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His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise
Notable Deaths on February 2
155 people
619 – 2025
February 2 has seen 155 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 619 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2024 — Carl Weathers
American football player and actor (born 1948)
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He also starred in the 1988 film Action Jackson and portrayed Det
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Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice (1991–1993) and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development, and voiced Omnitraxus Prime in Star vs
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He had a recurring role as Greef Karga in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
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Carl Weathers was an American actor, director and gridiron football player
English archbishop and saint
Laurence was the second Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from about 604 to 619. He was a member of the Gregorian mission sent from Italy to England to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon…
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619
880
Duke of Bohemia (born 1064)
Bořivoj II was the duke of Bohemia from 25 December 1100 until May 1107 and from December 1117 until 16 August 1120. He was the younger half-brother and successor of Bretislaus II. His father was Vratislav II of…
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1124
Konstantin Vsevolodovich was the eldest son of Vsevolod the Big Nest and Maria Shvarnovna.
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1218
1237
Erik Eriksson, sometimes known as Erik XI or with the epithet the Lisp and Lame, was King of Sweden from 1222 to 1229 and again from 1234 to 1250. Being the last ruler of the House of Erik, he stood in the shadow of a…
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1250
1294
Bishop of Lincoln, was the bishop of Lincoln (born 1282)
Thomas Bek was the Bishop of Lincoln from 1341 until his death. He was a member of the same family as Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham, and Thomas Bek, Bishop of St David's.
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1347
1348
Racek Kobyla of Dvorce was a Bohemian landowner, hetman of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, and burgrave of Stříbrná Skalice and Vyšehrad during the Late Middle Ages.
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1416
Queen of Naples (born 1371)
Joanna II was Queen of Naples from 1414 until her death in 1435, marking the extinction of the senior line of the Capetian House of Anjou. In addition to her primary title, she also claimed several other royal titles,…
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1435
Italian humanist (born 1378)
Vittorino da Feltre was an Italian humanist and teacher. He was born in Feltre, Belluno, Republic of Venice and died in Mantua. His real name was Vittorino Rambaldoni. It was in Vittorino that the Renaissance idea of…
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1446
Egyptian jurist and scholar (born 1372)
Ibn Hajar al Asqalani ., or simply ibn Ḥajar, was a classic Islamic scholar "whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of hadith." He authored some 150 works on hadith, history, biography, exegesis,…
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1448
Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty (born c. 1400)
Sir Owen Tudor was a Welsh courtier and the second husband of Queen Catherine of Valois (1401–1437), widow of King Henry V of England. He was the grandfather of Henry VII, founder of the Tudor dynasty.
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1461
1512
Italian soldier and diplomat (born 1478)
Baldassare Castiglione, Count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author.
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1529
Japanese daimyō (born 1558)
Bessho Nagaharu was a Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku period. He was the eldest son of Bessho Yasuharu.
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1580
Italian composer and educator (born 1525)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music. The central representative of the Roman School, with Orlande de Lassus and Tomás Luis de Victoria, Palestrina is considered the leading…
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1594
English author and politician (born 1603)
George Abbot or Abbott was an English lay writer, known as "The Puritan", and a politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1649. He is known also for his part in defending Caldecote…
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1648
Dutch painter (born 1615)
Govert Teuniszoon Flinck was a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age.
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1660
German geographer and historian (born 1596)
Lucas Holstenius, born Lucas Holstein, was a German Catholic humanist, geographer, historian, and librarian.
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1661
Croatian linguist and lexicographer (born 1594)
Ivan Belostenec was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and poet.
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1675
French admiral (born 1610)
Vice-Admiral Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Bouchet was a French naval officer, who also saw service as an admiral in the Swedish navy. He was born in Dieppe, a seaport, in 1610, and was a Huguenot. He was the son of a…
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1688
French mathematician and academic (born 1661)
Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital was a French mathematician. His name is firmly associated with l'Hôpital's rule for calculating limits involving indeterminate forms 0/0 and ∞/∞. Although the rule did…
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1704
English physician and geologist (born 1639)
Martin Lister was an English naturalist and physician. His daughters Anne and Susanna were two of his illustrators and engravers.
