Famous Deaths on December 2, Who Died on December 2
Here is a list who died on December 2. Famous deaths for the 2nd of December. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on December 2. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
Famous people who died in December 2nd?
Who died on the 2nd December?
Who died on December 2?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1022 | Elvira Menéndez, queen of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996) |
| 1255 | Muhammad III of Alamut, Nizari Ismaili Imam |
| 1340 | Geoffrey le Scrope, Chief Justice of King Edward III of England |
| 1348 | Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) |
| 1381 | John of Ruusbroec, Flemish priest and mystic (b. 1293) |
| 1455 | Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (b. 1432) |
| 1463 | Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (b. 1418) |
| 1510 | Muhammad Shaybani, Khan of Bukhara (b. 1451) |
| 1515 | Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (b. 1453) |
| 1547 | Hernán Cortés, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1485) |
| 1594 | Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512) |
| 1615 | Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541) |
| 1665 | Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588) |
| 1694 | Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622) |
| 1719 | Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634) |
| 1723 | Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674) |
| 1726 | Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665) |
| 1747 | Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695) |
| 1748 | Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662) |
| 1774 | Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720) |
| 1814 | Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740) |
| 1844 | Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768) |
| 1849 | Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792) |
| 1859 | John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800) |
| 1881 | Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814) |
| 1885 | Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826) |
| 1888 | Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840) |
| 1892 | Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836) |
| 1899 | Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875) |
| 1918 | Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868) |
| 1924 | Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879) |
| 1927 | Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843) |
| 1936 | John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866) |
| 1943 | Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902) |
| 1944 | Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874) |
| 1950 | Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917) |
| 1953 | Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884) |
| 1957 | Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884) |
| 1966 | L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881) |
| 1967 | Francis Spellman, American cardinal (b. 1889). |
| 1969 | José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911) |
| 1974 | Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (b. 1900) |
| 1976 | Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917) |
| 1980 | Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905) |
| 1981 | Wallace Harrison, American architect, co-founded Harrison & Abramovitz (b. 1895) |
| 1982 | Marty Feldman, English actor and comedian (b. 1933) |
| 1985 | Philip Larkin, English poet, author, and librarian (b. 1922) |
| 1986 | Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer (b. 1917) |
| 1987 | Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) |
| 1988 | Karl-Heinz Bürger, German colonel (b. 1904) |
| 1990 | Aaron Copland, American composer and conductor (b. 1900) |
| 1993 | Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (b. 1949) |
| 1995 | Robertson Davies, Canadian author, playwright, and critic (b. 1913) |
| 1997 | Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (b. 1930) |
| 1999 | Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925) |
| 2000 | Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935) |
| 2002 | Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926) |
| 2003 | Alan Davidson, British soldier, historian, and author (b. 1924) |
| 2004 | Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910) |
| 2005 | William P. Lawrence, American admiral and pilot (b. 1930) |
| 2006 | Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947) |
| 2007 | Jennifer Alexander, Canadian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1972) |
| 2008 | Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1930) |
| 2009 | Foge Fazio, American football player and coach (b. 1938) |
| 2012 | Tom Hendry, Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre (b. 1929) |
| 2013 | William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | A. R. Antulay, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1929) |
| 2015 | Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1945) |
| 2020 | Pat Patterson, American wrestler (b. 1941) [23] |
| 537 | Pope Silverius |
| 930 | Ma Yin, Chinese warlord, king of Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 853) |
| 949 | Odo of Wetterau, German nobleman |
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