August 2 - Deaths

Deaths

• 686 – Pope John V (b. 635)
• 924 – Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904)
• 1100 – William II of England (b. c. 1056)
• 1222 – Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156)
• 1316 – Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297)
• 1445 – Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (b. 1376)
• 1511 – Andrew Barton, Scottish navy leader (b. c. 1466)
• 1589 – Henry III of France (b. 1551)
• 1611 – Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)
• 1696 – Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)
• 1769 – Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)
• 1776 – Louis François, Prince of Conti (b. 1717)
• 1788 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
• 1815 – Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune, French soldier and politician (b. 1763)
• 1823 – Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (b. 1753)
• 1849 – Muhammad Ali of Egypt (b. 1769)
• 1859 – Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
• 1876 – Wild Bill Hickok, American lawman (b. 1837)
• 1889 – Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian writer (b. 1851)
• 1890 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (b. 1813)
• 1903 – Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and biologist (b. 1850)
• 1913 – Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1920 – Ormer Locklear, American pilot (b. 1891)
• 1921 – Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (b. 1873)
• 1922 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian scientist and engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 – Warren G. Harding, American politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1929 – Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)
• 1934 – Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1936 – Louis Blériot, French pilot and engineer (b. 1872)
• 1939 – Harvey Spencer Lewis, American author, occultist, and mystic (b. 1883)
• 1945 – Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (b. 1863)
• 1951 – John Paine, American target shooter (b. 1870)
• 1955 – Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
• 1967 – Walter Terence Stace, English philosopher (b. 1886)
• 1972 – Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (b. 1942)
• 1972 – Helen Hoyt, American poet (b. 1887)
• 1973 – Jean-Pierre Melville, French director (b. 1917)
• 1974 – Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver (b. 1893)
• 1976 – László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)
• 1976 – Fritz Lang, Austrian director (b. 1890)
• 1978 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (b. 1899)
• 1979 – Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
• 1983 – James Jamerson, American bass player (The Funk Brothers) (b. 1936)
• 1986 – Roy Cohn, American politician (b. 1927)
• 1988 – Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (b. 1914)
• 1988 – Raymond Carver, American writer (b. 1938)
• 1990 – Norman Maclean, American writer (b. 1902)
• 1990 – Edwin Richfield, English actor (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 1996 – Michel Debré, French politician (b. 1912)
• 1997 – William S. Burroughs, American author (b. 1914)
• 1997 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician, and activist (b. 1938)
• 1998 – Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
• 2001 – Ronald Townson, American singer and actor (The 5th Dimension) (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Don Estelle, English actor (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Mike Levey, American television host (b. 1948)
• 2003 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter (b. 1929)
• 2004 – François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Don Tosti, American musician and composer (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer (b. 1955)
• 2007 – Chauncey Bailey, American journalist and editor (b. 1950)
• 2007 – Kay Dotrice, English actress (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Holden Roberto, Angolan politician (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1935)
• 2011 – José Sanchis Grau, Spanish writer and illustrator (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Ruy de Freitas, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Amos Hakham, Israeli scholar (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Gabriel Horn, English biologist (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Magnus Isacsson, Canadian activist, director, and producer (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
• 2012 – John Keegan, English historian, writer, and journalist (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Bernd Meier, German footballer (d. 1972)
• 2012 – Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (b. 1917)
• 2012 – William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (b. 1978)
• 2012 – Herman van Ham, Dutch chef (b. 1931)