February 4 - Deaths

Deaths

• 211 – Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 145)
• 708 – Pope Sisinnius
• 856 – Rabanus Maurus, Bishop of Mainz (b. c. 780)
• 869 – Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827)
• 1508 – Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459)
• 1590 – Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer (b. 1517)
• 1615 – Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552)
• 1615 – Giovanni Battista della Porta, Italian scholar, polymath and child prodigy (b. 1535)
• 1617 – Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher (b. 1546)
• 1694 – Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651)
• 1713 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (b. 1671)
• 1774 – Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
• 1799 – Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728)
• 1781 – Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
• 1894 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian instrument maker (b. 1814)
• 1912 – Franz Reichelt, Austrian tailor/Inventor (b. 1800's)
• 1905 – Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841)
• 1928 – Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 – Archibald Sayce, English educator (b. 1846)
• 1936 – Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi party (b. 1895)
• 1940 – Nikolai Yezhov, Head of Soviet NKVD (b. 1895)
• 1943 – Frank Calder, the first NHL President (b. 1877)
• 1944 – Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1867)
• 1944 – Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian writer (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Henry Kuttner, American author (b. 1915)
• 1959 – Una O'Connor, Irish actress (b. 1880)
• 1966 – Gilbert H. Grosvenor, American president of the National Geographic Society (b. 1875)
• 1967 – Albert Orsborn, 6th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1886)
• 1968 – Neal Cassady, American writer (b. 1926)
• 1974 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1894)
• 1975 – Louis Jordan, American musician (b. 1908)
• 1975 – Howard Hill, American archer (b. 1899)
• 1977 – Brett Halliday, American writer (b. 1904)
• 1982 – Alex Harvey, Scottish musician (b. 1935)
• 1982 – Georg Konrad Morgen, German judge (b. 1909)
• 1983 – Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (b. 1950)
• 1987 – Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan feminist and founder of RAWA (b. 1956)
• 1987 – Liberace, American musician (b. 1919)
• 1987 – Carl Rogers, American psychologist (b. 1902)
• 1990 – Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1917)
• 1992 – Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish model (b. 1911)
• 1993 – Connie Saylor, American NASCAR racecar driver (b. 1940)
• 1994 – Fred De Bruyne, Belgian cyclist (b. 1930)
• 1995 – Godfrey Brown, British athlete and teacher (b. 1915)
• 1995 – Patricia Highsmith, American author (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Carl Albert, American politician, 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1908)
• 2000 – Doris Coley, American singer (Shirelles) (b. 1941)
• 2000 – Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
• 2001 – J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Pankaj Roy, Indian cricketer (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect (b. 1922)
• 2002 – George Nader, American film and television actor (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Prince Sigvard, Duke of Uppland (b. 1907)
• 2003 – Charlie Biddle, Canadian jazz bassist (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Benyoucef Ben Khedda, Algerian politician (b. 1920)
• 2003 – André Noyelle, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Ossie Davis, American actor, activist (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Betty Friedan, American feminist (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Myron Waldman, American animator (b. 1908)
• 2007 – Steve Barber, American baseball pitcher (b. 1938)
• 2007 – José Carlos Bauer, Brazilian footballer (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet and translator (b. 1959)
• 2007 – Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-born American abstract painter and sculptor (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Stefan Meller, Polish foreign minister (b. 1942)
• 2009 – Lux Interior, American musician (The Cramps) (b. 1946)