Deaths on 4 March
2000s
Roy Ayers
2025
American funk, soul and jazz composer (1940–2025)
Phil Batt
2023
American politician (1927–2023)
Rod Marsh
2022
Australian cricketer (1947–2022)
Shane Warne
2022
Australian cricketer (1969–2022)
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
2020
Peruvian diplomat and politician (1920–2020)
Keith Flint
2019
English dancer and singer (1969–2019)
Luke Perry
2019
American actor (1966–2019)
Davide Astori
2018
Italian footballer (1987–2018)
Clayton Yeutter
2017
American politician
Bud Collins
2016
US journalist and sportscaster (1929–2016)
Pat Conroy
2016
American novelist (1945–2016)
P. A. Sangma
2016
Indian politician (1947–2016)
Zhou Xiaoyan
2016
Chinese vocal pedagogue and classical soprano
Dušan Bilandžić
2015
Croatian historian and politician
Ray Hatton
2015
English educator, author and long-distance runner (1932–2015)
Mark Freidkin
2014
Russian poet and writer (1953–2014)
Elaine Kellett-Bowman
2014
British politician (1923–2014)
Jack Kinzler
2014
American engineer (1920–2014)
Wu Tianming
2014
Chinese film director and producer
Lillian Cahn
2013
American fashion designer (1923–2013)
Mickey Moore
2013
Child actor and film director (1914–2013)
Toren Smith
2013
Canadian manga translator
Paul McBride
2012
Scottish lawyer; Queen's Counsel
Don Mincher
2012
American baseball player (1938–2012)
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
2011
Nepalese politician
Vivienne Harris (journalist)
2011
Ed Manning
2011
American basketball player and coach (1944–2011)
Arjun Singh (Congress politician)
2011
Politician from Madhya Pradesh, India
Alenush Terian
2011
Iranian astronomer (1921–2011)
Simon van der Meer
2011
Dutch physicist (1925–2011)
Raimund Abraham
2010
Austrian architect (1933–2010)
Johnny Alf
2010
Brazilian musician (1929–2010)
Vladislav Ardzinba
2010
Soviet-Abkhaz politician; President of Abkhazia (1945-2010)
Fred Wedlock
2010
English folk singer (1942–2010)
Yvon Cormier
2009
Canadian professional wrestler
Horton Foote
2009
American playwright and screenwriter (1916–2009)
George McAfee
2009
American football player (1918–2009)
Gary Gygax
2008
American game designer and author (1938–2008)
Leonard Rosenman
2008
American composer
Thomas Eagleton
2007
American politician (1929–2007)
Tadeusz Nalepa
2007
Polish musician
Ian Wooldridge
2007
British sports journalist
John Reynolds Gardiner
2006
American novelist
Edgar Valter
2006
Estonian writer and illustrator
Nicola Calipari
2005
Italian major general and SISMI military intelligence officer (1953–2005)
Yuriy Kravchenko
2005
Ukrainian police officer and statesman (1951–2005)
Carlos Sherman
2005
Uruguayan-born Belarusian-Spanish writer and human rights activist
Claude Nougaro
2004
French jazz singer (1929–2004)
Jaba Ioseliani
2003
Georgian politician, thief, and paramilitary leader (1926-2003)
Sébastien Japrisot
2003
French author, screenwriter and film director
Ugnė Karvelis
2002
Elyne Mitchell
2002
Australian author (1913 – 2002)
Velibor Vasović
2002
Serbian footballer (1939–2002)
Gerardo Barbero
2001
Argentine chess grandmaster (1961–2001)
Jean René Bazaine
2001
French artist
Fred Lasswell
2001
American cartoonist (1916–2001)
Jim Rhodes
2001
American politician (1909–2001)
Harold Stassen
2001
American politician (1907–2001)
Hermann Brück
2000
German-born astronomer
Michael Noonan (Australian writer)
2000
Australian-New Zealand writer (1921–2000)
Wu Ta-You
2000
Chinese physicist and writer
1900s
Harry Blackmun
1999
US Supreme Court justice from 1970 to 1994
Del Close
1999
American actor, writer, and teacher (1934–1999)
Miłosz Magin
1999
Polish composer and pianist
Ivan Dougherty
1998
Australian general
Joe Baker-Cresswell
1997
Royal Navy officer
Robert H. Dicke
1997
American astronomer and physicist (1916–1997)
Minnie Pearl
1996
American comedian and country singer (1912–1996)
John Sauer
1996
American football player, coach, and broadcaster (1925–1996)
Matt Urban
1995
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1919–1995)
John Candy
1994
Canadian actor and comedian (1950–1994)
George Edward Hughes
1994
New Zealand philosopher and logician (1918–1994)
Art Hodes
1993
American jazz and blues pianist (1904–1993)
Tomislav Ivčić
1993
Musical artist
Izaak Kolthoff
1993
Dutch-American chemist (1894–1993)
Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale
1993
British politician and minister (1929–1993)
Art Babbitt
1992
American animator (1907–1992)
Pare Lorentz
1992
American filmmaker known for his New Deal-era work
Godfrey Bryan
1991
English cricketer (1902–1991)
Hank Gathers
1990
American basketball player (1967–1990)
Tiny Grimes
1989
American jazz and R&B guitarist (1916–1989)
Beatriz Guido
1988
Argentine novelist and screenwriter
Seibo Kitamura
1987
Japanese sculptor (1884–1987)
Ding Ling
1986
Chinese writer (1904–1986)
Albert L. Lehninger
1986
American biochemist (1917–1986)
Richard Manuel
1986
Canadian pianist, singer and songwriter (1943–1986)
Elizabeth Smart (Canadian author)
1986
Canadian poet and novelist (1913–1986)
Torin Thatcher
1981
British actor (1905–1981)
Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer
1981
