Famous Deaths on January 2, Who Died on January 2
Here is a list who died on January 2. Famous deaths for the 2nd of January. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on January 2. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
Famous people who died in January 2nd?
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Who died on January 2?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1096 | William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England |
| 1169 | Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1109) |
| 1184 | Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos |
| 1298 | Lodomer, Hungarian prelate, Archbishop of Esztergom |
| 1470 | Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order |
| 1512 | Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460) |
| 1514 | William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460) |
| 1543 | Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (b. 1497) |
| 1557 | Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494) |
| 1613 | Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539) |
| 1614 | Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566) |
| 1726 | Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688) |
| 1763 | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690) |
| 1850 | Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789) |
| 1861 | Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795) |
| 1892 | George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801) |
| 1904 | James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821) |
| 1913 | Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855) |
| 1915 | Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830) |
| 1917 | Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877) |
| 1920 | Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862) |
| 1924 | Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834) |
| 1939 | Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864) |
| 1941 | Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898) |
| 1946 | Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870) |
| 1950 | James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877) |
| 1951 | William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870) |
| 1953 | Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881) |
| 1960 | Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907) |
| 1963 | Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904) |
| 1974 | Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905) |
| 1975 | Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944) |
| 1977 | Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921) |
| 1986 | Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903) |
| 1987 | Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899) |
| 1989 | Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954) |
| 1990 | Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921) |
| 1994 | Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (b. 1914) |
| 1995 | Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921) |
| 1999 | Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910) |
| 2000 | Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920) |
| 2001 | William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (b. 1913) |
| 2005 | Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911) |
| 2006 | Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913) |
| 2007 | A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951) |
| 2008 | George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925) |
| 2009 | Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935) |
| 2010 | David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958) |
| 2011 | Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930) |
| 2012 | Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918) |
| 2013 | Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920) |
| 2014 | Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924) |
| 2015 | Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929) |
| 2016 | Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1924) |
| 2017 | Jean Vuarnet, French ski racer (b. 1933) |
| 2018 | Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (b. 1950) |
| 2019 | Daryl Dragon, American musician (b. 1942) |
| 2022 | Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician (b. 1944) |
| 951 | Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han |
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