Deaths on 4 July
2000s
Lyndon Byers
2025
Canadian ice hockey player (1964–2025)
Richard Greenberg
2025
American playwright and television writer (1958–2025)
Bobby Jenks
2025
American baseball player (1981–2025)
Peter Russell-Clarke
2025
Australian chef, author and illustrator (1935–2025)
Mark Snow
2025
American composer for film and television (1946–2025)
Cláudio Hummes
2022
Brazilian Catholic prelate (1934–2022)
Kazuki Takahashi
2022
Japanese manga artist (1961–2022)
Harmoko
2021
Indonesian politician and journalist (1939–2021)
Matīss Kivlenieks
2021
Latvian ice hockey player (1996–2021)
Henri Dirickx
2018
Belgian footballer
Robby Müller
2018
Dutch cinematographer (1940–2018)
John Blackwell (musician)
2017
American drummer (1973–2017)
Daniil Granin
2017
Gene Conley
2017
American baseball player (1930–2017)
Abbas Kiarostami
2016
Iranian filmmaker (1941–2016)
Nedelcho Beronov
2015
Bulgarian journalist and politician
William Conrad Gibbons
2015
American academic (1926–2015)
Giorgio Faletti
2014
Italian writer (1950–2014)
C. J. Henderson (writer)
2014
American writer (1951–2014)
Earl Robinson (baseball)
2014
American baseball player (1936–2014)
Richard Mellon Scaife
2014
American Mellon family heir, and newspaper owner (1932–2014)
Onllwyn Brace
2013
Wales international rugby union footballer
Jack Crompton
2013
English footballer (1921–2013)
James Fulton (dermatologist)
2013
American dermatologist
Charles A. Hines
2013
United States Army general
Bernie Nolan
2013
Irish actress and singer (1960–2013)
Hiren Bhattacharyya
2012
Indian poet and lyricist (1932–2012)
Jimmy Bivins
2012
American boxer
Jeong Min-hyeong
2012
South Korean footballer (1987-2012)
Eric Sykes
2012
English comedian, writer and actor (1923–2012)
Robert N. Butler
2010
American academic (1927–2010)
Brenda Joyce (actress)
2009
American film actress (1917–2009)
Allen Klein
2009
American businessman best known for managing The Beatles and Rolling Stones (1931–2009)
Drake Levin
2009
Musical artist
Steve McNair
2009
American football player (1973–2009)
Lasse Strömstedt
2009
Swedish writer (1935–2009)
Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard
2009
Congolese politician and poet (1938–2009)
Thomas M. Disch
2008
American sci-fi writer and poet (1940–2008)
Jesse Helms
2008
American politician (1921–2008)
Evelyn Keyes
2008
American actress
Terrence Kiel
2008
American football player (1980–2008)
Charles Wheeler (journalist)
2008
British journalist and broadcaster
Bill Pinkney
2007
Musical artist
Cliff Goupille
2005
Canadian ice hockey player
Hank Stram
2005
American football coach (1923–2005)
Jean-Marie Auberson
2004
Swiss conductor and violinist (1920–2004)
Larry Burkett
2003
American writer and radio personality (1939–2003)
André Claveau
2003
French recording artist; singer (1911–2003)
Barry White
2003
American singer (1944–2003)
Gerald Bales
2002
Canadian organist and composer (1919–2002)
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
2002
World War II pilot & first African-American US Air Force general officer (1912–2002)
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
2000
Polish writer, journalist, essayist and World War II underground fighter
1900s
Leo Garel
1999
American artist
Charles Kuralt
1997
American journalist (1934–1997)
John Zachary Young
1997
English zoologist and neurophysiologist
Eva Gabor
1995
Hungarian-American actress and socialite (1919–1995)
Bob Ross
1995
American painter and TV host (1942–1995)
Joey Marella
1994
American professional wrestling referee (1963–1994)
Bona Arsenault
1993
Canadian politician
Astor Piazzolla
1992
Argentine composer, bandoneon player and arranger (1921–1992)
Victor Chang
1991
Australian cardiac surgeon (1936–1991)
Art Sansom
1991
American cartoonist
Olive Ann Burns
1990
American novelist
Adrian Adonis
1988
American professional wrestler (1953–1988)
Paul-Gilbert Langevin
1986
French musicologist (1933–1986)
Flor Peeters
1986
Flemish organist, composer and music pedagogue
Oscar Zariski
1986
Russian-American mathematician (1899–1986)
Jimmie Spheeris
1984
American singer-songwriter (1949–1984)
Maurice Grevisse
1980
Belgian grammarian (1895–1980)
Lee Wai Tong
1979
Chinese footballer (1905–1979)
Gersh Budker
1977
Yonatan Netanyahu
1976
Israeli military officer (1946–1976)
Antoni Słonimski
1976
Polish writer and journalist (1895–1976)
