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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[673]] – [[Ecgberht of Kent|Ecgberht]], king of Kent<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cheney |first1=Christopher Robert |last2=Jones |first2=Michael |title=A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History |date=6 April 2000 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77845-9 |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9_Fakx-flCkC&pg=PA23 |language=en}}</ref> * [[907]] – [[Luitpold, Margrave of Bavaria|Luitpold]], margrave of [[Duchy of Bavaria|Bavaria]] * 907 – [[Dietmar I (archbishop of Salzburg)|Dietmar I]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg|Salzburg]] * [[910]] – [[Luo Shaowei]], Chinese warlord (born 877) * [[940]] – [[Wang Jianli]], Chinese general (born 871) * [[943]] – [[Taejo of Goryeo]], Korean king (born 877) * [[945]] – [[Zhuo Yanming]], Chinese [[Bhikkhu|Buddhist monk]] and emperor * [[965]] – [[Pope Benedict V|Benedict V]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[973]] – [[Ulrich of Augsburg]], German bishop and saint (born 890) * [[975]] – [[Gwangjong of Goryeo]], Korean king (born 925) *[[1187]] – [[Raynald of Châtillon]], French knight (born 1125) *[[1307]] – [[Rudolf I of Bohemia]] (born 1281) *[[1336]] – Saint [[Elizabeth of Portugal]] (born 1271) *[[1429]] – [[Carlo I Tocco]], ruler of Epirus (born 1372) *[[1533]] – [[John Frith (martyr)|John Frith]], English priest, writer, and martyr (born 1503) *[[1541]] – [[Pedro de Alvarado]], Spanish general and explorer (born 1495) *[[1546]] – [[Hayreddin Barbarossa]], Ottoman admiral (born 1478) *[[1551]] – [[Gregory Cromwell, 1st Baron Cromwell]], English politician (born 1514) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Philippe de Monte]], Flemish composer and educator (born 1521) *[[1623]] – [[William Byrd]], English composer (born c. 1540) *[[1644]] – [[Brian Twyne]], English academic, antiquarian and archivist (born 1581) *[[1648]] – [[Antoine Daniel]], French missionary and saint, one of the eight [[Canadian Martyrs]] (born 1601) *[[1742]] – [[Luigi Guido Grandi]], Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (born 1671) *[[1754]] – [[Philippe Néricault Destouches]], French playwright and author (born 1680) *[[1761]] – [[Samuel Richardson]], English author and painter (born 1689) *[[1780]] – [[Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine]] (born 1712) *[[1787]] – [[Charles, Prince of Soubise]], Marshal of France (born 1715) *[[1821]] – [[Richard Cosway]], English painter and academic (born 1742) *[[1826]] – [[John Adams]], American lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of the United States]] (born 1735)<ref>{{cite web |title= History - John Adams |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/adams_john.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=29 March 2022}}</ref> * 1826 – [[Thomas Jefferson]], American architect, lawyer, and politician, 3rd [[President of the United States]] (born 1743) *[[1831]] – [[James Monroe]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th [[President of the United States]] (born 1758) *[[1848]] – [[François-René de Chateaubriand]], French historian and politician (born 1768) *[[1850]] – [[William Kirby (entomologist)|William Kirby]], English entomologist and author (born 1759) *[[1854]] – [[Karl Friedrich Eichhorn]], German academic and jurist (born 1781) *[[1857]] – [[William L. Marcy]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 21st [[United States Secretary of State]] (born 1786) *[[1881]] – [[Johan Vilhelm Snellman]], Finnish philosopher and politician (born 1806) *[[1882]] – [[Joseph Brackett]], American composer and author (born 1797) *[[1886]] – [[Poundmaker]], Canadian tribal chief (born 1797) *[[1891]] – [[Hannibal Hamlin]], American lawyer and politician, 15th [[Vice President of the United States]] (born 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Johannes Schmidt (linguist)|Johannes Schmidt]], German linguist and academic (born 1843) *[[1902]] – [[Swami Vivekananda]], Indian monk and saint (born 1863) *[[1905]] – [[Élisée Reclus]], French geographer and author (born 1830) *[[1910]] – [[Melville Fuller]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (born 1833)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Orth |first1=John V. |title=Fuller, Melville Weston |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195176612.001.0001/acref-9780195176612-e-0459 |website=The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=25 February 2020 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195176612.001.0001 |date=2005|isbn=9780195176612 }}</ref> * 1910 – [[Kabua the Great]], Marshallese [[iroijlaplap]] (born {{circa|1820}})<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Matthew P.