11 notable people died on September 2, including Jean Molinet, Girolamo Benivieni, Antoine Deparcieux.
21st Century
3 deaths
Sun Myung Moon
businesspersonreligious leader
Korean religious leader (1920–2012)
Ehsan Yarshater
writer
Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2018)
Alan Kurdi
refugee
Three-year-old who died from capsized boat August 2015
20th Century
4 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)
JC
John Carruthers
civil engineereconomist
Engineer, economic theorist
19th Century
1 death
Tenka Stefanović
politicianwriter
Serbian politician
18th Century
1 death
Antoine Deparcieux
clockmakerinstrument maker
French mathematician
16th Century
2 deaths
Jean Molinet
chroniclercomposer
Medieval French writer
Girolamo Benivieni
philosopherpoet
Italian poet (1453–1542)
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