Died On August 2nd
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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.
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Alexander Graham Bell(Inventor of Telephone & Co-Founder of 'American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)')
Birthdate: March 3, 1847
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: 1922
Birthdate: November 2, 1865
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Blooming Grove, Ohio, United States
Died: 1923
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Fela Kuti(Multi-Instrumentalist & the Creator of ‘Afro-beat’, a Genre that Fuses West African Music with American Funk & Jazz)
Birthdate: October 15, 1938
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Abeokuta, Nigeria
Died: 1997
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Vin Scully(One of the Greatest Baseball Broadcaster of All Time)
Birthdate: November 29, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Died: 2022
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: February 5, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: 1997
Birthdate: October 2, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Poznań, Poland
Died: 1934
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
Birthdate: May 4, 1796
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Franklin
Died: 1859
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Shari Lewis
(Former Children's puppeteer and cheerful TV personality whose character's, Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse)
Birthdate: January 17, 1933
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Died: 1998
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
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Henry III of France(Former King of France (1574 - 1589) and Former King of Poland (1573 - 1575))
Birthdate: September 19, 1551
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Château de Fontainebleau, France
Died: 1589
Birthdate: March 4, 1769
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kavala, Greece
Died: 1849
Birthdate: June 7, 1947
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: 1979
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: 1056 AD
Birthplace: Normandy, France
Died: 1100
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Fritz Lang
(Austrian Filmmaker Who Was a Pioneer of Science-Fiction Movies)
Birthdate: December 5, 1890
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1976
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: September 17, 1930
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vinton, Virginia, USA
Died: 2016
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
Birthdate: May 21, 1923
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: 2017
Birthdate: May 7, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died: 1978
Height: 4'10" (147 cm)
Birthdate: May 14, 1727
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Sudbury, England
Died: 1788
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George Washington Williams
(Soldier, Historian, Diplomat, Writer, Minister, Politician, Journalist)
Birthdate: October 16, 1849
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bedford
Died: 1891
Birthdate: May 27, 1837
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Illinois, United States
Died: 1876
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: October 2, 1879
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1955
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Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
(Prince)
Birthdate: May 18, 1869
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: 1955
Birthdate: February 26, 1946
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Damanhour, Egypt
Died: 2016
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Judith Jones
(Former writer, editor, best known for having rescued The Diary of Anne Frank from the reject pile)
Birthdate: March 10, 1924
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vermont, United States
Died: 2017
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Louis Blériot
(Aviator, Engineer, Inventor, Aerospace engineer)
Birthdate: July 1, 1872
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cambrai
Died: 1936
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Norman Maclean
(Novelist, Journalist, Writer, University teacher)
Birthdate: December 23, 1902
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Clarinda
Died: 1990
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Lazare Carnot
(Mathematician, Politician, Engineer, Officer, Physicist)
Birthdate: May 13, 1753
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nolay
Died: 1823
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John Keegan
(Journalist, Military historian, Historian, Non-fiction writer)
Birthdate: May 15, 1934
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Greater London
Died: 2012
Birthdate: June 13, 1899
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: 1978
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Pietro Mascagni
(Composer)
Birthdate: December 7, 1863
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Livorno, Italy
Died: 1945
Birthdate: November 4, 1941
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Accra, Ghana
Died: 2000
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Francesco Borromini
(Roman Baroque Architect)
Birthdate: September 25, 1599
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bissone
Died: 1667
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Holden Roberto(President of the National Liberation Front of Angola from 1954 to 2007)
Birthdate: January 12, 1923
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: M'banza-Kongo, Angola
Died: 2007
Birthdate: November 29, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Died: 1999
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Cecilia
(Singer-Songwriter)
Birthdate: October 11, 1948
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Died: 1976
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Pope Stephen I
(Bishop of Rome)
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 0257
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Raymond Carver
(Short story writer)
Birthdate: May 25, 1938
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Clatskanie, Oregon, United States
Died: 1988
Birthdate: October 29, 1920
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Caracas, Venezuela
Died: 2011
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Alla Kushnir
(Israeli Chess Player)
Birthdate: August 11, 1941
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 2013
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James Jamerson
(Bass player)
Birthdate: January 29, 1936
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: 1983
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Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
(Former Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1910 - 1916) )
Birthdate: June 20, 1858
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1944
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Jean-Pierre Melville
(Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer)
Birthdate: October 20, 1917
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris
Died: 1973
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Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg
(Princesses)
Birthdate: March 7, 1901
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Died: 1950
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Elias John Kwandikwa
(Politician)
Birthdate: July 1, 1966
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kahama District, Tanzania
Died: 2021
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Michel Berger
(Singer-songwriter)
Birthdate: November 28, 1947
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Died: 1992
Birthdate: July 23, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 2020
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James Douglas(British colonial governor on Vancouver Island (now British Columbia))
Birthdate: August 15, 1803
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Demerara
Died: 1877
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Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
(Peruvian Politician Who Served as the President of the Constituent Assembly)
Birthdate: February 22, 1895
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Trujillo, Peru
Died: 1979
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Roy Cohn(American Lawyer and Prosecutor)
Birthdate: February 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 1986
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: April 12, 1984
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: 2006
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: December 19, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1963