History Deaths on August 04

Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901)

#Melvyn_Douglas

Iván Szabó, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (b. 1934)

#Iván_Szabó

Henry I of France (b. 1008)

#Henry_I_of_France

Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers (b. 1230)

#Odo,_Count_of_Nevers

Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)

#Enver_Pasha

Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)

#Alfred_Henry_Maurer

Krzysztof Kamil Baczy?ski, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)

#Krzysztof_Kamil_Baczy?ski

James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)

#James_Brady

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, French-English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1208)

#Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester

József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)

#József_Révai

Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)

#Philip_I,_Duke_of_Brabant

Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)

#Jules_Lemaître

Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)

#Isaac_Levitan

Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)

#Victor-Maurice,_comte_de_Broglie

Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan (b. c. 1320)

#Galeazzo_II_Visconti

Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)

#Dave_Gregory_(cricketer)

Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)

#Lee_Hazlewood

Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)

#Jacob_Aall

Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)

#Alberto_Franchetti

Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet and author (b. 1801)

#Kristjan_Jaak_Peterson

Olavi J. Mattila, Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)

#Olavi_J._Mattila

Geoff Hamilton, English gardener, author, and television host (b. 1936)

#Geoff_Hamilton

Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)

#Mihály_Babits

Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (b. 1925)

#Art_Donovan

Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)

#Samuel_J._Tilden

Renato Ruggiero, Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1930)

#Renato_Ruggiero

Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)

#Ethel_Anderson

Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)

#Andrew_Hamilton_(lawyer)

Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)

#Roy_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Thomson_of_Fleet

Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)

#Timothy_Ruggles

Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)

#Wenceslaus_III_of_Bohemia

Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer and navigator (b. 1476)

#Juan_Sebastián_Elcano

Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)

#Pearl_White

Alan Rufus (b. c. 1040)

#1093

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1520)

#William_Cecil,_1st_Baron_Burghley

Gertrude of Saxony, countess and regent of Holland (b. c. 1030)

#Gertrude_of_Saxony

René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)

#René_Lepage_de_Sainte-Claire

Lady Zhen, Chinese empress (b. 183)

#Lady_Zhen

Sandy Woodward, English admiral (b. 1932)

#Sandy_Woodward

Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923)

#Enrique_Angelelli

Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician and theorist for the Khmer Rouge (b. 1926)

#Nuon_Chea

Johnnie Bassett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)

#Johnnie_Bassett

Hugh Broughton, English scholar and theologian (b. 1549)

#Hugh_Broughton

Brian Crozier, Australian-English journalist and historian (b. 1918)

#Brian_Crozier

Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)

#Viktor_Hartmann

Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)

#Juan_Ruiz_de_Alarcón

Victor Mature, American actor (b. 1913)

#Victor_Mature

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)

#Hans_Christian_Andersen

Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933)

#Don_Whillans

Ettore Maserati, Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1894)

#Ettore_Maserati

Henry de Montfort (b. 1238)

#Henry_de_Montfort

Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)

#Sebastian_of_Portugal

Berengar II of Italy (b. 900)

#Berengar_II_of_Italy

Seich? Matsumoto, Japanese author (b. 1909)

#Seich?_Matsumoto

Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)

#Ze'ev_Jabotinsky

Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)

#Marilyn_Monroe

Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)

#Washington_Luís

Les Munro, New Zealand soldier and pilot (b. 1919)

#Les_Munro

Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk (b. 1300)

#Thomas_of_Brotherton,_1st_Earl_of_Norfolk

Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)

#Frederick_Chapman_Robbins

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (b. 1731)

#Adam_Duncan,_1st_Viscount_Duncan

Mary Sherman Morgan, American chemist and engineer (b. 1921)

#Mary_Sherman_Morgan

John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)

#John_Burgoyne

Alfred C. Williams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1951)

Billy Sherrill, American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)

John Rudometkin, American basketball player (b. 1940)

Elsie Hillman, American philanthropist and politician (b. 1925)

Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1953)

Chester Crandell, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)

Tony Snell, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922)

Keith H. Basso, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940)

Bud Riley, American football player and coach (b. 1925)

Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (b. 1977)

Blake Snyder, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1957)

Craig Jones, English motorcycle racer (b. 1985)

Raul Hilberg, Austrian-American political scientist and historian (b. 1926)

Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and theorist (b. 1932)

Hossein Panahi (Persian: ???? ?????), Iranian actor and poet (b. 1956)

Yury Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)

Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (b. 1875)

Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)

Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)

Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)

John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)

John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)

Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)

As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt (b. 1326)

Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, English politician (b. 1223)

Peter de Montfort, English politician (b. 1215)