Did you know
Julian McMahon was the only son of William McMahon, a former prime minister of Australia.
Notable Deaths on July 2
2025 — Julian McMahon
Australian-American actor (born 1968)
July 2 has 96 recorded notable deaths across history, from 626 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
96 source records
626 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on July 2
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- 1776 American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts the Lee Resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain. The wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was agreed upon and publicly released two days later, on July 4. Source
- 2000 Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional, in the 2000 Mexican general election. Source
- 1964 Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. Source
- 1823 Bahia Independence Day: The Siege of Salvador ends Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. Source
Did you know
Stephen III of Moldavia (born 1434) was one of the most prominent rulers of late medieval Eastern Europe, noted for his long reign, military leadership and astute diplomacy.
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Spencer Compton is one of the only people in British history to have been the Speaker of the House of Commons and Prime Minister.
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In 1945, Delahanty was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Did you know
These were demonstrated at The Mother of All Demos in 1968.
More major people who died on July 2
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1504
Stephen III of Moldavia (born 1434)
Stephen III, better known as Stephen the Great, was Voivode of Moldavia from 1457 until his death.
1743
Spencer Compton
1st Earl of Wilmington, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1673)
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death in 1743.
1903
Ed Delahanty
American baseball player (born 1867)
Edward James Delahanty, nicknamed "Big Ed", was an American professional baseball player, who spent his Major League Baseball (MLB) playing career with the Philadelphia Quakers, Cleveland Infants, Philadelphia Phillies,…
2013
Douglas Engelbart
American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (born 1925)
Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science.
2017
Smith Hart
American-born Canadian professional wrestler (born 1948)
Smith Stewart Hart was an American-Canadian professional wrestler and a member of the Hart wrestling family. His parents were Stu and Helen Hart.
1926
Émile Coué
French psychologist and pharmacist (born 1857)
Émile Coué de la Châtaigneraie was a French psychologist, pharmacist, and hypnotist who introduced a popular method of psychotherapy and self-improvement based on optimistic autosuggestion.It was in no small measure…
1621
Thomas Harriot
English astronomer, mathematician, and ethnographer (born 1560)
Thomas Harriot, also spelled Harriott, Hariot or Heriot, was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer and translator to whom the theory of refraction is attributed.
2016
Patrick Manning
4th & 6th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1946)
Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago twice from 1991 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2010.
1973
George McBride
American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
George Florian "Pinch" McBride was an American professional baseball shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Washington Senators from 1901 to 1920.
1912
Tom Richardson
English cricketer (born 1870)
Tom Richardson was an English cricketer. A fast bowler, Richardson relied to a great extent on the break-back, a relatively long run-up and high arm which allowed him to gain sharp lift on fast pitches even from the…
649
Li Jing
Chinese general (born 571)
Li Jing, courtesy name Yaoshi (藥師), posthumous name Jingwu (景武), was a Chinese military general, strategist, and writer who lived in the early Tang dynasty and was most active during the reign of Emperor Taizong.
1997
James Stewart
American actor (born 1908)
James Maitland Stewart was an American actor and military aviator. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart appeared in 80 films from 1935 to 1991.
936
Henry the Fowler
German king (born 876)
Henry the Fowler was the duke of Saxony from 912 and the king of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936.
2019
Lee Iacocca
American automotive executive (born 1924)
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca was an American author, engineer, and executive who developed the Ford Mustang, Continental Mark III, and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then revived the…
2014
Harold W. Kuhn
American mathematician and academic (born 1925)
Harold William Kuhn was an American mathematician who studied game theory. He won the 1980 John von Neumann Theory Prize jointly with David Gale and Albert W. Tucker.
2004
Mochtar Lubis
Indonesian journalist and author (born 1922)
Mochtar Lubis was an Indonesian journalist and novelist who co-founded Indonesia Raya and monthly literary magazine Horison. His novel Senja di Jakarta was the first Indonesian novel to be translated into English.
1999
Mario Puzo
American author and screenwriter (born 1920)
Mario Francis Puzo was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy…
2011
Itamar Franco
Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (born 1930)
Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco was a Brazilian politician who served as the 33rd president of Brazil from 29 December 1992 to 1 January 1995.
1298
Adolf
King of the Romans (born 1220)
Adolf was the count of Nassau from about 1276 and the elected king of Germany from 1292 until his deposition by the prince-electors in 1298.