This Day in History for 4th March Famous Deaths 251 - Pope Lucius I
480 - Saint Landry, bishop of Sées
1172 - Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies; (b. 1147)
1193 - Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)
1238 - Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210)
1238 - Yuri II, Grand Prince of Vladimir (b. 1189)
1303 - Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)
1484 - Saint Casimir, Crown Prince of Poland dies at 25
1496 - Sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)
1583 - Bernard Gilpin, English clergyman, "Apostle of the North" (b. 1517)
1595 - Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest
1604 - Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (b. 1539)
1615 - Hans von Aachen, German painter, dies
1617 - Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70
1710 - Louis III, Prince of Condé (b. 1668)
1733 - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (b. 1656)
1744 - John Anstis, Garter King of Arms (b. 1669)
1762 - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (b. 1702)
1793 - Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44
1794 - Henri D count de Larochejacquelin, Fr Royalist Army leader, dies at 21
1795 - John Collins, American politician (b. 1717)
1804 - Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies
1805 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79
1807 - Abraham Baldwin, American politician (b. 1754)
1831 - Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82
1832 - Jean-François Champollion, French scholar (b. 1790)
1839 - Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72
1851 - Michael Henkel, composer, dies at 70
1851 - James Richardson, British explorer (b. 1809)
1852 - Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer and playwright, dies at 43
1853 - Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (b. 1774)
1858 - Matthew Perry, U.S. naval officer (b. 1794)
1864 - Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity & Humanity), dies
1866 - Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77
1868 - Jesse Chisholm, American pioneer of the Chisholm Trail (b. 1805)
1872 - Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (b. 1790)
1876 - Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38
1877 - Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St Maarten), dies at 42
1883 - Alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71
1888 - Amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88
1903 - Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
1906 - John McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S.
Army (b. 1831)
1910 - Knut Ångström, Swedish physicist (b. 1857)
1915 - William Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (b. 1856)
1916 - Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36
1918 - Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58
1922 - Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in NYC
1925 - Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70
1925 - James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
1925 - John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (b. 1860)
1927 - Ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846)
1933 - Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36
1936 - Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64
1938 - George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)
1938 - Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
1940 - Hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860)
1941 - Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81
1942 - Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62
1943 - Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71
1943 - Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Beatrijs), dies at 73
1944 - Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)
1944 - Emanuel Weiss, American hitman (b. 1906) (executed)
1944 - Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and political activist (b. 1855)
1945 - Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
1945 - Mark Sandrich, American film director, writer and producer (b. 1900)
1946 - Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)
1948 - Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51
1950 - Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a
giant (b. 1899)
1952 - Charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
1953 - Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61
1954 - Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79
1954 - Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer, dies at 55
1958 - Albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54
1959 - Maxey Long, American athlete (b. 1878)
1960 - Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48
1960 - Herbert O'Conor, 51st Governor of the US State of Maryland (b. 1896)
1962 - Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77
1962 - George Mogridge, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
1963 - William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79
1966 - Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75
1967 - Vladan Desnica, Croatian and Serbian writer (b. 1905)
1967 - Michel Plancherel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1885)
1968 - Alexandre Cellier, composer, dies at 84
1969 - Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (b. 1881)
1973 - Samuel Tolansky, British scientist and expert on spectroscopy (b. 1907)
1974 - Adolph Gottlieb, US painter, dies at 71
1976 - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (b. 1886)
1977 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b. 1951)
1977 - Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (b. 1925)
1977 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician and former Chancellor of Germany (b. 1887)
1978 - Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. 1909)
1979 - Willi Unsoeld, American mountain climber (b. 1926)
1981 - Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies
1981 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1984 - Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79
1984 - Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist (b. 1908)
1984 - Jewel Carmen, American actress (b. 1897)
