Deaths on 2 July
2000s
Sophia Hutchins
2025
American socialite (1996–2025)
Julian McMahon
2025
Australian and American actor (1968–2025)
Ángela Jeria
2020
Chilean mother of President Michelle Bachelet (1926–2020)
Reckful
2020
American professional esports player (1989–2020)
Lee Iacocca
2019
American businessman (1924–2019)
Alan Longmuir
2018
Scottish musician (1948–2018)
Vladislav Rastorotsky
2017
Smith Hart
2017
American-Canadian professional wrestler (1948–2017)
Caroline Aherne
2016
English actress, comedian and writer (1963–2016)
Michael Cimino
2016
American filmmaker (1939–2016)
Patrick Manning
2016
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1991–1995, 2001–2010)
Elie Wiesel
2016
American writer and activist (1928–2016)
Ronald Davison
2015
New Zealand lawyer (1920–2015)
Charlie Sanders
2015
American football player (1946–2015)
Jim Weaver (athletic director)
2015
American football player and coach, college athletics administrator (1945–2015)
Jacobo Zabludovsky
2015
Mexican journalist (1928–2015)
Emilio Álvarez Montalván
2014
Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and Foreign Minister (1919–2014)
Manuel Cardona
2014
Spanish physicist (1934–2014)
Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe
2014
British aristocrat (1915–2014)
Harold W. Kuhn
2014
American game theorist (1925–2014)
Louis Zamperini
2014
American athlete and army officer (1917–2014)
Anthony G. Bosco
2013
American prelate (1927–2013)
Douglas Engelbart
2013
American engineer and inventor (1925–2013)
Armand Gaudreault
2013
Canadian ice hockey player (1921–2013)
Anthony Llewellyn
2013
American scientist and astronaut (1933–2013)
Maurice Chevit
2012
French actor (1923–2012)
Julian Goodman
2012
American journalist (1922–2012)
Angelo Mangiarotti
2012
Italian architect and industrial designer (1921–2012)
Betty Meggers
2012
American archaeologist (1921-2012)
Ed Stroud
2012
American baseball player (1939–2012)
Itamar Franco
2011
President of Brazil from 1992 to 1995
Beryl Bainbridge
2010
English writer (1932–2010)
Natasha Shneider
2008
Latvian musician (1956-2008)
Elizabeth Spriggs
2008
English actress (1929–2008)
Beverly Sills
2007
American operatic soprano (1929–2007)
Jan Murray
2006
American comedian, actor, game show host (1916–2006)
Ernest Lehman
2005
American screenwriter (1915–2005)
Norm Prescott
2005
American producer (1927–2005)
Mochtar Lubis
2004
Indonesian journalist and novelist (1922–2004)
Briggs Cunningham
2003
American entrepreneur and sportsman (1907–2003)
Ray Brown (musician)
2002
American jazz musician (1926–2002)
Joey Dunlop
2000
Northern Irish motorcycle racer (1952–2000)
1900s
Mario Puzo
1999
American author, screenwriter, and journalist (1920–1999)
James Stewart
1997
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
Lloyd MacPhail
1995
Canadian politician (1920–1995)
Andrés Escobar
1994
Colombian footballer (1967–1994)
Fred Gwynne
1993
American actor and author (1926–1993)
Lee Remick
1991
American actress (1935–1991)
Snooky Lanson
1990
American singer (1914–1990)
Andrei Gromyko
1989
Soviet diplomat (1909–1989)
Allie Vibert Douglas
1988
Canadian astronomer
Peanuts Lowrey
1986
American baseball player (1917–1986)
Tom Barry (Irish republican)
1980
Irish guerrilla leader (1897–1980)
Aris Alexandrou
1978
Greek novelist, poet, and translator (1922–1978)
Vladimir Nabokov
1977
Russian and American novelist (1899–1977)
James Robertson Justice
1975
British actor (1907–1975)
Betty Grable
1973
American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973)
George McBride
1973
American baseball player and manager (1880–1973)
Ferdinand Schörner
1973
German field marshal (1892–1973)
Joseph Fielding Smith
1972
American religious leader (1876–1972)
Jessie Street
1970
Australian activist
Jan Brzechwa
1966
Polish poet, author, and lawyer (1898–1966)
Fireball Roberts
1964
American racing driver (1929–1964)
Alicia Patterson
1963
American journalist (1906–1963)
Ernest Hemingway
1961
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
Edward Lawson (VC)
1955
English recipient of the Victoria Cross (1873–1955)
Manuel II of Portugal
1932
Last king of Portugal from 1908 to 1910
Gladys Brockwell
1929
American actress (1894–1929)
Émile Coué
1926
French psychologist (1857–1926)
William Louis Marshall
1920
United States Army general (1846–1920)
Porfirio Díaz
1915
President and Dictator of Mexico from 1876 to 1911
Joseph Chamberlain
1914
British politician (1836–1914)
Tom Richardson (cricketer)
1912
English cricketer (1870–1912)
Ed Delahanty
1903
American baseball player (1867–1903)
1800s
Carlo Pisacane
1857
Italian socialist revolutionary (1818–1857)
Robert Peel
1850
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835; 1841–1846)
Samuel Hahnemann
1843
German physician who created homeopathy (1755–1843)
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas
1833
1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1757–1833)
Before 1800
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1778
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)
Thomas Baker (antiquarian)
1746
English antiquarian (1656–1740)
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
1743
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1742 to 1743
Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg
1674
Duke of Württemberg from 1628 to 1674
François-Marie, comte de Broglie
1656
Thomas Harriot
1621
English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator
Vincenzo Galilei
1591
Italian musician and music theorist (1520–1591)
Akechi Mitsuhide
1582
16th-century samurai; assassin of Oda Nobunaga (1528–1582)
Thomas Doughty (explorer)
1578
English explorer executed by Francis Drake (1545–1578)
Nostradamus
1566
French apothecary, astrologer and seer (1503–1566)
Stephen the Great
1504
Prince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504
Adolf, King of the Romans
1298
King of Germany from 1292 to 1298
Henry the Fowler
936
King of East Francia from 919 to 936
Robert the Strong
866
Frankish noble
Swithun
862
Bishop of Winchester (died 863)
Li Jing (Tang dynasty)
649
Chinese Tang dynasty general (571–649)
Li Jiancheng
626
Crown Prince of the Tang dynasty
Li Yuanji
626
Prince of Tang China (603–626)