Deaths on 2 October
2000s
Susie Berning
2024
American professional golfer (1941–2024)
Marissa Haque
2024
Indonesian actress (1962–2024)
Francis Lee (footballer)
2023
English footballer (1944–2023)
Sacheen Littlefeather
2022
American actress and activist (1946–2022)
Jack Biondolillo
2021
American professional ten-pin bowler (1940–2021)
Anne-Marie Hutchinson
2020
Irish lawyer (1957–2020)
Jamal Khashoggi
2018
Saudi journalist and dissident (1958–2018)
Tom Petty
2017
American rock musician (1950–2017)
Neville Marriner
2016
English conductor and violinist (1924–2016)
Brian Friel
2015
Irish dramatist, author and theatre director (1929–2015)
Coleridge Goode
2015
British Jamaican-born jazz bassist (1914–2015)
Johnny Paton
2015
Scottish footballer, snooker referee
Robert Flower
2014
Australian rules footballer
Abraham Nemeth
2013
American mathematician (1918–2013)
Nguyễn Chà Thiện
2012
Vietnamese-American dissident, activist and poet
Charles Roach
2012
Canadian civil rights lawyer and activist
J. Philippe Rushton
2012
Canadian psychologist and author (1943–2012)
Kwa Geok Choo
2010
Singaporean lawyer (1920–2010)
Tex Coulter
2007
American gridiron football player (1924–2007)
George Grizzard
2007
American actor (1928–2007)
Dan Keating
2007
Irish republican (1902–2007)
Helen Chenoweth-Hage
2006
American politician (1938–2006)
Paul Halmos
2006
Hungarian-American mathematician (1916–2006)
Nipsey Russell
2005
American entertainer (1918–2005)
August Wilson
2005
American playwright (1945–2005)
John Thomas Dunlop
2003
American politician and economist (1914–2003)
Heinz von Foerster
2002
Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician (1911–2002)
Franz Biebl
2001
German composer
David Tonkin
2000
Australian politician (1929 – 2000)
1900s
Heinz G. Konsalik
1999
German novelist (1921–1999)
Gene Autry
1998
American actor (1907–1998)
Robert Bourassa
1996
Premier of Quebec (1970–1976; 1985–1994)
Andrey Lukanov
1996
Bulgarian politician (1938–1996)
Hazen Argue
1991
Canadian politician (1921–1991)
Demetrios I of Constantinople
1991
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1972 to 1991
Alec Issigonis
1988
British car designer (1906–1988)
Hamengkubuwono IX
1988
Indonesian politician and royal (1912–1988)
Madeleine Carroll
1987
English actress (1906–1987)
Peter Medawar
1987
Brazilian-British biologist (1915–1987)
Rock Hudson
1985
American actor (1925–1985)
Harry Golden
1981
American journalist (1902–1981)
Hazel Scott
1981
American pianist and singer (1920–1981)
K. Kamaraj
1975
Indian politician (1903–1975)
Vasily Shukshin
1974
Russian writer (1929–1974)
Paul Hartman
1973
American actor and dancer (1904–1973)
Paavo Nurmi
1973
Finnish middle and long distance runner (1897–1973)
Jessie Arms Botke
1971
American painter
Marcel Duchamp
1968
French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
William R. Orthwein
1955
American swimmer (1881–1955)
John Marin
1953
American artist (1870–1953)
Émilie Busquant
1953
French-Algerian activist (1901–1953)
John Evans (Australian politician)
1943
Australian politician
Alexandru Averescu
1938
Romanian marshal and populist politician (1859–1938)
Svante Arrhenius
1927
Swedish scientist (1859–1927)
Max Bruch
1920
German composer (1838–1920)
1800s
François Arago
1853
French physicist and astronomer (1786–1853)
Sarah Biffin
1850
English painter (1784–1850)
Vasil Aprilov
1847
Bulgarian educator (1789–1847)
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
1804
French inventor (1725-1804)
Samuel Adams
1803
Founding Father of the United States (1722–1803)
Before 1800
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel
1786
Royal Navy officer and politician (1725–1786)
Charles Lee (general)
1782
British-born American army officer (1732–1782)
John André
1780
British Army officer (1750–1780)
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
1764
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1756 to 1757
Josiah Burchett
1746
British naval administrator and Whig politician
François-Timoléon de Choisy
1724
French abbé and writer (1644–1724)
Ivan Mazepa
1709
Hetman of Zaporozhian Cossacks from 1687 to 1708
Anne Jules de Noailles, 2nd Duke of Noailles
1708
17th and 18th-century French nobleman and general
Wu Sangui
1678
Chinese general and rebel (1612–1678)
George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen
1674
German prince and officer in the Dutch Army (1606–1674)
Antonio Cifra
1629
Italian composer
Pierre de Bérulle
1629
French Catholic priest and cardinal
Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar
1626
Spanish diplomat (1567–1626)
Jacquet of Mantua
1559
French composer
Pope Urban IV
1264
Head of the Catholic Church from 1261 to 1264
Eberhard of Franconia
939
Duke of Franconia from 918 to 939 AD
Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
939
Duke of Lorraine (died 939)
Michael II
829
Byzantine emperor from 820 to 829
Athalaric
534
King of the Ostrogoths from 526 to 534