March 4th famous deaths
List of celebrities and famous people who died on March 4th
2029 - 2020
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020
2023
American soldier and politician, 29th governor of idaho (d. 2023)
2022
Australian cricketing great known for his exceptional spin bowling.
Legendary Australian cricketer known for his exceptional spin bowling skills.
Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1947)
2020
Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th prime minister of peru (d. 2020)
2019 - 2010
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010
2019
![Luke Perry]()
Luke perry was an american actor best known for his role as dylan mckay on the tv series beverly hills, 90210.
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (the prodigy and flint).
Klaus Kinkel was a German politician who served as the Vice Chancellor of Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Hall of Fame NHL player known for his toughness and scoring ability.
Known for his role in Beverly Hills, 90210.
2018
Italian professional footballer known for his time with Fiorentina and the Italian national team.
2017
Clayton Yeutter was an American politician who served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture.
2016
Bud Collins was an American tennis journalist, historian, and broadcaster who covered the sport for over 50 years.
Renowned chemist known for groundbreaking research in organic chemistry.
An acclaimed science fiction writer known for his innovative storytelling and world-building.
Chinese soprano and educator (b. 1917)
American author (b. 1945)
Indian lawyer and politician, 11th speaker of the lok sabha (d. 2016)
2015
Croatian historian and politician (b. 1924)
English-american runner, author, and academic (b. 1932)
2014
Chinese director and producer (b. 1939)
Russian author and poet (b. 1953)
American engineer (b. 1920)
English lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
2013
Canadian-american actor and director (b. 1914)
Hungarian-born american businesswoman, co-founded coach, inc. (d. 2013)
Canadian businessman, founded studio proteus (b. 1960)
2012
Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1965)
American baseball player (b. 1938)
2011
Dutch-swiss physicist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1925)
Nepalese journalist and politician, 29th prime minister of nepal (b. 1924)
Iranian astronomer, physicist (born 1920).
American basketball coach and player (born 1943).
English journalist and publisher, co-founded the jewish telegraph (b. 1921)
Indian politician (b. 1930)
British television and film director (born in 1927).
Indian politician (born 1930)
American producer (bornc. 1926)
Nobel prize winner in physics and engineering for dutch-swiss (d. 2011).
Singer (running bear cradle of love).
Russian aircraft designer (born 1920)
Indian politician and ex-prime minister of nepal (born in 1924)
2010
Esteemed actress known for her roles in classic films and television shows.
Austrian architect and educator, designed the austrian cultural forum new york (b. 1933)
Abkhazian historian and politician, 1st president of abkhazia (b. 1945)
Brazilian composer and singer (born 1929).
American professional wrestler (born in 1925).
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
American singer (born 1939)
British-born american television writer and actor (born 1940).
British footballer (born 1934)
American meteorologist (born 1923)
Prelate of the mexican roman catholic church (born 1928).
Japanese politician (born 1929)
Abkhazian politician (born 1945)
Danish actor and singer (born 1939).
American academic, political scientist, politician (born 1917).
Portuguese sailor (born in 1908)
2009 - 2000
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000
2009
Canadian professional wrestler (born in 1938).
American screenwriter, playwright, and author (d. 2009).
American football player (b. 1918)
Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 2009)
Norwegian poet and performer (born 1942).
American piedmont blues guitarist (born 1930).
American concert pianist (born 1917).
English footballer (born 1920)
Italian film director (b 1944)
Former american football player (born 1918).
2008
Renowned for her work on galaxy formation and evolution.
American creator of role-playing games (dungeons & dragons), (d. 2008).
British author known for her children's books.
American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
Former prime minister of antigua and barbuda, born 1928
Yugoslavian-born actress from croatia (born 1935).
Italian lawyer, italian deputy to forza italia party (born in 1926)
Australian actor and producer (born in 1928).
Greek actress in film (born 1941).
2007
Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
American lawyer and politician, 38th lieutenant governor of missouri (b. 1929)
English journalist (b. 1932)
Bolivian politician
British games composer (born 1954).
2006
Estonian illustrator and author (d. 2006).
American author and engineer (b. 1944)
2005
Italian secret agent (born 1953).