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1712
English archbishop (born 1643)
John Sharp was an English divine who served as Archbishop of York.
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1714
Italian anatomist and physician (born 1666)
Antonio Maria Valsalva was an Italian anatomist born in Imola. His research focused on the anatomy of the ears. He coined the term Eustachian tube and he described the aortic sinuses of Valsalva in his writings,…
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1723
1768
Pope Clement XIII, born Carlo della Torre di Rezzonico, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 6 July 1758 to his death in February 1769. He was installed on 16 July 1758.
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1769
English centenarian, Catholic priest, died in 73rd year of his ministry (born 1695)
Ferdinand Ashmall was an English centenarian and Catholic priest for the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
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1798
1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1713)
Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, PC, FRS was a British politician who represented Cricklade, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Aylesbury and Petersfield in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1741 to 1794 when he was…
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1802
American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (born 1749)
George Walton was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence while representing Georgia in the Continental Congress. Walton also served briefly as the second chief…
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1804
Maltese sculptor (born 1768)
Vincenzo Dimech was a Maltese sculptor. He is best known for his religious sculptures, which include the titular statues of Gudja and Floriana. He also sculpted monuments or architectural features in Valletta and Corfu.
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1831
Italian noblewoman (born 1750)
Maria-Letizia Bonaparte, commonly known as Letizia Bonaparte, was a Corsican noblewoman and the matriarch of the House of Bonaparte, as the mother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. Due to her status as the Emperor's…
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1836
French Catholic missionary (born 1829)
Jean-Théophane Vénard was a
French Catholic missionary to Indo-China. He was a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. He was beatified in company with thirty-three other Catholic martyrs, most of whom were…
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1861
English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of New South Wales (born 1808)
Sir Henry Watson Parker, was Premier of New South Wales. He fitted into colonial society and politics in the era before responsible government, but his style was not suited to the democratic politics that began to…
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1881
American-Canadian criminal (born 1882)
Ernest Cashel was an American-born Canadian outlaw who became famous for his repeated escapes from custody.
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1904
American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1841)
William Collins Whitney was an American political leader and financier and a prominent member of the Whitney family. He served as Secretary of the Navy in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland from 1885…
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1904
French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (born 1824)
Henri Germain was a French banker and politician who founded Crédit Lyonnais.
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1905
Russian chemist and academic (born 1834)
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist known for formulating the periodic law and creating a version of the periodic table of elements. He used the periodic law not only to correct the then-accepted properties…
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1907
Italian pianist and composer (born 1829)
Carlo Eduardo Acton was an Italian composer and concert pianist. He is particularly remembered for his opera Una cena in convitto and for his sacred music compositions of which his Tantum ergo is the most well-known.
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1909
Swedish engineer (born 1845)
Karl Gustaf Patrik de Laval was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and centrifugal separation machinery for dairy.
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1913
American boxer (born 1858)
John Lawrence Sullivan was an American professional boxer. Nicknamed the "Boston Strong Boy" and known as John L. among his admirers, he is recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing, de facto…
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1918
Estonian lieutenant (born 1894)
Julius Kuperjanov VR I/2, VR II/2 and VR II/3 was an Estonian military officer who helped to liberate Tartu during the War of Independence, and was the commander of the Tartumaa Partisan Battalion, posthumously renamed…
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1919
1925
1925
Russian general and politician (born 1848)
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sukhomlinov was a Russian general in the Imperial Russian Army who served as the Chief of the General Staff from 1908 to 1909 and the Minister of War from 1909 to 1915.
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1926
Assyrian general and politician (born 1880)
Petros Elia of Baz, better known as Agha Petros, was an Assyrian military leader and warlord, best known for his role during World War I. He commanded both Assyrian and Armenian forces that defeated Ottoman, Kurdish,…
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1932
Irish author and poet (born 1860)
Anna Margaret Ross, known by her pen-name Amanda McKittrick Ros, was an Irish writer. She published her first novel Irene Iddesleigh at her own expense in 1897. However, it was reprinted by Nonesuch Press in 1926; the…
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1939
Estonian-German chess player (born 1879)
Bernhard Gregory was a Baltic German chess master.
