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Iván Szabó was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Finance between 1993 and 1994
Notable Deaths on August 4
92 people
221 – 2024
August 4 has seen 92 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 221 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2005 — Iván Szabó
Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (born 1934)
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He joined to the Hungarian Democratic Forum in 1988
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After the death of József Antall (1993) he served as manager president
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Szabó was member of the National Assembly of Hungary since 1990
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Between June 1990 and December 1991 he served as the Chairman of the Assembly's Economical Committee
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Berengar II was the king of Italy from 950 until his deposition in 961. He was a scion of the Anscarid and Unruoching dynasties, and was named after his maternal grandfather, Berengar I. He succeeded his father as…
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966
Henry I was King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060. The royal demesne of France reached its smallest size during his reign, and for this reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the early Capetians. This…
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1060
countess and regent of Holland (born c. 1030)
Gertrude of Saxony, also known as Gertrude Billung, was a countess of Holland by marriage to Floris I, Count of Holland, and countess of Flanders by marriage to Robert I, Count of Flanders. She was regent of Holland in…
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1113
Peter de Montfort of Beaudesert Castle was an English magnate, soldier and diplomat. He is the first person recorded as having presided over Parliament as a parlour or prolocutor, an office now known as Speaker of the…
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1265
Sir Henry de Montfort was the son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and with his father played an important role in the struggle of the barons against King Henry III. Henry's mother was Princess Eleanor of…
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1265
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, 1st Earl of Chester, also known as Simon V de Montfort, was an English nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the baronial opposition to the rule…
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1265
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Baron le Despenser was an important ally of Simon de Montfort during the reign of Henry III. He served briefly as Justiciar of England in 1260 and as Constable of the Tower of London.
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1265
Count of Nevers (born 1230)
Odo of Burgundy, in French Eudes de Bourgogne or Eudes de Nevers, was the Count of Nevers, Auxerre and Tonnerre and son of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande of Dreux.
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1266
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1301 to 1305, and King of Bohemia and Poland from 1305. He was the son of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, and Judith of Habsburg.
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1306
Sultan of Egypt (born 1326)
As-Salih Imad ad-Din Abu'l Fida Isma'il, better known as as-Salih Isma'il, was the Bahri Mamluk sultan of Egypt between June 1342 and August 1345. He was the fourth son of an-Nasir Muhammad to succeed the latter as…
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1345
Lord of Milan (born c. 1320)
Galeazzo II Visconti was a member of the Visconti dynasty and a ruler of Milan, Italy. His most notable military campaigns were against Pope Gregory XI, around 1367. These battles fought between the papacy and the…
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1378
1430
Spanish explorer and navigator (born 1476)
Juan Sebastián Elcano was a Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands. He…
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1526
Sebastian was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz.
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1578
1st Baron Burghley, English academic and politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1520)
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, was an English statesman, the chief adviser of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State and Lord High Treasurer from 1572. In his description in the…
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1598
English scholar and theologian (born 1549)
Hugh Broughton was an English scholar and theologian.
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1612
Mexican actor and playwright (born 1581)
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón was a New Spanish writer of the Golden Age who cultivated different variants of dramaturgy. His works include the comedy La verdad sospechosa, which is considered a masterpiece of Latin American…
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1639
French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (born 1656)
Rene Lepage de Sainte-Claire is the lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
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1718
comte de Broglie, French general (born 1647)
Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie was a French Royal Army officer.
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1727
Scottish-American lawyer and politician (born 1676)
Andrew Hamilton was a Scottish lawyer in the Thirteen Colonies who settled in Philadelphia. He was best known for his legal victory on behalf of the printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger. His involvement…
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1741
Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (born 1698)
Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil was a French military officer and colonial administrator. Born in Quebec, he was governor of French Louisiana (1743–1753) and in 1755 became the last…
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1778
English general and politician (born 1723)
General John Burgoyne was a British Army officer, playwright and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in…
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1792
American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1711)
Timothy Dwight Ruggles was an American colonial military leader, jurist, and politician. He was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 and later a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War.
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1795
1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (born 1731)
Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is best known for defeating Batavian…
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1804
Estonian poet and author (born 1801)
Kristjan Jaak Peterson, also known as Christian Jacob Petersohn, was an Estonian poet, commonly regarded as a herald of Estonian national literature and the founder of modern Estonian poetry.
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1822
Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (born 1773)
Jacob Aall was a Norwegian politician, historian, landowner and government economist.
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1844
French priest and saint (born 1786)
John Vianney was a French Catholic priest and member of the Third Order of Mary who is often referred to as the Curé d'Ars. Canonized a saint in 1925, he is known for his priestly and pastoral work in his parish in Ars,…
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1859
Russian architect and painter (born 1834)
Viktor Aleksandrovich Hartmann or Gartman was a Russian architect and painter. He was associated with the Abramtsevo Colony, purchased and preserved beginning in 1870 by Savva Mamontov, and the Russian Revival.
