Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 2 April today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for April 2
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on April 2
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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) |
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