Deaths on 4 April
2000s
Manoj Kumar
2025
Indian film actor and filmmaker (1937–2025)
Tony Rundle
2025
Australian politician (1939–2025)
Lynne Reid Banks
2024
British writer (1929–2024)
Thomas Gumbleton
2024
American Catholic prelate and activist (1930–2024)
Pat Zachry
2024
American baseball player (1952–2024)
Chus Lampreave
2016
Spanish actress
Jamaluddin Jarjis
2015
Malaysian politician
Elmer Lach
2015
Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2015)
Donald N. Levine
2015
American sociologist (1931–2015)
Klaus Rifbjerg
2015
Danish writer (1931–2015)
İsmet Atlı
2014
Turkish Olympic medalist sports wrestler (1931–2014)
Wayne Henderson (musician)
2014
American jazz trombonist (1939–2014)
Kumba Yala
2014
President of Guinea-Bissau from 2000 to 2003
Margo MacDonald
2014
Scottish politician (1943–2014)
Curtis Bill Pepper
2014
American journalist
Muhammad Qutb
2014
Egyptian Islamist writer and scholar
Bengt Blomgren
2013
Swedish actor, film director and screenwriter
Roger Ebert
2013
American film critic and author (1942–2013)
Carmine Infantino
2013
American comic book artist (1925–2013)
Tommy Tycho
2013
Musical artist
Ian Walsh (rugby league)
2013
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Noboru Yamaguchi (author)
2013
Japanese writer
A. Dean Byrd
2012
Dimitris Christoulas
2012
Anne Karin Elstad
2012
Norwegian author (1938–2012)
Claude Miller
2012
French film director, producer and screenwriter (1942–2012)
Dubravko Pavličić
2012
Croatian footballer
Roberto Rexach Benítez
2012
Puerto Rican politician
Manowar
2011
American heavy metal band
Ned McWherter
2011
American politician
Juliano Mer-Khamis
2011
Palestinian-Israeli actor
Maxine Cooper
2009
American actress (1924–2009)
Francis Tucker
2008
Bob Clark
2007
American filmmaker (1939–2007)
Karen Spärck Jones
2007
British computer scientist (1935–2007)
Edward Bronfman
2005
Canadian businessman (1927–2005)
Briek Schotte
2004
Belgian cyclist (1919–2004)
Anthony Caruso (actor)
2003
American actor (1916–2003)
Liisi Oterma
2001
Finnish astronomer
Ed Roth
2001
American artist, cartoonist and custom car painter
Maury Van Vliet
2001
1900s
Lucille Lortel
1999
American actress
Early Wynn
1999
American baseball player (1920–1999)
Leo Picard
1997
Israeli geologist (1900–1997)
Alparslan Türkeş
1997
Turkish politician (1917–1997)
Barney Ewell
1996
American sprinter (1918–1996)
Boone Guyton
1996
American naval aviator and test pilot
Kenny Everett
1995
English radio DJ and comedian (1944–1995)
Priscilla Lane
1995
American actress (1915–1995)
Alfred Mosher Butts
1993
American architect who invented Scrabble (1899–1993)
Douglas Leopold
1993
Canadian broadcaster (died 1993)
Yvette Brind'Amour
1992
Canadian actress
Jack Hamilton (footballer, born 1928)
1992
Australian rules footballer
Arthur Russell
1992
American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician
Edmund Adamkiewicz
1991
German footballer (1920–1991)
Max Frisch
1991
Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)
John Heinz
1991
American businessman and politician (1938–1991)
Graham Ingels
1991
American illustrator
C. L. Moore
1987
American science fiction & fantasy writer (1911–1987)
Chögyam Trungpa
1987
Tibetan Buddhist master and writer (1939–1987)
Agyeya
1987
Indian poet and writer (1911-1987)
Kate Roberts (author)
1985
Welsh author (1891–1985)
Oleg Antonov (aircraft designer)
1984
Soviet aeroplane designer (1906–1984)
Gloria Swanson
1983
American actress (1899–1983)
Bernard Vukas
1983
Croatian footballer
Red Sovine
1980
American country musician (1917–1980)
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
1979
4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1928–1979)
Edgar Buchanan
1979
American actor (1903–1979)
Andrey Dikiy
1977
Russian writer and anti-Semitic theorist
Harry Nyquist
1976
Swedish-American physicist and electrical engineer (1889–1976)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
1972
American pastor and politician (1908–1972)
Stefan Wolpe
1972
German-American composer (1902–1972)
Martin Luther King Jr.
