Deaths on 3 February
2000s
Harry Jayawardena
2025
Sri Lankan industrialist (1942–2025)
Kandiah Balendra
2025
Sri Lankan businessman (1940–2025)
George Steiner
2020
French and American Writer, literary critic and philosopher (1929–2020)
Julie Adams
2019
American actress (1926–2019)
Kristoff St. John
2019
American actor (1966–2019)
Dritëro Agolli
2017
Albanian poet, writer, and politician
Joe Alaskey
2016
American actor (1952–2016)
Balram Jakhar
2016
Indian politician (1923–2016)
József Kasza
2016
Serbian politician
Martin Gilbert
2015
British historian (1936–2015)
Mary Healy (entertainer)
2015
American actress (1918-2015)
Charlie Sifford
2015
American professional golfer (1922–2015)
Nasim Hasan Shah
2015
Pakistani judge (1929–2015)
Cardiss Collins
2013
American politician (1931–2013)
Oscar Feltsman
2013
Russian composer
James Muri
2013
US Air Force officer
Jam Mohammad Yousaf
2013
Pakistani politician (1954–2012)
Toh Chin Chye
2012
Singaporean politician (1921–2012)
Ben Gazzara
2012
American actor (1930–2012)
Terence Hildner
2012
United States Army brigadier general (1962-2010)
Raj Kanwar
2012
Indian film director
Zalman King
2012
American director, writer, producer, actor (1941–2012)
Andrzej Szczeklik
2012
Maria Schneider (actress)
2011
French actress (1952–2011)
Dick McGuire
2010
American basketball player and coach (1926–2010)
Frances Reid
2010
American actress (1914–2010)
Sheng-yen
2009
Chinese Chan Buddhist monk and writer
Al Lewis
2006
American actor (1923–2006)
Zurab Zhvania
2005
Georgian politician; Prime Minister of Georgia (1963-2005)
Ernst Mayr
2005
German-American evolutionary biologist (1904–2005)
Mrs. Ngô Bá Thành
2004
Vietnamese lawyer, politician, and activist
1900s
Gwen Guthrie
1999
American singer-songwriter (1950–1999)
Audrey Meadows
1996
American actress (1922–1996)
Françoys Bernier
1993
Canadian pianist, conductor, radio producer, arts administrator and music educator
Nancy Kulp
1991
American actress and educator (1921–1991)
John Cassavetes
1989
American filmmaker and actor (1929–1989)
Lionel Newman
1989
American composer, pianist and conductor (1916–1989)
Frank Oppenheimer
1985
American particle physicist and science educator (1912–1985)
William D. Coolidge
1975
American physicist and engineer
Umm Kulthum
1975
Egyptian singer-songwriter, actress (1898-1975)
C. N. Annadurai
1969
Indian politician (1909–1969)
Eduardo Mondlane
1969
Mozambican politician
Joe Meek
1967
English record producer (1929–1967)
Benjamin R. Jacobs
1963
American biochemist
William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil
1961
British politician (1893–1961)
Anna May Wong
1961
American actress (1905–1961)
Fred Buscaglione
1960
Italian actor, recording artist, singer
The Big Bopper
1959
American musician (1930–1959)
Buddy Holly
1959
American musician (1936–1959)
Ritchie Valens
1959
American rock musician (1941–1959)
Émile Borel
1956
French mathematician (1871–1956)
Johnny Claes
1956
English jazz trumpeter and racing driver (1916–1956)
Vasily Blokhin
1955
Soviet Russian soldier and executioner (1895–1955)
Harold L. Ickes
1952
American politician (1874–1952)
Marc Mitscher
1947
United States Navy admiral (1887–1947)
Roland Freisler
1945
German jurist (1893–1945)
Yvette Guilbert
1944
French cabaret singer
Hugo Junkers
1935
German aviation pioneer (1859–1935)
Agner Krarup Erlang
1929
Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer
Woodrow Wilson
1924
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
Christiaan de Wet
1922
Boer general (1854–1922)
John Butler Yeats
1922
Anglo-Irish artist (1839–1922)
1800s
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard
1899
Dutch supercentenarian (1788–1899)
Isaac Baker Brown
1873
English gynaecologist and obstetric surgeon
François-Xavier Garneau
1866
French Canadian notary, poet, civil servant and liberal
Jean-Baptiste Biot
1862
French physicist (1774–1862)
George Crabbe
1832
English poet, surgeon, and clergyman (1754–1832)
Gia Long
1820
Founding emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty (r. 1802–04)
Juan Bautista Cabral
1813
Argentinian soldier (1789–1813)
Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes
1802
Spanish statesman, economist, and writer
Before 1800
Tommaso Ceva
1737
Italian Jesuit mathematician (1648–1737)
Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham
1619
English peer
Philip II, Duke of Pomerania
1618
Pomeranian Duke
George Cassander
1566
Flemish Catholic theologian and humanist
Thomas FitzGerald, 10th Earl of Kildare
1537
Irish noble (1513–1537)
John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1475
German count (1410–1475)
Johannes Gutenberg
1468
German inventor and craftsman (died 1468)
Murad II
1451
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1421–1444, 1446–1451)
Ashikaga Yoshimochi
1428
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1394 to 1423
John of Gaunt
1399
English prince and regent (1340–1399)
Sviatoslav III of Vladimir
1252
Grand Prince of Vladimir (1196–1252)
Inge Haraldsson
1161
King of Norway from 1136 to 1161
Coloman, King of Hungary
1116
King of Hungary from 1095 to 1116
Swein Forkbeard
1014
King of Denmark, Norway and England (963–1014)
William IV, Duke of Aquitaine
994
Duke of Aquitaine from 963 to 990
Zhou Ben
938
Tang Dynasty general and prince
Guy, Margrave of Tuscany
929
Italian nobleman (died 929)
Ansgar
865
Christian saint, Archbishop, and missionary
Werburgh
699
Anglo-Saxon saint
Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I
639
Ajaw of Piedras Negras from 603 to 639
Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil II
456
Ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal
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First 9 years of the Common Era