35 notable people died on May 2, including Giulio Natta, Taira no Tsunemori, Bernhard Studer.
21st Century
6 deaths
Elio Guzzanti
academicnon-fiction writer
Italian doctor and politician
José María Castiñeira de Dios
poetwriter
Argentine poet (1920–2015)
Börje Nyberg
actordirector
Swedish screenwriter, actor and film director
Karel Pečko
painter
Slovenian artist
MD
Mohammed Dib
novelistplaywright
Algerian writer (1920–2003)
Juan Valdivieso
association football coachassociation football player
Peruvian footballer (1910-2007)
20th Century
18 deaths
Giulio Natta
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1963)
Johann Palisa
astronomermilitary officer
Austrian astronomist (1848–1925)
Adolf Láng
architectengineer
Hungarian architect (1848–1913)
Frederik Bætzmann
editing staffjournalist
Journalist (1841–1913)
Penelope Delta
children's writerpoet
Greek children's writer (1874–1941)
Marie-Louise Marmette
conferencierwriter
French Canadian journalist, writer and speaker (1870–1928)
Paul L. Stein
actorfilm director
Austrian film director (1892–1951)
Juana Lecaros
painterpoet
Chilean artist (1920–1993)
Carlos Enríquez Gómez
illustratorpainter
Cuban artist (1900-1957)
Pridi Banomyong
lawyerscreenwriter
Thai prime minister (1900-1983)
Shantaram Athavale
film directorwriter
Indian lyricist, film director and author
James Vibert
art educatorsculptor
Swiss sculptor (1872-1942)
William Denny
autobiographerclerk
Australian politician
KK
Kina Konova
activistjournalist
Bulgarian schoolteacher
AV
Athanasios Veloudios
actoraircraft pilot
Greek actor and soldier (1895-1992)
SS
Saul Solomon
photographerpolitician
Politician and photographer in South Australia (1836–1929)
MB
Mimmi Bähr
inventor
Finnish inventor
Manuel Amador Guerrero
politician
President of Panama (1833-1909)
19th Century
7 deaths
Bernhard Studer
geologistmineralogist
Swiss geologist (1794-1887)
Samuel A. Cartwright
military physicianphysician
American physician (1793–1863)
James Gates Percival
geologistpoet
American geologist, poet, and surgeon (1795-1856)
Mary Moser
botanical illustratorpainter
British artist (1744-1819)
Philipp Heinrich Dunker
artistcopper engraver
Swiss painter
Tom Wills
Australian rules football playercricketer
Australian sportsman (1835–1880)
Manuel Menéndez
businesspersonpolitician
President of Peru (1793-1847)
18th Century
1 death
Christian August Hausen
astrologerastronomer
German mathematician and physicist
17th Century
1 death
Joost Balbian
alchemistphysician
Dutch physician, banker and alchemist
12th Century
1 death
Taira no Tsunemori
samuraiwaka poet
Samurai
8th Century
1 deathFO
Fujiwara no Otomuro
empress consort
Japanese noblewoman and Empress consort
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