History Deaths on July 02

Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1909)

#Andrei_Gromyko

Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (b. 1927)

#Anthony_G._Bosco

Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)

#Gladys_Brockwell

Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)

#Betty_Grable

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)

#Spencer_Compton,_1st_Earl_of_Wilmington

Li Jing, Chinese general (b. 571)

#Li_Jing_(Tang_dynasty)

Vincenzo Galilei, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1520)

#Vincenzo_Galilei

Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)

#Tom_Richardson_(cricketer)

Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and academic (b. 1755)

#Samuel_Hahnemann

Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)

#Edward_Lawson_(VC)

Jim Weaver, American football player and coach (b. 1945)

#Jim_Weaver_(athletic_director)

Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)

#Porfirio_Díaz

Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and politician (b. 1919)

#Emilio_Álvarez_Montalván

Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1547)

#Francis_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Lauenburg

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and composer (b. 1712)

#Jean-Jacques_Rousseau

Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)

#Jan_Brzechwa

Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (b. 1922)

#Mochtar_Lubis

Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (b. 1925)

#Douglas_Engelbart

Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)

#Fred_Gwynne

Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)

#Manuel_II_of_Portugal

Natasha Shneider, Russian-American singer, keyboard player, and actress (b. 1956)

#Natasha_Shneider

George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)

#George_McBride

Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)

#Émile_Coué

Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)

#Joseph_Chamberlain

Angelo Mangiarotti, Italian architect and academic (b. 1921)

#Angelo_Mangiarotti

Itamar Franco, Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (b. 1930)

#Itamar_Franco

Ray Brown, American bassist and composer (b. 1926)

#Ray_Brown_(musician)

Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1946)

#Charlie_Sanders

Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)

#Michael_Cimino

Eisai, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1141)

#Eisai

Robert Peel, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)

#Robert_Peel

Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)

#Joseph_Fielding_Smith

William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)

#William_Louis_Marshall

Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1528)

#Akechi_Mitsuhide

James Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)

#James_Stewart

Patrick Manning, 4th & 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1946)

#Patrick_Manning

Thomas Harriot, English astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer (b. 1560)

#Thomas_Harriot

Swithun, English bishop and saint (b. 789)

#Swithun

Robert the Strong, Frankish nobleman

#Robert_the_Strong

Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)

#Gervasio_Antonio_de_Posadas

Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

#Ernest_Hemingway

Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano and television personality (b. 1929)

#Beverly_Sills

Betty Meggers, American archaeologist and academic (b. 1921)

#Betty_Meggers

Henry the Fowler, German king (b. 876)

#Henry_the_Fowler

Louis Zamperini, American runner and World War II US Army Air Forces captain (b. 1917)

#Louis_Zamperini

Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)

#Peanuts_Lowrey

Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist, academic, and astronaut (b. 1933)

#Anthony_Llewellyn

Ed Stroud, American baseball player (b. 1939)

#Ed_Stroud

Carlo Pisacane, Italian soldier and philosopher (b. 1818)

#Carlo_Pisacane

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, activist, and author (b. 1928)

#Elie_Wiesel

Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)

#Ferdinand_Schörner

Nostradamus, French astrologer and author (b. 1503)

#Nostradamus

Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1916)

#Jan_Murray

Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)

#Armand_Gaudreault

Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (b. 1920)

#Mario_Puzo

Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)

#Lee_Remick

Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic (b. 1899)

#Vladimir_Nabokov

Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)

#Fireball_Roberts

Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)

#Eberhard_III,_Duke_of_Württemberg

Snooky Lanson, American singer (b. 1914)

#Snooky_Lanson

Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)

#Ed_Delahanty

Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)

#Joey_Dunlop

Caroline Aherne, English actress and comedian (b. 1963)

Jacobo Zabludovsky, Mexican journalist (b. 1928)

#Jacobo_Zabludovsky

Ronald Davison, New Zealand lawyer and judge, 10th Chief Justice of New Zealand (b. 1920)

Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (b. 1925)

Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (b. 1915)

Manuel Cardona, Spanish physicist and academic (b. 1934)

Julian Goodman, American journalist (b. 1922)

Maurice Chevit, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1923)

Beryl Bainbridge, English screenwriter and author (b. 1932)

Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)

Norm Prescott, American actor, composer, and producer, co-founded Filmation Studios (b. 1927)

Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)

Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1907)

Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1920)

Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)

Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1894)

Aris Alexandrou, Greek author and poet (b. 1922)

James Robertson Justice, English actor (b. 1907)

Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)

Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)

Thomas Baker, English antiquarian and author (b. 1656)

François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-French general (b. 1611)

Thomas Doughty, English explorer

Stephen III of Moldavia (b. 1434)

Adolf of Germany (b. 1220)

Li Yuanji, Chinese prince (b. 603)

Li Jiancheng, Chinese prince (b. 589)