2 August Deaths

August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 151 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Deaths

216 – Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Roman consul
216 – Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Roman consul and general
216 – Marcus Minucius Rufus, Roman consul
257 – Pope Stephen I
640 – Pope Severinus
686 – Pope John V (b. 635)
923 – Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury
924 – Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904)
1075 – Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople
1100 – William II of England (b. 1056)
1222 – Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156)
1277 – Mu'in al-Din Sulaiman Pervane, Chancellor and Regent of the Sultanate of Rum
1316 – Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297)
1332 – King Christopher II of Denmark (b. 1276)
1445 – Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian poet and composer (b. 1376)
1511 – Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (b. 1466)
1512 – Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)
1546 – Peter Faber, French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1506)
1589 – Henry III of France (b. 1551)
1605 – Richard Leveson, English admiral (b. c. 1570)
1611 – Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1562)
1667 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
1696 – Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
1769 – Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
1776 – Louis François, Prince of Conti (b. 1717)
1788 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
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)
1903 – Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
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)
1920 – Ormer Locklear, American pilot and actor (b. 1891)
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)
1929 – Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)
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)
1955 – Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
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)
1972 – Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
1972 – Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)
1973 – Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1974 – Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
1976 – László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
1976 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1978 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
1978 – Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)
1979 – Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
1981 – Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
1986 – Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
1988 – Joe Carcione, American activist and author (b. 1914)
1988 – Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (b. 1938)
1990 – Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)
1990 – Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1992 – Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
1996 – Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)
1996 – Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
1997 – William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
1997 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
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)
2004 – François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
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)
2012 – Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)
2012 – Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2012 – John Keegan, English historian and journalist (b. 1934)
2012 – Bernd Meier, German footballer (b. 1972)
2012 – Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (b. 1920)
2012 – Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (b. 1978)
2013 – Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer and activist (b. 1936)
2013 – Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (b. 1942)
2013 – Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (b. 1941)
2014 – Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932)
2014 – Billie Letts, American author and educator (b. 1938)
2014 – Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954)
2014 – James Thompson, American-Finnish author (b. 1964)
2014 – Pete van Wieren, American sportscaster (b. 1944)
2015 – Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (b. 1921)
2015 – Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922)
2015 – Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (b. 1936)
2015 – Jack Spring, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2016 – Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (b. 1930)
2016 – David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)
2016 – Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
2016 – Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)

Source: wikipedia