Died On May 2nd
Discover the most famous people who died on May 2. The list includes people like Leonardo da Vinci, Osama Bin Laden, Joseph McCarthy, J. Edgar Hoover, Martin Bormann. Famous personalities featured on this list, include novelists, political leaders, actors and sociologists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from Germany, United Kingdom, United States & Italy and many more countries.
Leonardo da Vinci15 April 1452, Italian
Polymath
J. Edgar Hoover01 January 1895, American
First Director of FBI
Joseph McCarthy14 November 1908, American
Oliver Reed13 February 1938, British
Actor
Afeni Shakur10 January 1947, American
Activist
Martin Bormann17 June 1900, German
Private Secretary of Adolf Hitler
William Moulton Marston09 May 1893, American
Psychologist
Paulo Freire19 September 1921, Brazilian
Educator and Philosopher
Franz von Papen29 October 1879, German
Former Vice-Chancellor of Germany
Osama Bin Laden10 March 1957, Saudi Arabian
Terrorist
Alfred de Musset11 December 1810, French
Dramatist, Poet, Novelist
Giulio Natta25 February 1903, Italian
Chemist
Emile Habibi29 August 1922, Israeli
Writer
Nancy Astor19 May 1879, British
First Woman MP in the House of Commons
Sir John Eccles27 January 1903, Australian
Neurophysiologist
Efrem Zimbalist Jr30 November 1918, American
Actor
Junior Seau19 January 1969, American
American Football Players
Lynn Redgrave08 March 1943, British
Actress
Jeff Hanneman31 January 1964, American
Guitarist, Musician, Songwriter
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.30 November 1918, American
Actor
Athanasius of Alexandria0296 AD, Egyptian
Patriarch of Alexandria
Jack Kemp13 July 1935, American
Politician
Justin Fashanu19 February 1961, British
Association football player
Ruth Rendell17 February 1930, British
Writer, Politician, Novelist, Screenwriter
Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti1978 AD, Kuwaiti, Pakistani
terrorist, courier
Maya Plisetskaya20 November 1925, Spanish, Russian
Ballet dancer, Dancer, Choreographer, Actor, Prima
Wilhelm Burgdorf15 February 1895, German
military personnel
Augusto Boal16 March 1931, Brazilian
Theatre director, Writer, Politician, Playwright
Ludwig Stumpfegger11 July 1910, German
Military physician, Physician, Surgeon, Torturer
Giacomo Meyerbeer05 September 1791, German
composer, conductor, autobiographer,music director
Henri Toivonen25 August 1956, Finnish
Rally driver, Motorcycle racer, Racecar driver
Clara Immerwahr21 June 1870
Chemist, Feminist
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Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.30 November 1918, American
Film actor
Viktor Lutze28 December 1890, German
Politician
Evelyn De Morgan30 August 1855, British
Painter
Boris I of Bulgaria0825 AD, Bulgarian
Ruler
Robert Michels09 January 1876, German
Sociologist, University teacher
Gustav Landauer07 April 1870, German
Politician, Translator, Writer, Journalist
Alfred Weber30 July 1868, German
Economist, Educationist, Sociologist, University
W. T. Tutte14 May 1917, British
Mathematician, University teacher
David Wechsler12 January 1896, American
Psychologist, University teacher
Marilyn French21 November 1929, American
Novelist, Writer, Feminist, Social critic
Tibor Kalman06 July 1949, Hungarian
Graphic designer
Johann Palisa06 December 1848, Austrian, Czech
Austrian astronomer
Robert Clampett08 May 1913, American
Animator
Joseph R. McCarthy14 November 1908, American
Politician
John Eccles27 January 1903, Australian, American
philosopher, neuroscientist, physician, university