Famous Deaths on April 2, Who Died on April 2
Here is a list who died on April 2. Famous deaths for the 2nd of April. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on April 2. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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Who died on April 2?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1118 | Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem |
| 1244 | Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author |
| 1272 | Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (b. 1209) |
| 1335 | Henry of Bohemia (b. 1265) |
| 1412 | Ruy González de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author |
| 1416 | Ferdinand I, king of Aragon (b. 1379) |
| 1502 | Arthur, prince of Wales (b. 1486) |
| 1507 | Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (b. 1416) |
| 1511 | Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe, German nobleman (b. 1428) |
| 1640 | Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595) |
| 1657 | Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608) |
| 1672 | Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (b. 1654) |
| 1720 | Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647) |
| 1742 | James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675) |
| 1747 | Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684) |
| 1754 | Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686) |
| 1787 | Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719) |
| 1791 | Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749) |
| 1801 | Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761) |
| 1803 | Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721) |
| 1817 | Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740) |
| 1827 | Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776) |
| 1845 | Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763) |
| 1865 | A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825) |
| 1872 | Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791) |
| 1891 | Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809) |
| 1894 | Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803) |
| 1896 | Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852) |
| 1914 | Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830) |
| 1917 | Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891) |
| 1923 | Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883) |
| 1928 | Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868) |
| 1930 | Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876) |
| 1933 | Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872) |
| 1936 | Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860) |
| 1942 | Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862) |
| 1948 | Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907) |
| 1953 | Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885) |
| 1954 | Hoyt Vandenberg, US Air Force general (b. 1899) |
| 1966 | C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899) |
| 1972 | Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884) |
| 1974 | Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911) |
| 1977 | Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907) |
| 1987 | Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917) |
| 1989 | Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939) |
| 1992 | Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954) |
| 1994 | Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916) |
| 1995 | Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) |
| 1997 | Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910) |
| 1998 | Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965) |
| 2001 | Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920) |
| 2002 | Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910) |
| 2003 | Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942) |
| 2004 | John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1913) |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II (b. 1920) |
| 2006 | Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925) |
| 2007 | Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910) |
| 2008 | Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran(b. 1898) |
| 2009 | Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (b. 1911) |
| 2010 | Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970) |
| 2011 | John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918) |
| 2012 | Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959) |
| 2013 | Fred, French author and illustrator (b. 1931) |
| 2014 | Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938) |
| 2015 | Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908) |
| 2016 | Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator (b. 1929) |
| 2017 | Alma Delia Fuentes, Mexican actress (b. 1937) |
| 2021 | Simon Bainbridge, British composer (b. 1952) |
| 2022 | Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian (b. 1928) |
| 670 | Hasan ibn Ali the second Shia Imam (b. 624) |
| 870 | Æbbe the Younger, Frankish abbess |
| 872 | Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general |
| 968 | Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (b. 891) |
| 991 | Bardas Skleros, Byzantine general |
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