1968
American minister and civil rights activist (1929–1968)
Al Lewis (lyricist)
1967
American lyricist (1901–1967)
Héctor Scarone
1967
Uruguayan footballer (1898-1967)
Oskari Tokoi
1963
Finnish socialist (1873–1963)
Harald Riipalu
1961
Estonian military personnel, SS officer
Simion Stoilow
1961
Romanian mathematician and author
Florence Goodenough
1959
American psychologist (1886–1959)
Johnny Stompanato
1958
Ex-US Marine and gang enforcer (1925–1958)
E. Herbert Norman
1957
Canadian diplomat (1909–1957)
Carol II of Romania
1953
King of Romania from 1930 to 1940
George Albert Smith
1951
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Morris H. Whitehouse
1944
American architect
Elizabeth Bacon Custer
1933
Wife of General Custer (1842–1933)
Wilhelm Ostwald
1932
German chemist and philosopher (1853–1932)
André Michelin
1931
French industrialist (1853–1931)
Carl Benz
1929
German designer and engineer (1844–1929)
Konstantinos Maleas
1928
Greek painter
John Venn
1923
English logician and philosopher (1834–1923)
William Crookes
1919
English chemist and physicist (1832–1919)
Francisco and Jacinta Marto
1919
Portuguese visionaries and Catholic saints
Emmanouil Argyropoulos
1913
Greek military aviator
Konstantinos Manos
1913
Former mayor of Chania, Greece
Charles Brantley Aycock
1912
American politician (1859–1912)
Isaac K. Funk
1912
American Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher and spelling reformer
1800s
Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
1890
1st Premier of Quebec (1867–1873)
Edmond Hébert
1890
French geologist
Peter Cooper
1883
American politician and businessman (1791–1883)
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove
1879
Prussian physicist and meteorologist (1803–1879)
Richard M. Brewer
1878
American outlaw and gunman (1850–1878)
Karl Mauch
1875
German explorer (1837–1875)
Charles Ernest Beulé
1874
French archaeologist and politician (1826–1874)
Heinrich Gustav Magnus
1870
German chemist and physicist (1802–1870)
Joseph Pitty Couthouy
1864
American paleontologist
Ludwig Emil Grimm
1863
German painter (1790–1863)
John McLean
1861
American jurist and politician (1785–1861)
Solomon Sibley
1846
American politician and judge (1769–1846)
William Henry Harrison
1841
President of the United States in 1841
André Masséna
1817
French Marshal (1758–1817)
Jérôme Lalande
1807
French astronomer (1732–1807)
Before 1800
James Sykes (Continental Congress)
1792
American politician
Oliver Goldsmith
1774
Anglo-Spanish-Irish writer (1728–1774)
John Taylor (classical scholar)
1766
English classical scholar
Théodore Gardelle
1761
Genevan artist (1722–1761)
Daniel Neal
1743
English historian (1678–1743)
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
1661
Scottish army officer (c. 1580 – 1661)
Simon Episcopius
1643
Dutch theologian (1583–1643)
John Napier
1617
Scottish mathematician (1550–1617)
Carolus Clusius
1609
Artois doctor and botanist (1526–1609)
Philip II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
1596
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Benedict the Moor
1589
Christian saint
Frederick II of Denmark
1588
King of Denmark and Norway from 1559 to 1588
Elena Glinskaya
1538
Grand princess of Moscow from 1526 to 1533
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
1536
Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex
1483
English nobleman (c. 1405–1483)
Robert III of Scotland
1406
King of Scotland from 1390 to 1406
Pope Nicholas IV
1292
Head of the Catholic Church from 1288 to 1292
Alfonso X of Castile
1284
King of Castile and León from 1252 to 1284
Reginold of Eichstätt
991
Abu Firas al-Hamdani
968
Hamdanid dynasty prince and poet (932–968)
Kong Xun
931
AD 911
911
Calendar year
Pope Formosus
896
Head of the Catholic Church from 891 to 896
Plato of Sakkoudion
814
Byzantine saint
Isidore of Seville
636
Hispano-Roman scholar (c. 560–636)
Ambrose
397
Christian bishop and theologian (c. 339 – 397)