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1939
1942
Russian poet and playwright (born 1905)
Daniil Ivanovich Kharms was a Russian avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist in the early Soviet era.
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1942
Australian businessman (born 1876)
Hugh Donald "Huge Deal" McIntosh was an Australian theatrical entrepreneur, sporting promoter and newspaper proprietor
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1942
German priest and philosopher (born 1907)
Alfred Friedrich Delp was a German Jesuit religious priest and philosopher of the German Resistance. A member of the inner Kreisau Circle resistance group, he is considered a significant figure in Catholic resistance to…
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1945
German economist and politician (born 1884)
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler was a German conservative politician, monarchist, executive, economist, civil servant and opponent of the Nazi regime. He opposed anti-Jewish policies while he held office and was opposed to the…
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1945
German lawyer and politician (born 1884)
Hermann Eduard Johannes Popitz was a Prussian lawyer, finance minister and a member of the German Resistance against the government of Nazi Germany. He was the father of Heinrich Popitz, an important German sociologist.
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1945
American banker and philanthropist (born 1870)
Thomas William Lamont Jr. was an American banker.
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1948
South African runner and journalist (born 1894)
Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres.
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1948
Greek mathematician and academic (born 1873)
Constantin Carathéodory was a Greek mathematician who spent most of his professional career in Germany. He made significant contributions to real and complex analysis, the calculus of variations, and measure theory. He…
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1950
Georgian patriarch (born 1866)
St. Callistratus was Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from June 21, 1932, until his death. His full title was His Holiness and Beatitude, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia.
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1952
Estonian-Finnish author and politician (born 1886)
Hella Maria Wuolijoki, known by the pen name Juhani Tervapää, was an Estonian-born Finnish writer, playwright, parliamentarian, businessperson and farmer. She is best known as a dramatist, particularly for the…
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1954
American actor (born 1869)
Charles Ellsworth Grapewin was an American vaudeville and circus performer, writer, and stage and film actor.
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1956
American football player and hammer thrower (born 1878)
Thomas Truxtun Hare was an American Olympic medalist who competed in track and field and the hammer throw. He also played football with the University of Pennsylvania and was selected first-team All-American all four…
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1956
Russian painter (born 1876)
Pyotr or Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky was a Russian and Soviet painter. He was a founding member and Chairman of the Knave of Diamonds group.
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1956
Russian physicist and academic (born 1890)
Grigory Samuilovich Landsberg was a Soviet physicist who worked in the fields of optics and spectroscopy. Together with Leonid Mandelstam he co-discovered inelastic combinational scattering of light, which is known as…
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1957
Canadian-Israeli biochemist and academic (born 1914)
Shlomo Hestrin was an Israeli biochemist.
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1962
Turkish businessman (born 1906)
Hacı Ömer Sabancı was a Turkish entrepreneur, who founded a number of companies, which later formed the second largest industrial and financial conglomerate of Turkey, the Sabancı Holding. He initiated the establishment…
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1966
Italian conductor and director (born 1878)
Tullio Serafin was an Italian conductor who specialised in the operatic repertoire. He was Musical Director at La Scala on three occasions.
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1968
English actor (born 1887)
William Henry Pratt, known professionally as Boris Karloff, was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film Frankenstein (1931), his 82nd film, established him as a horror icon, and he…
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1969
1970
English mathematician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, logician, mathematician, and public intellectual. He influenced mathematics, logic, set theory, and various areas of analytic philosophy.
