28 notable people died on March 4, including Sir Charles Sherrington, Ludwig Quidde, Gaspar Lax.
21st Century
6 deaths
Jean Starobinski
literary criticliterary historian
Swiss writer (1920-2019)
Mihai Brediceanu
composerconductor
Composer (1920–2005)
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Marat Tarasov
poettranslator
Russian writer (1930-2021)
SČ
Soňa Čechová
editing stafflibrarian
Slovak publicist and translator (1930-2007)
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José Triana
playwrightpoet
Cuban playwright (1931–2018)
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
diplomatlawyer
5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020)
20th Century
12 deaths
Sir Charles Sherrington
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1932)
Ludwig Quidde
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1927)
John A. Gilruth
pathologistscientist
Scottish born veterinary surgeon, pathologist and Administrator of the Northern Territory
José María Alonso
engineertennis player
Spanish tennis player (1890-1979)
José Segundo Decoud
diplomatjournalist
Paraguayan politician
Albert Vanloo
librettistplaywright
Belgian opera librettist (1846-1920)
Arthur Henry Adams
journalistpoet
New Zealand–Australian poet and journalist (1872-1936)
Henriette Tassé
biographerjournalist
Canadian journalist
Fritz Blanke
church historiantheologian
Swiss church historian and theologian (1900-1967)
Jānis Mediņš
cellistcomposer
Latvian composer (1890-1966)
Gabriel Höfner senior
composerentomologist
Austrian entomologist
Rudolf Pöch
anthropologistbotanical collector
Austrian doctor, anthropologist and ethnologist (1870–1921)
19th Century
3 deaths
Erik Sjöberg
poettranslator
Swedish poet (1794-1828)
Amos Bronson Alcott
philosopherpoet
American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer (1799-1888)
Laureano Calderón y Arana
chemistcrystallographer
Spanish chemist, pharmacist, physicist, crystallographer and university professor (1847-1894)
18th Century
4 deaths
Nicolas de Malézieu
classical scholarmathematician
French mathematician
Keichū
linguistpoet
Buddhist priest and scholar
AB
Antonio Beduzzi
architectengineer
Italian painter (1675-1735)
Peter Thumb
architect
Austrian architect
17th Century
1 death
Blessed Anne of Jesus
poetwriter
Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and spiritual writer (1545-1621)
16th Century
2 deaths
Gaspar Lax
mathematicianphilosopher
Spanish mathematician, logician, and philosopher
Hans Judenkönig
composerlutenist
German lutenist
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