On This Day — December 2
3860 noted people were born and 1991 died on December 2 in our archive, including Dmitri Egorov, Adolph Knopf and Adolphus William Ward.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 2
Dmitri Egorov
1869 – 1931
Adolph Knopf
1882 – 1966
Adolphus William Ward
1837 – 1924
Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev
1923 – 2005
Benjamin Mako Hill
b. 1980
Benjamin Stora
b. 1950
Danshi Tatekawa
1935 – 2011
Dominic Corrigan
1802 – 1880
Efthimios Christodoulou
b. 1932
Gary S. Becker
1930 – 2014
George Minot
1885 – 1950
Gilles Pécout
b. 1961
Heinrich Barkhausen
1881 – 1956
Heinrich von Sybel
1817 – 1895
Humphrey Tonkin
b. 1939
Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène
b. 1947
Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger
1923 – 1997
Johannes Hahn
b. 1957
Johannes Popitz
1884 – 1945
Keith B. Alexander
b. 1951
Lee Jussim
b. 1955
Louis Léopold Ollier
1830 – 1900
Ludwig Knorr
1859 – 1921
Léonce Verny
1837 – 1908
Marion Gräfin Dönhoff
1909 – 2002
Mary Creagh
b. 1967
Maryna Viazovska
b. 1984
Niels Nielsen
1865 – 1931
Nikolay Semisotov
b. 1968
Patricia Hewitt
b. 1948
Paul Watson
b. 1950
Peter Smith
b. 1947
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
1915 – 2016
Tarcisio Bertone
b. 1934
Urszula Doroszewska
b. 1954
Vassili Nesterenko
1934 – 2008
Vlatko Pavletić
1930 – 2007
Willem van der Poel
1926 – 2024
Xavier Domènech Sampere
b. 1974
Xosé Ramón Barreiro
1936 – 2021
Aaja Chemnitz Larsen
b. 1977
Adolfo Aguilar Zínser
1949 – 2005
Akiva Nof
b. 1936
Alexander Haig
1924 – 2010
Alexander Zhuravlyov
b. 1965
Alexis Cortés
b. 1983
Anatolii Dorodnitsyn
1910 – 1994
Anders Hejlsberg
b. 1960
Andrew Fraser
1946 – 2021
Andrzej Stanisław Załuski
1695 – 1758
Arturo Salazar
1855 – 1943
Barbara Czarniawska
1948 – 2024
Barbara Doherty
1931 – 2020
Beasley Kearney
1891 – 1972
Bengt Gustafsson
1933 – 2019
Benjamín Máximo Laguna y Villanueva
1826 – 1902
Bob Perelman
b. 1947
Brittney C. Cooper
b. 1980
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
b. 1957
Charles Edward Bennett
1910 – 2003
Charles Fryatt
1872 – 1916
Charles H. Wesley
1891 – 1987
Charles Mungoshi
1947 – 2019
Christine Westermann
b. 1948
Constantin Cristescu
1866 – 1922
Dagfinn Høybråten
b. 1957
Daniel de Superville
1696 – 1773
David Macaulay
b. 1946
David Masson
1822 – 1907
David Pujadas
b. 1964
Donald Downs
b. 1948
Eduard von der Ropp
1851 – 1939
Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk
b. 1956
Edwin Kessler
1928 – 2017
Edwin Meese
b. 1931
Ekaterina Degot
b. 1958
Ephraim Halevy
b. 1934
Erik Fosse
b. 1950
Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough
1860 – 1947
Franklin Zimring
b. 1942
Frederic Tuten
b. 1936
Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen
1833 – 1910
Gebhard Fürst
b. 1948
Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey
1880 – 1971
George Bachrach
b. 1951
George John Romanes
1916 – 2014
George Saunders
b. 1958
George VI of Armenia
1868 – 1954
Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs
1836 – 1923
Harry Reid
1939 – 2021
Harry T. Burleigh
1866 – 1949
Hebe Uhart
1936 – 2018
Henry Gally Knight
1786 – 1846
Henry Grey Bennet
1777 – 1836
Herbert Dunnico
1875 – 1953
Hushang Nahavandi
1932 – 2025
Iakovos Kambanelis
1921 – 2011
Ibrahim Rugova
1944 – 2006
Ihsan Abbas
1920 – 2003
Isabella Karle
1921 – 2017
James C. Scott
1936 – 2024
James Edward Smith
1759 – 1828
Jan Paweł Kruk
b. 1943
Jean Paulhan
1884 – 1968
Jerónimo Bécker
1857 – 1925
John Alexander Sinton
1884 – 1956
John Balaban
b. 1943
John Barbirolli
1899 – 1970