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1970
Norwegian textile artist (born 1894)
Hannah Ryggen was a Swedish-born Norwegian textile artist. Self-trained, she worked on a standing loom constructed by her husband, the painter Hans Ryggen. She lived on a farm on a Norwegian Fjord and dyed her yarn with…
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1970
American author, poet, and playwright (born 1876)
Natalie Clifford Barney was an American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris that brought together French and international writers. She influenced other authors through her salon and also with her…
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1972
Belgian academic and politician, 9th Mayor of Ghent (born 1902)
Hendrik Jozef Elias was a Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist, notable as the leader of the Vlaams Nationaal Verbond between 1942 and 1944.
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1973
Hungarian-English mathematician and philosopher (born 1922)
Imre Lakatos was a Hungarian philosopher of mathematics and science, known for his thesis of the fallibility of mathematics and its "methodology of proofs and refutations" in its pre-axiomatic stages of development, and…
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1974
Canadian historian and academic (born 1883)
Gustave Lanctot, also spelled Gustave Lanctôt, was a Canadian historian and archivist.
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1975
1979
English singer and bass player (born 1957)
John Simon Ritchie, better known by his stage name Sid Vicious, was an English musician, best known as the second bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols. After his death in 1979 at the age of 21, he remained an icon…
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1979
American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
William Howard Stein was an American biochemist who collaborated in the determination of the ribonuclease sequence, as well as how its structure relates to catalytic activity, earning a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972…
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1980
Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1905)
Paul Desruisseaux was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician.
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1982
American singer and guitarist (born 1897)
Vivian "Sam" Chatmon was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer who was a member of the Mississippi Sheiks.
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1983
Australian murder victim (born 1959)
Anita Lorraine Cobby was a 26-year-old Australian woman from Blacktown, New South Wales, who was kidnapped while walking home from Blacktown railway station just before 10:00 p.m. on 2 February 1986, and subsequently…
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1986
American wrestler (born 1957)
Charles Eugene Wolfe Jr. was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Gino Hernandez. He is perhaps best known for his appearances with the Dallas, Texas-based promotion World Class Championship…
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1986
Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1927)
Carlos José Castilho was a Brazilian football goalkeeper. He was born in Rio de Janeiro and played for Fluminense from 1947 to 1964 and for Brazil. He was a member of the Brazil squad in four World Cups: 1950, 1954,…
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1987
Scottish novelist and screenwriter (born 1922)
Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist, who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. His books are estimated to have sold over 150 million copies, making him one of the best-selling fiction authors of all…
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1987
French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1929)
Marcel Bozzuffi was a French film actor. Internationally, he appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film The French Connection. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian.
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1988
Slovak figure skater and coach (born 1951)
Ondrej Nepela was a Slovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia. He was the 1972 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (1971–1973), and a five-time European champion (1969–1973). Later in his career, he…
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1989
New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance (born 1901)
Sir Arnold Henry Nordmeyer was a New Zealand politician and Presbyterian minister. As a member of Parliament (MP) he played a crucial role in the Labour Party, serving from 1935 to 1969. He served as minister of finance…
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1989
Estonian linguist and academic (born 1905)
Paul Ariste was an Estonian linguist renowned for his studies of the Finno-Ugric languages, Yiddish and Baltic Romani language.
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1990
Welsh boxer (born 1934)
Joseph Erskine was a professional boxer from the Butetown district of Cardiff, Wales. He was an Amateur Boxing Association Champion, Inter-Services Champion, and British Army Champion in 1953. He began fighting as a…
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1990
American actor, singer, television personality; Miss America telecast presenter (born 1914)
Bert Parks was an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer, best known for hosting the annual Miss America telecast from 1955 to 1979.
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1992
French director and screenwriter (born 1921)
François Arnold Reichenbach was a French film director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter. He directed 40 films between 1954 and 1993.
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1993
Lithuanian-American archeologist (born 1921)
Marija Gimbutas was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European…
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1994
American tenor and actor (born 1917)
Thomas T. Hayward was an American operatic tenor. He was a cousin of opera singer Lawrence Tibbett.
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1995
English tennis player (born 1909)
Frederick Towersey Perry was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1. He won 10 Majors, including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well as six Major doubles…
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1995
English-French actor (born 1919)
Donald Henry Pleasence was an English actor. He was known for his "bald head and intense, staring eyes," and played more than 250 stage, film, and television roles across a nearly 60-year career.
