Died On December 2nd
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Discover the most famous people who died on December 2. The list includes people like Pablo Escobar, Hernán Cortés, Yip Man, Desi Arnaz, Philip Larkin. Famous personalities featured on this list, include poets, playwrights, actors and novelists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, Germany & United Kingdom and many more countries.
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Birthdate: December 1, 1949
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rionegro
Died: 1993
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Desi Arnaz(Actor, Producer and Bandleader Best Known for His TV Sitcom ‘I Love Lucy’)
Birthdate: March 2, 1917
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Died: 1986
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Yip Man(Martial Artist and a Grandmaster of the Martial Art 'Wing Chun')
Birthdate: October 1, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Foshan, China
Died: 1972
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Hernán Cortés( Spanish Conquistador Who Led an Expedition that Caused the Fall of the Aztec Empire)
Birthdate: 1485 AD
Birthplace: Medellín, Spain
Died: 1547
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Roxie Roker(Best Known for Her Role as ‘Helen Willis’ in the TV Series ‘The Jeffersons’)
Birthdate: August 28, 1929
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States
Died: 1995
Birthdate: July 8, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London
Died: 1982
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Marquis de Sade(French Writer Whose Perverse Sexual Preferences and Erotic Writings gave Rise to the Term 'Sadism')
Birthdate: June 2, 1740
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1814
Birthdate: November 14, 1900
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1990
Birthdate: May 9, 1800
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Torrington, Connecticut, United States
Died: 1859
Birthdate: August 9, 1922
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Radford, Coventry, United Kingdom
Died: 1985
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Jay Gould(American Railroad Executive, Financier, and Speculator)
Birthdate: May 27, 1836
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Roxbury, New York, United States
Died: 1892
Birthdate: September 28, 1965
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA
Died: 2013
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: August 2, 1674
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Saint-Cloud, France
Died: 1723
Birthdate: February 2, 1926
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Koblenz, Germany
Died: 2020
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: May 21, 1914
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vilnius, Republic Of Lithuania
Died: 1980
Birthdate: October 1, 1947
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
Died: 2006
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: February 25, 1940
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: 2010
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Gerardus Mercator(Geographer, Cosmographer and Cartographer Known for Creating the 1569 World Map Based on a New Projection)
Birthdate: March 5, 1512
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rupelmonde, Kruibeke, Belgium
Died: 1594
Birthdate: December 19, 1849
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: West Overton, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1919
Birthdate: August 13, 1792
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Meiningen, Germany
Died: 1849
Birthdate: August 31, 1931
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Trois-Rivières, Canada
Died: 2014
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: December 18, 1943
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Slaton, Texas, United States
Died: 2014
Birthdate: August 18, 1934
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hillsboro, Texas, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: December 12, 1900
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1995
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Ivan Illich(Roman Catholic Priest and Author of 'Deschooling Society' which Criticises Modern Society's Educational Approach)
Birthdate: September 4, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 2002
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Edward Rydz-Śmigły(Commander-In-Chief and Inspector General of the Polish Armed Forces (1935 - 1939))
Birthdate: March 11, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berezhany, Ukraine
Died: 1941
Birthdate: December 22, 1876
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt
Died: 1944
Birthdate: December 31, 1953
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sacramento
Died: 1997
Birthdate: February 12, 1814
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Salzwedel, Germany
Died: 1881
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Donn F. Eisele(USAF Officer and NASA Astronaut Who Piloted the Apollo Program’s First Manned Flight)
Birthdate: June 23, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Columbus
Died: 1987
Birthdate: August 28, 1913
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Thamesville
Died: 1995
Birthdate: March 15, 1914
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1985
Birthdate: September 6, 1906
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1987
Birthdate: September 16, 1925
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Suffolk, Virginia, United States
Died: 1999
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Edward James(Poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement)
Birthdate: August 16, 1907
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: West Dean House, West Dean, Sussex, England
Died: 1984
Birthdate: February 26, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Manchester Memorial Hospital - Emergency Department, Manchester, Connecticut, United States
Died: 2008
Birthdate: September 1, 1453
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Montilla
Died: 1515
Birthdate: March 12, 1806
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hampton, New Hampshire, United States
Died: 1863
Birthdate: May 27, 1933
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: 2008
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Bai Chongxi(First defense minister of the Republic of China from 1946 to 1948)
Birthdate: March 18, 1893
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Guilin, China
Died: 1966
Birthdate: December 6, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rome
Died: 1990
Birthdate: June 7, 1956
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Widnes, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Died: 2018
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Alicia Markova(One of the Greatest Classical Ballet Dancers of the 20th Century)
Birthdate: December 1, 1910
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Finsbury Park, London, England
Died: 2004
Birthdate: March 17, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 2015
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: November 29, 1992
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States
Died: 2019
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: December 21, 1840
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tekirdağ, Turkey
Died: 1888
Birthdate: December 21, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sulecin, Poland
Died: 2017
Birthdate: April 1, 1917
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: 1950
Birthdate: August 27, 1865
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rockford, Illinois, United States
Died: 1935
Birthdate: January 12, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Culiacán, Mexico
Died: 1972