October 2 Deaths |
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| October 2nd, 2007 (October 02 2007) | Death | Dan Keating, Irish politician (born in 1902) | |
| October 2nd, 2007 (October 02 2007) | Death | Tex Coulter, American football player (born in 1924) | |
| October 2nd, 2007 (October 02 2007) | Death | Christopher Derrick, British writer (born in 1921) | |
| October 2nd, 2006 (October 02 2006) | Death | Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (born in 1938) | |
| October 2nd, 2006 (October 02 2006) | Death | Tamara Dobson, American actress (born in 1947) | |
| October 2nd, 2006 (October 02 2006) | Death | Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (born in 1916) | |
| October 2nd, 2005 (October 02 2005) | Death | Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-Nazi (born in 1931) | |
| October 2nd, 2005 (October 02 2005) | Death | Nipsey Russell, American comedian (born in 1918) | Nipsey Russell Quotes |
| October 2nd, 2005 (October 02 2005) | Death | August Wilson, American playwright (born in 1945) | |
| October 2nd, 2003 (October 02 2003) | Death | John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (born in 1914) | |
| October 2nd, 2002 (October 02 2002) | Death | Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (born in 1911) | Philo Quotes |
| October 2nd, 2001 (October 02 2001) | Death | Franz Biebl, German composer (born in 1906) | |
| October 2nd, 1999 (October 02 1999) | Death | Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (born in 1921) | |
| October 2nd, 1998 (October 02 1998) | Death | Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (born in 1907) | |
| October 2nd, 1998 (October 02 1998) | Death | Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (born in 1924) | |
| October 2nd, 1996 (October 02 1996) | Death | Robert Bourassa, politician, premier of Quebec (born in 1933) | |
| October 2nd, 1994 (October 02 1994) | Death | Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress (born in 1909) | |
| October 2nd, 1988 (October 02 1988) | Death | Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (born in 1906) | |
| October 2nd, 1987 (October 02 1987) | Death | Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1915) | |
| October 2nd, 1987 (October 02 1987) | Death | Madeleine Carroll, British-born actress (born in 1906) | |
| October 2nd, 1985 (October 02 1985) | Death | Rock Hudson, American actor (born in 1925) | |
| October 2nd, 1981 (October 02 1981) | Death | Harry Golden, American journalist (born in 1902) | |
| October 2nd, 1981 (October 02 1981) | Death | Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (born in 1920) | |
| October 2nd, 1975 (October 02 1975) | Death | Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (born in 1903) | |
| October 2nd, 1974 (October 02 1974) | Death | Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (born in 1929) | |
| October 2nd, 1973 (October 02 1973) | Death | Paul Hartman, American actor (born in 1904) | |
| October 2nd, 1973 (October 02 1973) | Death | Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (born in 1897) | |
| October 2nd, 1971 (October 02 1971) | Death | Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (born in 1911) | |
| October 2nd, 1968 (October 02 1968) | Death | Marcel Duchamp, French artist (born in 1887) | |
| October 2nd, 1962 (October 02 1962) | Death | Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (born in 1859) | |
| October 2nd, 1947 (October 02 1947) | Death | Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (born in 1878) | Philo Quotes |
| October 2nd, 1938 (October 02 1938) | Death | Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (born in 1859) | |
| October 2nd, 1927 (October 02 1927) | Death | Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1859) | |
| October 2nd, 1853 (October 02 1853) | Death | Francois Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (born in 1786) | |
| October 2nd, 1850 (October 02 1850) | Death | Sarah Biffen, English painter (born in 1784) | |
| October 2nd, 1817 (October 02 1817) | Death | Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (born in 1744) | |
| October 2nd, 1804 (October 02 1804) | Death | Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (born in 1725) | |
| October 2nd, 1803 (October 02 1803) | Death | Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (born in 1722) | Samuel Adams Quotes |
| October 2nd, 1786 (October 02 1786) | Death | Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (born in 1725) | |
| October 2nd, 1782 (October 02 1782) | Death | Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (born in 1732) | |
| October 2nd, 1780 (October 02 1780) | Death | John Andre, British Army officer (executed) (born in 1750) | |
| October 2nd, 1775 (October 02 1775) | Death | Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (born in 1703) | |
| October 2nd, 1764 (October 02 1764) | Death | William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | William King Quotes |
| October 2nd, 1746 (October 02 1746) | Death | Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty | |
| October 2nd, 1724 (October 02 1724) | Death | Francois-Timoleon de Choisy, French writer (born in 1644) | |
| October 2nd, 1708 (October 02 1708) | Death | Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (born in 1650) | |
| October 2nd, 1629 (October 02 1629) | Death | Pierre de Berulle, French cardinal and statesman (born in 1575) | |
| October 2nd, 1629 (October 02 1629) | Death | Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (born in 1584) | |
| October 2nd, 1626 (October 02 1626) | Death | Diego Sarmiento de Acuna, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (born in 1567) | |
| October 2nd, 1559 (October 02 1559) | Death | Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (born in 1483) | |
| October 2nd, 0939 (October 02 0939) | Death | Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine | |
