The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people who died on July 2nd

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart (1897 - 1937)

American aviator and writer
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778)

Swiss philosopher and polymath
Nostradamus

Nostradamus (1503 - 1566)

French astrologer
Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel (1928 - 2016)

American writer
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977)

Russian novelist, professor, and lepidopterist
Betty Grable

Betty Grable (1916 - 1973)

American actress
Porfirio Díaz

Porfirio Díaz (1830 - 1915)

Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico
Lee Remick

Lee Remick (1935 - 1991)

American actress
Fred Gwynne

Fred Gwynne (1926 - 1993)

American actor
Mario Puzo

Mario Puzo (1920 - 1999)

American author
Robert Peel

Robert Peel (1788 - 1850)

English politician
Andrés Escobar

Andrés Escobar (1967 - 1994)

Colombian footballer
Michael Cimino

Michael Cimino (1939 - 2016)

American director, screenwriter, and producer
Douglas Engelbart

Douglas Engelbart (1925 - 2013)

American computer scientist
Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca (1924 - 2019)

American businessman and author
Peter Brook

Peter Brook (1925 - 2022)

British stage director and producer
Michael Bennett

Michael Bennett (1943 - 1987)

American dancer and choreographer
Joey Dunlop

Joey Dunlop (1952 - 2000)

Irish motorcycle racer
Anna Howard Shaw

Anna Howard Shaw (1847 - 1919)

American physician, minister, and activist
John Fisher

John Fisher (1469 - 1535)

English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr
Kay Thompson

Kay Thompson (1909 - 1998)

American actor and composer
Itamar Franco

Itamar Franco (1930 - 2011)

Brazilian politician, 33rd President of Brazil
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson

Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (1917 - 1988)

American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter
Chad Brown

Chad Brown (1961 - 2014)

American actor and poker player