On This Day — June 2
4005 noted people were born and 1925 died on June 2 in our archive, including Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer, Ab Osterhaus and Abraham Seidenberg.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on June 2
Edward Albert Sharpey-Schäfer
1850 – 1935
Ab Osterhaus
b. 1948
Abraham Seidenberg
1916 – 1988
Alain Cayzac
b. 1941
Alexander Kurenkov
b. 1972
Bert Vogelstein
b. 1949
Björn Engquist
b. 1945
Chūichi Ariyoshi
1874 – 1947
E. Allen Emerson
1954 – 2024
Edward Elgar
1857 – 1934
Fedor Tokarev
1871 – 1968
Frank Shu
1943 – 2023
François Jullien
b. 1951
Genaro Estrada
1887 – 1937
H. J. Round
1881 – 1966
Hugo Bernhard Rahamägi
1886 – 1941
Ivan Mikloš
b. 1960
Ivars Kalviņš
b. 1947
Ivi Eenmaa
b. 1943
Jean-Baptiste Gastinne
b. 1967
José Miguel Insulza
b. 1943
Kenneth Chenault
b. 1951
Lloyd Shapley
1923 – 2016
Maria Rosa Miracle Solé
1945 – 2017
Max Rubner
1854 – 1932
Pentti Arajärvi
b. 1948
Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth
1936 – 2026
Rosalyn Higgins
b. 1937
Suzan Shown Harjo
b. 1945
Svitlana Mayboroda
b. 1981
Tarsy Carballas
1934 – 2026
Viacheslav Volgin
1879 – 1962
Wilfred Hudleston Hudleston
1828 – 1909
Winifred Cullis
1875 – 1956
Émile Mâle
1862 – 1954
Anatolii Zlenko
1938 – 2021
Andrey Sakharov
1930 – 2019
Andrus Merilo
b. 1973
Andrée Fortin
1953 – 2022
Andy Cohen
b. 1968
Anson Rabinbach
1945 – 2025
Antoine Cartier d'Aure
1799 – 1863
Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann
1802 – 1841
Arthur MacArthur Jr.
1845 – 1912
Ashot Petrosian
1930 – 1998
Bazon Brock
b. 1936
Bernard Cazeneuve
b. 1963
Boris Jordan
b. 1966
Boris Vujčić
b. 1964
C. A. Rosetti
1816 – 1885
Camille Gira
1958 – 2018
Carlos Acosta
b. 1973
Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza
1938 – 2026
Cassandra Quave
b. 1978
Cecilia Berdichevski
1926 – 2010
Chimanlal Trivedi
1929 – 2015
Christian Borch
b. 1944
Clair Cameron Patterson
1922 – 1995
Constantine II of Greece
1940 – 2023
Cornel West
b. 1953
Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus Krayenhoff
1759 – 1840
Crescenzio Sepe
b. 1943
Daniel G. Clodfelter
b. 1950
David Trench
1915 – 1988
Dimitris Kitsikis
1935 – 2021
Dorothy West
1907 – 1998
Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
1689 – 1741
Elsie Tu
1913 – 2015
Eric Treacy
1907 – 1978
Ernest Gowers
1880 – 1966
Evgeny Tyrtyshnikov
b. 1955
Felix Weingartner
1863 – 1942
Frank Rosenius
b. 1940
František Mikloško
b. 1947
Friedrich August von Kaulbach
1850 – 1920
Fu Zuoyi
1895 – 1974
Geir Kjetsaa
1937 – 2008
Georges Leredu
1860 – 1943
Gideon Levy
b. 1953
Giovanni Angelo Becciu
b. 1948
Grant Robert Sutherland
b. 1945
Gédéon Ouimet
1823 – 1905
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt
1885 – 1964
Heather Couper
1949 – 2020
Heinz Sielmann
1917 – 2006
Ichirō Kōno
1898 – 1965
Illia Kyva
1977 – 2023
Ion Antonescu
1882 – 1946
Jacek Leociak
b. 1957
Jackie Blue
b. 1956
Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent
1850 – 1931
John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough
1822 – 1883
Johnny Young
1940 – 2021
Jonathan Evans
b. 1950
Jonathan Lazare Alperin
