Famous Deaths on 2 Dec

Famous Deaths on 2 Dec

1348 - Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)
1381 - John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
1463 - Archduke Albert VI of Austria (b. 1418)
1469 - Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416)
1515 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and statesman (b. 1453)
1547 - Hernán Cortés, Spanish explorer and conqueror (b. 1485)
1552 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)
1615 - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general
1665 - Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)
1694 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622)
1719 - Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (b. 1634)
1726 - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665)
1747 - Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)
1748 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)
1774 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer and organist (b. 1720)
1814 - Marquis de Sade, French writer (b. 1740)
1844 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
1849 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
1859 - John Brown, American abolitionist (hanged) (b. 1800)
1860 - Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)
1892 - Jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836)
1899 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (killed at Battle of Tirad Pass) (b. 1875)
1918 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist (b. 1868)
1924 - Kazimieras BÅ«ga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)
1931 - Vincent d'Indy, French composer (b. 1851)
1936 - John Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866)
1943 - Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian author and journalist (b. 1902)
1944 - Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist (b. 1874)
1944 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian writer (b. 1876)
1950 - Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (b. 1917)
1957 - Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (b. 1902)
1963 - Sabu Dastagir, Indian-born American actor (b. 1924)
1963 - Thomas J. Hicks, British-born runner (b. 1875)
1968 - Adamson-Eric (Eric Adamson), Estonian painter (b. 1902)
1969 - Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, Russian politician (b. 1881)
1974 - Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1897)
1976 - Danny Murtaugh, baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
1980 - Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905)
1980 - Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914)
1982 - Marty Feldman, British comedian, writer and actor (b. 1933)
1983 - Fifi d'Orsay, Canadian actress (b. 1904)
1985 - Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (b. 1914)
1985 - Philip Larkin, English writer and jazz critic (b. 1922)
1986 - Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor, musician, band leader, and composer (b. 1917)
1986 - John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist (b. 1912)
1987 - Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1987 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
1988 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
1990 - Robert Cummings, American film and television actor (b. 1908)
1990 - Aaron Copland, American composer (b. 1900)
1993 - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug dealer (b. 1949)
1995 - Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist (b. 1913)
1995 - Roxie Roker, American actress/news personality (b. 1929)
1997 - Shirley Crabtree, British professional wrestler (b. 1930)
1997 - Michael Hedges, American guitarist known for originality (b. 1953)
2002 - Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916)
2002 - Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
2003 - Alan Davidson, British author (b. 1924)
2004 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921)
2004 - Alicia Markova, British ballerina (b. 1910)
2005 - Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)
2005 - Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. 1980)
2005 - Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1948)
2006 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)