Did you know
Carl Weathers's 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
2024 — Carl Weathers
American football player and actor (born 1948)
February 2 has 155 recorded notable deaths across history, from 619 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
155 source records
619 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on February 2
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 2021 The Burmese military establishes the State Administration Council, the military junta, after deposing the democratically elected government in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Source
- 1942 The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling. Source
- 1870 The Seven Brothers (Seitsemän veljestä), a novel by Finnish author Aleksis Kivi, is published first time in several thin booklets. Source
- 1848 Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed. Source
Did you know
Boris Karloff's portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film Frankenstein (1931), his 82nd film, established him as a horror icon, and he reprised the role for the sequels Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939).
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K. Viswanath was honoured with the "Prize of the Public" at the "Besançon Film Festival of France" in 1981.
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among his admirers, he is recognized as the first heavyweight champion of gloved boxing, de facto reigning from 7 February 1882 to 7 September 1892.
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Gino Hernandez is perhaps best known for his appearances with the Dallas, Texas-based promotion World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) between 1976 until his death in 1986.
More major people who died on February 2
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1969
Boris Karloff
English actor (born 1887)
William Henry Pratt, known professionally as Boris Karloff, was an English actor.
2023
K. Viswanath
Indian actor, director and screenwriter (born 1930)
Kasinadhuni Viswanath was an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and actor who predominantly worked in Telugu cinema.
1918
John L. Sullivan
American boxer (born 1858)
John Lawrence Sullivan was an American professional boxer. Nicknamed the "Boston Strong Boy" and known as John L.
1986
Gino Hernandez
American wrestler (born 1957)
Charles Eugene Wolfe Jr. was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Gino Hernandez.
2020
Bernard Ebbers
Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom (born 1941)
Bernard John Ebbers was a Canadian-American businessman and the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of WorldCom.
1704
Guillaume de l'Hôpital
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 ∞/∞.
2003
Lou Harrison
American composer and educator (born 1917)
Lou Silver Harrison was an American composer, music critic, music theorist, painter, and creator of unique musical instruments.
1723
Antonio Maria Valsalva
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.
619
Laurence of Canterbury
English archbishop and saint
Laurence was the second Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from about 604 to 619.
1954
Hella Wuolijoki
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.
2007
Eric Von Schmidt
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.
2021
Captain Sir Tom Moore
British Army officer and charity campaigner (born 1920)
Captain Sir Thomas Moore, more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser.
2014
Luis Raúl
Puerto Rican comedian and actor (born 1962)
Luis Raúl Martínez Rodríguez, better known as Luis Raúl, was a Puerto Rican actor, comedian and television host. He was known for his stand-up comedy and his various characters.
1995
Fred Perry
English tennis player (born 1909)
Frederick Towersey Perry was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1.
2025
Brian Murphy
English comic actor (born 1932)
Brian Trevor John Murphy was an English actor. He was best known as the henpecked husband George Roper in the popular sitcom Man About the House and its spin-off series George and Mildred.
2013
Chris Kyle
American soldier and sniper (born 1974)
Christopher Scott Kyle was a United States Navy SEAL sniper and author.
2024
Don Murray
American actor (born 1929)
Donald Patrick Murray was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director.
1448
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani
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,…
1594
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Italian composer and educator (born 1525)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian composer of late Renaissance music.