History Deaths on June 02

Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (b. 1937)

#Bruce_McLaren

Jan Gmelich Meijling, Dutch commander and politician (b. 1943)

#Jan_Gmelich_Meijling

Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (b. 1607)

#Madeleine_de_Scudéry

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)

#Giuseppe_Garibaldi

Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (b. 1925)

#Alexander_Shulgin

Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)

#Irwin_Rose

Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager (b. 1918)

#Freddie_Blassie

Peter Sallis, English actor (b. 1921)

#Peter_Sallis

Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1930)

#Mario_Bernardi

Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)

#Waldemar_Hoven

Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician and academic (b. 1713)

#Jean_Paul_de_Gua_de_Malves

Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)

#Karl_Gebhardt

Richilde of Provence (b. 845)

#Richilde_of_Provence

Doc Cheatham, American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (b. 1905)

#Doc_Cheatham

Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)

#Lou_Gehrig

Mel Ferrer, American actor (b. 1917)

#Mel_Ferrer

Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)

#Ner_Middleswarth

Anjan Das, Indian director and producer (b. 1951)

#Anjan_Das

Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893)

#Andrés_Segovia

John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867)

#John_Gretton,_1st_Baron_Gretton

Juan José Torres, Bolivian general and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (b. 1920)

#Juan_José_Torres

Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)

#Viktor_Brack

Avraham Botzer, Polish-Israeli commander (b. 1929)

#Avraham_Botzer

Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)

#Émile_Littré

Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)

#Karl_Brandt

Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)

#Louis_Vierne

Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)

#Bunny_Berigan

Bernard of W?brze?no, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1575)

#Bernard_of_W?brze?no

Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)

#Józef_Kremer

Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

#Philip_Dunne_(writer)

Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)

#Aurèle_Joliat

Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal (b. 1924)

#Duraisamy_Simon_Lourdusamy

Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)

#Raj_Kapoor

Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)

#Henry_Trevor,_21st_Baron_Dacre

Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)

#Rex_Harrison

Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)

#Imogene_Coca

Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1888)

#Giuseppe_Ungaretti

James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1525)

#James_Douglas,_4th_Earl_of_Morton

Huang Ju, Chinese engineer and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1938)

#Huang_Ju

Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (b. 1886)

#Jean_Hersholt

Anthony de Mello, Indian-American priest and psychotherapist (b. 1931)

#Anthony_de_Mello

Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934)

#Jim_Hutton

Sammy Kaye, American bandleader and songwriter (b. 1910)

#Sammy_Kaye

Peter I, Count of Urgell

#Peter_I,_Count_of_Urgell

Hugo van Lawick, Dutch director and photographer (b. 1937)

#Hugo_van_Lawick

Albert Lamorisse, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Albert_Lamorisse

Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (b. 1963)

#Fernando_de_Araújo_(East_Timorese_politician)

Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1913)

#Ray_Stehr

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (b. 1904)

#Fazal_Ilahi_Chaudhry

Jack Gilford, American actor and comedian (b. 1908)

#Jack_Gilford

Tahar Djaout, Algerian journalist, writer and poet (b. 1954)

#Tahar_Djaout

Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (b. 1930)

#Gunder_Gundersen

Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)

#Hüseyin_Avni_Lifij

Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884)

#Lyda_Borelli

Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (b. 1930)

#Chen_Xitong

Rhys ap Maredudd, Welsh nobleman and rebel leader

#Rhys_ap_Maredudd

Bo Diddley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)

#Bo_Diddley

Kathryn Joosten, American actress (b. 1939)

#Kathryn_Joosten

Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b. 1536)

#Thomas_Howard,_4th_Duke_of_Norfolk

Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish-born American actor (b. 1931)

#Stephen_Boyd

Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892)

#Vita_Sackville-West

Richard Dawson, English-American soldier, actor, television personality, and game show host (b. 1932)

#Richard_Dawson

Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (b. 1680)

#Ebenezer_Erskine

John Wildman, English soldier and politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1621)

#John_Wildman

Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)

#Enrique_Gorostieta

Jonas Alströmer, Swedish businessman (b. 1685)

#Jonas_Alströmer

Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)

#Mandawuy_Yunupingu

André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929)

#André_Mathieu

Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (b. 1887)

#Kenneth_Mason_(geographer)

Adolfo Calero, Nicaraguan businessman and political activist (b. 1931)

#Adolfo_Calero

George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)

#George_S._Kaufman

Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)

#Wolfram_Sievers

Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1913)

#Johnny_Mize

Kuaima Riruako, Namibian politician (b. 1935)

#Kuaima_Riruako

Gerald James Whitrow, English mathematician, cosmologist, and historian (b. 1912)

#Gerald_James_Whitrow

Leo Gorcey, American actor (b. 1917)

#Leo_Gorcey

Nikolay Khrenkov, Russian bobsledder (b. 1984)

Gennadi Gusarov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1937)

Ivica Brzi?, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1941)

LeRoy Ellis, American basketball player (b. 1940)

David Eddings, American author (b. 1931)

Cevher Özden, Turkish banker and businessman (b. 1933)

Kentar? Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1949)

Keith Smith, English rugby player and coach (b. 1952)

Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (b. 1912)

Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and educator (b. 1950)

Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)

Alma Ricard, Canadian broadcaster and philanthropist (b. 1906)

Joey Maxim, American boxer (b. 1922)

John Schlee, American golfer (b. 1939)

Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Russian ophthalmologist, academic, and politician (b. 1927)

Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (b. 1949)

Ray Combs, American game show host (b. 1956)

Leon Garfield, English author (b. 1921)

John Alton, Hungarian-American cinematographer and director (b. 1901)

David Stove, Australian philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1927)

Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (b. 1927)

Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1907)

Stan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1949)

Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1895)

Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (b. 1952)

Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (b. 1949)

Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (b. 1914)

Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940)

Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (b. 1880)

Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)

George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)

William Tate, English painter (b. 1747)

Ogata K?rin, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1658)

Shane O'Neill, head of the Ó Néill dynasty in Ireland (b. 1530)

Álvaro de Luna, Duke of Trujillo, Constable of Castile

Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castile

Bishop John of Oxford

Al-Muwaffaq, Abbasid general (b. 842)

Pope Eugene I