17 notable people died on September 4, including Ferid Murad, Christian of Prachatice, Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat.
21st Century
4 deaths
Ferid Murad
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1998)
Gintautas Iešmantas
journalistpolitician
Lithuanian politician (1930–2016)
Pentti Kaskipuro
graphic artistpainter
Finnish painter (1930–2010)
Elisa Serrana
writer
Chilean writer
20th Century
3 deaths
Herbert Dingle
astronomerastrophysicist
British astronomer and historian of science (1890–1978)
Walter Scott Dahl
juristlawyer
Norwegian politician (1839–1906)
Edvard Grieg
composerpianist
Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)
19th Century
5 deaths
Stephen Harriman Long
civil engineerengineer
American explorer
James Wyatt
architectdesigner
English architect; (1746-1813)
Julian Thomas
journalistwriter
Australian writer (1843-1896)
Théodore Baron
art collectoreducator
Belgian painter (1840-1899)
John Pascoe Fawkner
businesspersondiarist
(1792–1869) early pioneer to Victoria, Australia
15th Century
1 death
Christian of Prachatice
astrologerastronomer
Czech astrologist, astronomist, botanist, doctor, mathematician and theologist
14th Century
1 death
Baybars al-Mansûrî
historianmilitary personnel
Egyptian mamluk and historian (died 1325)
13th Century
1 death
King of Thessalonica
11th Century
1 death
Minamoto no Yorimitsu
military commandermilitary leader
Regent of the Fujiwara clan
8th Century
1 death
Ōtomo no Tabito
waka poet
Japanese poet and writer
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