John Griffiths
b. 1952
Jonathan Hunt
1938 – 2024
Jorge Wagensberg Lubinski
1948 – 2018
Joseph Bell
1837 – 1911
José Antonio Viera-Gallo
b. 1943
Juris Ekmanis
1941 – 2016
Katherine Hoover
1937 – 2018
Kshitimohan Sen
1880 – 1960
Larry Grossman
1943 – 1997
Lee Mullican
1919 – 1998
Leopold von Wiese
1876 – 1969
Lloyd Monserratt
1966 – 2003
Louis Leschi
1893 – 1954
Lucy Liu
b. 1968
M. J. Coldwell
1888 – 1974
Marais Viljoen
1915 – 2007
Maria Meneghini Callas
1923 – 1977
Mark Gosche
b. 1955
Mark Hanson
b. 1946
Munenori Akagi
1904 – 1993
Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov
1850 – 1929
Nikolai Pankov
b. 1954
Nikolay Vasilyevich Belov
1891 – 1982
Om Prakash Rawat
b. 1953
Orr Dunkelman
b. 1980
Otto Dix
1891 – 1969
Pavel Grabbe
1789 – 1875
Peder Olivarius Bugge
1764 – 1849
Pete Gallego
b. 1961
Peter Duesberg
1936 – 2026
Peter Harding
1933 – 2021
Piotr Iwaszkiewicz
1959 – 2021
Raivo Mänd
1954 – 2026
Rajat Gupta
b. 1948
Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro
1918 – 2011
Reinhard Höppner
1948 – 2014
René Doynel de Saint-Quentin
1883 – 1961
Ricardo Krebs
1918 – 2011
Robert Armstrong-Jones
1857 – 1943
Robert Collett
1842 – 1913
Robert Francis Christian
1948 – 2019
Robert Garcia
b. 1977
Robert Macalister
1890 – 1967
Robert Montgomery
1809 – 1887
Roderick MacFarquhar
1930 – 2019
Rudolf Scharping
b. 1947
Ruy Barbosa Popolizio
1919 – 2014
Sainte-Anne Auguste Louzier
1848 – 1925
Saitō Makoto
1858 – 1936
Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian
1833 – 1900
Sergei Navashin
1857 – 1930
Stefan Matuszewski
1905 – 1985
Subir Sachdev
b. 1961
Suborna Mustafa
b. 1959
Sue Hendrickson
b. 1949
Susana Chou
b. 1941
T. C. Boyle
b. 1948
Tanabe Sakuro
1861 – 1944
Thomas Annandale
1838 – 1907
Tim Boswell
1942 – 2025
Timothy Caulfield
b. 1963
Tobias Enverga
1955 – 2017
Tokuzō Fukuda
1874 – 1930
Tomer Avital
b. 1982
Tomoaki Shimada
b. 1969
Ulrich Wickert
b. 1942
Vaclovas Biržiška
1884 – 1956
Vanessa O'Brien
b. 1964
Vladimir Parfenovich
b. 1958
Warren William
1894 – 1948
William Egon of Fürstenberg
1629 – 1704
William Webb Follett
1796 – 1845
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
1884 – 1958
Yevhenii Muraev
b. 1976
Yuli Raizman
1903 – 1994
Yusuf Akçura
1876 – 1935
Åse Gruda Skard
1905 – 1985
Étienne Moreau-Nélaton
1859 – 1927
Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
b. 1937
Aaron Rodgers
b. 1983
Abayomi Olonisakin
b. 1961
Adam S. Bennion
1886 – 1958
Adolph Green
1914 – 2002
Ahmad I ibn Mustafa
1806 – 1855
Ajith Perera
b. 1967
Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
1835 – 1919
Alex Ruhunda
b. 1971
Alexander Crichton
1763 – 1856
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
1726 – 1814
Alexander Hope
1769 – 1837
Alfred Clifton Hughes
b. 1932
Alfred Enoch
b. 1988
… and 3,660 more
Died on December 2
Hermann Roesler
1834 – 1894
James Henry Breasted
1865 – 1935
Alan Davidson
1924 – 2003
Daniel J. Elazar
1934 – 1999
Don L. Anderson
1933 – 2014
Edwin Vedejs
1941 – 2017
Ernest Marks
1872 – 1947
Fredrik Böök
1883 – 1961
Gerardus Mercator
1512 – 1594
Hugo von Seeliger
1849 – 1924
Ikuo Hirayama
1930 – 2009
Jerzy Kłoczowski
1924 – 2017
Keith Brodie
1939 – 2016
Luis Federico Leloir
1906 – 1987
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
1881 – 1966
Mária Telkes
1900 – 1995
Per von Afzelius
1760 – 1843
Philip Larkin
1922 – 1985
René Doumic
1860 – 1937
Richard Belcredi
1823 – 1902
Robert Döpel
1895 – 1982
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
1926 – 2020
Yakov Zeldovich
1914 – 1987
Abdul Kahar Mudzakkir
1907 – 1973
