July 4 - Deaths

Deaths

• 907 – Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria
• 943 – Taejo of Goryeo, of Korea (b. 877)
• 965 – Pope Benedict V (b. unknown)
• 973 – Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890)
• 1187 – Raynald of Chatillon, French Second Crusade figure (b.c. 1125)
• 1541 – Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish explorer (b. 1495)
• 1546 – Hayreddin Barbarossa, Greek-born Turkish naval officer (b. 1478)
• 1551 – Gregory Cromwell, English nobleman (b. 1514)
• 1603 – Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (b. 1521)
• 1623 – William Byrd, English composer
• 1648 – Antoine Daniel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1601)
• 1742 – Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671)
• 1754 – Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680)
• 1761 – Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689)
• 1780 – Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (b. 1712)
• 1787 – Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)
• 1821 – Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742)
• 1826 – John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)
• 1826 – Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)
• 1831 – James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
• 1848 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer (b. 1768)
• 1850 – William Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759)
• 1854 – Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (b. 1781)
• 1857 – William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786)
• 1881 – Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806)
• 1882 – Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797)
• 1891 – Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (b. 1809)
• 1901 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (b. 1843)
• 1902 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863)
• 1905 – Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830)
• 1910 – Melville Weston Fuller, American jurist (b. 1833)
• 1910 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835)
• 1916 – Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888)
• 1922 – Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894)
• 1926 – Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Saint (b. 1901)
• 1931 – Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1869)
• 1931 – Buddie Petit, American jazz musician (b. 1895)
• 1934 – Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics (b. 1867)
• 1938 – Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democratic politician (b. 1881)
• 1938 – Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
• 1941 – Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881)
• 1946 – Gerda Steinhoff, Polish-born German concentration camp overseer (b. 1922)
• 1948 – Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian writer (b. 1882)
• 1963 – Bernard Freyberg, New Zealander statesman (b. 1889)
• 1964 – Henry (Hank) Sylvern, American radio personality (b. 1908)
• 1970 – Barnett Newman, American artist (b. 1905)
• 1970 – Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American industrialist (b. 1884)
• 1971 – August Derleth, American writer and editor (b. 1909)
• 1975 – Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)
• 1976 – Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier and Entebbe rescue commander (b. 1946)
• 1976 – Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet (b. 1895)
• 1977 – Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918)
• 1979 – Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer (b. 1905)
• 1980 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian grammarian (b. 1895)
• 1982 – Terry Higgins, British AIDS victim (b. 1945)
• 1984 – Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
• 1986 – Flor Peeters, Belgian composer and organist (b. 1903)
• 1986 – Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899)
• 1988 – Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (b. 1954)
• 1989 – Jack Haig, British actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 – Victor Chang, Australian physician (b. 1936)
• 1992 – Ástor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer (b. 1921)
• 1993 – Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician and historian (b. 1903)
• 1994 – Joey Marella, American professional wrestling referee (b. 1964)
• 1995 – Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919)
• 1995 – Bob Ross, American artist and television host (b. 1942)
• 1997 – Charles Kuralt, American television presenter (b. 1934)
• 1997 – John Zachary Young, English zoologist (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b. 1917)
• 2000 – Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919)
• 2001 – Keenan Milton, American skateboarder (b. 1974)
• 2002 – Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American Air Force general (b. 1912)
• 2002 – Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (b. 1951)
• 2002 – Winnifred Quick, American Titanic survivor (b. 1904)
• 2003 – André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
• 2004 – Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Frank Robinson (Xylophone Man), British street entertainer (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Barış Akarsu, Turkish rock musician (b. 1979)
• 2007 – Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2008 – Terrence Kiel, American football player (b. 1980)
• 2008 – Charles Wheeler, British journalist (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 2009 – Allen Klein, American music executive (b. 1931)
• 2009 – Drake Levin, American rock musician (b. 1946)
• 2009 – Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
• 2009 – Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish writer (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese politician (b. 1938)
• 2009 – Jim Chapin, American drummer (b. 1919)
• 2010 – Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Iraqi-born Lebanese Shiite Muslim cleric and Hezbollah mentor (b. 1935)