History Deaths on May 04

John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)

#John_Murray_(Victorian_politician)

Hendrik Casimir, Dutch physicist and academic (b. 1909)

#Hendrik_Casimir

Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (b. 1935)

#Mario_Machado

Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)

#Alexandre_Pharamond

Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)

#Joseph_Joubert

Coluccio Salutati, chancellor of Florence (b. 1331)

#Coluccio_Salutati

Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)

#Edward_Clark_(governor)

Lelio Sozzini, Italian Protestant theologian (b. 1525)

#Lelio_Sozzini

Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)

#Edgar_Cortright

Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)

#Samuel_Dexter

Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)

#Milan_Rastislav_Štefánik

Gotthard of Hildesheim, German bishop (b. 960)

#Gotthard_of_Hildesheim

Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)

#Carl_von_Ossietzky

Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1942)

#Paul_Butterfield

Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)

#Fedor_von_Bock

Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer (b. 1533)

#Claudio_Merulo

Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer-songwriter and mandolin player (b. 1902)

#Mohammed_Abdel_Wahab

Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)

#Jacques_Saly

France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (b. 1919)

#France_Štiglic

Dom DeLuise, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1933)

#Dom_DeLuise

Moe Howard, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)

#Moe_Howard

Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)

#Matthew_Tilghman

Helga Königsdorf, German physicist and author (b. 1938)

#Helga_Königsdorf

Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)

#Nikolay_Kamensky

Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)

#Gotse_Delchev

Jane Bowles, American author and playwright (b. 1917)

#Jane_Bowles

Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (b. 1918)

#Fred_Baur

John Nevison, English criminal (b. 1639)

#John_Nevison

Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish rebel leader

#Engelbrekt_Engelbrektsson

Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)

#Joseph_Plunkett

Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)

#Diana_Dors

Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (b. 1522)

#Ulisse_Aldrovandi

Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)

#Eustace_Budgell

Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)

#Duke_Anthony_Ulrich_of_Brunswick

Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)

#Denis_Davydov

William Bast, American screenwriter and author (b. 1931)

#William_Bast

Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)

#Nettie_Stevens

Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)

#Osbert_Sitwell

Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)

#Chris_McKivat

Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)

#Edward_Calvin_Kendall

Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)

#Cathryn_Damon

Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)

#Aimé_Bonpland

George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)

#George_Enescu

Emily Remler, American guitarist (b. 1957)

#Emily_Remler

James Thornhill, English painter and politician (b. 1675)

#James_Thornhill

Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian sociologist and politician (b. 1948)

#Javier_Diez_Canseco

E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)

#E._Nesbit

David Hackworth, American colonel and journalist (b. 1930)

#David_Hackworth

Louis Antoine de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)

#Louis_Antoine_de_Noailles

Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)

#Josip_Broz_Tito

Arbeo, bishop of Freising

#Arbeo_of_Freising

Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (b. 1983)

#Elena_Baltacha

Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino (b. 1492)

#Lorenzo_de'_Medici,_Duke_of_Urbino

Kan? Jigor?, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)

#Kan?_Jigor?

Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)

#Edward_Daly_(Irish_revolutionary)

Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1511)

#Pierre_Viret

Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

#Christian_de_Duve

Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)

#Willie_Pearse

Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)

#Luca_Ghini

John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)

#John_Jones_Ross

Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)

#Viktor_Kingissepp

John Houghton, Carthusian monk and saint

#John_Houghton_(martyr)

Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (b. 1964)

#Adam_Yauch

Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (b. 1924)

#Dick_Ayers

Venerius, archbishop of Milan

#Venerius_(bishop_of_Milan)

Isaac Barrow, English mathematician and theologian (b. 1630)

#Isaac_Barrow

Arthur Lake, English bishop and scholar (b. 1569)

#Arthur_Lake_(bishop)

Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Burundian politician (b. 1946)

Marv Hubbard, American football player (b. 1946)

Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (b. 1913)

Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1948)

Ross Lonsberry, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1947)

César Portillo de la Luz, Cuban guitarist and composer (b. 1922)

Morgan Morgan-Giles, English admiral and politician (b. 1914)

Otis R. Bowen, American physician and politician, 44th Governor of Indiana (b. 1918)

Rashidi Yekini, Nigerian footballer (b. 1963)

Bob Stewart, American television producer, founded Stewart Tele Enterprises (b. 1920)

Mort Lindsey, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1923)

Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)

David Reimer, Canadian victim of a botched circumcision and transgender reassignment surgery (b. 1965)

Bonnie Lee Bakley, American model, wife of Robert Blake (b. 1956)

Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (b. 1922)

Gregor Mackenzie, Scottish politician (b. 1927)

Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America (b. 1891)

Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)

Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (b. 1938)

Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)

C. Loganathan, Sri Lankan banker (b. 1913)

Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (b. 1886)

Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)

Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)

Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)

Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)

Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1561)

Husayn Mirza Bayqara, Timurid ruler of Herat (b. 1438)

George Neville, Duke of Bedford (b. 1457)

Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset (b. 1438)

Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, son and heir of Henry VI of England (b. 1453)

Herman II, duke of Swabia