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1995
American actor, singer, dancer, and director (born 1912)
Eugene Curran Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style. Kelly sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the…
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1996
Austrian chess player (born 1913)
Erich Gottlieb Eliskases was a chess player who represented Austria, Germany, Brazil and Argentina in International competition. In the late 1930s he was considered a potential contender for the World Championship.…
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1997
American actor and coach (born 1904)
Sanford Meisner was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction that is now known as the Meisner technique. While Meisner was exposed to method acting at the Group Theatre, his…
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1997
German-French geologist and cinematographer (born 1914)
Haroun Tazieff was a Franco-Belgian volcanologist and geologist. He was a famous cinematographer of volcanic eruptions and lava flows, and the author of several books on volcanoes. He was also a government adviser and…
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1998
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962)
David Richard McComb was an Australian musician. He was the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the Australian bands, The Triffids (1976–89) and The Blackeyed Susans (1989–93). He also had a solo career including leading…
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1999
American singer-songwriter (born 1960)
Paul Nicholas Baloff was an American singer, best known as the original lead vocalist of the thrash metal band Exodus. He was fired from Exodus shortly after the release of the band's 1985 debut album Bonded by Blood,…
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2002
American author (born 1937)
Claude Brown was the author of Manchild in the Promised Land, published to critical acclaim in 1965, which tells the story of his coming of age during the 1940s and 1950s in Harlem. He also published Children of Ham…
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2002
American composer and educator (born 1917)
Lou Silver Harrison was an American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments. Harrison initially wrote in a dissonant, ultramodernist style similar to his former teacher…
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2003
American director and producer (born 1924)
Bernard E. McEveety, Jr. was an American film and television director.
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2004
Danish actress (born 1925)
Birgitte Federspiel was a Danish film, theater and TV actress. She won two Bodil Awards for best actress in 1955 (Ordet) and 1959.
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2005
German boxer (born 1905)
Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural events because of…
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2005
Indian actor (born 1944)
Vijay Arora was an Indian actor in Hindi films and television serials who was known for Yaadon Ki Baaraat and as Indrajit in the television serial Ramayan.
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2007
American singer (born 1939)
William Henderson was an American singer, best known for being an original member and founder of The Spinners, a soul vocal group.
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2007
American pianist (born 1927)
Joseph Edward Hunter was an American musician and keyboardist, known for his recording session work with Motown Records' in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers. One of the original Funk Brothers, Hunter served as band…
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2007
Italian police officer (born 1967)
On 2 February 2007, football violence occurred between football supporters and the police in Catania, Sicily, Italy. The clashes occurred during and after the Serie A match between the Catania and Palermo football…
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2007
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1931)
Eric von Schmidt was an American folk musician and painter. He was associated with the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s and was a key part of the Cambridge folk music scene. As a singer and guitarist, he was…
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2007
Japanese gymnast (born 1919)
Masao Takemoto was a Japanese artistic gymnast who won two world titles and seven Olympic medals.
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2007
Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1918)
Herbert "Barry" Morse was a British-Canadian actor, writer, and director. He was known for playing Lt. Philip Gerard, the principal antagonist of the American television series The Fugitive (1963–67), as well as Dr.…
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2008
Guinean model and author (born 1960)
Katoucha Niane was a Guinean model, activist and author. Nicknamed "The Peul Princess", she worked, and later wrote, under the single name "Katoucha". She was known as the muse of Yves Saint Laurent during the 1980s.
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2008
Canadian general (born 1918)
Brigadier-General Edward Alfred Charles Amy, DSO, OBE, MC, CD was a Canadian soldier who fought in World War II. He is one of Canada's most decorated soldiers.
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2011
Turkish actress (born 1975)
Defne Joy Foster was an American-Turkish actress, presenter and VJ.
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2011
Welsh actress (born 1926)
Margaret John was a BAFTA award-winning Welsh actress. She is often remembered for her later roles in TV comedies such as Doris O'Neill in Gavin & Stacey and Elsie "Mam" Hepplewhite in High Hopes.