Georgette Heyer
1974
English writer (1902–1974)
André Randall
1974
French actor (1893–1974)
August Derleth
1971
American writer (1909–1971)
Thomas C. Hart
1971
American Navy admiral and politician (1877–1971)
Barnett Newman
1970
American painter (1905–1970)
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
1970
American businessman (1884–1970)
Henri Decoin
1969
French film director
Gaby Morlay
1964
French actress (1893–1964)
Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
1963
New Zealand soldier and viceroy (1889–1963)
Clyde Kennard
1963
American soldier and civil rights leader (1927–1963)
Pingali Venkayya
1963
Indian freedom fighter (1876 - 1963)
François Brandt
1949
Dutch rower (1874–1949)
Monteiro Lobato
1948
Brazilian writer (1882–1948)
Taffy O'Callaghan
1946
Welsh footballer
Władysław Sikorski
1943
Polish military and political leader (1881–1943)
Antoni Łomnicki
1941
Polish mathematician
Otto Bauer
1938
Austrian socialist politician (1881–1938)
Suzanne Lenglen
1938
French tennis player (1899–1938)
Anna Paaske
1935
Norwegian opera singer and teacher (1856–1935)
Marie Curie
1934
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
Pier Giorgio Frassati
1926
Italian Catholic activist and saint (1901–1925)
Lothar von Richthofen
1922
German WWI flying ace
Alan Seeger
1916
American war poet and soldier (1888–1916)
Melville Fuller
1910
Chief Justice of the United States from 1888 to 1910
Kabua the Great
1910
Giovanni Schiaparelli
1910
Italian astronomer and science historian (1835–1910)
Élisée Reclus
1905
French geographer, writer and anarchist
Swami Vivekananda
1902
Indian monk and philosopher (1863–1902)
Johannes Schmidt (linguist)
1901
German linguist (1843–1901)
1800s
Hannibal Hamlin
1891
Vice President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
Poundmaker
1886
Plains Cree chief
Joseph Brackett
1882
American songwriter and author (1797–1882)
Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1881
Finnish nobleman and nationalist (1806–1881)
William L. Marcy
1857
American lawyer, politician, and judge (1786–1857)
Karl Friedrich Eichhorn
1854
German jurist (1781–1854)
William Kirby (entomologist)
1850
English entomologist (1759–1850)
François-René de Chateaubriand
1848
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
James Monroe
1831
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1817 to 1825
John Adams
1826
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801
Thomas Jefferson
1826
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
Richard Cosway
1821
English painter (1742–1821)
Before 1800
Charles, Prince of Soubise
1787
French Royal Army officer and courtier (1715–1787)
Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
1780
Austrian army officer and governor of the Austrian Netherlands (1712–1780)
Samuel Richardson
1761
English writer and printer (1689–1761)
Philippe Néricault Destouches
1754
French playwright (1680–1754)
Luigi Guido Grandi
1742
Italian monk, philosopher and mathematician (1671–1742)
Antoine Daniel
1648
French Jesuit missionary and martyr (1601-1648)
Brian Twyne
1644
English archivist (1581–1644)
William Byrd
1623
English Renaissance composer (c. 1540 – 1623)
Philippe de Monte
1603
Flemish Renaissance composer (1521–1603)
Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell
1551
English nobleman (c. 1520 – 1551)
Hayreddin Barbarossa
1546
Ottoman corsair and admiral of the Ottoman navy (c. 1478–1546)
Pedro de Alvarado
1541
Spanish conquistador and governor of Guatemala
John Frith (martyr)
1533
English Protestant priest, writer, and martyr
Carlo I Tocco
1429
Despot of Epirus, ruled 1411–1429
Elizabeth of Portugal
1336
Queen of Portugal from 1282 to 1325, Catholic saint
Rudolf I of Bohemia
1307
King of Bohemia from 1306 to 1307
Raynald of Châtillon
1187
Crusader and military leader (1125–1187)
Gwangjong of Goryeo
975
King of Goryeo from 949 to 975
Ulrich of Augsburg
973
Bishop of Augsburg from 923 to 973
Pope Benedict V
965
Head of the Catholic Church in 964
Zhuo Yanming
945
Emperor
Taejo of Goryeo
943
King of Goryeo from 918 to 943
Wang Jianli
940
Luo Shaowei
910
Chinese warlord
Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria
907
10th-century German nobleman
Dietmar I (archbishop of Salzburg)
907
Archbishop of Salzburg from 873-907
Ecgberht of Kent
673
King of Kent from 664 to 673