|url=https://academic.oup.com/book/41434/chapter-abstract/352773361?redirectedFrom=fulltext|title=The Kaiser and the Colonies: Monarchy in the Age of Empire|chapter=11: The Kaiser’s Birthday Present|date=2022|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780192897039|doi=10.1093/oso/9780192897039.003.0012|location=Oxford|pages=319}}</ref> * 1910 – [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]], Italian astronomer and historian (born 1835) *[[1916]] – [[Alan Seeger]], American soldier and poet (born 1888) *[[1922]] – [[Lothar von Richthofen]], German lieutenant and pilot (born 1894) *[[1926]] – [[Pier Giorgio Frassati]], Italian activist and saint (born 1901) *[[1934]] – [[Marie Curie]], French-Polish physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1867)<ref>{{cite web |title= History - Marie Curie |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/curie_marie.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Anna Paaske]], Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (born 1856)<ref>{{cite news|title=Anna Paaske |url=https://www.nb.no/items/44258e9e31327b66a1a6d5781667dec7?page=1|work=Haugesunds Dagblad|date=5 July 1935|location=Haugesund|page=2|language=no}}</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Otto Bauer]], Austrian philosopher and politician, [[Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs|Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1881) * 1938 – [[Suzanne Lenglen]], French tennis player (born 1899) *[[1941]] – [[Antoni Łomnicki]], Polish mathematician and academic (born 1881) *[[1943]] – [[Władysław Sikorski]], Polish general and politician, 9th [[List of Prime Ministers of Poland|Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland]] (born 1881) *[[1946]] – [[Taffy O'Callaghan]], Welsh footballer and coach (born 1906) *[[1948]] – [[Monteiro Lobato]], Brazilian journalist and author (born 1882) *[[1949]] – [[François Brandt]], Dutch rower and engineer (born 1874) *[[1963]] – [[Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg]], New Zealand general and politician, 7th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (born 1889) * 1963 – [[Clyde Kennard]], American activist and martyr (born 1927) * 1963 – [[Pingali Venkayya]], Indian activist, designed the [[Flag of India]] (born 1876) *[[1964]] – [[Gaby Morlay]], French actress and singer (born 1893) *[[1969]] – [[Henri Decoin]], French director and screenwriter (born 1890) *[[1970]] – [[Barnett Newman]], American painter and illustrator (born 1905) * 1970 – [[Harold Stirling Vanderbilt]], American sailor and businessman (born 1884) *[[1971]] – [[August Derleth]], American anthologist and author (born 1909) * 1971 – [[Thomas C. Hart]], American admiral and politician (born 1877) *[[1974]] – [[Georgette Heyer]], English author (born 1902) * 1974 – [[André Randall]], French actor (born 1892) *[[1976]] – [[Yonatan Netanyahu]], Israeli colonel (born 1946) * 1976 – [[Antoni Słonimski]], Polish poet and playwright (born 1895) *[[1977]] – [[Gersh Budker]], Ukrainian physicist and academic (born 1918) *[[1979]] – [[Lee Wai Tong]], Chinese footballer and manager (born 1905) *[[1980]] – [[Maurice Grevisse]], Belgian linguist and author (born 1895) *[[1984]] – [[Jimmie Spheeris]], American singer-songwriter (born 1949) *[[1986]] – [[Paul-Gilbert Langevin]], French musicologist, critique musical and physicist (born 1933) * 1986 – [[Flor Peeters]], Belgian organist and composer (born 1903) * 1986 – [[Oscar Zariski]], Belarusian-American mathematician and academic (born 1899) *[[1988]] – [[Adrian Adonis]], American wrestler (born 1954) *[[1990]] – [[Olive Ann Burns]], American journalist and author (born 1924) *[[1991]] – [[Victor Chang]], Chinese-Australian surgeon and physician (born 1936) * 1991 – [[Art Sansom]], American cartoonist (born 1920) *[[1992]] – [[Astor Piazzolla]], Argentinian [[bandoneon]] player and composer (born 1921) *[[1993]] – [[Bona Arsenault]], Canadian historian, genealogist, and politician (born 1903) *[[1994]] – [[Joey Marella]], American wrestling referee (born 1964) *[[1995]] – [[Eva Gabor]], Hungarian-American actress and singer (born 1919) * 1995 – [[Bob Ross]], American painter and television host (born 1942) *[[1997]] – [[Charles Kuralt]], American journalist (born 1934) * 1997 – [[John Zachary Young]], English zoologist and neurophysiologist (born 1907) *[[1999]] – [[Leo Garel]], American illustrator and educator (born 1917) *[[2000]] – [[Gustaw Herling-Grudziński]], Polish journalist and author (born 1919) *[[2002]] – [[Gerald Bales]], Canadian organist and composer (born 1919) * 2002 – [[Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.]], American general (born 1912) *[[2003]] – [[Larry