Deaths on 2 December
2000s
Ed Botterell
2024
Canadian sailor (1931–2024)
Helmut Duckadam
2024
Romanian footballer (1959–2024)
Neale Fraser
2024
Australian tennis player (1933–2024)
Paul Maslansky
2024
American film producer and writer (1933–2024)
Eminem
2024
American rapper (born 1972)
Israel Vázquez
2024
Mexican boxer (1977–2024)
Pat Patterson
2020
Canadian-American professional wrestler (1941–2020)
Sandy Berger
2015
American political advisor (1945–2015)
Will McMillan
2015
American actor
George T. Sakato
2015
A. R. Antulay
2014
Indian politician
Jean Béliveau
2014
Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2014)
Josie Cichockyj
2014
British wheelchair athlete
Bobby Keys
2014
American saxophonist (1943–2014)
Don Laws
2014
American figure skater and coach
William Allain
2013
American politician (1928–2013)
Jean-Claude Beton
2013
Algerian-born French businessman (1925–2013)
Marcelo Déda
2013
Brazilian politician (1960–2013)
Junior Murvin
2013
Jamaican reggae musician
Tom Hendry
2012
Co-founder of the Manitoba Theatre Centre
Ehsan Naraghi
2012
Foge Fazio
2009
American football player and coach (1938–2009)
Eric Woolfson
2009
Scottish musician and songwriter (1945–2009)
Odetta
2008
American singer (1930–2008)
Henry Molaison
2008
American memory disorder patient
Edward S. Rogers Jr.
2008
Canadian businessman and philanthropist (1933-2008)
Renato de Grandis
2008
Italian composer
Jennifer Alexander
2007
Canadian ballerina (1972–2007)
Elizabeth Hardwick (writer)
2007
American writer and literary critic (1916–2007)
Mariska Veres
2006
Dutch singer of Shocking Blue (1947–2006)
William P. Lawrence
2005
United States naval officer and pilot
Van Tuong Nguyen
2005
Australian salesman executed for drug trafficking in Singapore
Alicia Markova
2004
British ballerina (1910–2004)
Mona Van Duyn
2004
American poet (1921–2004)
Alan Davidson (food writer)
2003
British diplomat and food scholar
Ivan Illich
2002
Austrian philosopher and theologian (1926–2002)
Arno Peters
2002
German historian and filmmaker (1916–2002)
Gail Fisher
2000
American actress (1935–2000)
1900s
Charlie Byrd
1999
American jazz guitarist (1925–1999)
Big Daddy (wrestler)
1997
English professional wrestler (1930–1997)
Michael Hedges
1997
American guitarist (1953–1997)
Robertson Davies
1995
Canadian novelist
Roxie Roker
1995
American actress (1929–1995)
Mária Telkes
1995
Hungarian-American engineer, scientist and inventor (1900–1995)
Pablo Escobar
1993
Colombian drug lord (1949–1993)
Aaron Copland
1990
American composer and conductor (1900–1990)
Robert Cummings
1990
American actor (1910–1990)
Karl-Heinz Bürger
1988
German SS functionary (1904–1988)
Tata Giacobetti
1988
Singer
Luis Federico Leloir
1987
Argentine physician and biochemist (1906–1987)
Yakov Zeldovich
1987
Soviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914–1987)
Desi Arnaz
1986
Cuban-American musician, actor, producer and television studio head (1917–1986)
John Curtis Gowan
1986
American psychologist and academic
Philip Larkin
1985
English poet, novelist and librarian (1922–1985)
Fifi D'Orsay
1983
Canadian-American actress (1904–1983)
Marty Feldman
1982
British actor and comedian (1934–1982)
Giovanni Ferrari
1982
Italian footballer
Wallace Harrison
1981
American architect (1895–1981)
Chaudhri Muhammad Ali
1980
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956
Romain Gary
1980
French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
Danny Murtaugh
1976
American baseball player and manager (1917–1976)
Sylvi Kekkonen
1974
Finnish writer and First Lady of Finland from 1956 to 1974
Max Weber (Swiss politician)
1974
Swiss Federal Councilor (1951–1954)
José María Arguedas
1969
Peruvian writer (1911–1969)
Kliment Voroshilov
1969
Soviet military officer and politician (1881–1969)
Francis Spellman
1967
American Catholic prelate (1889–1967)
L. E. J. Brouwer
1966
Dutch mathematician and logician
Giles Cooper (playwright)
1966
British playwright (1918–1966)
Harrison Ford (silent film actor)
1957
American actor (1884–1957)
Manfred Sakel
1957
Austrian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (1900–1957)
Snowy Baker
1953
Australian athlete, sports promoter, and actor
Trần Trọng Kim
1953
Vietnamese scholar and politician (1883–1953)
Dinu Lipatti
1950
Romanian pianist and composer (1917–1950)
Josef Lhévinne
1944
Russian pianist and teacher (1874–1944)
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
1944
Italian poet (1876–1944)
Eiji Sawamura
1944
Japanese baseball player
Nordahl Grieg
1943
Norwegian writer (1902–1943)
John Ringling
1936
American entrepreneur (1866–1936)
Vincent d'Indy
1931
French composer (1851–1931)
Paul Heinrich von Groth
1927
German mineralogist (1843–1927)
Kazimieras Būga
1924
20th-century Lithuanian linguist and philologist
Edmond Rostand
1918
French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
1800s
Gregorio del Pilar
1899
Filipino general and politician (1875–1899)
Jay Gould
1892
American railroad magnate (1836–1892)
Namık Kemal
1888
Turkish writer and activist (1840–1888)
Allen Wright
1885
Nineteenth century Choctaw chief
Jenny von Westphalen
1881
German theatre critic and political activist (1814–1881)
John Brown (abolitionist)
1859
American abolitionist (1800–1859)
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
1849
Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837
Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko
1844
Polish nobleman and general
Marquis de Sade
1814
French writer and nobleman (1740–1814)
Before 1800
Johann Friedrich Agricola
1774
German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
1748
English peer (1662–1748)
Vincent Bourne
1747
British classical scholar
Samuel Penhallow
1726
Cornish American colonist and historian (1665–1726)
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
1723
Regent of France from 1715 to 1723
Pasquier Quesnel
1719
French Jansenist theologian
Pierre Puget
1694
French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer (1620–1694)
Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet
1665
Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon
1615
French soldier (c. 1541–1615)
Gerardus Mercator
1594
Flemish cartographer (1512–1594)
Hernán Cortés
1547
Spanish conquistador and explorer (1485–1547)
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba
1515
Spanish general and statesman (1453–1515)
Muhammad Shaybani
1510
Uzbek leader and warrior (1451–1510)
Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
1469
Lord of Florence from 1464 to 1469
Albert VI, Archduke of Austria
1463
Archduke of Austria from 1457 to 1463
Isabel of Coimbra
1455
Queen of Portugal from 1447 to 1455
John of Ruusbroec
1381
14th-century Brabantian theologian and mystic (1293/4–1381)
Emperor Hanazono
1348
Emperor of Japan from 1308 to 1318
Geoffrey le Scrope
1340
English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench
Muhammad III of Alamut
1255
26th Nizari Ismaili Shia Imam (1221–1255)
Elvira Menéndez (died 1022)
1022
Queen of Léon from 1013 to 1022
Odo of Wetterau
949
10th-century German nobleman
Ma Yin
930
Ruler of Ma Chu from 907 to 930
Pope Silverius
537
Head of the Catholic Church from 536 to 537