Famous Deaths on 2nd February

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672 - Saint Chad
1032 - Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies
1124 - Bořivoj II of Bohemia
1218 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)
1250 - Eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)
1435 - Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
1461 - Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England
1491 - Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40
1529 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer (b. 1478)
1540 - George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen
1563 - Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54
1580 - Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558)
1594 - Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68
1597 - Lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61
1648 - George Abbot, English writer
1660 - Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
1660 - Jean BG duke of Orleans, brother of French king Louis XIII, dies at 51
1661 - Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
1673 - Kaspar Forster, composer, dies at 56
1685 - Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54
1688 - Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)
1704 - Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62
1712 - Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician
1714 - John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (b. 1643)
1723 - Antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66
1750 - Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65
1768 - Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
1769 - Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75
1779 - Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59
1789 - Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
1793 - William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
1802 - Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, British statesman (b. 1713)
1804 - Caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62
1804 - George Walton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1749-50)
1822 - Jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79
1827 - Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62
1828 - Frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, vice-admiral, dies at 78
1852 - Francois MP Liberman, French founder (Congr of H Heart), dies at 49
1881 - Aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper), dies at 59
1882 - Fabio Campana, composer, dies at 63
1895 - Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)
1902 - Emanuil Mandlov, composer, dies at 42
1904 - William C. Whitney, American financier (b. 1841)
1907 - Dmitri I Mendelejev, Russian chemist (Periodic Table), dies at 72
1909 - Adolf Stoecker, German anti-semite/prime minister, dies at 73
1918 - John L Sullivan, Mass, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 59
1919 - Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, composer, dies at 55
1921 - Luigi Mancinelli, composer, dies at 72
1925 - Antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist, dies at 57
1926 - Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (b. 1848)
1931 - Theodor Batthynyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
1932 - Agha Petros, Assyrian nationalist leader
1934 - Ernesto Nazareth, composer, dies at 70
1941 - Johannes Schlaf, writer, dies at 78
1942 - Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (b. 1905)
1945 - Karl F Goerdeler, mayor (Leipzig)/"July 20th plot", hanged at 60
1948 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father or Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (b. 1870)
1948 - Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (b. 1894)
1950 - Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873)
1952 - Charles De Roche, actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72
1952 - Johann Babtist Thaller, composer, dies at 79
1953 - Gustav Strube, composer, dies at 85
1954 - Theodor Rogalski, composer, dies at 52
1956 - Charley Grapewin, actor (Ellery Queen), dies at 86
1956 - Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
1957 - Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (b. 1890)
1959 - Frank DeCaires, cricketer (WI bat v Eng 1930, 3 Tests 232 runs), dies
1960 - Jeno Huszka, composer, dies at 84
1961 - Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87
1961 - Anna May Wong, actress (Thief of Baghdad), dies at about 56
1963 - Herman Bouber, [Blom], actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at 77
1965 - Richard P Blackmur, US, critic/publisher (Good European), dies at 61
1965 - Richard Wurz, composer, dies at 79
1969 - Boris Karloff, [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at 81
1969 - Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (NY Met), dies at 83
1970 - Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British MP, dies in Merioneth at 97
1970 - Jaroslav Vogel, composer, dies at 76
1970 - Lawrence Gray, American actor (b.1898)
1972 - Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67
1972 - Natalie Clifford Barney, American writer (b. 1876)
1973 - Henry J Elias, Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70
1973 - Hendrik Elias, Belgian politician (b. 1902)
1974 - Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Benedictions), dies at 80
1976 - Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
1976 - Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
1976 - Maurice Jacobson, composer, dies at 80
1978 - Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
1979 - Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide
Musician Sid Vicious (1979) 1979 - Sid Vicious, [John Simon Ritchie], bassist (Sex Pistols), OD's at 31
1980 - William H Stein, US biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68
1981 - Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at 88
1981 - Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at 89
1981 - Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies
1982 - Stringfellow Barr, US educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85
1982 - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b 1905)
1983 - Bryan Valentine, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 454 runs), dies
1983 - Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant/putschist, commits suicide
1983 - Sam Chatman, elder statesman of the blues, dies
1987 - Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
1987 - Patrick "Spike" Hughes, Brit jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78
1987 - Castilho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1927)
1987 - Alistair MacLean, Scottish novelist (b. 1922)
1988 - Clive Epstein, brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
1988 - G Mennen Williams, Supreme Court justice, dies at 76 in Detroit
1989 - John Cassavetes, US actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies at 59
1989 - Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (b. 1951)
1990 - Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at 79
1990 - Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
1992 - Bert Parks, [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America), dies at 77
1992 - Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist, dies at 78
1992 - Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89
1992 - Maurice L Kusell, dies
1994 - John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62
1994 - Stephen Barclay, actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at 75
1994 - Willie Mae Ford Smith, gospel Singer/Songwriter, dies at 89
1994 - Zilner T Randolph, jazz Trumpeter/ Arranger, dies at 95
1995 - Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Condé, French prince/Russian, dies at 47
1995 - Andre Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at 80
1995 - David Kindersley, alphabet Designer/Cutter, dies at 79
1995 - Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at 75
1995 - Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
1995 - Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies
1995 - Robert L Haller, coon Dog Trainer, dies at 32
1996 - Gene Kelly, actor/dancer (Singing in the Rain), dies at 83
1996 - Ray McIntire, chemical engineer, dies at 77
1996 - Shamus Culhane, animator, dies at 87
1997 - Chico Science Francisco Franca, musician, dies at 40
1997 - Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92
1997 - Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (b. 1913)
1997 - Sanford Meisner, American actor (b. 1904)
1999 - David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (b. 1962)
2002 - Paul Baloff, American singer (Exodus) (b. 1960)
2002 - Claude Brown, American writer (b. 1937)
2003 - Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917)
2004 - Bernard McEveety, American film director (b. 1924)
2005 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (b. 1905)
2007 - Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944)
2007 - Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
2007 - Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (b. 1919)
2007 - Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners) (b. 1939)
2007 - Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of The Funk Brothers (b. 1927)
2007 - Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
2008 - Katoucha, Guinean model and activist (b. 1960)
2011 - Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress, presenter and VJ. (b. 1975)
2011 - Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
2012 - Dorothy Gilman, American mystery writer, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 88
2013 - Chris Kyle, American sniper, is shot at 38
2013 - Walter Francis Sweeney, American NFL guard, dies from pancreatic cancer at 71