History Deaths on August 02

Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)

#Heinrich_Clauren

Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)

#Jimmy_Jones_(singer)

Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (b. 1938)

#Raymond_Carver

Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922)

#Giovanni_Conso

Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)

#Montgolfier_brothers

Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)

#Michel_Debré

Mu'in al-Din Sulaiman Pervane, Chancellor and Regent of the Sultanate of Rum

#Pervâne

Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)

#Eduardo_Gutiérrez

Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)

#Harriet_Arbuthnot

Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)

#Francesco_Borromini

Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)

#Fritz_Lang

Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Arab theologian and jurist (b. 780)

#Ahmad_ibn_Hanbal

Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)

#Horace_Mann

Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)

#Paul_von_Hindenburg

Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156)

#Raymond_VI,_Count_of_Toulouse

King Christopher II of Denmark (b. 1276)

#Christopher_II_of_Denmark

Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)

#Edmond_Nocard

Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)

#Alfred_Lépine

Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)

#Muhammad_Ali_of_Egypt

Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954)

#Barbara_Prammer

Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian poet and composer (b. 1376)

#Oswald_von_Wolkenstein

Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian general and politician, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934)

#Mohamed_Farrah_Aidid

Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)

#Artur_Sirk

William II of England (b. 1056)

#William_II_of_England

Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)

#Carlos_Chávez

Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)

#Antony_Noghès

Joe Carcione, American activist and author (b. 1914)

#Joe_Carcione

Henry III of France (b. 1551)

#Henry_III_of_France

Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer and activist (b. 1936)

#Julius_L._Chambers

Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)

#Warren_G._Harding

Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)

#Robert_Campbell_of_Glenlyon

Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)

#Obdulio_Varela

Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)

#Alessandro_Achillini

Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)

#Enrico_Caruso

Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)

#Wallace_Stevens

James Thompson, American-Finnish author (b. 1964)

#James_Thompson_(crime_writer)

Bernd Meier, German footballer (b. 1972)

#Bernd_Meier

Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)

#Thomas_Gainsborough

Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (b. 1920)

#Marguerite_Piazza

László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)

#László_Kalmár

Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Roman consul and general

#Lucius_Aemilius_Paullus_(consul_219_BC)

Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (b. 1921)

#Forrest_Bird

William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)

#William_S._Burroughs

Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297)

#Louis_of_Burgundy

Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (b. 1763)

#Guillaume_Brune

James Jamerson, American bass player (b. 1936)

#James_Jamerson

Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)

#Michel_Berger

Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)

#Fujio_Akatsuka

Alla Kushnir, Russian-Israeli chess player (b. 1941)

#Alla_Kushnir

Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (b. 1936)

#Piet_Fransen

Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927)

#Franciszek_Macharski

Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)

#Douglas_Hawkes

Jack Spring, American baseball player (b. 1933)

#Jack_Spring

Fela Kuti, Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)

#Fela_Kuti

Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)

#Alexander_Graham_Bell

Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

#Roy_Cohn

Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)

#Harvey_Spencer_Lewis

John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)

#John_Downer

Richard Leveson, English admiral (b. c. 1570)

#Richard_Leveson_(admiral)

Kat? Kiyomasa, Japanese daimy? (b. 1562)

#Kat?_Kiyomasa

Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)

#Daniel_Finch,_8th_Earl_of_Winchilsea

Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)

#Helen_Hoyt

Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)

#Ahmed_Zewail

Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)

#Pietro_Mascagni

Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)

#Eduard_Magnus_Jakobson

Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)

#Louise-Victorine_Ackermann

Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)

#Shari_Lewis

Elizabeth of Görlitz (b. 1390)

#Elizabeth_of_Görlitz

Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)

#Lazare_Carnot

David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)

Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (b. 1930)

Billie Letts, American author and educator (b. 1938)

Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932)

Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (b. 1942)

John Keegan, English historian and journalist (b. 1934)

Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)

Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (b. 1927)

José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932)

Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (b. 1950)

Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (b. 1955)

Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)

François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)

Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)

Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)

Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934)

Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)

Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)

Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)

Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)

Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)

Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942)

Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)

Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)

Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)

Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)

Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)

"Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)

Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (b. 1466)

Thomas Grey, English conspirator (b. 1384)

Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople

Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904)

Pope John V (b. 635)

Pope Severinus

Pope Stephen I

Marcus Minucius Rufus, Roman consul

Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Roman consul