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Luke Perry became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995, and again from 1998 to 2000.
Notable Deaths on March 4
2019 — Luke Perry
American actor (born 1966)
March 4 has 166 recorded notable deaths across history, from 306 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
166 source records
306 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on March 4
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 2009 The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002. Source
- 1980 Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister. Source
- 1797 John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4. Source
- 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States. Source
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William Carlos Williams's Spring and All (1923) was written in the wake of T.
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Antoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud, was a French artist who worked across a variety of media.
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was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer.
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After his elder brother Vladislaus was elected as King of Bohemia in 1471, Casimir became the heir apparent.
More major people who died on March 4
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1963
William Carlos Williams
American poet, short story writer, and essayist (born 1883)
William Carlos Williams was an American-Puerto Rican poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism. His Spring and All (1923) was written in the wake of T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land (1922).
1948
Antonin Artaud
French actor and director (born 1896)
Antoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud, was a French artist who worked across a variety of media. He is best known for his writings, as well as his work in the theatre and cinema.
2025
Roy Ayers
American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer (born 1940)
Roy Edward Ayers Jr. was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer.
1484
Saint Casimir
Polish prince (born 1458)
Casimir Jagiellon was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The second son of King Casimir IV Jagiellon, he was tutored by Johannes Longinus, a Polish chronicler, diplomat, and priest.
1979
Willi Unsoeld
American mountaineer and educator (born 1926)
William Francis Unsoeld was an American mountaineer who was a member of the first American expedition to summit Mount Everest.
1172
Stephen III
king of Hungary (born 1147)
Stephen III was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1162 and 1172. He was crowned king in early June 1162, shortly after the death of his father, Géza II.
1977
Anatol E. Baconsky
Romanian poet, author, and critic (born 1925)
Anatol E. Baconsky, also known as A. E. Bakonsky, Baconschi or Baconski, was a Romanian modernist poet, essayist, translator, novelist, publisher, literary and art critic.
2012
Don Mincher
American baseball player (born 1938)
Donald Ray Mincher was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and longtime minor league executive.
2015
Ray Hatton
English-American runner, author, and academic (born 1932)
Raymond Robert (Ray) Hatton was an English educator, author, and long-distance runner.
2017
Clayton Yeutter
American politician (born 1930)
Clayton Keith Yeutter, ONZM was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of Agriculture under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1991 before serving as counselor to the president in 1992.
2014
Jack Kinzler
American engineer (born 1920)
Jack Kinzler was a NASA engineer, the former chief of the Technical Services Center at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, known within the agency as Mr. Fix It.
1793
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon
Duke of Penthièvre (born 1725)
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon was the son of Louis Alexandre de Bourbon and his wife Marie Victoire de Noailles. He was therefore a grandson of Louis XIV and his mistress, Madame de Montespan.
2001
Harold Stassen
American educator and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (born 1907)
Harold Edward Stassen was an American Republican Party politician, military officer, and attorney who was the 25th governor of Minnesota from 1939 to 1943.
1952
Charles Scott Sherrington
English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington was a British neurophysiologist and academic.
2016
P. A. Sangma
Indian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1947)
Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who served as the 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998 and the 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990.
2022
Shane Warne
Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster (born 1969)
Shane Keith Warne was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007.
1927
Ira Remsen
American chemist and academic (born 1846)
Ira Remsen was an American chemist who introduced organic chemistry research and education in the United States along the lines of German universities where he received his early training.
2009
George McAfee
American football player (born 1918)
George Anderson McAfee was an American professional football halfback, defensive back and return specialist who played for the Chicago Bears from 1940 to 1941 and 1945 to 1950 in the National Football League (NFL).
2007
Thomas Eagleton
American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (born 1929)
Thomas Francis Eagleton was an American lawyer who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972.