Famous Deaths on May 2, Who Died on May 2
Here is a list who died on May 2. Famous deaths for the 2nd of May. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on May 2. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1203 | Merneptah, pharaoh of Egypt |
| 1219 | Leo I, King of Armenia (b. 1150) |
| 1230 | William de Braose, English son of Reginald de Braose (b. 1197) |
| 1293 | Meir of Rothenburg, German rabbi (b. c.1215) |
| 1300 | Blanche of Artois (b. 1248) |
| 1450 | William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English admiral (b. 1396) |
| 1519 | Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1452) |
| 1564 | Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian cardinal (b. 1500) |
| 1627 | Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer and educator (b. 1560) |
| 1667 | George Wither, English poet and author (b. 1588) |
| 1683 | Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613) |
| 1711 | Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (b. 1641) |
| 1799 | Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo (b. 1740) |
| 1802 | Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762) |
| 1810 | Henry Jerome de Salis, English priest (b. 1740) |
| 1819 | Mary Moser, English painter and academic (b. 1744) |
| 1857 | Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (b. 1810) |
| 1864 | Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer and educator (b. 1791) |
| 1866 | José Gálvez Egúsquiza, Peruvian politician (b. 1819) |
| 1880 | Eberhard Anheuser, German-American businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1805) |
| 1885 | Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817) |
| 1915 | Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870) |
| 1918 | Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889) |
| 1925 | Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898) |
| 1927 | Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866) |
| 1929 | Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879) |
| 1940 | Ernest Joyce, English explorer (b. 1875) |
| 1941 | Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874) |
| 1945 | Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900) |
| 1946 | Bill Denny, Australian journalist, lawyer, politician, and decorated soldier (b. 1872) |
| 1947 | Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920) |
| 1953 | Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863) |
| 1957 | Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908) |
| 1963 | Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884) |
| 1964 | Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879) |
| 1969 | Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879) |
| 1972 | J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895) |
| 1974 | James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878) |
| 1977 | Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922) |
| 1979 | Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) |
| 1980 | Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891) |
| 1983 | Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926) |
| 1984 | Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918) |
| 1985 | Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951) |
| 1986 | Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956) |
| 1989 | Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (b. 1902) |
| 1990 | David Rappaport, English-American actor (b. 1951) |
| 1991 | Gauri Shankar Rai, Indian Politician(b.1924) |
| 1992 | Wilbur Mills, American lawyer and politician (b. 1909) |
| 1993 | André Moynet, French race car driver, pilot, and politician (b. 1921) |
| 1994 | Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author (b. 1903) |
| 1995 | John Bunting, Australian public servant and diplomat, (b. 1918) |
| 1997 | John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) |
| 1998 | hide, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1964) |
| 1999 | Douglas Harkness, Canadian politician (b. 1903) |
| 2000 | Sundar Popo, Indo-Trinidadian musician (b. 1943) |
| 2002 | W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917) |
| 2005 | Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915) |
| 2006 | Louis Rukeyser, American journalist and author (b. 1933) |
| 2007 | Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964) |
| 2008 | Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940) |
| 2009 | Marilyn French, American author and academic (b. 1929) |
| 2010 | Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (b. 1943) |
| 2011 | Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founder of Al-Qaeda (b. 1957) |
| 2012 | Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935) |
| 2013 | Ernie Field, English boxer (b. 1943) |
| 2014 | Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (b. 1922) |
| 2015 | Stuart Archer, English colonel and architect (b. 1915) |
| 2016 | Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman, activist, and Black Panther (b. 1947) |
| 2020 | Arif Wazir, Pakistani politician, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (b. 1982) |
| 2021 | Marcel Stellman, Belgian record producer and lyricist (b. 1925) |
| 373 | Athanasius of Alexandria, Egyptian bishop and saint (b. 298) |
| 649 | Marutha of Tikrit, Persian theologian of the Syriac Orthodox Church (b. 565) |
| 821 | Liu Zong, general of the Tang Dynasty |
| 907 | Boris I of Bulgaria |
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