25 notable people died on September 2, including Jean Molinet, Girolamo Benivieni, Antoine Deparcieux.
21st Century
5 deaths
Sun Myung Moon
businesspersonreligious leader
Korean religious leader (1920–2012)
Ehsan Yarshater
writer
Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2018)
AA
Abdullah al-Harari
Islamic juristmuhaddith
Harari Islamic scholar
RS
Rashad Abu Sakhila
actorpoet
Palestinian actor and poet
Alan Kurdi
refugee
Three-year-old who died from capsized boat August 2015
20th Century
12 deaths
Elling Holst
biographerchildren's writer
Norwegian mathematician (1849–1915)
J. R. R. Tolkien
authorchildren's writer
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
Janko Ravnik
camera operatorcinematographer
Slovenian pianist, teacher, film director and composer (1891–1981)
Gustav Friedrich Keleti
art criticartist
Hungarian artist (1834-1902)
JC
John Carruthers
civil engineereconomist
Engineer, economic theorist
Louis Delacenserie
architect
Belgian architect (1838–1909)
LP
Lidia Peradotto
logicianphilosopher
Italian-Argentine philosopher and logician
MB
Maipina de la Barra
social activisttraveler
Chilean writer
SW
Samuel Wainer
journalistwriter
Brazilian journalist (1910-1980)
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Edmund Knoll-Kownacki
military officer
Polish general (1891–1953)
VN
Václav Neumann
conductorhistorian
Czech conductor, violinist and viola player (1920-1995)
DŠ
Danica Širola
poetschool teacher
Croatian school teacher, poet and Catholic laywoman, Servant of God (1900–1926)
19th Century
3 deaths
Tenka Stefanović
politicianwriter
Serbian politician
Chikako, Princess Kazu
aristocratcalligrapher
Japanese princess; youngest daughter of Emperor Ninkō and his concubine, Hashimoto Tsuneko
Bernardino Rivadavia
diplomatpolitician
First President of Argentina (born 1780-1845)
18th Century
2 deaths
Antoine Deparcieux
clockmakerinstrument maker
French mathematician
Philip Johan von Strahlenberg
cartographerexplorer
Swedish officer and geographer
16th Century
3 deaths
Jean Molinet
chroniclercomposer
Medieval French writer
Girolamo Benivieni
philosopherpoet
Italian poet (1453–1542)
GB
Giovanni Boscoli
architectsculptor
Italian sculptor and architect (1524-1592)
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