1937 – 2025
Joyce Waters
b. 1931
Juan Gabriel Valdés
b. 1947
Julie Wolkenstein
b. 1968
Julius Tafel
1862 – 1918
Kevin Feige
b. 1973
Klaus-Michael Kühne
1937 – 2026
Kristina Edström
b. 1958
Lee Wan-koo
1950 – 2021
Leonard Erskine Hill
1866 – 1952
Linda Bauld
b. 1970
Lucien Brun
1822 – 1898
Luis Rebolledo de Palafox y Melzi
1772 – 1843
M. Caldwell Butler
1925 – 2014
Margaret Ogola
1958 – 2011
Maria Flachsbarth
b. 1963
Marianna Vardinoyannis
1937 – 2023
Marianne Borgen
b. 1951
Mark Featherstone-Witty
b. 1946
Mark L. Polansky
b. 1956
Mark Lawrenson
b. 1957
Mary Cannon
b. 1965
Matthew Oram
1885 – 1969
Michael Hudson
1938 – 2021
Mike Ahern
1942 – 2023
Mike Rogers
b. 1963
Miklós Szentkuthy
1908 – 1988
Miriam Solomon
b. 1958
Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapol'skiy
1867 – 1934
Mohammad Pakpour
1961 – 2026
Mykola Kniazhytskyi
b. 1968
Nandan Nilekani
b. 1955
Naohiro Dōgakinai
1914 – 2004
Nicole Mosconi
1942 – 2021
Nil Filatov
1847 – 1902
Nobuo Matsuno
b. 1951
Odile Renaud-Basso
b. 1965
Oleg Lupanov
1932 – 2006
Oleg Tsarev
b. 1970
Omar Paganini
b. 1962
Or-ly Barlev
b. 1972
Pamela Hallock
b. 1948
Paul-Albert Besnard
1849 – 1934
Paul-François Dubois
1793 – 1874
Peeter Saari
b. 1945
Pete Conrad
1930 – 1999
Pieter Duisenberg
b. 1967
Piotr Nawrot
b. 1955
Predrag Matić
1962 – 2024
Ralph C. S. Walker
b. 1944
Robert Dana
1929 – 2010
Robert Morris Page
1903 – 1992
Romain Riboud
b. 1982
Ruth A. Berman
b. 1935
Sabine Laruelle
b. 1965
Samuel Wilks
1824 – 1911
Segismundo Moret
1836 – 1913
Seppo Häkkinen
b. 1958
Sergey Medvedev
b. 1958
Sibylle Berg
b. 1962
Stanisław Kluza
b. 1972
Stevan Harnad
b. 1945
Tapio Wirkkala
1915 – 1985
Terttu Arajärvi
1922 – 2014
Thurman Arnold
1891 – 1969
Tibor Radó
1895 – 1965
Vasily Grinevetsky
1871 – 1919
William Branwhite Clarke
1798 – 1878
Yan Gamarnik
1894 – 1937
Yossi Katz
b. 1953
Youssef Afifi
1927 – 2026
Yuri Andropov
1914 – 1984
Yurii Kruk
1941 – 2025
Yurii Smyrnov
b. 1939
Étienne Lamy
1845 – 1919
'Masenate Mohato Seeiso
b. 1976
A.J. Styles
b. 1977
Abby Wambach
b. 1980
Adam Studziński
1911 – 2008
Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld
1823 – 1907
Agnès Thill
b. 1964
Ahmet Arslan
b. 1962
Al Wood
b. 1958
Alain David
b. 1949
Alan G. Gross
1936 – 2020
Alba Zaluar
1942 – 2019
Albert G. Mumma
1906 – 1997
Aldons Vrubļevskis
b. 1957
Alex Mayer
b. 1981
Alexander Murray
1810 – 1884
Alexander Zavyalov
b. 1955
Alfonso Muga
b. 1944
Alfred Boiffin
1856 – 1896
Alfredo Diana
1930 – 2025
Alice Jackson Stuart
1913 – 2001
Allan R. McKinnon
1930 – 2019
Allie Luse Dick
1859 – 1933
Amasa Junius Parker
1807 – 1890
Ana Iris Simón
b. 1991
Andrew McCreight Creery
1863 – 1942
Andrew McGrath
b. 1998
Andrzej Świeżaczyński
b. 1957
André Lamontagne
b. 1960
Angela Dorn
b. 1982
Anna Orosz
b. 1989
Annette Lind
b. 1969
… and 3,805 more
Died on June 2
Svyatoslav Fyodorov
1927 – 2000
Abdelhak Mrini
1934 – 2025
Alex Younger
1963 – 2026
Alexey Panteleev
1959 – 2026
Andrew Forsyth
1858 – 1942
Bálint Hóman
1885 – 1951
François Perroux
1903 – 1987
Frederik Wilhelm Stabell
1763 – 1836
Genichi Taguchi
1924 – 2012
George Hainl
1807 – 1873
Iosif Grigulevich