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2011
Canadian author (born 1913)
Joyce Carman Barkhouse was a Canadian children's writer best known for writing historical fiction. She is the aunt of Margaret Atwood, with whom she co-wrote the children's book Anna's Pet. Barkhouse achieved her…
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2012
American lexicographer and scholar (born 1920)
Frederick William Danker was a Christ Seminary–Seminex Professor Emeritus of New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Illinois. Danker was a noted New Testament scholar and the pre-eminent Koine…
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2012
American journalist and academic (born 1932)
George Esper was an American journalist and academic known for his work as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press during the Vietnam War.
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2012
American author (born 1923)
Dorothy Edith Gilman was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series of spy novels, about spy and grandmother Emily Pollifax, who becomes a spy in her 60s. In 2010, Gilman was the Mystery Writers…
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2012
American pilot and politician (born 1922)
James Fredrick Lloyd was an American military officer, businessman, and politician who served three terms as Democratic United States Representative from 1975 to 1981.
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2012
Namibian politician (born 1961)
Abraham Iyambo was a Namibian politician. Iyambo was a member of the National Assembly of Namibia since 1995, serving as Minister of Fisheries from 1997 to 2010 and Minister of Education from 2010 until his death.…
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2013
2013
American soldier and sniper (born 1974)
Christopher Scott Kyle was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and a Combat Action Ribbon.…
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2013
Paraguayan general and politician (born 1943)
Lino César Oviedo Silva was a Paraguayan army officer and politician, who was the leader of the National Union of Ethical Citizens, which split from the Colorado Party in 2002.
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2013
American baseball player (born 1924)
Lavone A. "Pepper" Paire Davis was a baseball catcher and infielder who played from 1944 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), 138 lb., she batted…
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2013
Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (born 1927)
P. Shanmugam was the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. He served from 22 March 2000 to 27 October 2001.
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2013
American football player (born 1941)
Walter Francis Sweeney was an American professional football player who was a guard in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orange and…
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2013
American architect (born 1922)
Guy Frederick Tozzoli was director of the World Trade Department of the Port of New York Authority in the 1960s. As such he was a driving force behind the development and building of the World Trade Center towers.…
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2013
2014
American motorcycle racer (born 1992)
Tommy Aquino was an American motorcycle racer who competed in the AMA Pro Daytona Sportbike Championship. His best result in the class was in 2011 when he finished third in the championship, with one win.
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2014
2014
Brazilian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1933)
Eduardo de Oliveira Coutinho was a Brazilian documentary filmmaker, director, screenwriter, film producer and former reporter, known as one of the most important documentarists in Brazil.
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2014
American actor, director, and producer (born 1967)
Philip Seymour Hoffman was an American actor. He was known for his distinctive supporting character roles—eccentrics, underdogs, and misfits—and memorable leading roles in many films and theatrical productions, from the…
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2014
2014
Jamaican singer (born 1948)
William Alexander Anthony "Bunny Rugs" Clarke, OD, also known as Bunny Scott, was the lead singer of Jamaican reggae band Third World as well as a solo artist. He began his career in the mid-1960s, and was also at one…
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2014
English footballer (born 1959)
Nigel Walker was an English professional football midfielder. He played in The Football League for six clubs as well as the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League. Walker's death, from cancer, at…
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2014
American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1949)
Joseph Alfidi was an American pianist, composer, and conductor and initially a child prodigy. He was born in Yonkers, New York, as the son of American-born parents of Italian descent. His father, Frank Alfidi, was an…
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2015
American baseball player (born 1953)
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American screenwriter (born 1922)
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Indian actor, director and screenwriter (born 1930)
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American jazz drummer (born 1944)
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American actor (born 1929)
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English comic actor (born 1932)
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Carl Weathers — American actor and football player (1948–2024)
FeaturedCarl Weathers
Death year2024
Known forHis prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise
Deaths on this date155 (619 – 2025)
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