Famous Deaths on December 4, Who Died on December 4
Here is a list who died on December 4. Famous deaths for the 4th of December. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on December 4. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
Famous people who died in December 4th?
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Who died on December 4?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1075 | Anno II, German archbishop and saint (b. 1010) |
| 1131 | Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) |
| 1214 | William the Lion, Scottish king (b. 1143) |
| 1260 | Aymer de Valence, Bishop of Winchester (b. 1222) |
| 1270 | Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238) |
| 1334 | Pope John XXII (b. 1249) |
| 1340 | Henry Burghersh, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1292) |
| 1341 | Janisław I, Archbishop of Gniezno |
| 1408 | Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans |
| 1456 | Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1401) |
| 1459 | Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401) |
| 1576 | Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514) |
| 1585 | John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515) |
| 1603 | Maerten de Vos, Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. 1532) |
| 1609 | Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560) |
| 1637 | Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (b. 1592) |
| 1642 | Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1585) |
| 1649 | William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585) |
| 1679 | Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588) |
| 1680 | Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616) |
| 1696 | Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624) |
| 1732 | John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685) |
| 1798 | Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737) |
| 1828 | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770) |
| 1839 | John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757) |
| 1841 | David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777) |
| 1845 | Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786) |
| 1850 | William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783) |
| 1893 | John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820) |
| 1897 | Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834) |
| 1902 | Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851) |
| 1926 | Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861) |
| 1933 | Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868) |
| 1935 | Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864) |
| 1942 | Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885) |
| 1944 | Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879) |
| 1945 | Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866) |
| 1948 | Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883) |
| 1950 | Jesse L. Brown, 1st African-American Naval aviator (b. 1926) |
| 1954 | George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881) |
| 1955 | József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881) |
| 1963 | Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (b. 1882) |
| 1967 | Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895) |
| 1969 | Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (b. 1948) |
| 1971 | Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904) |
| 1975 | Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906) |
| 1976 | Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951) |
| 1980 | Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934) |
| 1981 | Jeanne Block, American psychologist (b. 1923) |
| 1984 | Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910) |
| 1987 | Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933) |
| 1988 | Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899) |
| 1992 | Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905) |
| 1993 | Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903) |
| 1999 | Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936) |
| 2000 | Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936) |
| 2003 | Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916) |
| 2004 | Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943) |
| 2005 | Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924) |
| 2006 | K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938) |
| 2007 | Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973) |
| 2009 | Liam Clancy, Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (b. 1935) |
| 2010 | King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (b. 1937) |
| 2011 | Sonia Pierre, Haitian-Dominican activist (b. 1965) |
| 2012 | Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932) |
| 2013 | Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (b. 1913) |
| 2014 | Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (b. 1957) |
| 2015 | Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1932) |
| 2016 | Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921) |
| 2017 | Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (b. 1938) |
| 2022 | Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (b. 1932) |
| 530 | Cyrus the Great, king of Persia (b. 600 BC) |
| 749 | John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (b. 676) |
| 771 | Carloman I, Frankish king (b. 751) |
| 870 | Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin, Irish bishop |
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