Deaths on 2 March
2000s
Janice Burgess
2024
American television producer (1952–2024)
Jaclyn Jose
2024
Filipino actress (1962–2025)
Mike Oliver (disability advocate)
2019
British academic and activist
Billy Herrington
2018
American pornographic actor and Japanese internet icon (1969–2018)
Lin Hu (general)
2018
Chinese fighter pilot (1927–2018)
Benoît Lacroix
2016
Quebec theologian, philosopher, Dominican priest, professor and historian
Aubrey McClendon
2016
American businessman (1959–2016)
Dean Hess
2015
American minister and Air Force officer
Dave Mackay
2015
Scottish football player and manager (1934–2015)
Mal Peet
2015
English writer and illustrator (1947–2015)
Ryhor Baradulin
2014
Belarusian poet
Peter Harvey
2013
Australian journalist and broadcaster (1944–2013)
Giorgos Kolokithas
2013
Greek basketball player (1945–2013)
Shabnam Shakeel
2013
Award winning Pakistan Writer
Lawrence Anthony
2012
South African conservationist, environmentalist, explorer and author
Van T. Barfoot
2012
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1919–2012)
Norman St John-Stevas
2012
English politician (1929–2012)
James Q. Wilson
2012
American political scientist and public policy expert
Winston Churchill (1940–2010)
2010
Grandson of Winston Churchill
João Bernardo Vieira
2009
2nd President of Guinea-Bissau (1980–1999, 2005–2009)
Jeff Healey
2008
Canadian singer, guitarist and songwriter (1966–2008)
Thomas S. Kleppe
2007
American politician (1919–2007)
Clem Labine
2007
American baseball player (1926–2007)
Ivan Safronov
2007
Russian journalist (1956–2007)
Henri Troyat
2007
Russian-French author (1911–2007)
Martin Denny
2005
American pianist, composer, and arranger (1911–2005)
Cormac McAnallen
2004
Irish Gaelic footballer (1980–2004)
Mercedes McCambridge
2004
American actress (1916–2004)
Marge Schott
2004
Major League Baseball owner (1928–2004)
Hank Ballard
2003
American singer (1927–2003)
Malcolm Williamson
2003
Australian composer (1931–2003)
Sandra Schmirler
2000
Canadian curler (1963–2000)
1900s
Dusty Springfield
1999
British singer (1939–1999)
Anita Morris
1994
American actress, singer, and dancer (1943–1994)
Sandy Dennis
1992
American actress (1937–1992)
Serge Gainsbourg
1991
French musician and actor (1928–1991)
Randolph Scott
1987
American actor (1898–1987)
Lolo Soetoro
1987
Indonesian geographer and stepfather of Barack Obama (1935–1987)
Philip K. Dick
1982
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
Christy Ring
1979
Irish hurler (1920–1979)
Eugénie Brazier
1977
French chef (1895–1977)
Léo-Ernest Ouimet
1972
Canadian film pioneer
José Martínez Ruiz
1967
Spanish novelist & essayist (1873–1967)
Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin
1962
Belgian mathematician (1866–1962)
Fred Merkle
1958
American baseball player (1888–1956)
Selim Sırrı Tarcan
1957
Turkish sports official (1874–1957)
Jim Lightbody
1953
American middle-distance runner
Sarojini Naidu
1949
Indian political activist and poet (1879–1949)
Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels
1947
Dutch architect (1882–1947)
Fidél Pálffy
1946
George E. Stewart
1946
Emily Carr
1945
Canadian artist and writer (1871–1945)
Ida Maclean
1944
English biochemist
Gisela Januszewska
1943
19th and 20th-century Austrian physician
Howard Carter
1939
British archaeologist and Egyptologist (1874–1939)
Ben Harney
1938
American songwriter, entertainer and pioneer of ragtime music
D. H. Lawrence
1930
English writer and poet (1885–1930)
Champ Clark
1921
American politician (1850–1921)
1800s
Jubal Early
1896
American lawyer, politician and military officer (1816–1894)
Berthe Morisot
1895
French artist (1841–1895)
Isma'il Pasha of Egypt
1895
Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879
John Benjamin Macneill
1880
Carl Sylvius Völkner
1865
German Protestant missionary
Ulric Dahlgren
1864
Union Army officer (1842–1864)
Nicholas I of Russia
1855
Emperor of Russia from 1825 to 1855
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers
1840
German astronomer (1758–1840)
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
1835
Habsburg monarch from 1792 to 1835
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring
1830
German physician, anatomist, anthropologist, paleontologist and inventor
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
1829
Mexican insurgent (1768–1829)
Before 1800
Horace Walpole
1797
British politician, writer, historian and antiquarian (1717–1797)
Carl Gustaf Pilo
1793
Swedish painter (1711–1798)
John Wesley
1791
English clergyman (1703–1791)
Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon
1755
French courtier and memoirist (1675–1755)
Francesco Bianchini
1729
Italian philosopher and scientist
Anne of Denmark
1619
Queen of Scotland (1589–1619); Queen of England and Ireland (1603–1619)
Alessandro Farnese (cardinal)
1589
Italian cardinal and diplomat (1520–1589)
Władysław I Łokietek
1333
King of Poland from 1320 to 1333
Marjorie Bruce
1316
Scottish princess (c. 1296 – 1316/17)
Charles the Good
1127
Count of Flanders from 1119 to 1127
Mokjong of Goryeo
1009
King of Goryeo from 997 to 1009
Lothair of France
986
King of West Francia from 954 to 986
William (archbishop of Mainz)
968
Archbishop of Mainz (929–968)
Chad of Mercia
672
Bishop of York and Lichfield from 664 to 669
Mani (prophet)
274
3rd century prophet and founder of Manichaeism