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1873
Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1805)
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
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1875
American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (born 1814)
Samuel Jones Tilden was an American politician who served as the 25th governor of New York and was the Democratic nominee in the disputed 1876 United States presidential election.
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1886
Russian painter and educator (born 1860)
Isaac Ilyich Levitan was a Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape".
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1900
French playwright and critic (born 1853)
François Élie Jules Lemaître was a French critic and dramatist.
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1914
Australian cricketer and umpire (born 1845)
David William Gregory was an Australian cricketer. A right-handed batsman, Gregory was the first Australian national cricket captain, leading the side for the first three recognised Test matches between England and…
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1919
Ottoman general and politician (born 1881)
İsmâil Enver Pasha was an Ottoman Turkish military officer, revolutionary, and convicted war criminal who was a part of the dictatorial triumvirate known as the "Three Pashas" in the Ottoman Empire.
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1922
American painter (born 1868)
Alfred Henry Maurer was an American modernist painter. He exhibited his work in avant-garde circles internationally and in New York City during the early twentieth century. Highly respected today, his work met with…
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1932
American actress (born 1889)
Pearl Fay White was an American stage and film actress. She began her career on the stage at age 6, and later moved on to silent films appearing in a number of popular serials.
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1938
Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (born 1880)
Ze'ev Jabotinsky was an author, poet, orator, soldier, and founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement and the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa.
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1940
Hungarian poet and author (born 1883)
Mihály Babits was a Hungarian poet, writer, essayist, and translator. His poems are well known for their intense religious themes. His novels such as “The Children of Death” (1927) explore psychological problems.
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1941
Italian composer and educator (born 1860)
Alberto Franchetti was an Italian composer and racing driver, best known for the 1902 opera Germania.
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1942
Polish soldier and poet (born 1921)
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, was a Polish poet and Home Army soldier, one of the most well known of the Generation of Columbuses, the young generation of Polish poets, of whom several perished in the Warsaw Uprising and…
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1944
Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (born 1882)
John Cain was an Australian politician who served as the 34th Premier of Victoria. He was the first Labor Party leader to win a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, and is the only premier of Victoria whose…
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1957
Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (born 1869)
Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa was a Brazilian politician who served as the 13th president of Brazil. Elected governor of São Paulo state in 1920 and president of Brazil in 1926, Washington Luís belonged to the…
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1957
Australian poet, author, and painter (born 1883)
Ethel Campbell Louise Anderson was an early twentieth century Australian poet, essayist, novelist and painter. She considered herself to be mainly a poet, but is now best appreciated for her witty and ironic stories.…
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1958
Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (born 1898)
József Révai was a Hungarian communist politician, statesman and cultural ideologue.
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1959
Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (born 1878)
Margarito Bautista was a Mexican evangelist and religious founder who wrote and preached for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After converting in 1901, Bautista preached for the church through word and…
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1961
American model and actress (born 1926)
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's…
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1962
Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (born 1890)
Juho Vihtori Nätti, known as "Nätti-Jussi" was a Finnish forest laborer. The stories told by Nätti made him a legendary figure, particularly in Lapland. Nätti was born to a six-member family in Karstula, Central…
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1964
English cricketer (born 1908)
Thomas Peter Bromley Smith was an English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. Smith was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947. An all-rounder, Smith played for Essex from 1929 to 1951.
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1967
Argentinian bishop and martyr (born 1923)
Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti was a bishop of the Catholic Church in Argentina who was assassinated during the Dirty War for his involvement with social issues. Angelelli commitment to the "Church of the Poor"…
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1976
1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (born 1894)
Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, was a Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor who became one of the moguls of Fleet Street in London.
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1976
1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian was an English electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons. He provided…
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1977
American actor (born 1901)
Melvyn Douglas was an American actor, whose stage and screen careers spanned from the late 1920s until the early 1980s. He was one of 24 performers to win the Triple Crown of Acting - winning two Academy Awards, a…
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1981
American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (born 1904)
Bruce Alonzo Goff was an American architect, distinguished by his organic, eclectic, and often flamboyant designs for houses and other buildings in Oklahoma and elsewhere.
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1982
English rock climber and mountaineer (born 1933)
Donald Desbrow Whillans was an English rock climber and mountaineer. He climbed with Joe Brown and Chris Bonington.
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1985
Italian engineer and businessman (born 1894)
Ettore Maserati was an Italian automotive engineer, one of five brothers who founded the Maserati firm in Bologna 1914. He was born in Voghera.
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1990
Japanese author (born 1909)
Seichō Matsumoto was a Japanese writer, credited with popularizing detective fiction in Japan.
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1992
English gardener, author, and television host (born 1936)
Geoffrey Stephen Hamilton was an English gardener, broadcaster and author, best known as presenter of BBC television's Gardeners' World in the 1980s and 1990s.
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1996
French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)
Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian. With a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days, she is the oldest person in history whose age has been verified. Her longevity attracted media attention and…
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1997
Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)
Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin was a Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer who made a single flight into space.
