36 notable people died on March 4, including Sir Charles Sherrington, Ludwig Quidde, Gaspar Lax.
21st Century
7 deaths
Jean Starobinski
literary criticliterary historian
Swiss writer (1920-2019)
Mihai Brediceanu
composerconductor
Composer (1920–2005)
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Anthony Greville-Bell
screenwritersculptor
Australian sculptor, scriptwriter
SČ
Soňa Čechová
editing stafflibrarian
Slovak publicist and translator (1930-2007)
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Marat Tarasov
poettranslator
Russian writer (1930-2021)
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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
15 deaths
Sir Charles Sherrington
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1932)
Ludwig Quidde
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1927)
Rebecca Merritt Austin
botanical collectorbotanist
American botanist and plant collector (1832–1919)
William Sooy Smith
civil engineerengineer
Union United States Army general and civil engineer
José María Alonso
engineertennis player
Spanish tennis player (1890-1979)
John A. Gilruth
pathologistscientist
Scottish born veterinary surgeon, pathologist and Administrator of the Northern Territory
Arthur Henry Adams
journalistpoet
New Zealand–Australian poet and journalist (1872-1936)
Albert Vanloo
librettistplaywright
Belgian opera librettist (1846-1920)
Henriette Tassé
biographerjournalist
Canadian journalist
José Segundo Decoud
diplomatjournalist
Paraguayan politician
Fritz Blanke
church historiantheologian
Swiss church historian and theologian (1900-1967)
Rudolf Pöch
anthropologistbotanical collector
Austrian doctor, anthropologist and ethnologist (1870–1921)
Gabriel Höfner senior
composerentomologist
Austrian entomologist
Jānis Mediņš
cellistcomposer
Latvian composer (1890-1966)
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Dušan Stankov
engineer
Serbian aeronautical engineer (1900-1983)
19th Century
6 deaths
Amos Bronson Alcott
philosopherpoet
American teacher, writer, philosopher, and reformer (1799-1888)
Erik Sjöberg
poettranslator
Swedish poet (1794-1828)
Laureano Calderón y Arana
chemistcrystallographer
Spanish chemist, pharmacist, physicist, crystallographer and university professor (1847-1894)
Prince August, Duke of Dalarna
aristocratcomposer
Swedish prince (1831-1873)
Johan Peter Digre
architect
Norwegian architect and builder
George Edwards Brown
businesspersonphysician
Chilean politician
18th Century
5 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
Gaetano Matteo Pisoni
architect
Swiss-Italian architect (1713-1782)
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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