2 November Deaths

November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

Deaths

943 – Emma of France (b. 894)
1083 – Matilda of Flanders (b. 1031)
1148 – Saint Malachy (b. 1094)
1285 – Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)
1319 – John Sandale, Bishop of Winchester
1483 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1454)
1521 – Margaret of Lorraine, Duchess of Alençon and nun (b. 1463)
1610 – Richard Bancroft, English archbishop and academic (b. 1544)
1618 – Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (b. 1568)
1716 – Engelbert Kaempfer, German botanist and physician (b. 1651)
1807 – Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1730)
1834 – Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (b. 1760)
1846 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish poet and bishop (b. 1782)
1852 – Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
1863 – Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
1877 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
1883 – William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
1886 – James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
1887 – Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
1887 – Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
1898 – George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
1905 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
1930 – Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)
1935 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
1944 – Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
1945 – Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
1949 – Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
1950 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
1952 – Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
1958 – Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
1959 – Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
1960 – Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
1961 – James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (b. 1894)
1963 – Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1901)
1963 – Ngô Đình Nhu, Vietnamese activist, archivist, politician, and tactical strategist (b. 1910)
1966 – Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
1970 – Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)
1970 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (b. 1903)
1971 – Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
1975 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
1981 – Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927)
1982 – Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914)
1990 – Eliot Porter, American photographer, chemist, and academic (b. 1901)
1991 – Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
1991 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936)
1992 – Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (b. 1930)
1992 – Hal Roach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
1994 – Martin Taras, American animator and director (b. 1914)
1994 – Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright (b. 1917)
1996 – Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)
1996 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (b. 1902)
1998 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor and production manager (b. 1957)
2000 – Robert Cormier, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
2002 – Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (b. 1935)
2003 – Frank McCloskey, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
2004 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, and producer (b. 1957)
2005 – Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)
2007 – Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
2007 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1906)
2007 – The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (b. 1923)
2008 – Madelyn Dunham, American banker and business executive (b. 1922)
2009 – Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (b. 1915)
2010 – Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
2011 – Boots Plata, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1943)
2012 – Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Indian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1930)
2012 – Robert Morton Duncan, American soldier and judge (b. 1927)
2012 – Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2012 – Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (b. 1916)
2012 – Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, Indian politician (b. 1957)
2013 – Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (b. 1939)
2013 – Ghislaine Dupont, French journalist (b. 1956)
2013 – Clifford Nass, American author and academic (b. 1958)
2013 – Kjell Qvale, Norwegian-American businessman (b. 1919)
2014 – Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (b. 1929)
2014 – Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)
2014 – Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (b. 1925)
2014 – Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (b. 1925)
2014 – Shabtai Teveth, Israeli historian and author (b. 1925)
2015 – Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, Polish painter, historian, and academic (b. 1924)
2015 – Mike Davies, Welsh-American tennis player and businessman (b. 1936)
2015 – Roy Dommett, English scientist and engineer (b. 1933)
2015 – Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)

Source: wikipedia