July 2 - Deaths

Deaths

• 862 – Swithun, Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester (b. 789)
• 1298 – King Adolf of Germany (b. 1220)
• 1504 – Prince Stephen III of Moldavia ("Ştefan cel Mare") (b. 1434)
• 1566 – Nostradamus, French astrologer (b. 1503)
• 1582 – Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (b. 1528)
• 1591 – Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (b. 1520)
• 1621 – Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
• 1656 – François-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (b. 1611)
• 1674 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1614)
• 1743 – Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, 2nd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1673)
• 1746 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656)
• 1778 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)
• 1778 – Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer (b. 1746)
• 1822 – Denmark Vesey, St. Thomas-born American freed slave who planned a revolt, hanged (b. c. 1767)
• 1833 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
• 1843 – Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (b. 1755)
• 1850 – Robert Peel, British politician, 28th and 30th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1788)
• 1857 – Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (b. 1818)
• 1903 – Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 – Joseph Chamberlain, British politician and businessman, father of Neville Chamberlain (b. 1836)
• 1915 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 19th, 21st and 23rd President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 – William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 – Émile Coué, French psychologist (b. 1857)
• 1929 – Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1932 – King Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1934 – Ernst Röhm, German Nazi official (b. 1887)
• 1955 – Edward Lawson, Scottish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 – Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
• 1964 – Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (b. 1900)
• 1969 – Michael DiBiase, American pro wrestler (b. 1923)
• 1972 – Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious figure, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 – Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Chick Hafey, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1973 – George McBride, American baseball player (b. 1880)
• 1973 – Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892)
• 1975 – James Robertson Justice, British actor (b. 1907)
• 1977 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (b. 1899)
• 1978 – Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (b. 1922)
• 1984 – Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (b. 1908)
• 1985 – David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (b. 1945)
• 1986 – Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1989 – Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
• 1989 – Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (b. 1909)
• 1990 – Snooky Lanson, American singer (b. 1914)
• 1991 – Lee Remick, American actress (b. 1935)
• 1992 – Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (b. 1950)
• 1993 – Fred Gwynne, American actor (b. 1926)
• 1993 – Sir Edward Dunlop, Australian war hero (b. 1907)

• 1994 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (b. 1967)
• 1995 – Krissy Taylor, American model (b. 1978)
• 1997 – James Stewart, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Mario Puzo, American writer (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1952)
• 2002 – Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer (b. 1919)
• 2004 – John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Norm Prescott, American animation producer (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Jan Murray, American comedian (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Natasha Shneider, Russian keyboardist and bassist (Eleven) (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress (b. 1929)
• 2010 – Beryl Bainbridge, Author (b. 1932)