History Deaths on March 04

Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment (b. 1929)

#Nicholas_Ridley,_Baron_Ridley_of_Liddesdale

William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)

#William_Carlos_Williams

Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (b. 1908)

#Harry_Blackmun

Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and politician, German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1887)

#Lutz_Graf_Schwerin_von_Krosigk

John Anstis, English historian and politician (b. 1669)

#John_Anstis

Joe Marsala, American clarinet player and songwriter (b. 1907)

#Joe_Marsala

Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic (b. 1925)

#Anatol_E._Baconsky

Herbert O'Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)

#Herbert_O'Conor

Nancy Tyson Burbidge, Australian botanist and curator (b. 1912)

#Nancy_Tyson_Burbidge

P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1947)

#P._A._Sangma

Johannes Zick, German painter (b. 1702)

#Johannes_Zick

Ed Manning, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)

#Ed_Manning

Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1916)

#Robert_H._Dicke

Wesley Bolin, American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona (b. 1909)

#Wesley_Bolin

Stephen III, king of Hungary (b. 1147)

#Stephen_III_of_Hungary

Simon van der Meer, Dutch-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)

#Simon_van_der_Meer

Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player (b. 1961)

#Gerardo_Barbero

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Nepalese journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1924)

#Krishna_Prasad_Bhattarai

Toren Smith, Canadian businessman, founded Studio Proteus (b. 1960)

#Toren_Smith

Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)

#Clarence_Kingsbury

Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect and educator, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum New York (b. 1933)

#Raimund_Abraham

Harold Stassen, American educator and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1907)

#Harold_Stassen

Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (b. 1809)

#Nikolai_Gogol

Minnie Pearl, American entertainer (b. 1912)

#Minnie_Pearl

Art Babbitt, American animator and director (b. 1907)

#Art_Babbitt

Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (b. 1725)

#Louis_Jean_Marie_de_Bourbon,_Duke_of_Penthièvre

Matt Urban, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)

#Matt_Urban

Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)

#Lucille_La_Verne

Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)

#Alexander_H._Stephens

Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (b. 1926)

#Willi_Unsoeld

Keith Flint, English singer (The Prodigy) (b. 1969)

#Keith_Flint

Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer (b. 1939)

#Wu_Tianming

Saint Casimir, Polish prince (b. 1458)

#Saint_Casimir

Hans von Aachen, German painter and educator (b. 1552)

#Hans_von_Aachen

Jean-François Champollion, French philologist and scholar (b. 1790)

#Jean-François_Champollion

John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1950)

#John_Candy

Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazian historian and politician, 1st President of Abkhazia (b. 1945)

#Vladislav_Ardzinba

Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (b. 1846)

#Ira_Remsen

Zhou Xiaoyan, Chinese soprano and educator (b. 1917)

#Zhou_Xiaoyan

Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)

#Joseph_Henry_Shorthouse

Luke Perry, American actor (b. 1966)

#Luke_Perry

Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander (b. 1794)

#Matthew_C._Perry

Davide Astori, Italian soccer player (b. 1987)

#Davide_Astori

Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)

#Bud_Collins

Louis III, duke of Bourbon (b. 1668)

#Louis,_Prince_of_Condé_(1668-1710)

Jim Rhodes, American businessman and politician, 61st Governor of Ohio (b. 1909)

#Jim_Rhodes

Mi?osz Magin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1929)

#Mi?osz_Magin

Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)

#Antonin_Artaud

Beatriz Guido, Argentine author and screenwriter (b. 1924)

#Beatriz_Guido

Jakub ?winka, Polish priest and archbishop

#Jakub_?winka

John Marvin Jones, American judge and politician (b. 1882)

#John_Marvin_Jones

James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)

#James_Ward_(psychologist)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)

#Jean-Baptiste_Greuze

John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

#John_Montgomery_Ward

Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia, Christian martyrs

#Adrian_and_Natalia_of_Nicomedia

Izaak Kolthoff, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1894)

#Izaak_Kolthoff

James Richardson, English explorer (b. 1809)

#James_Richardson_(explorer)

Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid Sultanate (b. 1137)

#Saladin

Don Mincher, American baseball player (b. 1938)

#Don_Mincher

Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1860)

#Hamlin_Garland

Tomislav Iv?i?, Croatian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1953)

#Tomislav_Iv?i?

Jack Kinzler, American engineer (b. 1920)

#Jack_Kinzler

Alenush Terian, Iranian astronomer and physicist (b. 1920)

#Alenush_Terian

Mark Freidkin, Russian author and poet (b. 1953)

#Mark_Freidkin

Ivan Dougherty, Australian general (b. 1907)

#Ivan_Dougherty

George Edward Hughes, Irish-Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1918)

#George_Edward_Hughes

Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)

#Charles_Scott_Sherrington

Velibor Vasovi?, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1939)

#Velibor_Vasovi?