1984 - Geoffrey Lumsden, British actor (b. 1914)
1986 - Henri Knap, Dutch journalist/writer, dies at 75
1986 - Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 42
1986 - Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (b. 1936)
1989 - Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (b. 1916)
1990 - Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
1991 - Vance Colvig, actor (UHF, Barfly, My Chauffeur), dies at 72
1992 - Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure
1992 - C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies
1992 - Christian K Nelson, inventor (Eskimo Pie), dies at 98
1992 - Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer
1992 - Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61
1993 - Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies
1993 - Richard Sale, writer/director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80
1994 - Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79
1994 - John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43
1995 - Eden Ahbez, songwriter, dies at 86
1996 - Barbara Lewis, British obituarist, dies at 55
1996 - Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84
1997 - Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (b. 1916)
1997 - Carey Loftin, American actor/stuntman (b. 1914)
1999 - Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. 1908)
1999 - Del Close, American actor (b. 1934)
1999 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (b. 1921)
2001 - Glenn Hughes, American singer (The Village People) (b. 1950)
2001 - Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
2001 - Jim Rhodes, Governor of Ohio (b. 1909)
2001 - Harold Stassen, American politician (b. 1907)
2002 - Claire Davenport, English actress (b. 1933)
2002 - Eric Flynn, British actor/singer (b. 1939)
2002 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (b. 1913)
2002 - Velibor Vasović, Yugoslavian footballer (b. 1939)
2003 - Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian bank robber (b. 1926)
2003 - Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
2004 - John McGeoch, Scottish musician (b. 1955)
2004 - Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929)
2004 - George Pake, American physicist (b. 1924)
2004 - Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
2005 - Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent (b. 1953)
2005 - Robert Consoli, American actor and musician (b. 1964)
2005 - Una Hale, Australian soprano (b. 1922)
2005 - Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian statesman (b. 1951)
2005 - Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-born writer (b. 1934)
2006 - John Reynolds Gardiner, American engineer (b. 1944)
2006 - Dave Rose, American artist (b. 1910)
2006 - Edgar Valter, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. 1929)
2006 - Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer (b. 1952)
2007 - Natalie Bodanya (Natalie Bodanskaya), American soprano (b. 1908)
2007 - Thomas Eagleton, American politician (b. 1929)
2007 - Bob Hattoy, American activist (b. 1950)
2007 - Richard Joseph, British games soundtrack composer (b. 1954)
2007 - Sunil Kumar Mahato, Indian parliamentarian (b. 1966)
2007 - Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. 1934)
2007 - Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (b. 1932)
2007 - Jorge Kolle Cueto, Bolivian politician
2008 - Gary Gygax, Fantasy author and role-playing games creator. (b. 1938)
2008 - Elena Nathanael, Greek film actress (b. 1941)
2008 - Leonard Rosenman, American film, television and concert composer (b. 1924)
2008 - Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Yugoslavian-born Croatian actress (b. 1935)
2008 - George Walter, former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (b. 1928)
2009 - Joseph Bloch, American concert pianist and professor of piano literature (b. 1917)
2009 - John Cephas, American Piedmont blues guitarist (b. 1930)
2009 - Yvon Cormier, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1938)
2009 - Patricia De Martelaere, Flemish writer (b. 1957)
2009 - Horton Foote, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Academy Award-winning
screenwriter (b. 1916)
2009 - George McAfee, former American football player (b. 1918)
2009 - Harry Parkes, English footballer (b. 1920)
2009 - Salvatore Samperi, Italian film director (b 1944)
2009 - Triztán Vindtorn, Norwegian poet and performance artist (b. 1942)
2010 - Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (b. 1933)
2010 - Johnny Alf, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1929)
2010 - Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazian politician (b. 1945)
2010 - Etta Cameron, Danish singer and actor (b. 1939)
2010 - Samuel J. Eldersveld, U.S. academic, political scientist, and Democratic politician (b. 1917)
2010 - Joaquim Fiúza, Portuguese sailor (b. 1908)
2010 - Tetsuo Kondo, Japanese politician (b. 1929)
2010 - Hilario Chávez Joya, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1928)
2010 - Nan Martin, American actress (b. 1927)
2010 - Roger Newman, British-born American actor and television writer (b. 1940)
2010 - Angelo Poffo, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
2010 - Tony Richards, British footballer (b. 1934)
2010 - Joanne Simpson, American meteorologist (b. 1923)
2010 - Lolly Vegas, American singer (b. 1939)
2010 - Fred Wedlock, British folk musician (b. 1942)
2011 - Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Indian politician and former Nepali Prime Minister (b. 1924)
2011 - Frank Chirkinian, American producer (b.c. 1926)
2011 - Vivienne Harris, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher (b.c. 1921)
2011 - Charles Jarrott, British film and television director (b. 1927)
2011 - Ed Manning, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
2011 - Johnny Preston, American pop singer (b. 1939)
2011 - Mikhail Simonov, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1920)
2011 - Arjun Singh, Indian politician (b. 1930)
2011 - Alenush Terian, Iranian astronomer and physicist (b. 1920)
2011 - Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate (b. 1925)
2012 - Don Mincher, American Major League Baseball first baseman, dies at 73
2012 - Runako Morton, West Indian cricketer, dies in a traffic collision at 33
