Famous Deaths on 2 Nov

Famous Deaths on 2 Nov

1083 - Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031)
1285 - King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)
1327 - King James II of Aragon (b. 1267)
1483 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1454)
1610 - Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1544)
1618 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)
1716 - Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651)
1807 - Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)
1852 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
1863 - Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)
1877 - Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
1887 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820)
1898 - George Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826)
1905 - Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)
1935 - Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
1944 - Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)
1945 - Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)
1949 - Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (b. 1872)
1950 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1856)
1960 - Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
1961 - James Thurber, American humorist (b. 1894)
1963 - Ngô Đình Diệm, President of South Vietnam (b. 1901)
1966 - Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer (b. 1892)
1966 - Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884)
1970 - Richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston (b. 1895)
1975 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
1979 - Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (b. 1936)
1982 - Lester Roloff, Man of God, preacher.
1984 - Velma Barfield, American murderer (b. 1932)
1986 - Paul Frees, American voice actor (b. 1920)
1991 - Irwin Allen, American film producer (b. 1916)
1992 - Hal Roach, American director and producer (b. 1892)
1996 - Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)
1998 - Vincent Winter, British actor (b. 1957)
2002 - Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
2002 - Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896)
2003 - Frank McCloskey, American politician (b. 1939)
2004 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918)
2004 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
2004 - Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951)
2005 - Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and coach.
2007 - Lillian Ellison, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
2007 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906)
2007 - Witold Kiełtyka, Polish metal drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984)
2007 - Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
2007 - Henry Cele, South African Actor; best known for his onscreen portrayal of the legendary Shaka Zulu
943 - Queen Emma of France, (b. 894)