History Deaths on April 02

Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)

#Édouard_Estaunié

Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)

#Johann_Heinrich_Jung

Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)

#Rob_Pilatus

Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)

#Francis_of_Paola

Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator (b. 1929)

#Gallieno_Ferri

Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)

#Philip_Charles_Durham

A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)

#A._P._Hill

Ruy González de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author

#Ruy_González_de_Clavijo

Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (b. 1954)

#Steve_Stevaert

Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)

#Albert_Pike

Fred, French author and illustrator (b. 1931)

#Fred_(cartoonist)

Baldwin I, king of Jerusalem

#Baldwin_I_of_Jerusalem

Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (b. 1654)

#Pedro_Calungsod

Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)

#Buddy_Rich

Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1823)

#Ahmed_Vefik_Pasha

Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)

#Jean-Jacques_Olier

Henry of Bohemia (b. 1265)

#Henry_of_Bohemia

Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (b. 1909)

#Jan_van_Aartsen

Ferdinand I, king of Aragon (b. 1379)

#Ferdinand_I_of_Aragon

Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)

#Johann_Jacob_Dillenius

Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)

#Jesús_Franco

Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)

#Theodore_Robinson

Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)

#Hugo_Sperrle

Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)

#Theodore_William_Richards

Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1926)

#Bud_Shank

Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (b. 1926)

#Milo_O'Shea

Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)

#Ludwig_Heinrich_Bojanus

Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)

#Pope_John_Paul_II

Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)

#Thomas_Gage

Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)

#Levi_Celerio

Arthur, prince of Wales (b. 1486)

#Arthur,_Prince_of_Wales

Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)

#Topal_Osman

Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)

#Bryn_Lewis

Æbbe the Younger, Frankish abbess

#Æbbe_the_Younger

Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (b. 1915)

#Elizabeth_Catlett

Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)

#Samuel_Morse

Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938)

#Urs_Widmer

Bardas Skleros, Byzantine general

#Bardas_Skleros

Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)

#Georges_Pompidou

John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)

#John_R._Pierce

Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)

#Franz_Halder

Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)

#Juanito_(footballer,_born_1954)

Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647)

#Joseph_Dudley

Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

#Manoel_de_Oliveira

Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)

#Ferdinand_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)

#Sir_James_Montgomery,_1st_Baronet

Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)

#Ranjitsinhji

Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe, German nobleman (b. 1428)

#Bernard_VII,_Lord_of_Lippe

Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)

#Betty_Furness

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)

#Honoré_Gabriel_Riqueti,_comte_de_Mirabeau

Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)

#Paul_Heyse

John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)

#John_C._Haas

Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)

#Hannes_Alfvén

Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)

#Achille_Vianelli

Robert Abajyan, Armenian sergeant (b. 1996)

Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (b. 1926)

Glyn Jones, South African actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)

Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic (b. 1914)

Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959)

Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)

Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (b. 1911)

Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran(b. 1898)

Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)

Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925)

Lillian O'Donnell, American crime novelist (b. 1926)

John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1913)

Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)

Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)

Marc Fitch, British historian and philanthropist (b. 1908)

Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)

Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)

Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)

C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899)

Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)

Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)

Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)

Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)

Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)

James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)

Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1627)

Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595)

Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (b. 1209)

Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author

Yuan Dezhao, Chinese chancellor (b. 891)

Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general