18 notable people died on March 4, including Sir Charles Sherrington, Ludwig Quidde, Gaspar Lax.
21st Century
2 deaths
Mihai Brediceanu
composerconductor
Composer (1920–2005)
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
diplomatlawyer
5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020)
20th Century
10 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 Segundo Decoud
diplomatjournalist
Paraguayan politician
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Arthur Henry Adams
journalistpoet
New Zealand–Australian poet and journalist (1872-1936)
Albert Vanloo
librettistplaywright
Belgian opera librettist (1846-1920)
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Henriette Tassé
biographerjournalist
Canadian journalist
Rudolf Pöch
anthropologistbotanical collector
Austrian doctor, anthropologist and ethnologist (1870–1921)
Gabriel Höfner senior
composerentomologist
Austrian entomologist
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Jānis Mediņš
cellistcomposer
Latvian composer (1890-1966)
19th Century
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Erik Sjöberg
poettranslator
Swedish poet (1794-1828)
18th Century
3 deaths
Nicolas de Malézieu
classical scholarmathematician
French mathematician
Keichū
linguistpoet
Buddhist priest and scholar
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
1 death
Gaspar Lax
mathematicianphilosopher
Spanish mathematician, logician, and philosopher
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