October 4th famous deaths

Wendle Sailor
Australian rugby league player and former international representative.
Ruben Alves
Portuguese writer known for his works on philosophy, religion, and education.
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Haitian politician, 41st president of haiti (d. 2014)
Fyodor Cherenkov
Russian manager and footballer (d. 2014).
Konrad Boehmer
German-dutch composer and educator (b. 1941)

Hugo Carvana

Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

2013

Ulric Cross
Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (d. 2013)
Akira Miyoshi
Japanese composer (b. 1933)
Võ Nguyên Giáp
Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd minister of defence for vietnam (d. 2013)
John Cloudsley-Thompson
Pakistani-english commander (b. 1921)
Nicholas Oresko
American sergeant, medal of honor recipient (d. 2013)

Diana Nasution

Indonesian singer (b. 1958)

2012

Stan Mudenge
Zimbabwean historian and politician, zimbabwean minister of foreign affairs (b. 1941)
David Atkinson
Canadian actor and singer (b. 1921)
Tom Stannage
Australian footballer, historian, and academic (b. 1944)

2011

Doris Belack
American actress (d. 2011)

2010

Norman Wisdom
English actor, comedian, and singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
Sir Norman Wisdom
English comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, and actor (born in 1915).

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

Mercedies Sosa
Iconic Argentine singer known for her powerful voice and social activism.
Mercedes Sosa
She was known as la negra, literally: the black one. she was an argentine singer that was very popular in latin america and other countries. sosa, whose roots are in argentine folk music made her one of the most prominent exponents nueva cancia3n. she was a vocalist for songs by brazilians as well as cubans. her best-known role was that …
Günther Rall
German pilot and general (d. 2009).
Gerhard Kaufhold
German footballer (b. 1928)
Gunther Rall
German fighter ace (born 1918).

2007

Qassem Al-Nasser
Jordanian general (born 1925)

2006

Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi
Palestinian journalist known for her reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Tom Bell
English actor on stage and in film (born 1933).

2005

Stanley K. Hathaway
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 40th united states secretary of the interior (d. 2005)
Stanley K Hathaway
American politician (born 1924)

2004

Gordon Cooper
American astronaut. he was a former major in usaf and manned spacecraft faith for 22 orbits on 5/15/1963. this flight took 34 hours 20 minutes and marked the end of project mercury. cooper flew the sixth manned space mission with charles conrad, which lasted eight days.
Rio Diaz
Filipino actress and tv hosts (born 1959).

2003

Hanadi Jaradat
Palestinian politician who served as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
Sid McMath
American lawyer and politician, 34th governor of arkansas (b. 1912)
Sid McMath
American politician (born 1912)

2002

Alphonse Chapanis
Known for his work in ergonomics and human factors engineering.
André Delvaux
Belgian-spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
Andre Delvaux
Belgian screenwriter and film director (born in 1926)

2001

Ahron Soloveichik
Russian scholar and rabbi (d. 2001).
Blaise Alexander
American race car driver (born 1976).
John Collins
Scottish footballer and manager

2000

Michael Smith
English-canadian biochemist and geneticist, nobel prize laureate (d. 2000)
Yu Kuo-hwa
Chinese politician, 23rd premier of the republic of china (d. 2000)
Yu Kuo-hwa
Chinese politician 23rd premier of china (d.2000)

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

Bernard Buffet
French painter, lithographer and engraver. he was also a muralist, book illustrator, and engraver. his still-lifes, landscapes, and dark portraits displayed a strong linear style. buffet was first exposed in 1944. he held numerous one-man shows that earned him an international reputation.
Art Farmer
American composer and trumpet player (the jazztet), (d. 1999).
Erik Br?dreskift (aka Grim)
Norwegian black metal musician (born 1969)

1998

S. Arasaratnam
Sri lankan historian, author, and academic (d. 1998)

1997

Otto Remer
German military officer and politician known for his role in the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Otto Remer
German Wehrmacht officer known for his role in the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler.
Gunpei Yokoi
Japanese video game designer, invented game boy (d. 1997)
Otto Ernst Remer
German general (d. 1997)