German admiral and naval adjutant to Adolf Hitler (1900–1981)
Alan Hardaker
1980
English football administrator
Willi Unsoeld
1979
American mountaineer
Wesley Bolin
1978
American politician (1909–1978)
Joe Marsala
1978
Italian-American jazz clarinetist and songwriter (1907–1978)
Anatol E. Baconsky
1977
Romanian modernist poet, essayist, translator, novelist, publisher and critic
Nancy Tyson Burbidge
1977
Australian botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator
Andrés Caicedo
1977
Colombian writer (1951–1977)
William Paul (attorney)
1977
American politician
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
1977
German politician (1887–1977)
John Marvin Jones
1976
American politician and jurist
Walter Schottky
1976
German physicist and electrical engineer (1886-1976)
Adolph Gottlieb
1974
American abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and printmaker (1903–1974)
Harold Barrowclough
1972
New Zealand general and judge
Charles Biro
1972
American comic book creator and cartoonist (1911–1972)
Nicholas Schenck
1969
American film studio executive (1880–1969)
William Carlos Williams
1963
American poet (1883–1963)
Herbert O'Conor
1960
American politician (1896-1960)
Noel Gay
1954
British composer (1898–1954)
Charles Scott Sherrington
1952
English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)
Clarence Kingsbury
1949
English cyclist (1882–1949)
Antonin Artaud
1948
French artist, writer and actor (1896–1948)
Lucille La Verne
1945
American actress (1872–1945)
Mark Sandrich
1945
American film producer
Fannie Barrier Williams
1944
American educator and activist (1855–1944)
Lepke Buchalter
1944
American mob boss (1897–1944)
Louis Capone
1944
American mobster
René Lefebvre
1944
French factory-owner
Ludwig Quidde
1941
German politician and pacifist (1858–1941)
Hamlin Garland
1940
American writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher
George Foster Peabody
1938
American banker and philanthropist (1852–1938)
Jack Taylor (1900s pitcher)
1938
American baseball player (1873–1938)
Ira Remsen
1927
American chemist (1846–1927)
Moritz Moszkowski
1925
German composer, pianist and teacher
James Ward (psychologist)
1925
English psychologist (1843–1925)
John Montgomery Ward
1925
American baseball player and manager (1860–1925)
Franz Marc
1916
German artist (1880–1916)
William Willett
1915
British builder (1856–1915)
John Schofield
1906
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general (1831–1906)
Joseph Henry Shorthouse
1903
English novelist (1834–1903)
1800s
Amos Bronson Alcott
1888
American educator (1799–1888)
Alexander H. Stephens
1883
Vice President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
Carsten Hauch
1872
Danish poet (1790–1872)
Alexander Campbell (minister)
1866
Scots-Irish American ordained minister (1788–1866)
Thomas Starr King
1864
American clergyman and abolitionist
Matthew C. Perry
1858
United States Navy officer (1794–1858)
Thomas Bladen Capel
1853
Royal Navy officer (1776–1853)
Christian Leopold von Buch
1853
German geologist (1774–1853)
Nikolai Gogol
1852
Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)
James Richardson (explorer)
1851
British explorer
Jean-François Champollion
1832
French classical scholar, decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs (1790–1832)
Mariano Moreno
1811
Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician
Abraham Baldwin
1807
American Founding Father and politician (1754–1807)
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
1805
French painter (1725–1805)
Before 1800
John Collins (Continental Congress)
1795
American Founding Father and politician
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre
1793
French duke; grandson of Louis XIV (1725–1793)
Johannes Zick
1762
German painter
John Anstis
1744
English politician and officer of arms (1669–1744)
Claude de Forbin
1733
French Navy officer and diplomat (1656–1733)
Louis III, Prince of Condé
1710
Prince of Condé (1668–1710)
Hans von Aachen
1615
German painter (1552–1615)
Fausto Sozzini
1604
Italian theologian and co-founder of Socinianism (1539–1604)
Bernard Gilpin
1583
Oxford theologian
Leonhard Kleber
1556
German organist
Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
1496
Ruler of Austria from 1439 to 1496
Saint Casimir
1484
Lithuanian and Polish saint (1458–1484)
Thomas Usk
1388
14th-century English civil servant
Joan of Évreux
1371
Queen of France and Navarre from 1322 to 1328
Jakub Świnka
1314
13th / 14th century Polish Catholic archbishop
Daniel of Moscow
1303
Prince of Moscow (1261–1303)
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland
1238
Queen of Scotland from 1221 to 1238
Yuri II of Vladimir
1238
Grand Prince of Vladimir
Saladin
1193
Founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (c. 1137–1193)
Stephen III of Hungary
1172
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1162 to 1172
Abd Allah al-Mahdi Billah
934
Isma'ili Imam and first Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
Pope Pelagius I
561
Head of the Catholic Church from 556 to 561
Landry of Sées
480
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
306
Roman Christian martyrs (died 306)