| 88231 | August 4 | Death | 1873 – Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834) |
| 88232 | August 4 | Death | 1875 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author and poet (b. 1805) |
| 88233 | August 4 | Death | 1886 – Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814) |
| 88234 | August 4 | Death | 1900 – Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860) |
| 88235 | August 4 | Death | 1914 – Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853) |
| 88236 | August 4 | Death | 1919 – Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845) |
| 88237 | August 4 | Death | 1922 – Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881) |
| 88238 | August 4 | Death | 1932 – Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868) |
| 88239 | August 4 | Death | 1938 – Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889) |
| 88240 | August 4 | Death | 1940 – Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880) |
| 88241 | August 4 | Death | 1941 – Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883) |
| 88242 | August 4 | Death | 1942 – Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860) |
| 88243 | August 4 | Death | 1944 – Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921) |
| 88244 | August 4 | Death | 1957 – Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869) |
| 88245 | August 4 | Death | 1958 – Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883) |
| 88246 | August 4 | Death | 1959 – József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898) |
| 88247 | August 4 | Death | 1967 – Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908) |
| 88248 | August 4 | Death | 1976 – Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (b. 1923) |
| 88249 | August 4 | Death | 1976 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894) |
| 88250 | August 4 | Death | 1977 – Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) |
| 88251 | August 4 | Death | 1981 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor (b. 1901) |
| 88252 | August 4 | Death | 1982 – Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904) |
| 88253 | August 4 | Death | 1985 – Don Whillans, English rock climber and mountaineer (b. 1933) |
| 88254 | August 4 | Death | 1990 – Ettore Maserati, Italian engineer and businessman (b. 1894) |
| 88255 | August 4 | Death | 1991 – Don DaGradi, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1911) |
| 88256 | August 4 | Death | 1991 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek author and poet (b. 1912) |
| 88257 | August 4 | Death | 1992 – Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese author (b. 1909) |
| 88258 | August 4 | Death | 1993 – Bernard Barrow, American actor (b. 1927) |
| 88259 | August 4 | Death | 1996 – Geoff Hamilton, English gardener, author, and television host (b. 1936) |
| 88260 | August 4 | Death | 1997 – Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian (b. 1875) |