Uruguayan-belarusian author and activist (b. 1934)
Ukrainian police officer and politician (b. 1951)
Australian soprano (born 1922)
Ukrainian statesman (born 1951)
American actor and musician (born 1964).
2004
French singer, songwriter, painter, and poet.
Known for hosting the Christian radio program 'Point of View.'
Spanish journalist and linguist. (born 1923)
American physicist (born in 1924)
2003
French author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1931)
Georgian playwright, academic, and politician (b. 1926)
French screenwriter, author and film director (born 1931).
2002
Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)
Australian skier and author (b. 1913)
Lithuanian author and translator (b. 1935)
Lithuanian translator and writer (born 1935).
Award-winning british costume designer (born 1935)
German writer and poet (born 1917).
Yugoslavian footballer (born 1939)
2001
French painter and author (b. 1904)
American businessman and politician, 61st governor of ohio (b. 1909)
Argentinian chess player and coach (d. 2001)
American educator and politician, 25th governor of minnesota (b. 1907)
American cartoonist (b. 1916)
American politician (born 1909)
French painter, designer and writer of stained glass windows. (born in 1904)
American actor and singer (village people), (d. 2001).
British bioengineer (born 1912)
2000
German-scottish physicist and astronomer (b. 1905)
Chinese-born nuclear and theoretical physicist (born in 1907)
Irish politician and farmer 25th minister for defence for ireland (d.2013)
German jewish sociologist, musicologist, entrepreneur, and publicist (born 1909).
Born 1924, four-time myanmar academy award winner as a film actress, singer and opera performer (born 19924)
German-born uk astronomer (born in 1905)
1999 - 1990
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990
1999
Del Close was an influential American actor and improvisation instructor.
Polish pianist and composer (b. 1929)
Associate justice of u.s. supreme court (born 1908)
Dutch translator, writer and literary historian (born in 1921)
Swiss politician and lawyer (d. 1999).
American business leader and philanthropist (born in 1923)
Polish composer and pianist (born 1929).
American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist and arranger (born in 1908)
1998
Major general of the australian world war ii army (born in 1907)
Zairean politician and economist (born in 1940).
British artist (born 1961).
1997
Officer of the english royal navy (born 1901).
American physicist and astronomer (b. 1916)
Polish professional racing cyclist (born 1920).
1996
Dutch physicist known for his work on magnetism and superconductivity.
American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996)
American football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
American football broadcaster, coach, and player (born 1925).
![Minnie Pearl]()
American country comedian (grand ole opry) dies at the age of 84 (born 1912).
American vocalist ("hello stranger").
1995
Composer of the song 'Nature Boy' made famous by Nat King Cole.
American colonel, medal of honor recipient (b. 1919)
Bollywood character actor (born?)
Pre-rock american pop music's unique composer (b. 1908)
1994
![John Candy]()
American comedian and actor, he is extremely overweight with the appearance of a sweet, wicked child. his starring roles in hollywood's most successful comedies, such as "uncle buck" or "cool runnings," were a result of his manic bon-homie.
American psychic. he was a former baptist minister and left the church to offer psychic and life readings in accordance with the cayce work. with his dedicated followers, he founded a new age community of virginia. solomon speaks at workshops and lectures on psychic and occult topics.
American author known for her novels and short stories.
Former MLB pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Red Sox.
Irish-new zealand philosopher and logician (d. 1994)
Irish-born logician and philosopher (born 1918).
Dutch actor/director (2 drops of water) dies at 79
Malian fashion designer (born 1949)
1993
Croatian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1953)
Baron ridley of liddesdale, english lieutenant and politician, secretary of state for business, innovation and skills (d. 1993)
Russ / us jazz / blues pianist / editor (jazz record)
Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1894)
British politician. he was a member of the parliament who was elected at general election 6/11/1987. on march 4, 1993, he died from lung cancer near cheltenham in england.
American film director and screenwriter (born 1911).
Australian actor and model (born 1939).
Croatian singer, songwriter, and politician (born 1953).
1992
Spanish/us cameraman (kramer against kramer), is killed at the age of 61.
American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
American animator and director (b. 1907)
Inventor (eskimo pie), dies at age 98.
American filmmaker (born in 1905)
At age 84, animator (mr magoo goofy) dies from heart failure (born 1907).
