Deaths on 4 June
2000s
Marc Garneau
2025
Canadian astronaut and politician (1949–2025)
John Blackman
2024
Australian radio and television presenter (1947–2024)
Parnelli Jones
2024
American racing driver (1933–2024)
Sulochana Latkar
2023
Indian actress (1928–2023)
George Lamming
2022
Barbadian novelist, essayist and poet (1927–2022)
Clarence Williams III
2021
American actor (1939–2021)
Juan Goytisolo
2017
Spanish writer, poet and novelist
Carmen Pereira
2016
Bissau-Guinean politician
Marguerite Patten
2015
English food writer and broadcaster
Leonid Plyushch
2015
Ukrainian mathematician (1938–2015)
Jabe Thomas
2015
American racing driver
Anne Warburton
2015
British diplomat (1927–2015)
George Ho
2014
Hong Kong businessman
Nathan Shamuyarira
2014
Zimbabwean nationalist
Sydney Templeman, Baron Templeman
2014
British judge
Don Zimmer
2014
American baseball player and manager (1931–2014)
Walt Arfons
2013
American racing driver
Joey Covington
2013
American drummer (1945 – 2013)
Hermann Gunnarsson
2013
Icelandic footballer (1946–2013)
Will Wynn (American football)
2013
American football player (1949–2013)
Peter Beaven
2012
New Zealand architect (1925–2012)
Pedro Borbón
2012
Dominican baseball player (1946–2012)
Rodolfo Quezada Toruño
2012
Guatemalan Catholic cardinal (1932–2012)
Herb Reed
2012
American R&B singer (1928–2012)
Juan Francisco Luis
2011
3rd Governor of the United States Virgin Islands
Andreas P. Nielsen
2011
Danish author and composer
John Wooden
2010
American basketball coach (1910–2010)
Clete Boyer
2007
American baseball player (1937–2007)
Bill France Jr.
2007
Former NASCAR president
Craig L. Thomas
2007
American politician (1933–2007)
Steve Lacy (saxophonist)
2004
Musical artist
Nino Manfredi
2004
Italian actor (1921–2004)
Fernando Belaúnde
2002
President of Peru (1963–1968 and 1980–1985)
1900s
Josephine Hutchinson
1998
American actress (1903–1998)
Ronnie Lane
1997
English rock musician (1946–1997)
Derek Leckenby
1994
English pop and rock musician (1943–1994)
Bernard Evslin
1993
American author
Carl Stotz
1992
Founder of Little League Baseball (1910–1992)
Stiv Bators
1990
American singer and guitarist (1949–1990)
Zdenka Ziková
1990
Czech opera singer (1902–1990)
Dik Browne
1989
American cartoonist (1917–1989)
Leslie Averill
1981
New Zealand soldier and doctor
René Maurice Fréchet
1973
French mathematician (1878–1973)
Murry Wilson
1973
American songwriter (1917–1973)
György Lukács
1971
Hungarian philosopher and critic (1885–1971)
Sonny Tufts
1970
American actor (1911–1970)
Dorothy Gish
1968
American actress (1898–1968)
Linda Eenpalu
1967
Estonian politician
Clem McCarthy
1962
American sportscaster and public address announcer
Katherine MacDonald
1956
American actress (1891–1956)
Serge Koussevitzky
1951
Russian and American conductor (1874–1951)
Reinhard Heydrich
1942
German high-ranking Nazi official (1904–1942)
Wilhelm II
1941
German Emperor from 1888 to 1918
Tommy Ladnier
1939
American jazz trumpeter (1900–1939)
Mathilde Verne
1936
English pianist (1865–1936)
Ahmet Haşim
1933
Turkish symbolist poet and writer, WWI veteran (1884-1933)
Hussein, King of Hejaz
1931
Ruler of Mecca from 1908 to 1924
Harry Frazee
1929
American businessman (1880–1929)
Zhang Zuolin
1928
Chinese warlord and politician (1875–1928)
Fred Spofforth
1926
Australian cricketer (1853–1926)
Margaret Murray Washington
1925
American academic
W. H. R. Rivers
1922
English psychiatrist and anthropologist (1864–1922)
George Griffith
1906
British science fiction writer (1857–1906)
1800s
Abdulaziz
1876
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1861 to 1876
Eduard Mörike
1875
19th-century German poet
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
1872
Dutch politician (1798–1872)
Antonio José de Sucre
1830
President of Peru and Bolivia (1795–1830)
Nicolai Abildgaard
1809
Danish painter, sculptor and architect (1743–1809)
Frederick Muhlenberg
1801
American minister and politician (1750–1801)
Before 1800
Giacomo Casanova
1798
Venetian adventurer and writer (1725–1798)
William Juxon
1663
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 to 1663
Canonicus
1647
Narragansett Chief (c. 1565 – 1647)
Péter Révay
1622
Hungarian nobleman and poet
Francis Caracciolo
1608
Italian Catholic saint
Marcus Antonius Muretus
1585
French humanist (1526–1585)
Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani)
1472
Tlatoani of Texcoco
Flavio Biondo
1463
Italian humanist and historian (1392–1463)
Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos
1453
Byzantine nobleman, Grand Domestic, son of Demetrios I Kantakouzenos
Mary de Bohun
1394
English noblewoman (c. 1369–1394)
Przemysł I of Greater Poland
1257
Duke of Greater Poland
Isabella of Angoulême
1246
Queen of England from 1200 to 1216
Adela of Champagne
1206
Queen of the Franks from 1160 to 1180
Emperor Huizong of Song
1135
Emperor of China from 1100 to 1126
Magnus the Strong
1134
King of Götaland, or possibly Sweden
Władysław I Herman
1102
Duke of Poland
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
1039
Holy Roman Emperor from 1027 to 1039
Muhammad III of Shirvan
956
Shirvanshah
Guaimar II of Salerno
946
Li Xi (Tang dynasty)
895
Charles (archbishop of Mainz)
863
Roman Catholic archbishop, Aquitain, 825/830 - 863
Emperor Shōmu
756
Emperor of Japan from 724 to 749