Died on
Who died on February 2
155 figures who shaped history died on February 2.
- 155deaths
- 54events
Best known
Best known
Laurence of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury from 604 to 619, Christian saint
Bruno, Duke of Saxony
Duke of Saxony
Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia
Duke of Bohemia
Erik Eriksson
King of Sweden (r. 1222–1229; 1234–1250)
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria
Duke of Upper Bavaria
Narimantas
Prince of Polotsk and Pinsk
Laurence of Canterbury — Archbishop of Canterbury from 604 to 619, Christian saint, who died on February 2 619.
Bruno, Duke of Saxony — Duke of Saxony, who died on February 2 880.
Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia — Duke of Bohemia, who died on February 2 1124.
Erik Eriksson — King of Sweden (r. 1222–1229; 1234–1250), who died on February 2 1250.
Louis II, Duke of Bavaria — Duke of Upper Bavaria, who died on February 2 1294.
Narimantas — Prince of Polotsk and Pinsk, who died on February 2 1348.
All entries
- 1218
Konstantin of RostovGrand Prince of Vladimir - 1237
Joan, Lady of WalesPrincess of Gwynedd from 1205 to 1237 - 1347TThomas Bek (bishop of Lincoln)14th-century Bishop of Lincoln
- 1416RRacek Kobyla of Dvorce14th-century Bohemian nobleman
- 1435
Joanna II of NaplesQueen of Naples from 1414 to 1435 - 1446
Vittorino da FeltreItalian humanist and teacher - 1448
Ibn Hajar al-AsqalaniEgyptian Islamic scholar - 1461
Owen TudorWelsh courtier and soldier (c.1400–1461) - 1512
HatueyHispaniolan Cacique (died 1512)
- 1529
Baldassare CastiglioneItalian Renaissance author - 1580
Bessho NagaharuJapanese daimyō - 1594
Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaItalian Renaissance composer (c. 1525 – 1594) - 1648GGeorge Abbot (author)English religious writer and politician
- 1660
Gaston, Duke of OrléansFrench prince - 1660
Govert FlinckDutch painter - 1661
Lucas HolsteniusGerman historian and humanist - 1675
Ivan BelostenecCroatian linguist and lexicographer - 1688
Abraham DuquesneFrench naval officer - 1704
Guillaume de l'HôpitalFrench mathematician - 1712
Martin ListerEnglish naturalist and physician - 1714
John Sharp (bishop)Archbishop of York from 1691 to 1714 - 1723
Antonio Maria ValsalvaItalian anatomist - 1768
Robert Smith (mathematician)English mathematician - 1769
Pope Clement XIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1758 to 1769 - 1798FFerdinand Ashmall
- 1802
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron MendipBritish politician - 1804
George WaltonAmerican Founding Father and politician - 1831VVincenzo DimechMaltese sculptor
- 1836
Letizia BonaparteMother of Napoleon I - 1861
Théophane VénardFrench Catholic missionary - 1881
Henry Parker (Australian politician)Australian politician - 1904
Ernest Cashel - 1904
William Collins WhitneyAmerican politician - 1905
Henri GermainFrench banker and politician - 1907
Dmitri MendeleevRussian chemist - 1909
Carlo ActonItalian composer and concert pianist - 1913
Gustaf de LavalSwedish engineer and inventor - 1918
John L. SullivanAmerican boxer - 1919
Julius KuperjanovEstonian military personnel - 1925
Antti AarneFinnish folklorist - 1925
Jaap EdenDutch speed skater and cyclist - 1926
Vladimir SukhomlinovRussian general - 1932
Agha PetrosAssyrian military leader - 1939AAmanda McKittrick RosIrish writer
- 1939
Bernhard GregoryGerman chess player - 1942
Ado BirkEstonian politician - 1942
Daniil KharmsRussian writer - 1942
Hugh D. McIntoshAustralian entrepreneur - 1945
Alfred DelpGerman Jesuit resistance fighter - 1945
Carl Friedrich GoerdelerGerman politician - 1945
Johannes PopitzGerman politician and resistance member - 1948
Thomas W. LamontAmerican banker - 1948
Bevil RuddSouth African athlete - 1950
Constantin CarathéodoryGreek mathematician - 1952
Callistratus of GeorgiaCatholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia - 1954
Hella WuolijokiEstonian-born Finnish writer - 1956
Charley GrapewinAmerican circus performer and actor - 1956
Truxtun HareAmerican track and field Olympian - 1956
Pyotr KonchalovskyRussian painter - 1957
Grigory LandsbergSoviet physicist - 1962SShlomo HestrinIsraeli biochemist
- 1966HHacı Ömer SabancıTurkish entrepreneur
- 1968
Tullio SerafinItalian conductor - 1969
Boris KarloffEnglish actor - 1970
Lawrence GrayAmerican actor - 1970
Bertrand RussellEnglish philosopher and logician - 1970
Hannah RyggenNorwegian artist - 1972
Natalie Clifford BarneyAmerican playwright, poet and novelist - 1973
