Famous People Who Died on August 2

Discover the most famous people who died on August 2. The list includes people like Alexander Graham Bell, Warren G. Harding, William S. Burroughs, William II of England, Wild Bill Hickok. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, journalists, inventors and actors and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, France, United Kingdom & Mexico and many more countries.

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Alexander Graham Bell

(Inventor of Telephone & Co-Founder of 'American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)')

Birthdate: March 3, 1847

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland

Died: 1922

Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist, inventor, and engineer. He is credited with inventing the first functional telephone. He is also credited with co-founding America's major telephone company AT&T, which has been going strong since 1885. Bell's later life was marked by his groundbreaking work in aeronautics, hydrofoils, and optical telecommunications. He was also an ardent supporter of compulsory sterilization.

Birthdate: November 2, 1865

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Blooming Grove, Ohio, United States

Died: 1923

The 29th President of the United States, Warren G. Harding assumed office in 1921 shortly after the end of WWI and became very popular. He died in 1923 while still in office. Later, various scandals that occured during his presidency were uncovered and his image suffered a serious setback. His presidency is today ranked amongst the worst in the American history.

Fela Kuti

(Multi-Instrumentalist & the Creator of ‘Afro-beat’, a Genre that Fuses West African Music with American Funk & Jazz)

Birthdate: October 15, 1938

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Abeokuta, Nigeria

Died: 1997

Political activist and Afrobeat inventor Fela Kuti initially performed with his band Koola Lobitos and later renamed it Nigeria '70. He was inspired by the Black Power movement, which also gradually transformed his musical style. He married 27 women in 1978, to mark the anniversary of the Kalakuta Republic attack.

Vin Scully

(One of the Greatest Baseball Broadcaster of All Time)

Birthdate: November 29, 1927

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States

Died: 2022

Vincent Edward Scully, or Vin Scully, is best remembered for his 67-season stint of calling games with the MLB team Los Angeles Dodgers, making him the longest-tenured broadcaster of a single team in the history of sports. He also served as the lead play-by-play announcer for NBC.

Birthdate: February 5, 1914

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died: 1997

Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs soared to fame with his novels Junkie and Naked Lunch, with the latter being at the center of a censorship issue. Also known by his pseudonym, "William Lee," he exhibited artwork such as the Gunshot Paintings. He accidentally shot and killed his second wife.

Birthdate: October 2, 1847

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Poznań, Poland

Died: 1934

Paul von Hindenburg served as the second president of the German Weimar Republic, from 1925 to 1934. In 1933, he appointed Adolf Hitler as the Chancellor of Germany, and also signed the Enabling Act, which gave Hitler total administrative powers. Following his death, Hitler declared himself the Führer.

Shari Lewis

(Former Children's puppeteer and cheerful TV personality whose character's, Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse)

Birthdate: January 17, 1933

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States

Died: 1998

Height: 5'0" (152 cm)

Birthdate: May 4, 1796

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Franklin

Died: 1859

Henry III of France

(Former King of France (1574 - 1589) and Former King of Poland (1573 - 1575))

Birthdate: September 19, 1551

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Château de Fontainebleau, France

Died: 1589

Henry III of France was the King of France from 1574 to 1589. He also served as the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland from 1573 to 1575. Henry was known for his alleged sexual relationships with men. Although certain reports have claimed that the allegations were false, he is sometimes depicted in popular culture as being effeminate.

Birthdate: March 4, 1769

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Kavala, Greece

Died: 1849

Muhammad Ali of Egypt was the de facto ruler of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. He was also the Albanian Ottoman governor and is considered the founder of modern Egypt. He implemented drastic reforms in the military, economic and cultural spheres in Egypt. He established the Muhammad Ali dynasty that ruled Egypt until the revolution of 1952.

Birthdate: June 7, 1947

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States

Died: 1979

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Fritz Lang

(Austrian Filmmaker Who Was a Pioneer of Science-Fiction Movies)

Birthdate: December 5, 1890

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Died: 1976

While Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang initially studied civil engineering, he later trained as a painter, before switching to screenwriting and direction. He was a prominent figure of German Expressionism and mostly worked in Germany and the US. His Woman in the Moon was a pioneering science-fiction movie.

Birthdate: 1056 AD

Birthplace: Normandy, France

Died: 1100

William II, the third son of William the Conqueror, reigned as the king of England from 1087 to 1100. He was also known as William Rufus and was thought to be homosexual due to the fact that he never married. He died due to an arrow injury while hunting.

Birthdate: May 21, 1923

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States

Died: 2017

David Huddleston

(Actor)

Birthdate: September 17, 1930

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Vinton, Virginia, USA

Died: 2016

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

Birthdate: May 7, 1930

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Died: 1978

Height: 4'10" (147 cm)

Birthdate: May 14, 1727

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Sudbury, England

Died: 1788

George Washington Williams

(American Soldier)

Birthdate: October 16, 1849

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1891

A laborer’s son, George Washington Williams had been a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War, when he was barely 14. He had then been a Baptist minister, a politician, a lecturer, a lawyer, and a journalist, but is best remembered for being the first to write about Black history.

Ahmed Zewail

(Chemist)

Birthdate: February 26, 1946

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Damanhour, Egypt

Died: 2016

Birthdate: May 27, 1837

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Illinois, United States

Died: 1876

Wild Bill Hickok was a Kansas sheriff and later became a Western folk hero, famous for his gunfights. He was a Union Army spy during the American Civil War. He was shot dead while playing poker. His last hand of cards came to be known as “the dead man's hand.”

