Deaths on 4 February
2000s
Aga Khan IV
2025
Islamic Imam, 1957–2025
Barry John
2024
British Lions & Wales international rugby union player (1945–2024)
Vani Jairam
2023
Indian singer (1943–2023)
Sherif Ismail
2023
Prime Minister of Egypt from 2015 to 2018
Kim In-hyeok
2022
South Korean volleyball player (1995–2022)
Millie Hughes-Fulford
2021
American astronaut and academic researcher (1945–2021)
Daniel arap Moi
2020
President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002
Matti Nykänen
2019
Finnish ski jumper (1963–2019)
John Mahoney
2018
American actor (1940–2018)
Steve Lang
2017
Canadian bassist (1949–2017)
Bano Qudsia
2017
Pakistani writer (1928–2017)
Edgar Mitchell
2016
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2016)
Fitzhugh L. Fulton
2015
American test pilot
Keith Allen (ice hockey)
2014
Canadian ice hockey player
Eugenio Corti
2014
Italian writer (1921–2014)
Dennis Lota
2014
Zambian footballer (1973-2014)
Donald Byrd
2013
American jazz trumpeter (1932–2013)
Reg Presley
2013
British singer (1941–2013)
István Csurka
2012
Hungarian politician and writer (1934–2012)
Florence Green
2012
Last surviving veteran of World War I (1901–2012)
Robert Daniel
2012
American politician
Mike deGruy
2012
American documentary filmmaker (1951–2012)
Susanne Suba
2012
Hungarian-American artist
Martial Célestin
2011
1st Prime Minister of Haiti (1913–2011)
Kostas Axelos
2010
Greek-French philosopher
Helen Tobias-Duesberg
2010
Estonian-American composer
Augusta Dabney
2008
American actress (1918–2008)
Stefan Meller
2008
Polish diplomat and academician
Bauer (footballer)
2007
Brazilian footballer and manager (1925–2007)
Ilya Kormiltsev
2007
Russian writer (1959–2007)
Barbara McNair
2007
American singer and actress (1934–2007)
Jules Olitski
2007
American artist (1922–2007)
Alfred Worm
2007
Betty Friedan
2006
American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006)
Ossie Davis
2005
American actor, director, writer, and activist (1917–2005)
Hilda Hilst
2004
Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright
Benyoucef Benkhedda
2003
Algerian politician (1920–2003)
Sigvard Bernadotte
2002
Swedish prince and designer
Carl Albert
2000
American lawyer and politician (1908–2000)
1900s
Patricia Highsmith
1995
American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)
John Dehner
1992
American actor (1915–1992)
Whipper Billy Watson
1990
Canadian professional wrestler (1915-1990)
Liberace
1987
American musician and actor (1919–1987)
Meena Keshwar Kamal
1987
Afghan activist (1956–1987)
Carl Rogers
1987
American psychologist (1902–1987)
Karen Carpenter
1983
American singer and drummer (1950–1983)
Alex Harvey (musician)
1982
Scottish rock musician (1935–1982)
Konrad Morgen
1982
German SS judge and lawyer (1909–1982)
Louis Jordan
1975
American musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908–1975)
Satyendra Nath Bose
1974
Indian theoretical physicist and polymath (1894–1974)
Louise Bogan
1970
American poet (1897–1970)
Neal Cassady
1968
American writer (1926–1968)
Una O'Connor (actress)
1959
Irish-American actress (1880–1959)
Henry Kuttner
1958
American fiction author (1915–1958)
Savielly Tartakower
1956
Chess grandmaster (1887–1956)
Arsen Kotsoyev
1944
Ossetian writer (1872–1944)
Frank Calder
1943
Canadian ice hockey administrator
Nikolai Yezhov
1940
NKVD director under Joseph Stalin (1895–1940)
Wilhelm Gustloff
1936
German politician and meteorologist
Archibald Sayce
1933
British Assyriologist and linguist (born 1845)
Hendrik Lorentz
1928
Dutch theoretical physicist (1853–1928)
İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca
1926
Turkish Islamic scholar
Franz Reichelt
1912
French parachuting pioneer (1878–1912)
Louis-Ernest Barrias
1905
French sculptor (1841–1905)
1800s
Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos
1891
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, lawyer, doctor of canon law and politician
Theodoros Kolokotronis
1843
Greek revolutionary leader (1770–1843)
Before 1800
Étienne-Louis Boullée
1799
French architect (1728–1799)
Josef Mysliveček
1781
Czech composer
Charles Marie de La Condamine
1774
French explorer, geographer and mathematician (1701–1774)
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
1713
English politician, philosopher and writer (1671–1713)
Lodewijk Elzevir
1617
Belgian printer (1540–1617)
Giambattista della Porta
1615
Italian polymath (1535–1615)
Gioseffo Zarlino
1590
Italian music theorist and composer (1517–1590)
John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)
1555
English Protestant clergyman (c. 1505–1555)
Conrad Celtes
1508
German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet (1459–1508)
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry
1505
Queen of France in 1498
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
1498
Italian painter, sculptor, and engraver (d. 1498)
John of Ajello
1169
Ceolnoth
870
Archbishop of Canterbury from 833 to 870
Rabanus Maurus
856
Archbishop of Mainz and writer (d. 856)
Pope Sisinnius
708
Head of the Catholic Church in 708
Septimius Severus
211
Roman emperor from 193 to 211