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1998
American actor (born 1913)
Victor John Mature was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His best known film roles include One Million B.C. (1940), My Darling Clementine…
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1999
American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
Frederick Chapman Robbins was an American pediatrician and virologist. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attending David H. Hickman High School.
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2003
American chemist and engineer (born 1921)
Mary Sherman Morgan was an American rocket fuel scientist credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the United States' first satellite, Explorer 1.
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2004
Iranian actor and poet (born 1956)
Hossein Panahi Dezhkooh was an Iranian actor and poet.
After graduating from high school, due to his father's recommendation, he found his way to Ayatollah Golpaygaani's religious class. Hossein then returned to his…
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2004
Russian-American physicist and theorist (born 1932)
Anatoly Ivanovich Larkin was a Russian theoretical physicist.
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2005
American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)
Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s and…
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2007
Austrian-American political scientist and historian (born 1926)
Raul Hilberg was a Jewish Austrian-born American political scientist, historian, and Holocaust researcher. He was widely considered to be the preeminent scholar on the Holocaust.
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2007
English motorcycle racer (born 1985)
Craig Jones was an English motorcycle racer. He grew up in the town of Northwich in Cheshire and attended Charles Darwin Primary School, and later Hartford High School. He died in 2008, shortly after a racing accident…
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2008
American screenwriter and producer (born 1957)
Blake Snyder was an American screenwriter, consultant, author and educator based in Los Angeles. His screenplays include the comedies Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) and Blank Check (1994).
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2009
Japanese footballer (born 1977)
Naoki Matsuda was a Japanese professional footballer who played as a central defender for the Japan national team.
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2011
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1935)
Johnnie Alexander Bassett was a Detroit-based American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Working for decades primarily as a session musician, by the 1990s Bassett had his own backing band. He released…
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2012
Australian-English journalist and historian (born 1918)
Brian Rossiter Crozier was a British historian, propagandist and journalist. He was also one of the central staff members of a secret propaganda department belonging to the UK Foreign Office, known as the Information…
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2012
2012
American anthropologist and academic (born 1940)
Keith Hamilton Basso was a cultural and linguistic anthropologist noted for his study of the Western Apaches, specifically those from the community of Cibecue, Arizona. Basso was professor emeritus of anthropology at…
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2013
American football player and radio host (born 1925)
Arthur James "Fatso" Donovan Jr., was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for three National Football League (NFL) teams, primarily the Baltimore Colts. He played college football for the…
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2013
Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1918)
Olavi Johannes Mattila was a Finnish politician who served twice as the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs, and also held several other ministerial positions in a number of cabinets in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also…
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2013
Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1930)
Renato Ruggiero was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 1995 to 1999 and briefly served as Italy's Foreign Minister in 2001.
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2013
English lieutenant and pilot (born 1922)
Flight Lieutenant Anthony Noel Snell, was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War. He flew in the North African campaign in 1942 and was shot down during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Initially captured…
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2013
English admiral (born 1932)
Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward, was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Task Force of the Falklands War.
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2013
American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (born 1940)
James Scott Brady was an American journalist, politician, activist and American public official who served as assistant to the U.S. president and the 17th White House Press Secretary, serving under President Ronald…
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2014
American lawyer and politician (born 1946)
Chester J. Crandell was an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 6 since January 14, 2013. Crandell served consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January…
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2014
Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)
Jerry Mamberg, often known as Jake Hooker, Jake Richards, or Jake Falsworth, was a musician, best known as the guitarist for the rock/pop band Arrows.
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2014
American philanthropist and politician (born 1925)
Elsie Hilliard Hillman was a Pittsburgh based philanthropist and a former Republican National Committeewoman. She was the wife of billionaire industrialist Henry Hillman. During her life, Hillman helped to advance the…
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2015
2015
American basketball player (born 1940)
John Rudometkin was an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks and San Francisco Warriors in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the second round as the 11th pick in the…
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2015
American songwriter and producer (born 1936)
Billy Norris Sherrill was an American record producer, songwriter, and arranger associated with country artists, notably Tammy Wynette and George Jones. Sherrill and business partner Glenn Sutton are regarded as the…
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2015
2019
Israeli educator (born 1971/1972)
Dalia Fadila was an Israeli educator. She developed a new curriculum, textbooks, and schools in Israel and Jordan, which are designed to teach English to Arab schoolchildren. She was the first Arab woman to found and…
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2023
American actor (born 1939)
Charles George Cyphers was an American actor who is known in the horror movie community for his work in the films of John Carpenter, especially his role as Sheriff Leigh Brackett in Carpenter's 1978 movie Halloween. He…
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2024
Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
Tsung-Dao Lee was a Chinese-American physicist known for his work on parity violation, the Lee–Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton stars. He was a…
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2024
American football player (born 1947)
Duane Julius Thomas was an American professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the West…
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2024
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Notable deaths
Who died on August 4?
Iván Szabó — Hungarian politician (1934–2005)
FeaturedIván Szabó
Death year2005
Known forHe joined to the Hungarian Democratic Forum in 1988
Deaths on this date92 (221 – 2024)
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2020
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2019
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