Birthdate: October 2, 1879

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1955

Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria

(Prince)

Birthdate: May 18, 1869

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Munich, Germany

Died: 1955

James Jamerson

(Bass player)

Birthdate: January 29, 1936

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Died: 1983

Judith Jones

(Former writer, editor, best known for having rescued The Diary of Anne Frank from the reject pile)

Birthdate: March 10, 1924

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Vermont, United States

Died: 2017

Norman Maclean

(Novelist, Journalist, Writer, University teacher)

Birthdate: December 23, 1902

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Clarinda

Died: 1990

Pietro Mascagni

(Composer)

Birthdate: December 7, 1863

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Livorno, Italy

Died: 1945

Louis Blériot

(Aviator, Engineer, Inventor, Aerospace engineer)

Birthdate: July 1, 1872

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Cambrai

Died: 1936

Louis Blériot was a French aviator, engineer, and inventor. He is credited with developing the first workable headlamp for cars. He is also credited with making the first working, piloted monoplane. Blériot achieved worldwide fame in 1909 when he became the first person to fly across the English Channel. Louis Blériot also founded the successful aircraft manufacturing company, Blériot Aéronautique.

Lazare Carnot

(Mathematician, Politician, Engineer, Officer, Physicist)

Birthdate: May 13, 1753

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Nolay

Died: 1823

Lazare Carnot was a French physicist, mathematician, and politician. His role in the Napoleonic Wars and French Revolutionary Wars earned him the sobriquet Organizer of Victory. Carnot is credited with developing innovative defensive designs for forts, such as the Carnot wall which served as a defensive mechanism against infantry and artillery attack.

Birthdate: June 13, 1899

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico

Died: 1978

Mexican composer Carlos Chavez was known for his signature mixture of the traditional and modern elements of music. Best remembered for his works such as Sinfonía India and Sinfonía de Antígona, Chavez experimented with indigenous Mexican tunes, too. He was also the founder-director of Mexico’s Symphony Orchestra.

Gyearbuor Asante

(Actor)

Birthdate: November 4, 1941

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Accra, Ghana

Died: 2000

Cecilia

(Singer-Songwriter)

Birthdate: October 11, 1948

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Madrid, Spain

Died: 1976

John Keegan

(Journalist, Military historian, Historian, Non-fiction writer)

Birthdate: May 15, 1934

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Greater London

Died: 2012

Pope Stephen I

(Bishop of Rome)

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Died: 0257

Holden Roberto

(President of the National Liberation Front of Angola from 1954 to 2007)

Birthdate: January 12, 1923

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: M'banza-Kongo, Angola

Died: 2007

Holden Roberto was an Angolan politician and freedom fighter. He is credited with founding a militant organization and political party called the National Liberation Front of Angola, which played a major role in the Angolan War of Independence. The party, which Roberto led from 1962 to 1999, played an influential role in Angola's independence from Portugal.

Francesco Borromini

(Roman Baroque Architect)

Birthdate: September 25, 1599

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Bissone

Died: 1667

Birthdate: October 29, 1920

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Caracas, Venezuela

Died: 2011

Baruj Benacerraf was a Venezuelan-American immunologist whose discovery of the MHC genes earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980; he shared the prize with George Davis Snell and Jean Dausset. Over the course of his illustrious career, Benacerraf received several other awards, such as the National Medal of Science in 1990.

Willie Morris

(Writer)

Birthdate: November 29, 1934

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Died: 1999

Alla Kushnir

(Israeli Chess Player)

Birthdate: August 11, 1941

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Died: 2013

Alla Kushnir was a celebrated Soviet-born Israel chess player, who began her career in her birth country, becoming a Woman International Master and winning two Women's Chess Olympiads before migrating to Israel. There she continued to excel, eventually becoming Woman Grandmaster. Also three times Women's World Chess Championship Challenger, she later became a professor of archeology at Tel Aviv University.

Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg

(Princesses)

Birthdate: March 7, 1901

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Died: 1950

Raymond Carver

(Short story writer)

Birthdate: May 25, 1938

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Clatskanie, Oregon, United States

Died: 1988

Pete van Wieren

(Sportscaster)

Birthdate: October 7, 1944

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Rochester, New York, United States

Died: 2014

Elias John Kwandikwa

(Politician)

Birthdate: July 1, 1966

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Kahama District, Tanzania

Died: 2021

Luisel Ramos

(Model)

Birthdate: April 12, 1984

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Montevideo, Uruguay

Died: 2006

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

Roy Cohn

(American Lawyer and Prosecutor)

Birthdate: February 20, 1927

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Died: 1986

Roy Cohn was an American lawyer who played a major role during the 1954 Army–McCarthy hearings where he served as Senator Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel. He also mentored Donald Trump during his early business career. After his death, Roy Cohn inspired the development of several fictional characters.

Joseph Thomson

(British Geologist and Explorer Who Made Pioneering Explorations of Eastern Africa)

Birthdate: February 14, 1858

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Penpont, Scotland,England

Died: 1895

British explorer and geologist Joseph Thomson was the first European to enter a large part of eastern Africa. His exploration eventually led to the mass colonization of Africa, known as the Scramble for Africa. He secured British mining and trade rights in Africa. Thomson’s gazelle is a type of east-African gazelle named after him.

Donald Ogden Stewart

(Author)