Famous Deaths on 2 Aug

Famous Deaths on 2 Aug

1100 - King William II of England
1222 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)
1511 - Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader
1589 - King Henry III of France (b. 1551)
1611 - Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)
1696 - Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)
1769 - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)
1776 - Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (b. 1717)
1788 - Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (b. 1727)
1799 - Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor (b. 1745)
1815 - Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (b. 1763)
1823 - Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)
1849 - Governor Muhammad Ali of Egypt (b. 1769)
1859 - Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (b. 1796)
1876 - James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, American gunfighter (b. 1837)
1889 - Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
1890 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (b. 1813)
1903 - Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian (b. 1850)
1920 - Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)
1921 - Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (b. 1873)
1922 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor, invented the telephone(b. 1847)
1923 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
1929 - Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)
1934 - Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and President of Germany (b. 1847)
1936 - Louis Blériot, French aviation pioneer (b. 1872)
1939 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (b. 1883)
1945 - Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (b. 1863)
1955 - Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
1972 - Helen Hoyt, American poet (b. 1887)
1972 - Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (b. 1942)
1973 - Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director (b. 1917)
1974 - W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893)
1976 - Fritz Lang, Austrian film director (b. 1890)
1978 - Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (b. 1899)
1979 - Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
1986 - Roy Cohn, American politician (b. 1927)
1988 - Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (b. 1914)
1988 - Raymond Carver, American writer (b. 1938)
1990 - Norman Mclean, American writer (b. 1902)
1990 - Edwin Richfield, British actor (b. 1921)
1992 - Michel Berger, French singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
1996 - Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian Warlord (b. 1934)
1996 - Michel Debré, French politician (b. 1912)
1997 - William S. Burroughs, American writer (b. 1914)
1997 - Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Nigerian musician (b. 1938)
1998 - Shari Lewis, American puppeteer (b. 1933)
2001 - Ron Townson, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) (b. 1933)
2003 - Peter Safar, Austrian physician (b. 1924)
2003 - Mike Levey, American television personality (b. 1948)
2003 - Don Estelle, British actor (b. 1933)
2004 - François Craenhals, Belgian comics artist (b. 1926)
2004 - Don Tosti, American musician (b. 1923)
2005 - Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer (b. 1955)
2007 - Holden Roberto, Angolan founder and leader of the FNLA (b. 1923)
2007 - Kay Dotrice, English repertory actress (b. 1929)
2007 - Chauncey Bailey, American journalist and editor (b. 1950)
2008 - Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1935)
686 - Pope John V
924 - Ælfweard of Wessex