1996

Silvio Piola
Italian soccer player. he died in october 1996, probably around 3-4.
Larry Gene Bell
American child murderer (executed using an electric chair) (born 1949).
Martyn Harris
Journalist dies at 43
Tim N Gidal Gidalewitsch
Photographer, who dies at 87

1995

Peter Nicholson Gunn
Writer dies at 81

1994

Danny Gatton
American guitar virtuoso (born 1945)
Bill Challis
Pianist / arranger, dies at the age of 90
Daniel Wood Gatton
At 49, guitarist dies

1993

Fran Carlon
At 80, the death rate from cancer

1992

Denny Hulme
New zealand's formula one world champion 1967 (born 1936).
Laurie Anders
Singer dies from cancer
Itzhak Fuks
Captain el al crashes in bijlmer netherlands
Ohad Arnon
Captain el al crashes in bijlmer netherlands

1991

Leonard C Odell
He wrote over 7,000 burma shave poetry and died at the age of 83.
J Frank Wilson
American singer (and the cavaliers). (born 1941).

1990

Alyn Ainsworth
English singer and conductor (d. 1990)
Mārtiņš Zīverts
Latvian playwright (d. 1990)
Avis Bunnage
Actor (loneliness and long distance runner), dies at 67
Jill Bennett
Actress (skull and hawks), dies at 58 from unknown causes
Jill Bennett
Actress (skull and hawks), dies at 58 from unknown causes

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

Graham Chapman
An english actor and writer. he was a comedian in cambridge and wrote comedy sketches, scripts, and humor books. he was a member of the monte python team and became an incredible alcoholic until 1978.
Secretariat
American race horse (born 1970)

1988

Zlatko Grgić
Croatian-canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988)

1982

Leroy Grumman
Grumman aeronautical engineering co. was founded by an american engineer and businessman (d. 1982).
Bash Al-Bakr
Former President of Iraq.
Stefanos Stefanopoulos
Greek politician, 165th prime minister of greece (b. 1898)
Glenn Gould
Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932)
Ahmad H al-Bakr
Iraqi field marshal/ president / premier

Glenn H Gould

Canadian pianist dies at age 50

1981

Freddie Lindstrom
Major league baseball hall of famer (born in 1905)

1980

Stanislawa Walasiewicz
Stanislawa Walasiewicz was a Polish-American track and field athlete who won a gold medal in the 100 meters at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Pyotr Masherov
First secretary of the communist party of byelorussia (b. 1918)

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

Christina Spierenburg
Dutch singer, dies at 56

1977

José Ber Gelbard
Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)
Jose Ber Gelbard
Actor and politician, who dies in washington dc from a heart attack (born 1917).

1976

Alexander Gray
Singer (this is music) dies at 74

1975

Joan Whitney Payson
American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 1975)
Joan Whitney Payson
New york mets owner, who dies at 72

1974

Annalis Sexton
Annalis Sexton was an American poet known for her confessional style and exploration of themes such as mental illness, trauma, and sexuality.
Anneth Sexton
Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet known for her confessional style of writing.
Anne Sexton
American poet, who won the pulitzer prize in poetry 1967.

1972

Colin Gordon
Actor john-baron dies at 61
Louis S B Leakey
At 68, archaeologist/anthropologist dies

1971

Edit Angold
Actor (suspense molly, blue angel), is killed at 76

1970

Janace Joplin
Janace Joplin was an American singer and songwriter who was a major figure of the psychedelic rock era of the 1960s.
Janice Joplin
Janice Joplin was an American singer and songwriter who was one of the most successful and influential rock musicians of her era.
Jasie Joplin
Jasie Joplin was an American singer-songwriter who was one of the most successful and influential rock musicians of her era.
Janis Joplin
American singer and rock star of the hippie era. her style of singing was a mix of blues and larynx shredding. she also screamed a lot and practiced a lot. she rose quickly to fame, was high on drugs and alcohol, and was a workaholic. friends warned her to slow down. sam andrew, her bandmate from the "big brother and …
George Frederick McKay
Composer dies at 71

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

Natalino Otto
Italian singer (born 1912)

1966

Sherman Billingsley
Talk show host (stork club) dies at 66

1963

Alar Kotli
Estonian architect (d. 1963)

1962

John Lowry
Mount vernon ny, nyc builder, dies at 79

1961

Max Weber
German painter known for his expressionist works.
Benjamin
Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov)
Orthodox missionary, writer and author, exarch of russian catholic church in north america (born 1880).

