Deaths on 2 September
2000s
James Darren
2024
American actor (1936–2024)
Rodolfo Hernández Suárez
2024
Colombian politician (1945–2024)
Frank Drake
2022
American astronomer and astrophysicist (1930–2022)
T. V. Sankaranarayanan
2022
Indian musical artist (1945–2022)
Sidharth Shukla
2021
Indian actor and model (1980–2021)
Mikis Theodorakis
2021
Greek composer (1925–2021)
Claire Wineland
2018
American activist and author (1997–2018)
Jerry Heller
2016
American music manager and businessman (1940–2016)
Islam Karimov
2016
Leader of Uzbekistan from 1989 to 2016
Ephraim Engleman
2015
American rheumatologist
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick
2014
American lawyer
Norman Gordon
2014
South African cricketer (1911–2014)
Helena Rakoczy
2014
Polish gymnast (1921–2014)
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati
2014
Former Attorney General for India
Valérie Benguigui
2013
French actress and theater director
Terry Clawson
2013
English rugby league footballer
Ronald Coase
2013
British economist and Nobel laureate (1910–2013)
David Jacobs (broadcaster)
2013
British broadcaster (1926–2013)
Frederik Pohl
2013
American science fiction writer and editor (1919–2013)
Paul Scoon
2013
Governor-General of Grenada from 1978 to 1992
Starship (band)
2012
American rock band
Jack Boucher
2012
American photographer (1931–2012)
John C. Marshall (musician)
2012
British guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
Emmanuel Nunes
2012
Portuguese composer
Roberto Bruce
2011
Chilean journalist
Felipe Camiroaga
2011
Chilean TV presenter and actor
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
2009
Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, India
Bill Melendez
2008
American animator and voice actor (1916–2008)
Alan Waddell
2008
Australian writer
Franz-Benno Delonge
2007
Max McNab
2007
Canadian ice hockey player (1924–2007)
Bob Mathias
2006
American decathlete and politician (1930–2006)
Willi Ninja
2006
American dancer and choreographer (1961–2006)
Dewey Redman
2006
American saxophonist and composer (1931–2006)
Bob Denver
2005
American actor (1935–2005)
Joan Oró
2004
Spanish biochemist (1923–2004)
Dick Reynolds
2002
Australian rules footballer, born 1915
Christiaan Barnard
2001
South African cardiac surgeon (1922–2001)
Troy Donahue
2001
American actor (1936–2001)
Elvera Sanchez
2000
American dancer and the mother of Sammy Davis Jr. (1905–2000)
Curt Siodmak
2000
German-American novelist (1902–2000)
1900s
Jackie Blanchflower
1998
Northern Irish footballer
Allen Drury
1998
American writer
Rudolf Bing
1997
Austrian-American opera impresario (1902–1997)
Viktor Frankl
1997
Austrian neurologist (1905–1997)
Paddy Clift
1996
Zimbabwean cricketer (1953–1996)
Barbara McClintock
1992
American scientist and cytogeneticist (1902–1992)
Alfonso García Robles
1991
Mexican diplomat and politician
Robert Holmes à Court
1990
Australian businessman
Brian Clay
1987
Australia international rugby league footballer
M. Alalasundaram
1985
20th-century Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
Abe Lenstra
1985
Dutch footballer (1920–1985)
V. Dharmalingam
1985
20th-century Sri Lankan Tamil politician
Jay Youngblood
1985
American professional wrestler (1955 – 1985)
Manos Katrakis
1984
Greek actor
Feri Cansel
1983
Turkish Cypriot actress (1944–1983)
Otto P. Weyland
1979
United States Air Force general
Fred G. Meyer
1978
American businessman (1886–1978)
Stephen Dunne (actor)
1977
American actor, radio personality and disc jockey (1918–1977)
Stanisław Grochowiak
1976
Polish poet and dramatist
Mabel Vernon
1975
American suffragist (1883–1975)
Carl Dudley
1973
American film director (1910–1973)
J. R. R. Tolkien
1973
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
Robert Mensah
1971
Ghanaian footballer (1939–1971)
Ho Chi Minh
1969
Leader of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1969
Johannes Bobrowski
1965
German lyric poet, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist
Glenn Albert Black
1964
American archaeologist 1900–1964)
Alvin York
1964
American soldier (1887–1964)
William R. Wilkerson
1962
American film personality and publisher
Franz Neumann (political scientist)
1954
German Marxist activist, political scientist, and lawyer (1900–1954)
Hendrik Offerhaus
1953
Dutch rower
Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)
1953
American WWII army general captured by Japanese
Sylvanus Morley
1948
American archaeologist and epigrapher (1883–1948)
Mason Phelps
1945
American golfer
Bella Rosenfeld
1944
Russian Jewish writer (1889–1944)
Marsden Hartley
1943
American Modernist painter (1877–1943)
Tom Williams (Irish republican)
1942
Irish republican
James Juvenal
1942
American Olympic rower (1874–1942)
Lloyd Seay
1941
American stock car racing driver (1919–1941)
Pierre de Coubertin
1937
French educator and historian (1863–1937)
James Allan (rugby union)
1934
Rugby player
Russ Columbo
1934
American singer, violinist, and actor (1908–1934)
Alcide Nunez
1934
American jazz clarinetist (1884-1934)
Umegatani Tōtarō II
1927
Japanese sumo wrestler
Henry Lawson
1922
Australian writer and poet (1867–1922)
Henry Austin Dobson
1921
19th/20th-century English poet and essayist
John Forrest
1918
Australian politician (1847–1918)
Marie Andrieu
1911
Henri Rousseau
1910
French painter (1844–1910)
1800s
Wilford Woodruff
1898
4th President of the LDS Church from 1889 to 1898
Giuseppe Bonavia
1885
Maltese architect and draughtsman (1821–1885)
Konstantinos Kanaris
1877
Greek politician (c. 1790 – 1877)
N. F. S. Grundtvig
1872
Danish Lutheran pastor, theologian, hymn-writer and educator (1783–1872)
William Rowan Hamilton
1865
Irish mathematician and physicist (1805–1865)
Thomas Telford
1834
Scottish civil engineer (1757–1834)
Franz Xaver von Zach
1832
Austrian astronomer (1754–1832)
Jiaqing Emperor
1820
Emperor of China from 1796 to 1820
Jean Victor Marie Moreau
1813
French general (1763–1813)
Before 1800
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
1790
German historian and theologian (1701–1790)
Antoine Deparcieux
1768
French mathematician
Henry Bouquet
1765
British Army officer in North America
Nathaniel Bliss
1764
English astronomer
Philip William, Elector Palatine
1690
Elector Palatine from 1685 to 1690
Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet
1688
English banker, goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London
Per Brahe the Younger
1680
Swedish noble (1602–1680)
Kösem Sultan
1651
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Karel van Mander
1606
Flemish painter, poet and art historian (1548–1606)
Dawit II
1540
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1508 to 1540
Francesco Landini
1397
Italian composer (c. 1325 – 1397)
Prince Munetaka
1274
Military ruler of Japan from 1252 to 1266
Munjong of Goryeo
1083
King of Goryeo from 1046 to 1083
Saint Emeric of Hungary
1031
Hungarian prince (c. 1007 – 1031)
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill
1022
High King of Ireland from 980 to 1002
John IV of Constantinople
595
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 582 to 595
Simeon Stylites
459
Syrian Christian ascetic (c. 390 – 459)
Constantius III
421
Roman emperor in 421