History Deaths on July 04

Thomas Jefferson, American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743)

#Thomas_Jefferson

John Blackwell, American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (b. 1973)

#John_Blackwell_(musician)

Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)

#Bernard_Freyberg,_1st_Baron_Freyberg

Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (b. 1895)

#Maurice_Grevisse

Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (b. 1940)

#Thomas_M._Disch

William L. Marcy, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)

#William_L._Marcy

John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (b. 1907)

#John_Zachary_Young

Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)

#Marie_Curie

Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1950)

#Giorgio_Faletti

Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)

#Jesse_Helms

Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)

#Evelyn_Keyes

Raynald of Châtillon, French knight (b. 1125)

#Raynald_of_Châtillon

Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, Congolese poet and politician (b. 1938)

#Jean-Baptiste_Tati_Loutard

Antoine Daniel, French missionary and saint (b. 1601)

#Antoine_Daniel

Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (b. 1712)

#Prince_Charles_Alexander_of_Lorraine

Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)

#Monteiro_Lobato

François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)

#François_Brandt

Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1905)

#Lee_Wai_Tong

Oscar Zariski, Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1899)

#Oscar_Zariski

Hank Stram, American football player and coach (b. 1923)

#Hank_Stram

Barry White, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1944)

#Barry_White

Charles, Prince of Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715)

#Charles,_Prince_of_Soubise

Antoni ?omnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)

#Antoni_?omnicki

Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)

#Melville_Fuller

Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1919)

#Eva_Gabor

Nedelcho Beronov, Bulgarian judge and politician (b. 1928)

#Nedelcho_Beronov

Richard Cosway, English painter and academic (b. 1742)

#Richard_Cosway

André Claveau, French singer (b. 1915)

#André_Claveau

Rudolf I of Bohemia (b. 1281)

#Rudolf_I_of_Bohemia

Bona Arsenault, Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (b. 1903)

#Bona_Arsenault

Joseph Brackett, American composer and author (b. 1797)

#Joseph_Brackett

Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter (b. 1890)

#Henri_Decoin

Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (b. 1877)

#Thomas_C._Hart

Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1495)

#Pedro_de_Alvarado

Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)

#Poundmaker

Jimmy Bivins, American boxer (b. 1919)

#Jimmy_Bivins

Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (b. 1940)

#Abbas_Kiarostami

Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)

#Harold_Stirling_Vanderbilt

Earl Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1936)

#Earl_Robinson_(baseball)

Luitpold, margrave of Bavaria

#Luitpold,_Margrave_of_Bavaria

Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop and saint (b. 890)

#Ulrich_of_Augsburg

François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician (b. 1768)

#François-René_de_Chateaubriand

W?adys?aw Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (b. 1881)

#W?adys?aw_Sikorski

Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)

#Lothar_von_Richthofen

Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell, English politician (b. 1514)

#Gregory_Cromwell,_1st_Baron_Cromwell

Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)

#Brenda_Joyce_(actress)

Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (b. 1888)

#Alan_Seeger

Charles A. Hines, American general (b. 1935)

#Charles_A._Hines

Brian Twyne, English academic, antiquarian and archivist (b. 1581)

#Brian_Twyne

James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)

#James_Monroe

Gustaw Herling-Grudzi?ski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1919)

#Gustaw_Herling-Grudzi?ski

Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (b. 1893)

#Gaby_Morlay

Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)

#Suzanne_Lenglen

Samuel Richardson, English author and painter (b. 1689)

#Samuel_Richardson

Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)

#Steve_McNair

Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1671)

#Luigi_Guido_Grandi

Paul-Gilbert Langevin, French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (b. 1933)

#Paul-Gilbert_Langevin

William Byrd, English composer (b. c. 1540)

#William_Byrd

William Kirby, English entomologist and author (b. 1759)

#William_Kirby_(entomologist)

John Frith, English priest, writer, and martyr (b. 1503)

#John_Frith

Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927)

#Clyde_Kennard

Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)

#Otto_Bauer

Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)

#Pingali_Venkayya

Hiren Bhattacharyya, Indian poet and author (b. 1932)

#Hiren_Bhattacharyya

Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)

#Élisée_Reclus

Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)

#Giovanni_Schiaparelli

Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (b. 1680)

#Philippe_Néricault_Destouches

Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)

#Johannes_Schmidt_(linguist)

Antoni S?onimski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1895)

#Antoni_S?onimski

Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (b. 1921)

#Astor_Piazzolla

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal (b. 1271)

#Elizabeth_of_Portugal

Hayreddin Barbarossa, Ottoman admiral (b. 1478)

#Hayreddin_Barbarossa

Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German academic and jurist (b. 1781)

#Karl_Friedrich_Eichhorn

Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)

#Hannibal_Hamlin

Taejo of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 877)

#Taejo_of_Goryeo

Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician (b. 1806)

#Johan_Vilhelm_Snellman

Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)

#Pier_Giorgio_Frassati

Cliff Goupille, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1915)

#Cliff_Goupille

John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735)

#John_Adams

Daniil Granin, Soviet and Russian author (b. 1919)

#Daniil_Granin

William Conrad Gibbons, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1926)

#William_Conrad_Gibbons

August Derleth, American anthologist and author (b. 1909)

#August_Derleth

Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1521)

#Philippe_de_Monte

Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (b. 1940)

Henri Dirickx, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)

Richard Mellon Scaife, American businessman (b. 1932)

C. J. Henderson, American author and critic (b. 1951)

Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (b. 1960)

James Fulton, American dermatologist and academic (b. 1940)

Jack Crompton, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)

Onllwyn Brace, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1932)

Eric Sykes, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)

Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (b. 1987)

Robert Neil Butler, American physician and author (b. 1927)

Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author and actor (b. 1935)

Drake Levin, American guitarist (b. 1946)

Allen Klein, American businessman and talent agent, founded ABKCO Records (b. 1931)

Charles Wheeler, German-English soldier and journalist (b. 1923)

Terrence Kiel, American football player (b. 1980)

Bill Pinkney, American singer (b. 1925)

Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1920)

Larry Burkett, American author and radio host (b. 1939)

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general (b. 1912)

Gerald Bales, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1919)

Leo Garel, American illustrator and educator (b. 1917)

Charles Kuralt, American journalist (b. 1934)

Bob Ross, American painter and television host (b. 1942)

Joey Marella, American wrestling referee (b. 1964)

Art Sansom, American cartoonist (b. 1920)

Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (b. 1936)

Olive Ann Burns, American journalist and author (b. 1924)

Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (b. 1954)

Flor Peeters, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1903)

Jimmie Spheeris, American singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

Gersh Budker, Ukrainian physicist and academic (b. 1918)

Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli colonel (b. 1946)

André Randall, French actor (b. 1892)

Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902)

Barnett Newman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1905)

Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)

Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)

Carlo I Tocco, ruler of Epirus (b. 1372)

Gwangjong of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 925)

Benedict V, pope of the Catholic Church

Zhuo Yanming, Chinese Buddhist monk and emperor

Wang Jianli, Chinese general (b. 871)

Luo Shaowei, Chinese warlord (b. 877)

Dietmar I, archbishop of Salzburg

Ecgberht, king of Kent