August 2 Deaths |
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| August 2nd, 2007 (August 02 2007) | Death | Chauncey Bailey, American journalist and editor (born in 1950) | |
| August 2nd, 2007 (August 02 2007) | Death | Holden Roberto, Angolan founder and leader of the FNLA (born in 1923) | |
| August 2nd, 2007 (August 02 2007) | Death | Kay Dotrice, English repertory actress (born in 1929) | |
| August 2nd, 2005 (August 02 2005) | Death | Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer (born in 1955) | |
| August 2nd, 2004 (August 02 2004) | Death | Don Tosti, American musician (born in 1923) | |
| August 2nd, 2004 (August 02 2004) | Death | Francois Craenhals, Belgian comics artist (born in 1926) | |
| August 2nd, 2003 (August 02 2003) | Death | Don Estelle, British actor (born in 1933) | |
| August 2nd, 2003 (August 02 2003) | Death | Mike Levey, American television personality (born in 1948) | |
| August 2nd, 2003 (August 02 2003) | Death | Peter Safar, Austrian physician (born in 1924) | |
| August 2nd, 2001 (August 02 2001) | Death | Ron Townson, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) (born in 1933) | |
| August 2nd, 1998 (August 02 1998) | Death | Shari Lewis, American puppeteer (born in 1933) | |
| August 2nd, 1997 (August 02 1997) | Death | William S. Burroughs, American writer (born in 1914) | William S. Burroughs Quotes |
| August 2nd, 1996 (August 02 1996) | Death | Michel Debre, French politician (born in 1912) | |
| August 2nd, 1996 (August 02 1996) | Death | Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Somalian Warlord (born in 1934) | |
| August 2nd, 1992 (August 02 1992) | Death | Michel Berger, French singer and songwriter (born in 1947) | |
| August 2nd, 1990 (August 02 1990) | Death | Norman Mclean, American writer (born in 1902) | |
| August 2nd, 1990 (August 02 1990) | Death | Edwin Richfield, British actor (born in 1921) | |
| August 2nd, 1988 (August 02 1988) | Death | Raymond Carver, American writer (born in 1938) | |
| August 2nd, 1988 (August 02 1988) | Death | Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (born in 1914) | |
| August 2nd, 1986 (August 02 1986) | Death | Roy Cohn, American politician (born in 1927) | |
| August 2nd, 1979 (August 02 1979) | Death | Thurman Munson, American baseball player (born in 1947) | |
| August 2nd, 1978 (August 02 1978) | Death | Carlos Chavez, Mexican composer (born in 1899) | |
| August 2nd, 1976 (August 02 1976) | Death | Fritz Lang, Austrian film director (born in 1890) | |
| August 2nd, 1974 (August 02 1974) | Death | W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (born in 1893) | |
| August 2nd, 1973 (August 02 1973) | Death | Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director (born in 1917) | |
| August 2nd, 1972 (August 02 1972) | Death | Helen Hoyt, American poet (born in 1887) | |
| August 2nd, 1972 (August 02 1972) | Death | Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (born in 1942) | |
| August 2nd, 1955 (August 02 1955) | Death | Alfred Lepine, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1901) | Alfred Ayer Quotes |
| August 2nd, 1945 (August 02 1945) | Death | Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (born in 1863) | |
| August 2nd, 1939 (August 02 1939) | Death | Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian mystic (born in 1883) | |
| August 2nd, 1936 (August 02 1936) | Death | Louis Bleriot, French aviation pioneer (born in 1872) | |
| August 2nd, 1934 (August 02 1934) | Death | Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and President of Germany (born in 1847) | |
| August 2nd, 1929 (August 02 1929) | Death | Mae Costello, American actress (born in 1882) | |
| August 2nd, 1923 (August 02 1923) | Death | Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (born in 1865) | Warren G. Harding Quotes |
| August 2nd, 1922 (August 02 1922) | Death | Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor, invented the telephone(born in 1847) | Alexander Graham Bell Quotes |
| August 2nd, 1921 (August 02 1921) | Death | Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (born in 1873) | |
| August 2nd, 1920 (August 02 1920) | Death | Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (born in 1891) | |
| August 2nd, 1903 (August 02 1903) | Death | Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian (born in 1850) | |
| August 2nd, 1890 (August 02 1890) | Death | Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (born in 1813) | |
| August 2nd, 1889 (August 02 1889) | Death | Eduardo Gutierrez, Argentinian author (born in 1851) | |
| August 2nd, 1876 (August 02 1876) | Death | James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, American gunfighter (born in 1837) | |
| August 2nd, 1859 (August 02 1859) | Death | Horace Mann, American educator and abolitionist (born in 1796) | Horace Mann Quotes |
| August 2nd, 1849 (August 02 1849) | Death | Governor Muhammad Ali of Egypt (born in 1769) | Muhammad Ali Quotes |
| August 2nd, 1823 (August 02 1823) | Death | Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (born in 1753) | |
| August 2nd, 1815 (August 02 1815) | Death | Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (born in 1763) | |
| August 2nd, 1788 (August 02 1788) | Death | Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (born in 1727) | |
| August 2nd, 1776 (August 02 1776) | Death | Louis Francois I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (born in 1717) | |
| August 2nd, 1769 (August 02 1769) | Death | Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (born in 1689) | |
| August 2nd, 1696 (August 02 1696) | Death | Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (born in 1630) | |
| August 2nd, 1611 (August 02 1611) | Death | Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (born in 1562) | |
| August 2nd, 1589 (August 02 1589) | Death | King Henry III of France (born in 1551) | |
| August 2nd, 1511 (August 02 1511) | Death | Andrew Barton, Scottish naval leader | |
| August 2nd, 1222 (August 02 1222) | Death | Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (born in 1156) | |
| August 2nd, 1100 (August 02 1100) | Death | King William II of England | William King Quotes |
| August 2nd, 0924 (August 02 0924) | Death | ?lfweard of Wessex | |
| August 2nd, 0686 (August 02 0686) | Death | Pope John V | |
