September 2 - Deaths

Deaths

• 490 BC – Pheidippides, Greek hero (b. c. 530 BC)
• 421 – Constantius III, Roman Emperor (birth year unknown)
• 1031 – Saint Emeric of Hungary (born between 1000 and 1007)
• 1274 – Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)
• 1397 – Francesco Landini, Italian composer (b. 1325 or 1335)
• 1540 – Emperor Dawit II of Ethiopia (b. 1501)
• 1680 – Per Brahe, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1602)
• 1688 – Sir Robert Viner, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631)
• 1690 – Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1615)
• 1764 – Nathaniel Bliss, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1700)
• 1765 – Henry Bouquet, Swiss-born British army officer (b. 1719)
• 1768 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
• 1790 – Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (b. 1701)
• 1813 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1763)
• 1820 – Jiaqing Emperor of China (b. 1760)
• 1832 – Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian astronomer (b. 1754)
• 1834 – Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (b. 1757)
• 1865 – William Rowan Hamilton, Irish mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 – Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (b. 1783)
• 1877 – Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral, freedom fighter and politician (b. 1793)
• 1896 – Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839)
• 1898 – Wilford Woodruff, American fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 – Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1921 – Henry Austin Dobson, English poet (b. 1840)
• 1921 – Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born American oil pioneer (b. 1855)
• 1927 – Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20^th Yokozuna (b. 1878)
• 1934 – Alcide Nunez, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1884)
• 1934 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist and actor (b. 1908)
• 1934 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player (b. 1860)
• 1937 – Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern Olympic Games (b. 1863)
• 1941 – Lloyd Seay, American stock car driver (b. 1919)
• 1942 – Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924)
• 1944 – Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-born American wife of Marc Chagall and subject of many of his paintings (b. 1895)
• 1948 – Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
• 1953 – Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883)
• 1962 – William Wilkerson, American founder of the Hollywood Reporter and the Flamingo Hotel and nightclub owner (b. 1890)
• 1964 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (b. 1900)
• 1964 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes, 13^th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
• 1964 – Alvin York, American soldier (b. 1887)
• 1965 – Johannes Bobrowski, German writer (b. 1917)
• 1969 – Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
• 1973 – Carl Dudley, American film director (b. 1910)
• 1973 – J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)
• 1976 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish writer (b. 1934)
• 1978 – Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founder of Fred Meyer, Inc. (b. 1886)
• 1979 – Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (b. 1903)
• 1984 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (b. 1908)
• 1985 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
• 1985 – Jay Youngblood, American professional wrestler (b. 1955)
• 1991 – Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
• 1992 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
• 1994 – Roy Castle, British entertainer (b. 1932)
• 1996 – Paddy Clift, Zimbabwean cricketer (b. 1953)
• 1997 – Rudolf Bing, Austrian-born British opera manager (b. 1902)
• 1997 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)
• 1998 – Jackie Blanchflower, Irish footballer (b. 1933)
• 1998 – Allen Drury, American novelist (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
• 2000 – Curt Siodmak, German-born American screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 2001 – Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (b. 1922)
• 2001 – Troy Donahue, American actor (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
• 2004 – Joan Oró, Catalan biochemist (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Eleni Zafeiriou, Greek actress (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)
• 2006 – Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
• 2007 – Max McNab, Canadian National Hockey League executive (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer (b. 1957)
• 2007 – Rajae Belmlih, Moroccan singer (b. 1962)
• 2008 – Bill Meléndez, American character animator (b. 1916)
• 2009 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India (b. 1949)