Hendrik EliasBelgian politician - 1974
Imre LakatosHungarian philosopher of mathematics and science - 1975
Gustave LanctotCanadian historian and archivist - 1979
Jim Burke (cricketer)Australian cricketer - 1979
Sid ViciousEnglish bassist - 1980
William Howard SteinAmerican biochemist - 1982PPaul DesruisseauxCanadian politician
- 1983
Sam ChatmonAmerican Delta blues musician - 1986
Murder of Anita Cobby1986 Australian murder case - 1986
Gino HernandezAmerican professional wrestler - 1987
Carlos CastilhoBrazilian footballer and manager - 1987
Alistair MacLeanScottish writer - 1988
Marcel BozzuffiFrench actor - 1989
Ondrej NepelaSlovak figure skater - 1989
Arnold NordmeyerNew Zealand politician - 1990PPaul AristeEstonian linguist
- 1990JJoe Erskine (Welsh boxer)British boxer
- 1992
Bert ParksAmerican actor and singer
- 1993
François ReichenbachFrench film director - 1994
Marija GimbutasLithuanian archaeologist - 1995
Thomas Hayward (tenor)American operatic tenor - 1995
Fred PerryBritish tennis player - 1995
Donald PleasenceEnglish actor - 1996
Gene KellyAmerican actor, dancer, singer and director - 1997
Erich EliskasesAustrian-Argentine chess grandmaster - 1997
Sanford MeisnerAmerican actor and acting teacher - 1998
Haroun TazieffFranco-Belgian volcanologist - 1999
David McCombAustralian musician - 2002PPaul BaloffAmerican heavy metal vocalist
- 2002CClaude BrownAmerican writer
- 2003
Lou HarrisonAmerican composer - 2004BBernard McEveetyAmerican film director
- 2005BBirgitte FederspielDanish actress
- 2005
Max SchmelingGerman boxer - 2007
Vijay AroraIndian actor - 2007
Billy Henderson (American singer)American musician - 2007
Joe Hunter (musician)American musician - 2007
Catania football riot2007 riot in Catania, Sicily, Italy
- 2007
Eric Von SchmidtAmerican musician and artist - 2007
Masao TakemotoJapanese gymnast - 2008
Barry MorseBritish-Canadian actor - 2008
Katoucha NianeGuinean model, activist and author - 2011EEdward AmyCanadian soldier
- 2011
Defne Joy FosterTurkish actress and presenter
- 2011
Margaret JohnWelsh actress - 2012JJoyce BarkhouseCanadian writer
- 2012FFrederick William Danker
- 2012GGeorge EsperAmerican journalist and academic
- 2012
Dorothy GilmanAmerican novelist - 2012
James F. LloydAmerican politician - 2013
Abraham IyamboNamibian politician - 2013
John Kerr (actor)American actor and attorney - 2013
Chris KyleAmerican sniper - 2013
Lino OviedoEx-general and Paraguayan politician - 2013
Pepper PaireBaseball player - 2013PP. Shanmugam (Pondicherry politician)Indian politician
- 2013
Walt SweeneyAmerican football player - 2013GGuy F. TozzoliAmerican businessman
- 2014
Gerd AlbrechtGerman conductor - 2014
Tommy AquinoAmerican motorcycle racer - 2014NNicholas Brooks (historian)English medieval historian
- 2014
Eduardo CoutinhoBrazilian film director, screen writer, actor and film producer - 2014
Philip Seymour HoffmanAmerican actor - 2014
Luis RaúlPuerto Rican actor and comedian - 2014
Bunny RugsMusical artist - 2014NNigel Walker (footballer)English footballer
- 2015JJoseph AlfidiAmerican pianist, composer, conductor
- 2015
Dave BergmanAmerican baseball player - 2015
Andriy KuzmenkoUkrainian musical artist - 2015MMolade Okoya-ThomasNigerian businessman and philanthropist
- 2015SStewart SternAmerican screenwriter
- 2015
The JackaAmerican rapper - 2016
Bob Elliott (comedian)American comedian
- 2020
Bernard EbbersCanadian-American businessman and fraudster - 2020
Mad Mike HoareBritish-Irish military officer and mercenary - 2021
Captain Tom MooreBritish Army officer and fundraiser - 2023
K. ViswanathIndian director, screenwriter, and actor - 2023
Butch MilesAmerican jazz drummer - 2024
Don Murray (actor)American actor - 2024
Carl WeathersAmerican actor and football player - 2025
Brian Murphy (actor)English actor
Frequently asked questions
Who died on February 2?
155 people with a Wikipedia article died on February 2, including Laurence of Canterbury, Bruno, Duke of Saxony, Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on February 2?
54 documented historical events happened on February 2, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, promulgated a collection of Roman law known as the Breviary of Alaric (excerpt pictured). On the same day, in another year: An assembly at the Abbey of Payerne crowned Conrad II (pictured) king of Burgundy. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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