–1977) (b. 1928)
• 1979 – Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1980 – Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917)
• 1983 – Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1899)
• 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 meditation master (b. 1939)
• 1991 – Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)
• 1991 – Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. 1911)
• 1991 – H. John Heinz III, U.S. Senator (b. 1938)
• 1991 – Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914)
• 1992 – Yvette Brind'Amour, French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. 1918)
• 1992 – Jack Hamilton, Australian football player (b. 1928)
• 1992 – Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951)
• 1993 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and inventor of Scrabble (b. 1899)
• 1995 – Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944)
• 1995 – Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1915)
• 1996 – Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
• 1996 – Boone Guyton, American test pilot (b. 1913)
• 1996 – Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)
• 1997 – Leo Picard, Israeli geologist (b. 1900)
• 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 – Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Casey Sheehan, American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan (b. 1979)
• 2005 – Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Francis Tucker, South African rally driver (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean television actor (b. 1983)