19 notable people died on August 4, including Frederick C. Robbins, Henry I of France, Mariangelo Accursio.
21st Century
2 deaths
Frederick C. Robbins
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1954)
FS
Friedel Sellschop
physicist
South African physicist
20th Century
6 deaths
Henry Gullett
journalistnewspaper editor
Australian politician and journalist
Johanne Harrelle
actormodel
Canadian actress, model, and writer
Rafael Blanco Estera
caricaturistchess player
Cuban painter
Joseph Tilly
mathematician
Mathematician, military person (1837-1906)
LB
Ludovic Bruckstein
editorwriter
Israeli writer
AZ
Alejandro Zohn
architectpainter
Mexican architect
19th Century
4 deaths
Jean-Jacques Paulet
botanistmycologist
French mycologist (1740-1826)
Élie Salomon François Reverdil
Hofmeistermathematician
Swiss politician (1732-1808)
Phan Thanh Gian
diplomathistorian
Vietnamese official (1796-1867)
José Francisco Barrundia
journalistpolitician
President of the United Provinces of Central America (1787-1854)
18th Century
2 deaths
Kitamura Kigin
poetwriter
Japanese poet and writer (1625-1705)
RH
Richard Houston
copper engraverengraver
Irish etcher and painter (1721-1775)
17th Century
1 death
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
playwrightwriter
Spanish writer, from New Spain
16th Century
2 deaths
Mariangelo Accursio
archaeologisthumanist
Italian writer and critic (1489-1546)
Juan Sebastián Elcano
explorerseafarer
Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
11th Century
2 deaths
King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060 (1008–1060)
Urban II
authorCatholic priest
11th century pope and initiator of the Crusades
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