Died on
Who died on September 4
108 figures who shaped history died on September 4.
- 108deaths
- 54events
Best known
Best known
Pope Boniface I
Head of the Catholic Church from 418 to 422
Musa al-Kazim
Seventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
Bermudo III of León
King of León from 1028 to 1037
Tughril I
Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1037 to 1063
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily
Queen of Sicily from 1177 to 1189
Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily
Queen of Sicily
Pope Boniface I — Head of the Catholic Church from 418 to 422, who died on September 4 422.
Musa al-Kazim — Seventh of the Twelve Shia Imams, who died on September 4 799.
Bermudo III of León — King of León from 1028 to 1037, who died on September 4 1037.
Tughril I — Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1037 to 1063, who died on September 4 1063.
Joan of England, Queen of Sicily — Queen of Sicily from 1177 to 1189, who died on September 4 1199.
Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily — Queen of Sicily, who died on September 4 1308.
All entries
- 1323GGegeen KhanEmperor of Yuan Dynasty from 1320 to 1323
- 1332
García de AyerbeAragonese nobleman and cleric - 1416
John I of Nassau-SiegenGerman count (c. 1339–1416) - 1417
Robert HallamEnglish clergyman, Archbishop of York-elect in 1406 - 1537JJohann DietenbergerGerman theologian
- 1571
Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of LennoxScottish nobleman and politician - 1588
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of LeicesterEnglish statesman - 1625
Thomas SmytheEnglish merchant and colonial administrator - 1676
John OgilbyScottish translator, impresario and cartographer - 1767
Charles TownshendBritish politician - 1780
John FieldingEnglish magistrate and reformer - 1784
César-François Cassini de ThuryFrench cartographer and astronomer - 1794
John Hely-Hutchinson (secretary of state)Irish politician - 1804
Richard SomersFire Ship 'Intrepid' - 1820
Timothy Brown (radical)English banker, merchant and radical (1743/1744 – 1820) - 1821
José Miguel CarreraChilean military officer; independence leader - 1849
Friedrich LaunGerman novelist - 1852
William MacGillivrayScottish naturalist and ornithologist - 1864
John Hunt MorganConfederate Army general of the American Civil War - 1907
Edvard GriegNorwegian composer and pianist - 1909
Clyde FitchAmerican playwright - 1911
John Francon WilliamsBritish writer, geographer, historian, journalist, cartographer and inventor - 1914
Charles PéguyFrench poet, essayist, and editor - 1923
Howdy WilcoxAmerican racing driver - 1940
George William de CarteretNorman language journalist and writer from Jersey - 1944
Erich FellgiebelGerman general - 1963
Robert SchumanPrime Minister of France from 1947 to 1948 - 1965
Albert SchweitzerGerman polymath - 1974
Creighton AbramsUnited States Army general - 1974
Marcel AchardFrench writer - 1974CCharles ArnisonBritish World War I flying ace
- 1974
Lewi PethrusSwedish minister and hymnwriter
- 1977SStelios Perpiniadis
- 1977
Jean RostandFrench biologist and philosopher - 1977
E. F. SchumacherGerman-born British statistician and economist - 1982
Jack TworkovAmerican abstract expressionist painter - 1983
Jon Brower MinnochHeaviest ever recorded human - 1985
Vasyl StusUkrainian poet and dissident - 1985
George O'Brien (actor)American actor - 1986
Otto GlóriaBrazilian football coach - 1986
Hank GreenbergAmerican baseball player - 1987
Bill BowesEnglish cricketer - 1989
Georges SimenonBelgian writer - 1989
Ronald SymeNew Zealand born British historian and classicist - 1990LLawrence A. CreminAmerican historian
- 1990
Irene DunneAmerican actress - 1990
Turan DursunFormer mufti, critic of Islam - 1991
Charlie BarnetAmerican jazz saxophonist, composer & bandleader - 1991
Tom TryonAmerican actor and novelist - 1991
Dottie WestAmerican country music singer and songwriter - 1993
Hervé VillechaizeFrench actor - 1995CChuck Greenberg (musician)American musician
- 1995
William KunstlerAmerican attorney and civil rights activist - 1996
Joan ClarkeEnglish cryptanalyst - 1996
Rose OuelletteCanadian actress and comedian - 1997
Dharamvir BharatiIndian Hindi poet and author - 1997
Aldo RossiItalian architect - 1998
Ernst JaaksonEstonian ambassador - 1998
Elizabeth KataAustralian writer - 1999GGeorg GawliczekGerman footballer and manager
- 2002VVlado PerlemuterLithuanian-born French pianist and teacher
- 2003
Lola BobescoRomanian violinist - 2003
Tibor Varga (violinist)Hungarian violinist - 2004AAlphonso FordAmerican basketball player
- 2004MMoe NormanCanadian professional golfer
- 2006
Giacinto FacchettiItalian footballer - 2006
Steve IrwinAustralian conservationist - 2006
Colin ThieleAustralian author - 2006AAstrid VarnayAmerican operatic soprano
- 2007
John Scott, 9th Duke of BuccleuchScottish politician and peer - 2010BBonnie LemanAmerican magazine publisher
- 2011
Lee Roy SelmonAmerican football player - 2012
Avraham AvigdorovIsraeli soldier - 2012AAlbert MarreAmerican stage director, choreographer and theatrical producer
- 2012GGeorge SavitskyAmerican football player
- 2012
Syed Mustafa SirajIndian writer - 2012HHakam SufiMusical artist
- 2013MMichel PagéCanadian businessman and politician
- 2013
Dick RaaijmakersDutch composer - 2013DDaniele SeccarecciItalian bodybuilder
- 2013SStanislav StepashkinRussian boxer
- 2013CCasey ViatorAmerican bodybuilder and journalist
- 2014RRon MulockAustralian politician
- 2014
Gustavo CeratiArgentine musician - 2014
Wolfhart PannenbergGerman Lutheran theologian - 2014
Joan RiversAmerican comedian and television host - 2015GGraham BrazierNew Zealand musician and songwriter
- 2015
Jean DarlingAmerican child actress and writer - 2015
Wilfred de SouzaIndian politician
- 2015WWarren MurphyAmerican author
- 2016CClarence D. Rappleyea Jr.American politician
- 2018
Bill DailyAmerican actor and comedian - 2018KKrzysztof SitkoPolish footballer
- 2020
Lloyd CadenaFilipino YouTuber - 2021
Tunch IlkinTurkish-American gridiron football player and sports broadcaster - 2021
Willard ScottAmerican weather presenter and television personality - 2022
Cyrus MistryIrish businessman - 2022
Peter StraubAmerican novelist and poet - 2023
Steve HarwellAmerican musician - 2024
Bora ĐorđevićSerbian singer-songwriter and frontman of Riblja Čorba - 2025
Giorgio ArmaniItalian fashion designer - 2025
Katharine, Duchess of KentMember of the British royal family
Frequently asked questions
Who died on September 4?
108 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 4, including Pope Boniface I, Musa al-Kazim, Bermudo III of León. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on September 4?
54 documented historical events happened on September 4, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Germanic leader Odoacer captured Ravenna and deposed Emperor Romulus Augustus, marking the fall of the Western Roman Empire. On the same day, in another year: The most destructive damage from the Great Fire of London (depicted) occurred. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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