Died on
Who died on November 2
92 figures who shaped history died on November 2.
- 92deaths
- 44events
Best known
Best known
Matilda of Flanders
Queen of England from 1066 to 1083
Saint Malachy
Irish Saint
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
English nobleman
Margaret of Lorraine
Duchess of Alençon
Richard Bancroft
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604 to 1610
Pyotr Kotlyarevsky
Russian general
Matilda of Flanders — Queen of England from 1066 to 1083, who died on November 2 1083.
Saint Malachy — Irish Saint, who died on November 2 1148.
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham — English nobleman, who died on November 2 1483.
Margaret of Lorraine — Duchess of Alençon, who died on November 2 1521.
Richard Bancroft — Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604 to 1610, who died on November 2 1610.
Pyotr Kotlyarevsky — Russian general, who died on November 2 1852.
All entries
- 1261
Bettisia GozzadiniItalian legal academic - 1319JJohn Sandale14th-century English bishop and court official
- 1863
Theodore JudahAmerican engineer and businessman - 1883
William Morgan (South Australian politician)Australian politician - 1887
Alfred DomettPrime Minister of New Zealand from 1862 to 1863 - 1887
Jenny LindSwedish opera singer - 1893
Daniel PayneMethodist bishop and educator - 1898
George Goyder19th century surveyor in South Australia - 1905
Albert von KöllikerSwiss anatomist, physiologist, and histologist - 1911
Kyrle Bellew19th/20th-century English actor - 1930
Viggo JensenDanish sportsman - 1933
Gao QifengChinese painter - 1935
Jock CameronSouth African cricketer - 1944
Thomas Midgley Jr.American chemist and engineer - 1945
Hélène de PourtalèsSwiss sailor - 1949
Jerome F. DonovanAmerican politician - 1950
George Bernard ShawIrish playwright, critic, and polemicist - 1952
Mehmet Esat BülkatOttoman Army officer - 1958JJean CouzyFrench mountain climber
- 1959
Michael ConsidineIrish-born Australian politician and unionist - 1960
Dimitri MitropoulosGreek and American conductor - 1961
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 1894)Ruler of Bahrain - 1961
Harriet BosseSwedish–Norwegian actress - 1961
James ThurberAmerican cartoonist, author, journalist, and playwright - 1963
Ngo Dinh DiemPresident of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963 - 1963
Ngô Đình NhuVietnamese archivist and politician - 1966
Peter DebyeDutch-American physical chemist - 1966
Mississippi John HurtAmerican singer and guitarist - 1970
Richard CushingAmerican Catholic cardinal - 1970
Pierre VeyronFrench racing driver - 1971
Robert MensahGhanaian footballer - 1972
Grigoriy PlaskovSoviet artillery lieutenant - 1975
Pier Paolo PasoliniItalian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual - 1981
Wally WoodAmerican comic strip cartoonist and illustrator - 1982LLester RoloffAmerican Baptist preacher
- 1990
Eliot PorterAmerican photographer - 1991IIrwin AllenAmerican filmmaker
- 1991
Mort ShumanAmerican songwriter - 1992
Robert ArnesonAmerican sculptor and professor
- 1992
Hal RoachAmerican filmmaker - 1994
Peter Taylor (writer)American author - 1996
Eva CassidyAmerican singer - 1996
John G. CrommelinUnited States Navy admiral - 1998
Vincent WinterScottish actor - 2000
Robert CormierAmerican writer and journalist - 2002
Charles SheffieldBritish mathematician, physicist and writer - 2003
Frank McCloskeyAmerican politician - 2004
Zayed bin Sultan Al NahyanPresident of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 2004 - 2004
Theo van Gogh (film director)Dutch film director - 2005
Ferruccio ValcareggiItalian footballer - 2007
Charmaine DragunAustralian journalist - 2007
Igor MoiseyevSoviet dancer - 2007
The Fabulous MoolahAmerican professional wrestler - 2008
Madelyn DunhamMaternal grandmother of Barack Obama - 2009
José Luis López VázquezSpanish actor - 2009NNien ChengChinese author
- 2010
Clyde KingAmerican baseball player, coach, manager, and executive - 2011BBoots PlataFilipino film director
- 2012
Shreeram Shankar AbhyankarAmerican mathematician - 2012
Robert Morton DuncanAmerican judge - 2012
Joe GinsbergAmerican baseball player - 2012
Pino RautiItalian politician - 2012
Han SuyinChinese-Belgian-British physician and author - 2012
Kinjarapu Yerran NaiduIndian politician - 2013
Walt BellamyAmerican basketball player
- 2013
Ghislaine DupontFrench journalist - 2013
Clifford NassAmerican academic - 2013KKjell QvaleAmerican businessman
- 2014
Acker BilkEnglish clarinetist and vocalist - 2014MMichael Coleman (blues musician)American songwriter
- 2014VVeljko KadijevićYugoslav military commander and politician
- 2014HHerman SarkowskyAmerican businessman and philanthropist
- 2014
Shabtai TevethIsraeli historian - 2015
Andrzej CiechanowieckiPolish-British nobleman - 2015MMike Davies (tennis)Welsh professional tennis player, entrepreneur and administrator
- 2015
Roy DommettBritish aerospace engineer - 2015TTommy OverstreetAmerican country music singer
- 2017
Aboubacar SomparéGuinean politician - 2018
Raymond ChowHong Kong film producer - 2019
Walter MercadoPuerto Rican astrologer - 2021
Neal Smith (politician)American politician - 2022
Atilio StamponeArgentine pianist and composer
- 2023
Humaira HimuBangladeshi actress - 2024
Janey GodleyScottish actress, writer and comedian - 2024
Alan RachinsAmerican actor and comedian - 2024PPaul Stephenson (civil rights campaigner)British civil rights activist
Frequently asked questions
Who died on November 2?
92 people with a Wikipedia article died on November 2, including Matilda of Flanders, Saint Malachy, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham. 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 November 2?
44 documented historical events happened on November 2, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Emperor Gaozu of Tang allowed the assassination of a khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate by Eastern Turkic rivals, one of the earliest events in the Tang campaigns against the Western Turks. On the same day, in another year: James A. Garfield was elected as president of the United States; the election is the closest to date by popular vote margin. 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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