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1958

Ida Wüst
German screenwriter and actress (d. 1958).
Ida Wust
German actress, (born 1884)

1956

Isaly Curie
Isaly Curie was a French physicist and a pioneer in the study of radioactivity, who, together with her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.

1955

Alexander Papagos
Greek general and politician, 152nd prime minister of greece (b. 1883)
Alexander Papagos
General and politician from greece, 152nd prime minister for greece (d. 555)

1951

Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman whose cells were used without her consent to create the first immortalized cell line, known as HeLa cells, which have been instrumental in numerous medical breakthroughs.
Willie Moretti
American gangster (born 1894)

1950

Dudley Field Malone
Dudley Field Malone was a prominent lawyer and entrepreneur known for his involvement in various legal cases and social causes.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

Edmund Eysler
Austrian composer dies at 75

1948

Arthur Whitten Brown
Co-piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919.

1947

Mattheus Planck
Mattheus Planck was a German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.
Mally Planck
Mally Planck was a German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory, which revolutionized our understanding of the atomic and subatomic world.
Quanta Planck
Quanta Planck was a German physicist who is considered the founder of quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.
Max Planck
German physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1858)
Max Planck
German theoretical physicist, planck won the nobel prize in 1918 for his work in quantum theory. planck was an avid lover of science and music throughout his life. he earned his doctorate in 1879 for the second law thermodynamics and was also a professor of theoretical physics. on 10/19/1900 at the university of berlin, he broke all the current theories …

Maxwell Planck

German physicist who originated quantum theory and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.

Marshall Planck

German theoretical physicist who originated quantum theory.

Max KEL Planck

German physicist (constantly with p, nobel 1918).

1946

Gifford Pinchot
Known for coining the term 'intrapreneurship' and promoting sustainable business practices.
Barney Oldfield
American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
Barney Oldfield
American pioneer of the automobile (born 1878).

1944

Alfred E. Smith
Alfred E. Smith was an American politician who served as the Governor of New York and ran for President in 1928.
Hobart Amory
Hobart Amory served as a respected political figure during his time in office.
Al Smith
American politician, four-term governor in new york and us presidential candidate for 1928. franklin roosevelt called him "the happy warrior." he was the first roman catholic ever to be nominated by a major party for us president.
Al Smith
American lawyer and politician, 42nd governor of new york (b. 1873)

1943

Irena Iłłakowicz
German-polish lieutenant (d. 1943)
Irena I??akowicz
Polish intelligence agent (born 1906)
Richard T Ely
Us economist (ground under our feet)

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1936

Abbott Handerson
Handerson Abbott was a renowned artist known for his landscape paintings.

1935

Jean Béraud
Russian-french academic and painter (d. 1935).
Marie Gutheil-Schoder
German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
Marie Gutheil-Schoder
German soprano and educator (d. 35)
Jean Beraud
French painter (born 1849).

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

John Metzelaar
Dutch/us writer (report on the fishes), dead at 37

1924

Hill Holliday
Hill Holliday was an American painter known for his landscapes and marine scenes.

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1912

Gen Zeledon
Execution of nicaraguan opposition to us occupation

1910

Sergey Muromtsev
Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)
Sergey Muromtsev
Russian politician and lawyer, president of the first imperial duma (born 1850).

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on October 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1907

Alfredo Kiel
Composer dies at 57

1904

Carl Josef Bayer
Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
French sculptor, designed the statue of liberty (b. 1834)
Frederic Bartholdi
French sculptor (born 1834)
Karl Bayer
German author and astrologer. bayer was a prominent advocate for scientific astrology and co-founder of modern german astrology.
Frederic Auguste
Bertholdi french sculptor ("statue of liberty")

1903

Otto Weininger
Jewish austrian philosopher, whose single book, geschlecht und charakter (1903; "sex and character") served as a guidebook for anti-semitic propagandists.

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