History Deaths on October 02

Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)

#Alexandru_Averescu

Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

#Marcel_Duchamp

Demetrios I of Constantinople (b. 1914)

#Demetrios_I_of_Constantinople

Gene Autry, American actor, singer, and guitarist (b. 1907)

#Gene_Autry

Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the Mini (b. 1906)

#Alec_Issigonis

Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)

#Rock_Hudson

Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)

#Augustus_Keppel,_1st_Viscount_Keppel

John André, English soldier (b. 1750)

#John_André

Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean lawyer and scholar (b. 1920)

#Kwa_Geok_Choo

Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (b. 1920)

#Hazel_Scott

Hazen Argue, Canadian politician (b. 1921)

#Hazen_Argue

Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (b. 1916)

#Paul_Halmos

Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-English bassist and composer (b. 1914)

#Coleridge_Goode

Athalaric, Italian king (b. 516)

#Athalaric

James Mutende, Ugandan veterinarian, economist, and politician (b. 1962)

#James_Mutende

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)

#William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire

François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644)

#François-Timoléon_de_Choisy

Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)

#Paul_Hartman

Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666)

#Josiah_Burchett

Harriet Nelson, American actress and singer (b. 1909)

#Harriet_Nelson

Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)

#Samuel_Adams

John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)

#John_Thomas_Dunlop

Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1950)

#Tom_Petty

Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)

#Sarah_Biffen

Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906)

#Madeleine_Carroll

Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)

#Antonio_Cifra

Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (b. 1929)

#Brian_Friel

Pope Urban IV

#Pope_Urban_IV

Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

#Boris_Yakovlevich_Bukreev

Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)

#Anne_Jules_de_Noailles

Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)

#Max_Bruch

Wu Sangui, Qing Chinese general (b. 1612)

#Wu_Sangui

Rodolfo Frigeri, Argentinian economist and politician, Argentinian Minister of Finance (b. 1942)

#Rodolfo_Frigeri

Gary Reed, American comic book writer (b. 1956)

#Gary_Reed_(comics)

Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)

#Paavo_Nurmi

George Grizzard, American actor (b. 1928)

#George_Grizzard

Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)

#Tex_Coulter

John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)

#John_Evans_(Australian_politician)

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (b. 1567)

#Diego_Sarmiento_de_Acuña,_1st_Count_of_Gondomar

Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)

#Helen_Chenoweth-Hage

Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1933)

#Robert_Bourassa

Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (b. 1902)

#Dan_Keating

Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)

#Nipsey_Russell

Charles Lee, English-born American general (b. 1732)

#Charles_Lee_(general)

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)

#Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot

John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)

#John_Marin

P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)

#P._D._Ouspensky

Vaughn O. Lang, American general (b. 1927)

#Vaughn_O._Lang

François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)

#François_Arago

Michael II, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)

#Michael_II

André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)

#André_Lagache

Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1639)

#Ivan_Mazepa

Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1912)

#Hamengkubuwono_IX

Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

#Peter_Medawar

Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)

#Heinz_von_Foerster

David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638)

#David_Teniers_III

Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1938)

#Andrey_Lukanov

Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1509)

#Bernardino_Telesio

Neville Marriner, British conductor (b. 1924)

#Neville_Marriner

K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

#K._Kamaraj

Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

#Svante_Arrhenius

Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)

#Olivier_Gendebien

Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian (b. 1575)

#Pierre_de_Bérulle

Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1923)

Eric Arturo Delvalle, Panamanian lawyer and politician, President of Panama (b. 1937)

Frederic Tamler Sommers, American philosopher and academic (b. 1923)

Robert Flower, Australian footballer (b. 1955)

Kaare Ørnung, Norwegian pianist and educator (b. 1931)

Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (b. 1918)

Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter (b. 1955)

Herman Hugg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1921)

Gottfried Fischer, German psychologist, therapist, and academic (b. 1944)

J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (b. 1943)

Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1933)

Nguy?n Chí Thi?n, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (b. 1939)

Peter L. Benson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1946)

Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (b. 1954)

Christopher Derrick, English author and critic (b. 1921)

August Wilson, American author and playwright (b. 1945)

Franz Biebl, German composer and academic (b. 1906)

David Tonkin, Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (b. 1929)

Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (b. 1921)

Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)

Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)

William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)

Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)

Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Japanese nun and poet (b. 1703)

Jacquet of Mantua, French-Italian composer (b. 1483)

Alice de Lacy, 4th Countess of Lincoln (b. 1281)

Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (b. 890)

Eberhard III, duke of Franconia