July 2 Deaths |
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| July 2nd, 2008 (July 02 2008) | Death | Natasha Shneider, Russian-born musician (born in 1956) | |
| July 2nd, 2008 (July 02 2008) | Death | Elizabeth Spriggs, English-Born Actress (born in 1929) | |
| July 2nd, 2007 (July 02 2007) | Death | Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (born in 1929) | |
| July 2nd, 2006 (July 02 2006) | Death | Jan Murray, American comedian (born in 1916) | |
| July 2nd, 2005 (July 02 2005) | Death | Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (born in 1915) | |
| July 2nd, 2004 (July 02 2004) | Death | Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese writer (born in 1919) | |
| July 2nd, 2004 (July 02 2004) | Death | John Cullen Murphy, American comic strip artist (born in 1919) | |
| July 2nd, 2002 (July 02 2002) | Death | Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (born in 1926) | |
| July 2nd, 2000 (July 02 2000) | Death | Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (born in 1952) | |
| July 2nd, 1999 (July 02 1999) | Death | Mario Puzo, American author (born in 1920) | |
| July 2nd, 1997 (July 02 1997) | Death | Jimmy Stewart, American actor (born in 1908) | |
| July 2nd, 1995 (July 02 1995) | Death | Krissy Taylor, American model (born in 1978) | |
| July 2nd, 1994 (July 02 1994) | Death | Andres Escobar, Colombian footballer (born in 1967) | |
| July 2nd, 1993 (July 02 1993) | Death | Fred Gwynne, American actor (born in 1926) | |
| July 2nd, 1993 (July 02 1993) | Death | Sir Edward Dunlop, Australian war hero (born in 1907) | |
| July 2nd, 1992 (July 02 1992) | Death | Camaron de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (born in 1950) | |
| July 2nd, 1991 (July 02 1991) | Death | Lee Remick, American actress (born in 1935) | |
| July 2nd, 1989 (July 02 1989) | Death | Franklin Schaffner, American film director (born in 1920) | |
| July 2nd, 1989 (July 02 1989) | Death | Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician (born in 1909) | Andrei Gromyko Quotes |
| July 2nd, 1986 (July 02 1986) | Death | Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player (born in 1917) | |
| July 2nd, 1985 (July 02 1985) | Death | David Purley, British Formula 1 driver (born in 1945) | |
| July 2nd, 1984 (July 02 1984) | Death | Paul Dozois, Quebec politician (born in 1908) | |
| July 2nd, 1978 (July 02 1978) | Death | Aris Alexandrou, Greek novelist, poet and translator (born in 1922) | |
| July 2nd, 1977 (July 02 1977) | Death | Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born writer (born in 1899) | Vladimir Nabokov Quotes |
| July 2nd, 1975 (July 02 1975) | Death | James Robertson Justice, British actor (born in 1907) | |
| July 2nd, 1973 (July 02 1973) | Death | Betty Grable, American actress (born in 1916) | |
| July 2nd, 1973 (July 02 1973) | Death | Chick Hafey, baseball player (born in 1903) | |
| July 2nd, 1973 (July 02 1973) | Death | George McBride, baseball player (born in 1880) | |
| July 2nd, 1973 (July 02 1973) | Death | Ferdinand Schorner, German field marshal (born in 1892) | |
| July 2nd, 1972 (July 02 1972) | Death | Joseph Fielding Smith, tenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born in 1876) | Joseph Smith Quotes |
| July 2nd, 1969 (July 02 1969) | Death | Michael DiBiase, wrestler (born in 1923) | |
| July 2nd, 1966 (July 02 1966) | Death | Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (born in 1900) | |
| July 2nd, 1964 (July 02 1964) | Death | Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, American race car driver (born in 1929) | |
| July 2nd, 1961 (July 02 1961) | Death | Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1899) | Ernest Hemingway Quotes |
| July 2nd, 1955 (July 02 1955) | Death | Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (born in 1873) | |
| July 2nd, 1934 (July 02 1934) | Death | Ernst Rohm, Nazi official (born in 1887) | |
| July 2nd, 1932 (July 02 1932) | Death | Manuel II of Portugal (born in 1889) | |
| July 2nd, 1929 (July 02 1929) | Death | Gladys Brockwell, American actress (born in 1893) | |
| July 2nd, 1926 (July 02 1926) | Death | Emile Coue, French psychologist (born in 1857) | |
| July 2nd, 1920 (July 02 1920) | Death | William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (born in 1846) | |
| July 2nd, 1915 (July 02 1915) | Death | Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico (born in 1830) | |
| July 2nd, 1914 (July 02 1914) | Death | Joseph Chamberlain, Mayor of Birmingham and Father of Neville (born in 1836) | Joseph Chamberlain Quotes |
| July 2nd, 1912 (July 02 1912) | Death | Tom Richardson, English cricket player (born in 1870) | |
| July 2nd, 1903 (July 02 1903) | Death | Ed Delahanty, American Hall of Fame baseball player (born in 1867) | |
| July 2nd, 1857 (July 02 1857) | Death | Carlo Pisacane, Italian patriot (born in 1818) | |
| July 2nd, 1850 (July 02 1850) | Death | Robert Peel, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1788) | |
| July 2nd, 1843 (July 02 1843) | Death | Samuel Hahnemann, German physician (born in 1755) | |
| July 2nd, 1833 (July 02 1833) | Death | Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (born in 1757) | |
| July 2nd, 1822 (July 02 1822) | Death | Denmark Vesey, American who planned slave revolt, hanged (born in ca. 1767) | |
| July 2nd, 1778 (July 02 1778) | Death | Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (born in 1712) | Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes |
| July 2nd, 1778 (July 02 1778) | Death | Bathsheba Spooner, American murderer | |
| July 2nd, 1746 (July 02 1746) | Death | Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (born in 1656) | |
| July 2nd, 1743 (July 02 1743) | Death | Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, second Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| July 2nd, 1684 (July 02 1684) | Death | John Rogers, president of Harvard University (born in 1630) | |
| July 2nd, 1674 (July 02 1674) | Death | Eberhard III, Duke of Wurttemberg (born in 1614) | |
| July 2nd, 1656 (July 02 1656) | Death | Francois-Marie, comte de Broglie, Italian-born French commander (born in 1611) | |
| July 2nd, 1621 (July 02 1621) | Death | Thomas Harriot, English astronomer | |
| July 2nd, 1591 (July 02 1591) | Death | Vincenzo Galilei, Italian composer (born in 1520) | |
| July 2nd, 1582 (July 02 1582) | Death | Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai (born in 1528) | |
| July 2nd, 1566 (July 02 1566) | Death | Nostradamus, French astrologer (born in 1503) | Nostradamus Quotes |
| July 2nd, 1504 (July 02 1504) | Death | Stefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldova (born in 1434) | |
| July 2nd, 1298 (July 02 1298) | Death | Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, King of the Romans(born in 1220) | |
| July 2nd, 0862 (July 02 0862) | Death | St. Swithun, Bishop of Winchester(born in 789) | |
