Deaths on 2 May
2000s
Ricky Davao
2025
Filipino actor and director (1961–2025)
George Ryan
2025
Governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003
Sjoukje Dijkstra
2024
Dutch figure skater (1942–2024)
Darius Morris
2024
American basketball player (1991–2024)
Peter Oosterhuis
2024
English golfer and broadcaster (1948–2024)
Marcel Stellman
2021
Belgian record producer (1925–2021)
Arif Wazir
2020
Pakistani politician (1982–2020)
Afeni Shakur
2016
American political activist (1947–2016)
Stuart Archer
2015
British Army officer (1915–2015)
Michael Blake (author)
2015
American writer (1945–2015)
Guy Carawan
2015
American musician and musicologist
Maya Plisetskaya
2015
Russian ballet dancer (1925–2015)
Ruth Rendell
2015
English writer (1930–2015)
Tomás Balduino
2014
Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop (1922–2014)
Žarko Petan
2014
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
2014
American actor (1918–2014)
Ernie Field
2013
English professional boxer & rugby league footballer
Jeff Hanneman
2013
American guitarist (1964–2013)
Joseph P. McFadden
2013
American prelate (1947–2013)
Dvora Omer
2013
Israeli writer
Ivan Turina
2013
Croatian footballer (1980–2013)
Charles Banks Wilson
2013
American painter
Fernando Lopes (filmmaker)
2012
Portuguese film director (1935–2012)
Zenaida Manfugás
2012
Musical artist
Tufan Miñnullin
2012
Tatar writer and politician (1935–2012)
Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih
2012
16th Health Minister of Indonesia
Akira Tonomura
2012
Japanese physicist
Lourdes Valera
2012
Venezuelan actress (1963–2012)
Osama bin Laden
2011
Founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)
Lynn Redgrave
2010
British and American actress (1943–2010)
Marilyn French
2009
American feminist author (1929–2009)
Kiyoshiro Imawano
2009
Musical artist
Jack Kemp
2009
American politician and football player (1935–2009)
Beverlee McKinsey
2008
American actress (1935–2008)
Izold Pustõlnik
2008
Estonian astronomer
Brad McGann
2007
New Zealand film director and screenwriter
Louis Rukeyser
2006
American financial journalist (1933–2006)
Wee Kim Wee
2005
President of Singapore from 1985 to 1993
W. T. Tutte
2002
British-Canadian codebreaker and mathematician (1917–2002)
Sundar Popo
2000
Trinidadian and Tobagonian musician (1943–2000)
1900s
Douglas Harkness
1999
Canadian politician (1903–1999)
Oliver Reed
1999
English actor (1938–1999)
Hide (musician)
1998
Japanese musician (1964–1998)
Justin Fashanu
1998
English footballer (1961–1998)
John Eccles (neurophysiologist)
1997
Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997)
Paulo Freire
1997
Brazilian educator (1921–1997)
John Bunting (public servant)
1995
Australian public servant and diplomat
Michael Hordern
1995
English actor (1911–1995)
Dorothy Marie Donnelly
1994
André Moynet
1993
French businessman and politician (1921–1993)
Wilbur Mills
1992
American politician (1909–1992)
Gauri Shankar Rai
1991
Indian politician (1924–1991)
Ronald McKie
1991
Australian novelist (1909–1991)
David Rappaport
1990
Actor, musician, writer, director, teacher (1951–1990)
Veniamin Kaverin
1989
Soviet and Russian writer, dramatist and screenwriter
Giuseppe Siri
1989
Italian cardinal (1906–1989)
Sergio Cresto
1986
American rally co-driver (1956–1986)
Henri Toivonen
1986
Finnish rally driver (1956–1986)
Attilio Bettega
1985
Italian rally driver (1953–1985)
Larry Clinton
1985
American musician (1909–1985)
Jack Barry (game show host)
1984
20th-century American television personality
Bob Clampett
1984
American animator (1913–1984)
Norm Van Brocklin
1983
American football player, coach and executive (1926–1983)
Clarrie Grimmett
1980
Australian cricketer (1891–1980)
George Pal
1980
Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer (1908–1980)
Giulio Natta
1979
Italian chemist (1903–1979)
Nicholas Magallanes
1977
Mexican-American ballet dancer
James O. Richardson
1974
On the Treadmill to Pearl Harbor co-author
J. Edgar Hoover
1972
American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
Franz von Papen
1969
German politician (1879–1969)
Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
1964
British politician (1879–1964)
Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell
1963
British politician and writer (1884-1963)
Joseph McCarthy
1957
American politician (1908–1957)
Wallace Bryant (archer)
1953
American archer (1863–1953)
Dorothea Binz
1947
Nazi German officer and supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp (1920–1947)
Bill Denny
1946
Australian politician (1872–1946)
Martin Bormann
1945
German Nazi politician (1900–1945)
Joe Corbett
1945
American baseball player (1875–1945)
Penelope Delta
1941
Greek children's writer (1874–1941)
Ernest Joyce
1940
Royal Naval seaman and explorer
Charalambos Tseroulis
1929
Hellenic army officer (1879–1929)
Ernest Starling
1927
British physiologist (1866–1927)
Antun Branko Šimić
1925
Bosnian and Croatian poet
Johann Palisa
1925
Austrian astronomer (1848–1925)
Jüri Vilms
1918
Estonian politician (1889–1918)
Clara Immerwahr
1915
German chemist (1870–1915)
Homer Davenport
1912
American political cartoonist and writer (1867–1912)
Lars Oftedal (born 1838)
1900
Norwegian politician (1838–1900)
1800s
Terézia Zakoucs
1885
Eberhard Anheuser
1880
Co-founder of Anheuser-Busch (1806–1880)
Tom Wills
1880
Australian sportsman (1835–1880)
José Gálvez Egúsquiza
1866
Peruvian war hero
Giacomo Meyerbeer
1864
German-born opera composer (1791–1864)
Alfred de Musset
1857
French writer (1810–1857)
James Gates Percival
1856
American poet
Zina Hitchcock
1832
New York politician (1755–1832)
Mary Moser
1819
English painter
Henry Jerome de Salis
1810
English churchman
Herman Willem Daendels
1802
Dutch military officer and colonial administrator (1762–1818)
Before 1800
Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo
1799
Spanish general and viceroy of New Spain (1738–1799)
Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester
1711
English statesman and writer (1642–1711)
Stjepan Gradić
1683
Ragusan philosopher and scientist (1613–1683)
George Wither
1667
English poet, pamphleteer, satirist and writer
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana
1627
Italian composer (c.1560–1627)
Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
1564
16th-century Catholic cardinal
Leonardo da Vinci
1519
Italian polymath (1452–1519)
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk
1450
15th-century English noble
Blanche of Artois
1300
Queen of Navarre from 1270 to 1274
Meir of Rothenburg
1293
German rabbi and poet (c.1215–1293)
William de Braose (died 1230)
1230
13th-century Welsh nobleman
Leo I, King of Armenia
1219
King of Armenian Cilicia from 1198/99 to 1219
Boris I of Bulgaria
907
Knyaz of Bulgaria from 852 to 889
Liu Zong
821
Tang Dynasty general and monk (died 821)
Marutha of Tikrit
649
Saint and 1st Maphrian of the East of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
373
373
Calendar year
1200s BC (decade)
-1203
Decade