Deaths on 4 November
2000s
Bernard Marcus
2024
American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (1929–2024)
Murray Sinclair
2024
Canadian lawyer and politician (1951–2024)
Akbar Golpayegani
2023
Iranian singer (1934–2023)
Ken Hensley
2020
English musician (1945–2020)
Gay Byrne
2019
Irish television and radio presenter (1934–2019)
Isabel Granada
2017
Filipina actress and singer
Ned Romero
2017
American actor and opera singer
Catherine Davani
2016
Papua New Guinean judge
Mansour Pourheidari
2016
Iranian footballer and coach (1946–2016)
Piotr Domaradzki
2015
Polish-American journalist (1946–2015)
René Girard
2015
French anthropologist and philosopher (1923–2015)
Károly Horváth
2015
Musical artist
Lee Robinson (politician)
2015
American mayor
Enrique Olivera
2014
Argentine politician (1940–2014)
George Edgar Slusser
2014
American journalist (1939–2014)
S. Donald Stookey
2014
American inventor and materials scientist (1915–2014)
John D. Hawk
2013
American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Leonid Stolovich
2013
Russian-Estonian philosopher
Ray Willsey
2013
American gridiron football player and coach (1928–2013)
David Resnick
2012
Israeli architect and town planner
Arnold Green (politician)
2011
Estonian politician
Andy Rooney
2011
American radio and television journalist, commentator, and author (1919–2011)
Sparky Anderson
2010
American baseball player and manager (1934–2010)
Hubertus Brandenburg
2009
Catholic bishop of Stockholm (1923–2009)
Michael Crichton
2008
American author and filmmaker (1942–2008)
Rosella Hightower
2008
American ballerina and member of the Choctaw Nation (1920–2008)
Juan Camilo Mouriño
2008
Mexican politician
Karl Rebane
2007
Estonian physicist
Peter Viertel
2007
German author
Frank Calder (politician)
2006
Canadian politician (1915–2006)
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
2006
American author
Nadia Anjuman
2005
Afghan poet
Sheree North
2005
American actress, dancer, and singer (1932–2005)
Graham Payn
2005
South African singer and actor (1918–2005)
Hiro Takahashi
2005
Musical artist
Charles Causley
2003
English poet and educator (1917–2003)
Richard Wollheim
2003
British philosopher (1923–2003)
1900s
Malcolm Marshall
1999
Barbadian cricketer (1958–1999)
Richard Hooker (author)
1997
American writer and surgeon (1924–1997)
Gilles Deleuze
1995
French philosopher (1925–1995)
Paul Eddington
1995
English actor (1927–1995)
Yitzhak Rabin
1995
Prime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995)
Morrie Schwartz
1995
American sociologist (1916–1995)
Sam Francis
1994
American artist (1923–1994)
George Klein (inventor)
1992
Canadian inventor
Kleanthis Vikelidis
1988
Greek footballer and manager (1915–1988)
Kurt Hirsch
1986
German mathematician (1906–1986)
Ümit Yaşar Oğuzcan
1984
Turkish Poet
Burhan Felek
1982
Turkish journalist (1889–1982)
Gil Whitney
1982
American television personality (1940–1982)
Elsie MacGill
1980
Canadian engineer (1905–1980)
Tom Reamy
1977
American writer
Toni Ulmen
1976
German motorcycle racer and racing driver (1906–1976)
Francis Dvornik
1975
Czech historian (1893–1975)
Izzat Husrieh
1975
Bert Patenaude
1974
American soccer player (1909–1974)
Carlos Marighella
1969
Brazilian politician, writer, and guerrilla fighter
Horace Gould
1968
British racing driver (1921–1968)
Michel Kikoine
1968
Belarusian-French painter
Friedrich Waismann
1959
Austrian mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1896–1959)
Shoghi Effendi
1957
Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 to 1957
Freddie Dixon
1956
English motorcycle racer and racing car driver
Robert E. Sherwood
1955
American writer (1896–1955)
Cy Young
1955
American baseball player (1867–1955)
Stig Dagerman
1954
Swedish writer
Grover Cleveland Alexander
1950
American baseball player (1887–1950)
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield
1948
British-American businessperson and politician (1874–1948)
Rüdiger von der Goltz
1946
German military personnel (1865–1946)
Arthur Rostron
1940
British merchant seaman (1869–1940)
Buddy Bolden
1931
American cornetist and jazz pioneer (1877–1931)
Luigi Galleani
1931
Italian insurrectionary anarchist and communist (1862–1931)
Akiyama Yoshifuru
1930
Japanese general (1859–1930)
Richard Conner
1924
Gabriel Fauré
1924
French composer, organist, pianist and teacher (1845–1924)
Hara Takashi
1921
Prime Minister of Japan from 1918 to 1921
Wilfred Owen
1918
English poet and soldier (1893–1918)
John H. Ketcham
1906
Union Army general
1800s
Eugene Field
1895
American writer (1850–1895)
Pierre Tirard
1893
French politician
James Martin (premier)
1886
Australian politician (1820–1886)
Paul Delaroche
1856
French painter (1797–1856)
Felix Mendelssohn
1847
German composer (1809–1847)
Thiệu Trị
1847
Emperor of Đại Nam
William Shippen Sr.
1801
American physician and civic and educational leader (1712–1801)
Before 1800
Johann Nikolaus Götz
1781
German poet (1721-1781)
Andreas Acoluthus
1704
German scholar
John Benbow
1702
Royal Navy officer (1653–1702)
Rasmus Bartholin
1698
Danish scientist, physician and grammarian (1625–1698)
Johannes Cocceius
1669
Dutch theologian (1603–1669)
Antoine Le Maistre
1658
French translator, writer and lawyer
Jean-Charles della Faille
1652
Flemish Jesuit mathematician (1597–1652)
Mathurin Romegas
1581
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester
1576
English peer
Françoise d'Amboise
1485
French Carmelite nun (1427–1485)
Giovanni Mocenigo
1485
Doge of Venice from 1478 to 1485
Sophia of Bavaria
1428
Queen of Germany (1389–1419) and Bohemia (1389–1419)
Khalil Sultan
1411
Amir of the Timurid Empire from 1405 to 1409
Elizabeth de Clare
1360
English heiress (1295–1360)
Felix of Valois
1212
French Catholic former Cistercian hermit (1127–1212)
Dirk VII
1203
Count of Holland from 1190 to 1203
Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia
1038
11th-century Duke of Bohemia
Consort Zhang (Zhu Zhen)
915
Chinese emperor
Yohl Ikʼnal
604
Queen of the Mayan city-state of Palenque from 583 to 604