Died On August 2nd
Discover the most famous people who died on August 2. The list includes people like Alexander Graham Bell, Warren G. Harding, William S. Burroughs, William II of England, Wild Bill Hickok. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, inventors and actors and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, United Kingdom & Mexico and many more countries.
Alexander Graham Bell03 March 1847, Canadian, Scottish
Inventor of Telephone
Wild Bill Hickok27 May 1837, American
Gunfighter
Warren G. Harding02 November 1865, American
President of the U.S
Paul von Hindenburg02 October 1847, German
General, Second President of Weimar Republic
William S. Burroughs05 February 1914, American
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Henry III of France19 September 1551, French
King of France
Fela Kuti15 October 1938, Nigerian
Multi-instrumentalist
Thurman Munson07 June 1947, American
Baseball Player
William II of England1056 AD, British
King of England
Horace Mann04 May 1796, American
Educator & Politician
Thomas Gainsborough14 May 1727, British
Landscape painter
Wallace Stevens02 October 1879, American
Poet
Totie Fields07 May 1930, American
Comedian
Baruj Benacerraf29 October 1920, Venezuelan
Immunologist
Michel Debré15 January 1912, French
149th Prime Minister of France
Holden Roberto12 January 1923, Angolan
Angolan Independence Leader
James Douglas15 August 1803, British
British colonial governor on Vancouver Island (now
Carlos Chavez13 June 1899, Mexican
Composer, conductor
Victoria Cross01 October 1868, British
Writer
Muhammad Ali of Egypt04 March 1769, Egyptian, Greek
Military commander
Shari Lewis17 January 1933, American
Actor, Television presenter, Puppeteer,
Fritz Lang05 December 1890, American
American-Austrian-German filmmaker
Enrico Caruso25 February 1873, Italian
Opera singer, Singer
Raymond Carver25 May 1938, American
Short story writer
Raymond Carver25 May 1938, American
Short story writer
David Huddleston17 September 1930, American
Actor
James Jamerson29 January 1938, American
Bass player
Ara Parseghian21 May 1923, American
Football Player
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria18 May 1869, German
Andrey Vlasov14 September 1901, Russian
officer
Louis Blériot01 July 1872, French
Aviator, Engineer, Inventor, Aerospace engineer
Norman Maclean23 December 1902, American
Novelist, Journalist, Writer, University teacher
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Ahmed Zewail26 February 1946, American
Scientist
Jean-Pierre Melville20 October 1917, French
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer
John Keegan15 May 1934
Journalist, Military historian, Historian,
George Washington Williams16 October 1849, American
Soldier, Historian, Diplomat, Writer, Minister,
Francesco Borromini25 September 1599, Swiss, Italian
Architect
Lazare Carnot13 May 1753, French
Mathematician, Politician, Engineer, Officer,
Pietro Mascagni07 December 1863, Italian
Italian composer
Michel Berger28 November 1947, French
Singer-songwriter, Music executive, Composer,
Pope Stephen IItalian
Pope
Cecilia11 October 1948, Spanish
singer
Pope John V0635 AD, Italian, Turkish
Pope
Katō Kiyomasa25 July 1561, Japanese
samurai
Ernesto Cortázar II02 May 1940, Mexican
Pierre Auguste Cot17 February 1837, French
Painter
Pope SeverinusItalian
Pope
Forrest Bird09 June 1921, American
Aviator
Barbara Deming23 July 1917, American
Writer, Journalist
Ælfweard of Wessex0904 AD, British
King