Clayton Yeutter, American politician (b. 1930)

#Clayton_Yeutter

Torin Thatcher, American actor (b. 1905)

#Torin_Thatcher

John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)

#John_Schofield

René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)

#René_Lefebvre

Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)

#Louis_Capone

Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)

#Hank_Gathers

Elizabeth Smart, Canadian poet and author (b. 1913)

#Elizabeth_Smart_(Canadian_author)

Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (b. 1929)

#Claude_Nougaro

Gary Gygax, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1938)

#Gary_Gygax

Claude de Forbin, French admiral and politician (b. 1656)

#Claude_de_Forbin

Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)

#Tadeusz_Nalepa

Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)

#Jack_Taylor_(1900s_pitcher)

Mickey Moore, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)

#Mickey_Moore

Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th Chief Justice of New Zealand (b. 1894)

#Harold_Barrowclough

Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)

#Ludwig_Quidde

Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer (b. 1886)

#Walter_H._Schottky

Richard Manuel, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1943)

#Richard_Manuel

Tiny Grimes, American guitarist (b. 1916)

#Tiny_Grimes

John Reynolds Gardiner, American author and engineer (b. 1944)

#John_Reynolds_Gardiner

Joan of England, queen of Scotland (b. 1210)

#Joan_of_England,_Queen_of_Scotland

Art Hodes, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1904)

#Art_Hodes

Daniel of Moscow, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1261)

#Daniel_of_Moscow

Abraham Baldwin, American minister, lawyer, and politician (b. 1754)

#Abraham_Baldwin

Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and educator (b. 1539)

#Fausto_Sozzini

Bernard Gilpin, English priest and theologian (b. 1517)

#Bernard_Gilpin

Yuri II, Russian Grand Prince (b. 1189)

#Yuri_II_of_Vladimir

Pare Lorentz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)

#Pare_Lorentz

Fred Wedlock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

#Fred_Wedlock

Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)

#Moritz_Moszkowski

Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)

#Carsten_Hauch

George McAfee, American football player (b. 1918)

#George_McAfee

Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1774)

#Christian_Leopold_von_Buch

Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (b. 1929)

#Thomas_Eagleton

Jean René Bazaine, French painter and author (b. 1904)

#Jean_René_Bazaine

William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (b. 1856)

#William_Willett

Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1778)

#Mariano_Moreno

Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian police officer and politician (b. 1951)

#Yuriy_Kravchenko

Thomas Starr King, American minister and politician (b. 1824)

#Thomas_Starr_King

Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)

#Franz_Marc

Pat Conroy, American author (b. 1945)

#Pat_Conroy

Sigismund, archduke of Austria (b. 1427)

#Sigismund,_Archduke_of_Austria

Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian playwright, academic, and politician (b. 1926)

#Jaba_Ioseliani

Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)

#Amos_Bronson_Alcott

Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)

#Fannie_Barrier_Williams

George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)

#George_Foster_Peabody

Johnny Alf, Brazilian pianist and composer (b. 1929)

#Johnny_Alf

Ray Hatton, English-American runner, author, and academic (b. 1932)

Dušan Bilandži?, Croatian historian and politician (b. 1924)

Elaine Kellett-Bowman, English lawyer and politician (b. 1923)

Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (b. 1923)

Paul McBride, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1965)

Arjun Singh, Indian politician (b. 1930)

Vivienne Harris, English journalist and publisher, co-founded the Jewish Telegraph (b. 1921)

Horton Foote, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1916)

Yvon Cormier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1938)

Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)

Ian Wooldridge, English journalist (b. 1932)

Edgar Valter, Estonian author and illustrator (b. 1929)

Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-Belarusian author and activist (b. 1934)

Nicola Calipari, Italian general (b. 1953)

Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1931)

Elyne Mitchell, Australian skier and author (b. 1913)

Ugn? Karvelis, Lithuanian author and translator (b. 1935)

Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)

Ta-You Wu, Chinese physicist and academic (b. 1907)

Michael Noonan, New Zealand-Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)

Hermann Brück, German-Scottish physicist and astronomer (b. 1905)

Del Close, American actor and educator (b. 1934)

Joe Baker-Cresswell, English captain (b. 1901)

John Sauer, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)

Godfrey Bryan, English cricketer (b. 1902)

Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor (b. 1884)

Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist and academic (b. 1917)

Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, German admiral (b. 1900)

Alan Hardaker, English lieutenant and businessman (b. 1912)

William Paul, American lawyer and politician (b. 1885)

Andrés Caicedo, Colombian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1951)

Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (b. 1903)

Charles Biro, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)

Nicholas Schenck, Russian-American businessman (b. 1881)

Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)

Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)

Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)

Alexander Campbell, Irish-American minister and theologian (b. 1788)

Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (b. 1776)

John Collins, American politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1717)

Thomas Usk, English author

Jeanne d'Évreux, queen consort of France (b. 1310)

Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah, Fatimid caliph (b. 873)

Pelagius I, pope of the Catholic Church

Landry of Sées, French bishop and saint