List of Famous people who died in 2004

Robert William Bemer was a computer scientist best known for his work at IBM during the late 1950s and early 1960s. His motto was:

Wilhelm Krelle was a German economist.

Eugenio Garin was an Italian philosopher and Renaissance historian. He was recognised as an authority on the cultural history of the Renaissance. Born at Rieti, Garin studied philosophy at the University of Florence, graduating in 1929, and after a period as professor of philosophy at the liceo scientifico Stanislao Cannizzaro in Palermo and the University of Cagliari, Garin began teaching at his alma mater in 1949 until 1974, then moving to the Scuola Normale di Pisa until his retirement in 1984. He also was the editor of the journals Rinascimento and Giornale Critico della Filosofia Italiana.

Marcelo Gonzalez Martin was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.

Marcel Jullian was a French author, screenwriter for French film and television, and occasional director. He was one of the founders of the TV channel Antenne 2, and its first president from January 1975 to December 1977.

Fernand Girard was an Independent member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Cyriac, Quebec and became a journalist, including editor of Le Réveil de Jonquière.

Henny Backus was a Broadway showgirl in the 1930s whose stage credits include Orson Welles's Horse Eats Hat. She was the wife of actor and comedian Jim Backus.

Hugh Christopher Longuet-Higgins was both a theoretical chemist and a cognitive scientist.