List of Famous people who died in 1904

Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery KP, PC, styled Viscount Dungarvan between 1834 and 1856, was a British courtier and Liberal politician. In a ministerial career spanning between 1866 and 1895, he served three times as Master of the Buckhounds and twice as Master of the Horse.

Étienne-Jules Marey was a French scientist, physiologist and chronophotographer.

Ira Nathaniel Hinckley was an early Latter Day Saint leader who supervised the construction and maintenance of Cove Fort, along with his brother Arza Hinkley, a strategically placed fortification about halfway between Salt Lake City and St. George, Utah. He was the father of author Bryant S. Hinckley and LDS apostle Alonzo A. Hinckley, the grandfather of LDS church president Gordon B. Hinckley, and an acquaintance of Joseph Smith Jr.

Lord Augustus William Frederick Spencer Loftus, was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Ambassador to Prussia from 1865 to 1868, to the North German Confederation from 1868 to 1871 and to the Russian Empire from 1871 to 1879 and Governor of New South Wales from 1879 to 1885.

Étienne Alexandre Arnould Locard, usually known as Arnould Locard, was a French naturalist, malacologist and geologist. His name can be abbreviated/spelled as Arnoul at plates, for example Crosse (1980).

George was a king of Saxony and member of the House of Wettin.

Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and a German soldier and sailor. He was styled His Highness Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg.

Jules Georges Édouard Thilges was a Luxembourgish politician. He was the seventh Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for over three years, from 20 February 1885 until 22 September 1888.