Deaths on 2 November
2000s
Janey Godley
2024
Scottish actor, writer and comedian (1961–2024)
Alan Rachins
2024
American actor and comedian (1942–2024)
Paul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner)
2024
British civil rights activist (1937–2024)
Humaira Himu
2023
Bangladeshi actress (1985–2023)
Atilio Stampone
2022
Argentine pianist and composer (1926–2022)
Neal Smith (politician)
2021
American politician (1920–2021)
Walter Mercado
2019
Puerto Rican astrologer (1932–2019)
Raymond Chow
2018
Hong Kong film producer
Aboubacar Somparé
2017
Guinean politician (1944–2017)
Andrzej Ciechanowiecki
2015
Polish-British nobleman
Mike Davies (tennis)
2015
Welsh professional tennis player, entrepreneur and administrator (1936–2015)
Roy Dommett
2015
British aerospace engineer
Tommy Overstreet
2015
American country music singer (1937–2015)
Acker Bilk
2014
English clarinetist and vocalist (1929–2014)
Michael Coleman (blues musician)
2014
American songwriter
Veljko Kadijević
2014
Yugoslav military commander and politician
Herman Sarkowsky
2014
American businessman and philanthropist (1925–2014)
Shabtai Teveth
2014
Israeli historian (1925–2014)
Walt Bellamy
2013
American basketball player (1939–2013)
Ghislaine Dupont
2013
French journalist (1956–2013)
Clifford Nass
2013
American academic (1958–2013)
Kjell Qvale
2013
American businessman (1919–2013)
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar
2012
American mathematician (1930–2012)
Robert Morton Duncan
2012
American judge (1927–2012)
Joe Ginsberg
2012
American baseball player (1926–2012)
Pino Rauti
2012
Italian politician (1926–2012)
Han Suyin
2012
Chinese-Belgian-British physician and author (1916–2012)
Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu
2012
Indian politician (1957–2012)
Boots Plata
2011
Filipino film director (1943–2011)
Clyde King
2010
American baseball player, coach, manager, and executive
José Luis López Vázquez
2009
Spanish actor (1922–2009)
Nien Cheng
2009
Chinese author (1915–2009)
Madelyn Dunham
2008
Maternal grandmother of Barack Obama (1922–2008)
Charmaine Dragun
2007
Australian journalist (1978–2007)
Igor Moiseyev
2007
Soviet dancer (1906–2007)
The Fabulous Moolah
2007
American professional wrestler (1923–2007)
Ferruccio Valcareggi
2005
Italian footballer (1919–2005)
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
2004
President of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004
Theo van Gogh (film director)
2004
Dutch film director (1957–2004)
Frank McCloskey
2003
American politician (1939–2003)
Charles Sheffield
2002
British mathematician, physicist and writer (1935–2002)
Robert Cormier
2000
American writer and journalist (1925–2000)
1900s
Vincent Winter
1998
Scottish actor (1947–1998)
Eva Cassidy
1996
American singer (1963–1996)
John G. Crommelin
1996
United States Navy admiral
Peter Taylor (writer)
1994
American author (1917–1994)
Robert Arneson
1992
American sculptor and professor (1930–1992)
Hal Roach
1992
American filmmaker (1892–1992)
Irwin Allen
1991
American filmmaker (1916–1991)
Mort Shuman
1991
American songwriter (1938–1991)
Eliot Porter
1990
American photographer (1901–1990)
Lester Roloff
1982
American Baptist preacher (1914–1982)
Wally Wood
1981
American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (1927–1981)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
1975
Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)
Grigoriy Plaskov
1972
Soviet artillery lieutenant
Robert Mensah
1971
Ghanaian footballer (1939–1971)
Richard Cushing
1970
American Catholic cardinal
Pierre Veyron
1970
French racing driver (1903–1970)
Peter Debye
1966
Dutch-American physical chemist (1884–1966)
Mississippi John Hurt
1966
American singer and guitarist (1893–1966)
Ngo Dinh Diem
1963
President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963
Ngô Đình Nhu
1963
Vietnamese archivist and politician (1910–1963)
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 1894)
1961
Ruler of Bahrain (1894–1961)
Harriet Bosse
1961
Swedish–Norwegian actress (1878–1961)
James Thurber
1961
American cartoonist, author, journalist, and playwright (1894–1961)
Dimitri Mitropoulos
1960
Greek and American conductor (1896–1960)
Michael Considine
1959
Irish-born Australian politician and unionist
Jean Couzy
1958
French mountain climber (1923–1958)
Mehmet Esat Bülkat
1952
Ottoman Army officer (1862–1952)
George Bernard Shaw
1950
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
Jerome F. Donovan
1949
American politician (1872–1949)
Hélène de Pourtalès
1945
Swiss sailor (1868–1945)
Thomas Midgley Jr.
1944
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
Jock Cameron
1935
South African cricketer
Gao Qifeng
1933
Chinese painter (1889–1933)
Viggo Jensen
1930
Danish sportsman
Kyrle Bellew
1911
19th/20th-century English actor
Albert von Kölliker
1905
Swiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist (1817–1905)
1800s
George Goyder
1898
19th century surveyor in South Australia
Daniel Payne
1893
Methodist bishop and educator (1811–1893)
Alfred Domett
1887
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1862 to 1863
Jenny Lind
1887
Swedish opera singer (1820–1887)
William Morgan (South Australian politician)
1883
Australian politician
Theodore Judah
1863
American engineer and businessman (1826–1863)
Pyotr Kotlyarevsky
1852
Russian general (1782-1852)
Before 1800
Richard Bancroft
1610
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604 to 1610
Margaret of Lorraine
1521
Duchess of Alençon
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
1483
English nobleman (1455–1483)
John Sandale
1319
14th-century English bishop and court official
Bettisia Gozzadini
1261
Italian legal academic (1209–1261)
Saint Malachy
1148
Irish Saint (1094–1148)
Matilda of Flanders
1083
Queen of England from 1066 to 1083