Deaths on August 2
This archive lists notable deaths associated with August 2 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on August 2, 2026.
Esther Eillam
Israeli social and feminist activist
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Pnina Gary
Israeli playwright and theatre director
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Pat Hunt
New Zealand politician
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Ramón Lobo
Spanish-Venezuelan journalist (El País)
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Charles Balentine
American basketball player (Arkansas Razorbacks)
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor
Indian poet
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Delano Lewis
American diplomat
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Shams Buneri
Pakistani poet
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Mike Giddings
American football coach (San Francisco 49ers)
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Earle Bailey
Australian politician
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Roger Sprung
American folk musician
Died on Thursday August 3rd 2023
Johnny Famechon
Australian boxer
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Buddy Arrington
American racing driver
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Sarfraz Ali
Pakistani military officer
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Jackie Walorski
United States Congresswoman from Indiana
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Randy Farb
American librarian and comic strip author
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Jack Netzler
Samoan politician and Cabinet minister
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Ng Boon Bee
Malaysian badminton player
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Alastair Little
British chef
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Zbyszko Piwoński
Polish politician
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
George Bartenieff
German-American actor (Hercules in New York
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Herb Henderson
Australian footballer (Footscray)
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Lennart Back
Swedish Olympic race walker (1960)
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Zulma Gómez
Paraguayan politician
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Esperanza Gallón Domínguez
Colombian beauty pageant
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Emilio Ontiveros Baeza
Spanish economist and academic
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Adolfo Navajas Artaza
Argentine businessman and politician
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Luis Augusto Castro
Colombian Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Juan Antonio Arévalo
Spanish politician
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Ilia Tsipurski
Russian sambist and judoka
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Petro Kravchuk
Ukrainian politician
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Imdaad Hamid
Indonesian politician
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Jack Deloplaine
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Clayton Ruby
Canadian civil rights lawyer and activist
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Abu Saleh
Bangladeshi politician
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
William Phillips
Australian Olympic water polo player
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Lily Spence
Irish camogie player and administrator
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Villiam Vecchi
Italian footballer (Milan
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Andrejs Rubins
Latvian footballer (Skonto
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Alexander Bachilo
Russian writer
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Lucien Kroll
Belgian architect
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Lee Seng Tee
Singaporean businessman and philanthropist
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Roy Hackett
Jamaican-British civil rights activist (Bristol bus boycott)
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Hans Weilbächer
German football player
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann
German philosopher
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Myung-no Yoon
South Korean politician
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Rolf Kesselring
Swiss publisher
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Harry Kamphuis
Dutch politician
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Tom Cornell
American peace activist and newspaper editor (Catholic Worker)
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Mary Obering
American painter
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Vin Scully
American sportscaster (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers)
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
John Loder, 3rd Baron Wakehurst
British hereditary peer
Died on Wednesday August 3rd 2022
Peter F. Schabarum
American politician
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Hendrik Born
German vice admiral
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
José Ramos Tinhorão
Brazilian music critic and journalist
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Louise Fishman
American abstract artist
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Saggaf bin Muhammad Aljufri
Indonesian Islamic scholar
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Jody Hamilton
American professional wrestler
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Ilona Royce Smithkin
American artist
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Jo Ann Hinckley
mother of John Hinckley Jr
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Antonio Pennacchi
Italian writer
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Yves de Wasseige
Belgian politician and economist
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Aloys Wobben
German businessman
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Gholam Hosein Shiri Aliabad
Iranian politician
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Frank D. Padgett
American jurist
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh
British politician and life peer
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Rashid Irani
Indian film critic
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Ruth Horam
Israeli painter and sculptor
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Emilio Bianchi Di Cárcano
Argentine Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
David A. Gall
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Jon Lindbergh
American underwater diver
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Ian Thomson
English cricketer (national team)
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Soerjadi Soedirdja
Governor of Jakarta (1992–1997)
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Elias John Kwandikwa
Tanzanian politician
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Godfred Yeboah
Ghanaian footballer (Asante Kotoko
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Vitaly Shishov
Belarusian human rights activist
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Diego Rosas Anaya
Mexican politician; heart attack
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Abdul Kalim
Fijian lawn bowler
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Paul Cotton
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco)
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Santosa Doellah
Indonesian batik bussinessman
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri
Indian Kathakali artiste
Died on Tuesday August 3rd 2021
Reni Santoni
American actor (Dirty Harry
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Ralph Barbieri
American sports radio host
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Jerry Chipman
American actor (21 Grams
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Hans Scheepmaker
Dutch television and film director
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Henk van Gelderen
Dutch jewish resistance member
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Ron Nicolosi
American actor (How I Met Your Mother)
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Philippe Frémeaux
French journalist
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Ursula Funke
German politician
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Anna Simková
Slovak stage actress
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Marie-Hélène Descamps
French politician
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Luo Peiying
Taiwanese actress
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Leonardo Bragaglia
Italian theater actor
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Freya Pausewang
German author
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Celina Kofman
75–76
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020
Sean Martin
American-born Canadian cartoonist
Died on Monday August 3rd 2020