14 notable people died on October 4, including Michael Smith, Max Planck, Louis the Child.
20th Century
5 deaths
Michael Smith
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1993)
Max Planck
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1918)
Peter Salcher
photographerphysicist
Austrian physicist (1848-1928)
Petre Andrei
philosopherpolitician
Romanian politician (1891-1940)
Cléophas Beausoleil
journalistlawyer
Canadian politician
19th Century
2 deaths
Alfred Victor du Pont
chemistentrepreneur
American chemist and industrialist (1798–1856)
Leona Florentino
poetwriter
Filipino writer (1849-1884)
16th Century
2 deaths
Jacques Cujas
jurist-consultantlegal historian
French jurist (1522–1590)
Paracelsus
astrologerastronomer
Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)
14th Century
1 death
Gottfried von Hagenau
canonphysician
Medieval priest, physician, theologian and poet from Alsace, France
13th Century
1 death
Baydu
ruler
The sixth Ilkhan of Mongol Ilkhanate (1295)
11th Century
1 death
Count of Salm; German anti-king
10th Century
1 death
Louis the Child
monarch
King of East Francia and Lotharingia
8th Century
1 death
Abd ar-Rahman I
military leaderpolitician
Emir of Córdoba from 756 to 788
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