27 notable people died on October 4, including Michael Smith, Max Planck, Louis the Child.
20th Century
11 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)
Zoltán Lajos Bay
engineerinventor
Hungarian physicist (1900–1992)
Cléophas Beausoleil
journalistlawyer
Canadian politician
Petre Andrei
philosopherpolitician
Romanian politician (1891-1940)
Enzo Giudici
literary criticliterary historian
Italian academic (1920-1985)
Carlo Carretto
ethicisthermit
Italian Catholic writer (1910–1988)
Edmund Eysler
composer
Austrian composer (1874-1949)
ZB
Zaven Biberyan
journalistwriter
Turkish writer of Armenian ancestry (1921–1984)
VF
Violeta Friedman
historianmemoirist
Romanian woman Holocaust survivor
19th Century
5 deaths
Alfred Victor du Pont
chemistentrepreneur
American chemist and industrialist (1798–1856)
James Whitcomb
politicianwriter
American politician (1795-1852)
Leona Florentino
poetwriter
Filipino writer (1849-1884)
William Skey
chemist
New Zealand chemist and poet
GZ
Grigorios Zalykis
diplomatwriter
Greek scholar
18th Century
2 deaths
Augustin Ehrensvärd
architectmilitary personnel
Swedish military officer, military architect, and artist (1710-1772)
Ivar Huitfeldt
commander
Dano-Norwegian naval officer (1665–1710)
17th Century
1 death
Juan de la Cueva de Garoza
playwrightpoet
Spanish poet
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)
12th Century
1 death
Poet
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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