Burkett]], American author and radio host (born 1939) * 2003 – [[André Claveau]], French singer (born 1915) * 2003 – [[Barry White]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1944) *[[2004]] – [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1920) *[[2005]] – [[Cliff Goupille]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1915) * 2005 – [[Hank Stram]], American football player and coach (born 1923) *[[2007]] – [[Bill Pinkney]], American singer (born 1925) *[[2008]] – [[Thomas M. Disch]], American author and poet (born 1940) * 2008 – [[Jesse Helms]], American politician (born 1921) * 2008 – [[Evelyn Keyes]], American actress (born 1916) * 2008 – [[Terrence Kiel]], American football player (born 1980) * 2008 – [[Charles Wheeler (journalist)|Charles Wheeler]], German-English soldier and journalist (born 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Brenda Joyce (actress)|Brenda Joyce]], American actress (born 1917) * 2009 – [[Allen Klein]], American businessman and talent agent, founded [[ABKCO Records]] (born 1931) * 2009 – [[Drake Levin]], American guitarist (born 1946) * 2009 – [[Steve McNair]], American football player (born 1973) * 2009 – [[Lasse Strömstedt]], Swedish author and actor (born 1935) * 2009 – [[Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard]], Congolese poet and politician (born 1938) *[[2010]] – [[Robert Neil Butler]], American physician and author (born 1927) *[[2012]] – [[Hiren Bhattacharyya]], Indian poet and author (born 1932) * 2012 – [[Jimmy Bivins]], American boxer (born 1919) * 2012 – [[Jeong Min-hyeong]], South Korean footballer (born 1987) * 2012 – [[Eric Sykes]], English actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923) *[[2013]] – [[Onllwyn Brace]], Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (born 1932) * 2013 – [[Jack Crompton]], English footballer and manager (born 1921) * 2013 – [[James Fulton (dermatologist)|James Fulton]], American dermatologist and academic (born 1940) * 2013 – [[Charles A. Hines]], American general (born 1935) * 2013 – [[Bernie Nolan]], Irish singer (born 1960) *[[2014]] – [[Giorgio Faletti]], Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (born 1950) * 2014 – [[C. J. Henderson (writer)|C. J. Henderson]], American author and critic (born 1951) * 2014 – [[Earl Robinson (baseball)|Earl Robinson]], American baseball player (born 1936) * 2014 – [[Richard Mellon Scaife]], American businessman (born 1932) *[[2015]] – [[Nedelcho Beronov]], Bulgarian judge and politician (born 1928) * 2015 – [[William Conrad Gibbons]], American historian, author, and academic (born 1926) *[[2016]] – [[Abbas Kiarostami]], Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, and photographer (born 1940) *[[2017]] – [[John Blackwell (musician)|John Blackwell]], American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer (born 1973) * 2017 – [[Daniil Granin]], Soviet and Russian author (born 1919) * 2017 – [[Gene Conley]], American MLB player and NBA player (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/july/4|title=Famous Deaths on July 4|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Henri Dirickx]], Belgian footballer (born 1927) * 2018 – [[Robby Müller]], Dutch cinematographer (born 1940) *[[2021]] – [[Harmoko]], Indonesian politician, former parliament speaker and government minister (born 1939)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-5631405/cerita-keluarga-soal-harmoko-terpapar-covid-19-dan-riwayat-penyakitnya |title=Cerita Keluarga soal Harmoko Terpapar COVID-19 dan Riwayat Penyakitnya|work=Detik.com|author=Annisa Rizky Fadhila|date=5 July 2021|accessdate=5 July 2021|language=id}}</ref> *2021 – [[Matīss Kivlenieks]], Latvian ice hockey goaltender (born 1996)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-05 |title=Jackets' Kivlenieks, 24, dies in fireworks accident |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31764017/columbus-blue-jackets-goalie-matiss-kivlenieks-24-dies-tragic-accident |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Cláudio Hummes]], Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church (born 1934)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Obituaries |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/obituaries |access-date=2022-07-14 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Kazuki Takahashi]], Japanese manga artist (born 1961)<ref>{{cite web |last1= Ives |first1= Mike |last2= Ueno |first2= Hisako |date= October 28, 2022 |title= A Celebrated Japanese Artist Died Trying to Save Others From Drowning |website= New York Times |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/world/asia/yu-gi-oh-kazuki-takahashi-drowning.html |accessdate= 2 November 2022}}</ref>
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