March 2 - Deaths

Deaths

• 855 – Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
• 1316 – Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)
• 1572 – Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
• 1589 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
• 1729 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
• 1755 – Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
• 1758 – Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679)
• 1791 – John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
• 1793 – Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
• 1797 – Horace Walpole, English politician and writer (b. 1717)
• 1829 – Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768)
• 1830 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
• 1835 – Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
• 1840 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 – Nicholas I of Russia, Emperor of Russia (b. 1796)
• 1864 – Ulric Dahlgren, American Unionist colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 – Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1880 – Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 – Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (b. 1830)
• 1919 – Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
• 1921 – Champ Clark, American politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 – King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
• 1930 – D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885)
• 1938 – Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
• 1939 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
• 1945 – Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
• 1946 – Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian National socialist (b. 1895)
• 1946 – George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1950 – Rosli Dhobi, famous Malay Sarawakian (b. 1932)
• 1953 – Jim Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1958 – Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888)
• 1959 – Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887)
• 1960 – Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
• 1962 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1967 – José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
• 1970 – Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (b. 1888)
• 1973 – Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. 1918)
• 1974 – Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
• 1975 – Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b. 1929)
• 1979 – Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920)
• 1982 – Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
• 1987 – Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1991 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928)
• 1992 – Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
• 1994 – Maurice Bambier, French politician (b. 1925)
• 1994 – Anita Morris, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1999 – David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 1999 – Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
• 2000 – Sandra Schmirler, Canadian World Class curler (b. 1963)
• 2001 – John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
• 2001 – François Abadie, French politician (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980)
• 2004 – Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
• 2005 – Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
• 2006 – Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
• 2007 – Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
• 2007 – Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Henri Troyat, French writer, dean of the Académie française (b. 1911)
• 2008 – Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
• 2009 – João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Chris Finnegan, British boxer (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Winston Spencer-Churchill, British politician (b. 1940)