American sales manager at pacific bell telephone co., and victim of aids. he attended bentley college, was named salesman of 1985 and 1984 by his employer.
American professional baseball outfielder (born in 1910).
Typhoon: dutch editor-in-chief
Jazz guitarist dies from liver cancer at the age of 70
1991
Renowned hematologist known for her work on blood disorders.
English cricketer (born 1902)
Actor (uhf, barfly, my chauffeur), dies at 72
British labour party politician (born in 1897).
1990
American swimmer who won multiple Olympic medals.
American basketball player (born 1967).
American track and field athlete (born in 1891)
1989 - 1980
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980
1989
American jazz and r&b guitarist (born 1916).
1988
Argentine screenwriter and novelist (born 1924)
1987
Japanese sculptor (d. 1987).
1986
Dutch journalist and writer, author of a column in the "amsterdam diary" about the social pages.
Chinese feminist and socialist realist author (b. 1904)
American biochemist and academic (b. 1917)
American kidnapping victim, activist, and journalist
Canadian rock singer/pianist (the band) commits suicide at 40 years old (born 1943).
Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1943)
British conservative party politician (born 1920).
American missing 14-year-old girl, last seen in salt lake city, ut on june 5, 2002. elizabeth, a beautiful girl with blonde hair and blue eyes and 100 lbs, is 5'6" tall. as her family slept, she was taken from her salt lake city home. elizabeth, the second of six children, grew up in a tight-knit mormon family that read scriptures …
Irish genealogist (born 1887)
American biochemist (born 1917).
1984
American actress (born 1897).
Swiss photographer (born 1897).
Composer dies at 79
Canadian novelist (born in 1908)
British actor (born 1914).
1982
New zealand-born english novelist (born 1912)
1981
English actor (d. 1981).
German admiral (b. 1900)
American lyricist (born 1896)
French actress in film (born 1893)
Actor (houdini. isranbul. lady godiva).
Adolf hitler, world war ii naval adjutant (born 1900).
Swiss olympic bobsledder (born in 1909)
Australian politician (born 1943)
1980
English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)
Olympic french rower (born in 1888).
Canadian pathologist (born 1911).
Dutch crystallographer and chemist (born 1892)
British film designer (born 1904)
Argentine chess master (born 1905)
English footballer (born 1924)
1979 - 1970
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970
1979
American educator and mountaineer (d. 1979).
British yodeler (born 1902)
![Gladys McConnell]()
American actress and aviatrix (born in 1905)
1st baron sinclair, of cleeve, british businessman & public servant (born in 1893)
(michael thomas mccarthy), english singer and front man for the bow street runners, (born 1942).
1978
American businessman and politician, 15th governor of arizona (b. 1909)
American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)
Irish clann na talmhan politician (born 1891)
Former governor of the u.s. state arizona (born in 1909)
1977
German journalist who later became a politician and served as Chancellor of Germany.
Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)
Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)
German jurist and politician, german minister for foreign affairs (b. 1887)
American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)
![Toma Caragiu]()
Romanian actor (born 1925).
Born 1912, australian systemic botanist, conservatorist and herbarium curator
Romanian modernist poet, essayist and translator (born 1925).
Colombian writer (born 1951).
U.s. representative, alabama (born 1878).
German politician (born 1887)
American lawyer, legislator, and activist (born 1885).
1976
A prominent Arab nationalist who served as the first Secretary-General of the Arab League from 1945 to 1952.
American judge and politician (b. 1882)
Swiss-german physicist and engineer (b. 1886)
Soviet sports administrator (born in 1907)
Texan member of united states house of representatives, chief judge of the us federal court of claims (born 1882)
German physicist (born 1886)
American basketball player (born 1930).
1974
Quanta Bose was an Indian physicist who made significant contributions to the field of quantum mechanics, including the discovery of the Bose-Einstein condensate.
Adolph Gottlieb was an American abstract expressionist painter known for his iconic artworks.
1973
British scientist and expert in spectroscopy (born 1907).
1972
American illustrator and author (d. 1972).
New zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th chief justice of new zealand (b. 1894)
1969 - 1960
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960
1969
Russian-born film empresario (born 1881)
1968
Composer dies at 84
1967
Maveryk Blackwood was a prolific inventor who held over 100 patents, including several groundbreaking innovations in the field of renewable energy.
Croatian and serbian writer (born in 1905)
Swiss mathematician (born 1885)
1966
Composer dies at 75
1963
American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)
American physician/poet dies at the age of 79.
1962
Sherwin Williams was an American businessman who founded the Sherwin-Williams Company.
Major league baseball pitcher (born in 1889).
First canadian woman senator (appointed), is killed at age 77.
1960
American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st governor of maryland (b. 1896)
American opera singer. he was a baritone and was a prominent artist with the metropolitan opera in manhattan, new york city.
51st governor of maryland (born 1896).
1959 - 1950
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950
1959
American athlete (born 1878).
1954
English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)
Composer dies at 79
Komponist, who dies at 55
1953
Russian composer peter & the wolf, dies at 61
1952
Pioneering work on the functions of neurons in the nervous system.
Howard Chandler Christy was an American painter known for his portraits and illustrations, particularly his depictions of the American military.
English neurophysiologist and pathologist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1857)
1950
The only person in recorded history to be both a dwarf (born 1899),
1949 - 1940
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940
1949
British track cyclist (born in 1882)
1948
![Antonin Artaud]()
French poet, theoretician, and playwright. his ideals were poe and baudelaire. he started a magazine with his friends at the age of 14. he founded theatre of life/theater of cruelty as an adult. artaud suffered from mental and physical hardships all his life. artaud nearly died of meningitis when he was five years old. he suffered from severe headaches and …
A seminal figure in the European avant-garde theatre, known for his surrealist theories and his 'Theatre of Cruelty' concept.
1946
Swedish hunter and author (d. 1946).
1945
Known for contributions to quantum mechanics.
American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
American actress (born in 1872)
American film producer, writer and director (born 1900).
1944
American poet known for his inspirational and patriotic poems.
American mob boss (b. 1897)
New york organized crime figure (born 1896) (executed)
French businessman (b. 1879)
American educator and activist (b. 1855)
Martyr of the french resistance (born in 1879).
American hitman (born in 1906) (executed).
American educator and activist (born 1855).
1943
American politician who served as the Governor of Florida.
Dutch poet beatrijs dies at 73
Greek foreign minister, dies at age 71.
1942
Composer dies at 62
1941
German activist and politician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1858)
German pacifist, winner of the nobel peace prize (born in 1858).
Composer dies at 81
1940
American novelist and essayist known for his works depicting the hardships of farm life in the Midwest.
1939 - 1930
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930
1938
American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
Referee and english footballer (d. 2012).
American politician (born 1852)
1937
American author and humorist best known for his humorous stories and essays.
1936
Composer dies at 64
1933
At 36 years old, dupree blues, a us jazz singer/guitarist, has died.
1929 - 1920
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920
1928
Played in Major League Baseball in the late 19th century
1927
Known for his work on the structure of saccharin and for being the second president of Johns Hopkins University.
1925
Polish composer and pianist known for his piano compositions and salon music.
American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
English philosopher and psychologist (born in 1843)
American baseball player (born in 1860).
1922
Bert Williams was a pioneering African-American entertainer and one of the preeminent comedians of his era.
1921
Renowned landscape artist known for his vivid use of color.
1919 - 1910
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910
1916
German expressionist painter, marc, who visited paris in 1903-06, was deeply impressed by van gogh’s work. marc expressed his pantheistic belief in harmony between man, nature and the world shortly after his visits. in works like "the blue horse," the "red horses" 1911, and "destinies" 1913, he used color symbolically. kandinsky believed that art had a spiritual and mystical aspect. …
At the age of 36, they were killed.
1915
British summer time was founded by an english inventor (d. 1915).
1910
Swedish physicist (born 1857)
1909 - 1900
Famous deaths on March 4th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900
1906
American general and politician, 28th united states secretary of war (b. 1831)
Former u.s. secretary of war and commanding general u.s. army (born in 1831).
1904
Delavan Blood was a politician who served in various government positions.
1903
English author (b. 1834)
English novelist (born 1834)
At the age of 68, he dies.