Famous Deaths on August 2, Who Died on August 2
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1075 | Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople |
| 1100 | William II of England (b. 1056) |
| 1222 | Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156) |
| 1316 | Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297) |
| 1330 | Yolande of Dreux, Queen consort of Scotland and Duchess consort of Brittany (b. 1263) |
| 1332 | King Christopher II of Denmark (b. 1276) |
| 1415 | Thomas Grey, English conspirator (b. 1384) |
| 1445 | Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian poet and composer (b. 1376) |
| 1451 | Elizabeth of Görlitz (b. 1390) |
| 1511 | Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (b. 1466) |
| 1512 | Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463) |
| 1589 | Henry III of France (b. 1551) |
| 1605 | Richard Leveson, English admiral (b. c. 1570) |
| 1611 | Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1562) |
| 1696 | Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630) |
| 1769 | Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689) |
| 1788 | Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727) |
| 1799 | Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745) |
| 1815 | Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (b. 1763) |
| 1823 | Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, president of the National Convention (b. 1753) |
| 1834 | Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793) |
| 1849 | Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769) |
| 1854 | Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771) |
| 1859 | Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796) |
| 1876 | "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837) |
| 1889 | Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851) |
| 1890 | Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813) |
| 1903 | Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847) |
| 1913 | Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851) |
| 1915 | John Downer, Australian politician, 16th premier of South Australia (b. 1843) |
| 1917 | Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894) |
| 1921 | Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873) |
| 1922 | Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847) |
| 1923 | Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th president of the United States (b. 1865) |
| 1934 | Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd president of Germany (b. 1847) |
| 1937 | Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900) |
| 1939 | Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883) |
| 1945 | Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863) |
| 1955 | Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901) |
| 1963 | Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901) |
| 1967 | Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886) |
| 1970 | Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891) |
| 1972 | Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942) |
| 1973 | Ismail Abdul Rahman, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (b.1915) |
| 1974 | Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893) |
| 1976 | László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905) |
| 1978 | Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899) |
| 1979 | Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947) |
| 1981 | Kieran Doherty, Irish hunger striker and politician (b. 1955) |
| 1983 | James Jamerson, American bass player |
| 1986 | Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927) |
| 1988 | Joe Carcione, American activist and author (b. 1914) |
| 1990 | Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902) |
| 1992 | Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947) |
| 1996 | Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th prime minister of France (b. 1912) |
| 1997 | William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914) |
| 1998 | Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933) |
| 1999 | Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934) |
| 2003 | Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924) |
| 2004 | Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929) |
| 2005 | Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (b. 1955) |
| 2007 | Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (b. 1950) |
| 2008 | Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (b. 1935) |
| 2011 | José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932) |
| 2012 | Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (b. 1927) |
| 2013 | Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer and activist (b. 1936) |
| 2014 | Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932) |
| 2015 | Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (b. 1921) |
| 2016 | Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (b. 1930) |
| 2017 | Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (b. 1924) |
| 2020 | Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (b. 1922) |
| 2022 | Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1927) |
| 216 | Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Roman consul |
| 257 | Pope Stephen I |
| 575 | Ahudemmeh, Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East. |
| 640 | Pope Severinus |
| 686 | Pope John V |
| 855 | Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Arab theologian and jurist (b. 780) |
| 924 | Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904) |
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