1913 – 1988
Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
1928 – 2018
Irwin Rose
1926 – 2015
Janis Paige
1922 – 2024
John Erskine
1879 – 1951
John Walter Gregory
1864 – 1932
Josef Václav Myslbek
1848 – 1922
Joseph Martray
1914 – 2009
Nikolai Smirnov
1900 – 1966
Nobuyuki Idei
1937 – 2022
Paul D. Boyer
1918 – 2018
Pierre Nora
1931 – 2025
Prana Krushna Parija
1891 – 1978
Robert Harbold McDowell
1894 – 1980
Roy Farran
1921 – 2006
Timothy Thomas Fortune
1856 – 1928
Václav Benda
1946 – 1999
Walter Curran Mendenhall
1871 – 1957
William Carruthers
1830 – 1922
William Peddie
1861 – 1946
Aleksey Kazannik
1941 – 2019
Alexander Shulgin
1925 – 2014
Alexandre de Marenches
1921 – 1995
Andrei Victorovich Gaponov-Grekhov
1926 – 2022
Andrew Ainslie Common
1841 – 1903
Axel Olof Freudenthal
1836 – 1911
Bernard E. Trainor
1928 – 2018
Charles von Hügel
1795 – 1870
Claud Jacob
1863 – 1948
Colville Adrian de Rune Barclay
1869 – 1929
Debendra Mohan Bose
1885 – 1975
Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy
1924 – 2014
E. Brian Davies
1944 – 2025
Edmond Langevin
1824 – 1889
Edouard Buntzen
1809 – 1885
Edward Burr Van Vleck
1863 – 1943
Edward Leigh
1602 – 1671
Ellen Li
1908 – 2005
Emil Wolf
1922 – 2018
Enrique Fernández Arbós
1863 – 1939
Eugène Prévinaire
1805 – 1877
Ferenc Fejtő
1909 – 2008
Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo
1924 – 1984
Frans-Jozef van Thiel
1906 – 1993
Franz Philipp
1890 – 1972
François de Menthon
1900 – 1984
Friedrich August Benjamin Puchelt
1784 – 1856
Geir Kjetsaa
1937 – 2008
Geoffrey Burnstock
1929 – 2020
George Askwith, 1st Baron Askwith
1861 – 1942
George R. Allin
1880 – 1956
Gerald James Whitrow
1912 – 2000
Gustaf Hällström
1775 – 1844
Haaken Hasberg Gran
1870 – 1955
Hidemaro Konoye
1898 – 1973
Héctor García Cobo
1923 – 2015
J. D. Rees
1854 – 1922
Jacques Noyer
1927 – 2020
James Apjohn
1796 – 1886
Jan Gmelich Meijling
1936 – 2012
Joachim Mrugowsky
1905 – 1948
Johann Veit
1852 – 1917
John Frank Stevens
1853 – 1943
John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton
1867 – 1947
Josiah Gardner Abbott
1814 – 1891
José Carlos Gómez Villamandos
1963 – 2026
Juan Antonio Pérez López
1934 – 2000
Józef Kremer
1806 – 1875
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
1811 – 1885
Karl Brandt
1904 – 1948
Karl Gebhardt
1897 – 1948
Kenneth Mason
1887 – 1976
Kunji Lal Dubey
1896 – 1970
Leonard W. Hall
1900 – 1979
Louis Vierne
1870 – 1937
Lydia Wahlström
1869 – 1954
Mandawuy Yunupingu
1956 – 2013
Mart Nutt
1962 – 2019
Michael Kostarakos
1956 – 2023
Näcip Cihanof
1911 – 1988
Ole Jacob Bangstad
1917 – 2010
Otto Nordenskjöld
1869 – 1928
Paolo Barile
1917 – 2000
Paul Wandel
1905 – 1995
Paul von Bruns
1846 – 1916
Peter P. von Weymarn
1879 – 1935
Ramón J. Cárcano
1860 – 1946
Redvers Buller
1839 – 1908
Richard S. Edwards
1885 – 1956
Roberto Gervaso
1937 – 2020
Sadatsuchi Uchida
1865 – 1942
Stephen King-Hall
1893 – 1966
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada
1923 – 2017
Tom Cottrell
1923 – 1973
Tsutomu Yamazaki
1947 – 2021
William Boog Leishman
1865 – 1926
William G. Moulton
1914 – 2000
Xu Qiliang
