Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 2 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 2
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 2
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 537 | Pope Silverius |
| 930 | Ma Yin, Chinese warlord, king of Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 853) |
| 949 | Odo of Wetterau, German nobleman |
| 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] |
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