Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 2 June today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for June 2
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on June 2
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 657 | Pope Eugene I |
| 891 | Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid general (b. 842) |
| 910 | Richilde of Provence (b. 845) |
| 1200 | Bishop John of Oxford |
| 1258 | Peter I, Count of Urgell |
| 1292 | Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman and rebel leader |
| 1418 | Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castile |
| 1453 | Álvaro de Luna, Duke of Trujillo, Constable of Castile |
| 1572 | Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b. 1536) |
| 1581 | James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1525) |
| 1603 | Bernard of Wąbrzeźno, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1575) |
| 1693 | John Wildman, English soldier and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1621) |
| 1701 | Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (b. 1607) |
| 1716 | Ogata Kōrin, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1658) |
| 1754 | Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (b. 1680) |
| 1761 | Jonas Alströmer, Swedish businessman (b. 1685) |
| 1785 | Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician and academic (b. 1713) |
| 1806 | William Tate, English painter (b. 1747) |
| 1853 | Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777) |
| 1865 | Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783) |
| 1875 | Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806) |
| 1881 | Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801) |
| 1882 | Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807) |
| 1901 | George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844) |
| 1927 | Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886) |
| 1929 | Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889) |
| 1933 | Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878) |
| 1937 | Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870) |
| 1941 | Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903) |
| 1942 | Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908) |
| 1947 | John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867) |
| 1948 | Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904) |
| 1952 | Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (b. 1880) |
| 1956 | Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (b. 1886) |
| 1959 | Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884) |
| 1961 | George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889) |
| 1962 | Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892) |
| 1967 | Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940) |
| 1968 | André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929) |
| 1969 | Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917) |
| 1970 | Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1914) |
| 1974 | Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (b. 1949) |
| 1976 | Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (b. 1887) |
| 1977 | Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (b. 1952) |
| 1978 | Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1895) |
| 1979 | Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934) |
| 1982 | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (b. 1904) |
| 1983 | Stan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1949) |
| 1986 | Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901) |
| 1987 | Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931) |
| 1988 | Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1924) |
| 1990 | Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908) |
| 1991 | Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (b. 1927) |
| 1992 | Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908) |
| 1993 | Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1913) |
| 1994 | David Stove, Australian philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1927) |
| 1996 | John Alton, Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (b. 1901) |
| 1997 | Doc Cheatham, American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (b. 1905) |
| 1999 | Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (b. 1949) |
| 2000 | Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist, academic, and politician (b. 1927) |
| 2001 | Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (b. 1908) |
| 2002 | Hugo van Lawick, Dutch director and photographer (b. 1937) |
| 2003 | Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (b. 1918) |
| 2005 | Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1916) |
| 2006 | Keith Smith, English rugby player and coach (b. 1952) |
| 2007 | Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1949) |
| 2008 | Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928) |
| 2009 | David Eddings, American author (b. 1931) |
| 2012 | Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (b. 1931) |
| 2013 | Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1930) |
| 2014 | Ivica Brzić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1941) |
| 2015 | Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (b. 1963) |
| 2017 | Peter Sallis, English actor (b. 1921) |
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