Famous Deaths on October 2, Who Died on October 2
Here is a list who died on October 2. Famous deaths for the 2nd of October. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on October 2. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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Who died on October 2?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1264 | Pope Urban IV |
| 1559 | Jacquet of Mantua, French-Italian composer (b. 1483) |
| 1626 | Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (b. 1567) |
| 1629 | Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584) |
| 1674 | George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen, officer in the Dutch Army (b. 1606) |
| 1678 | Wu Sangui, Qing Chinese general (b. 1612) |
| 1708 | Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (b. 1650) |
| 1709 | Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1639) |
| 1724 | François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644) |
| 1746 | Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666) |
| 1764 | William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720) |
| 1780 | John André, English soldier (b. 1750) |
| 1782 | Charles Lee, English-born American general (b. 1732) |
| 1786 | Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725) |
| 1803 | Samuel Adams, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722) |
| 1804 | Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725) |
| 1850 | Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784) |
| 1853 | François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician (b. 1786) |
| 1920 | Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838) |
| 1927 | Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859) |
| 1938 | Alexandru Averescu, Romanian military leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859) |
| 1943 | John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855) |
| 1953 | John Marin, American painter (b. 1870) |
| 1955 | William R. Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881) |
| 1968 | Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887) |
| 1971 | Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883) |
| 1973 | Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904) |
| 1974 | Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
| 1975 | K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903) |
| 1981 | Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902) |
| 1985 | Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925) |
| 1987 | Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906) |
| 1988 | Alec Issigonis, English car designer, designed the Mini (b. 1906) |
| 1991 | Hazen Argue, Canadian politician (b. 1921) |
| 1996 | Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (b. 1933) |
| 1998 | Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and guitarist (b. 1907) |
| 1999 | Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (b. 1921) |
| 2000 | David Tonkin, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (b. 1929) |
| 2001 | Franz Biebl, German composer and academic (b. 1906) |
| 2002 | Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911) |
| 2003 | John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914) |
| 2005 | Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918) |
| 2006 | Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938) |
| 2007 | Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)[224] |
| 2010 | Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (b. 1920) |
| 2012 | Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (b. 1939) |
| 2013 | Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (b. 1918) |
| 2014 | Robert Flower, Australian footballer (b. 1955) |
| 2015 | Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (b. 1929) |
| 2016 | Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924) |
| 2017 | Tom Petty, American musician (b. 1950) |
| 2018 | Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (b. 1958) |
| 2020 | Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (b. 1957) |
| 534 | Athalaric, king of the Ostrogoths in Italy |
| 829 | Michael II, Byzantine emperor |
| 939 | Eberhard of Franconia |
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