1950 – 2025
Zbigniew Maciej Gliwicz
1939 – 2024
Zhang Dongsun
1886 – 1973
Zofia Baniecka
1917 – 1993
Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf
1951 – 1999
Adolf Friedrich IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1738 – 1794
Adolph Eduard Grube
1812 – 1880
Agnes M. Herzberg
1950 – 2026
Aimar Sørenssen
1823 – 1908
Alain
1868 – 1951
Albéric Second
1817 – 1887
Alexander Ostrovsky
1823 – 1886
Alfred Austin
1835 – 1913
Alice Fisher
1839 – 1888
Ambroise-Polycarpe de La Rochefoucauld
1765 – 1841
Amos Tversky
1937 – 1996
Andrés Segovia
1893 – 1987
Anne Jean Marie René Savary
1774 – 1833
Arthur W. Kopp
1874 – 1967
Asgar Asgarov
1955 – 2025
Barnim IX, Duke of Pomerania
1501 – 1573
Bell M. Shimada
1922 – 1958
Benjamin F. Bonham
1828 – 1906
Benjamin F. Marsh
1839 – 1905
Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr.
1909 – 1985
Berndt Stübner
1947 – 2022
Biswonath Das
1889 – 1984
Bob Joshua
1906 – 1970
Bruce McLaren
1937 – 1970
Burke Marshall
1922 – 2003
Béni Ferenczy
1890 – 1967
Carl Cain
1934 – 2024
Carlos Marfori y Callejas
1821 – 1892
Casey Luna
1931 – 2026
Charles Carl Crabbe
1878 – 1969
Charles James Phillips
1863 – 1940
Charles Wilson Cross
1872 – 1928
Christoph Brouwer
1559 – 1617
Claire Weekes
1903 – 1990
Clarence Chatham Cook
1828 – 1900
Claude Chabauty
1910 – 1990
Claudio Orrego Vicuña
1939 – 1982
Cornelius H. Charlton
1929 – 1951
Cornelius Hoeyer
1741 – 1804
Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury
1768 – 1851
David C. Garrett, Jr.
1922 – 2012
David Frank-Kamenetsky
1910 – 1970
David Kawānanakoa
1868 – 1908
David Levy
1937 – 2024
Desmond de Silva
1939 – 2018
Donald M. Fraser
1924 – 2019
Edward Payson Van Duzee
1861 – 1940
Emilia Broomé
1866 – 1925
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry
1904 – 1982
Fernando de Araújo
1963 – 2015
Filip Lundberg
1876 – 1965
Fran Saleški Finžgar
1871 – 1962
François Étienne de Kellermann
1770 – 1835
Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg
1815 – 1881
Gene Maddox
1938 – 2015
George Harold Baker
1877 – 1916
George S. Kaufman
1889 – 1961
Gerhard Friedrich Rohlfs
1831 – 1896
Giuseppe Garibaldi
1807 – 1882
Giuseppe Santoro
1894 – 1975
Günther Schneider-Siemssen
1926 – 2015
Harold Charles Richards
1925 – 2014
Harold Snoad
1935 – 2024
Heinrich von Friedberg
1813 – 1895
Helen Jacobs
1908 – 1997
Henri Zwiers
1900 – 1992
Henry Fanshawe Tozer
1829 – 1916
Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie
1802 – 1853
Henry T. Lynch
1928 – 2019
Herbert Cyril Thacker
1870 – 1953
Herbert Mayhew Lord
1859 – 1930
Horace Hildreth
1902 – 1988
Huang Ju
1938 – 2007
Iakovos
1928 – 2017
Isabel Aretz
1909 – 2005
Ishmael Bernal
1938 – 1996
Isidro de la Cueva y Benavides
1652 – 1723
Ivan Mikhailichenko
1920 – 1982
Jack Cornwell
1900 – 1916
Jacqueline Thome-Patenôtre
1906 – 1995
Jacques Philippe de Choiseul-Stainville
1727 – 1789
James A. Graham
1940 – 1967
James E. Cobb
1835 – 1903
James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick
1696 – 1738
James Gillespie
1722 – 1791
James N. Cupp
1921 – 2004
James Parker
1854 – 1934
James Rolph
1869 – 1934
… and 1,725 more