Adamson-Eric
1902 – 1968
Alec Reed
1934 – 2025
Alexander Campbell Fraser
1819 – 1914
Alexander Schlichter
1868 – 1940
Bernard Revel
1885 – 1940
Bernard Vogler
1935 – 2020
Boris Plotnikov
1949 – 2020
Brian Stonehouse
1918 – 1998
Carl von Rosenstein
1766 – 1836
Carlo Cadorna
1809 – 1891
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
1662 – 1748
Derwent Hall Caine
1891 – 1971
Dianne H. Pilgrim
1941 – 2019
Donn F. Eisele
1930 – 1987
Edmon Low
1902 – 1983
Edmond Rostand
1868 – 1918
Edvin Öhrström
1906 – 1994
Edward Rydz-Śmigły
1886 – 1941
Ehsan Naraghi
1926 – 2012
Emmanuel Jacquin de Margerie
1924 – 1991
Endicott Peabody
1920 – 1997
Etsujirō Uehara
1877 – 1962
Evelyn Wood
1838 – 1919
Floris Maljers
1933 – 2022
Francis Spellman
1889 – 1967
Fritz Gajewski
1885 – 1965
Georg Sabinus
1508 – 1560
Gisela May
1924 – 2016
Gooroodas Banerjee
1844 – 1918
Gurunath Venkatesh Bewoor
1888 – 1950
György Marx
1927 – 2002
Gérard Cooreman
1852 – 1926
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
1852 – 1928
Heinz Hoffmann
1910 – 1985
Henry Tibbats Stainton
1822 – 1892
Hugh Latimer Dryden
1898 – 1965
Ivan Illich
1926 – 2002
J. B. Gunn
1928 – 2008
Jakob Meisenheimer
1876 – 1934
James Fenton
1864 – 1950
James McKay
1827 – 1879
Jan Potocki
1761 – 1815
Jean Tupinier
1779 – 1850
Johann Baptist Metz
1928 – 2019
Johann Christoph Döderlein
1746 – 1792
John C. Meyer
1919 – 1975
John H. Hoover
1887 – 1970
Josep Comas i Solà
1868 – 1937
José Canga-Argüelles
1771 – 1842
Juan Flores
1943 – 2014
Karl Joseph Eberth
1835 – 1926
Kiyoshi Akita
1881 – 1944
Kliment Voroshilov
1881 – 1969
Kurt Vieweg
1911 – 1976
Lee Huan
1917 – 2010
Leonid Telyatnikov
1951 – 2004
Lothar Baumgarten
1944 – 2018
Luis María Bandrés Unanue
1944 – 2009
M. Carey Thomas
1857 – 1935
Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano
1921 – 2023
Maurice Sarraut
1869 – 1943
Max Rood
1927 – 2001
Max Rosenheim, Baron Rosenheim
1908 – 1972
Max Weber
1897 – 1974
Mikio Oda
1905 – 1998
Mona Van Duyn
1921 – 2004
Naomi Schor
1943 – 2001
Nikolai Koltsov
1872 – 1940
Oleksander Hrekov
1875 – 1958
Paul Heinrich von Groth
1843 – 1927
Paul de Wispelaere
1928 – 2016
Petrus Cunaeus
1586 – 1638
Phạm Duy Khiêm
1908 – 1974
Pyotr Latyshev
1948 – 2008
Ralph Izzard
1910 – 1992
René de Saussure
1868 – 1943
Robert Scott
1811 – 1887
Roberto Pazzi
1946 – 2023
Robertson Davies
1913 – 1995
Sammy Lee
1920 – 2016
Silver Quilty
1891 – 1976
Stanisław Łempicki
1886 – 1947
Ted Pickering
1939 – 2025
Tiit-Rein Viitso
1938 – 2022
Tomás Bretón
1850 – 1923
Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi
1907 – 1979
Vincent d'Indy
1851 – 1931
Younghill Kang
1898 – 1972
Zinaida Yermolyeva
1898 – 1974
A. J. McNamara
1936 – 2014
Aaldert Wapstra
1922 – 2006
Aaron Copland
1900 – 1990
Achille Castiglioni
1918 – 2002
Al Frazier
1935 – 2018
Alajos Károlyi
1825 – 1889
Alan Beddoe
1893 – 1975
Alan Howard Ward
1925 – 2021
Alan Meredith Williams
1909 – 1972
Albert Bartha
1877 – 1960
Albert J. Engel
1888 – 1959
Aldo Giordano
1954 – 2021
Alexander James Gibson
1876 – 1960
Alexander Tschirch
1856 – 1939
Alexander Vorontsov
1741 – 1805
Alfonso Barrantes
1927 – 2000
Alfred Kelley
1789 – 1859
Andrew Harriot Henning
1865 – 1947
Andrew Jones
1944 – 2015
Anne Françoise Elisabeth Lange
1772 – 1825
Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper
1807 – 1858
Ariel Rios
1954 – 1982
Arnold Ipolyi
1823 – 1886
Arthur J. Tuttle
1868 – 1944
August Matthias Hagen
1794 – 1878
Bert Hodge Hill
1874 – 1958
Bian Zhilin
1910 – 2000
Bill Greene
1930 – 2002
Calvin Willard Gilfillan
1832 – 1901
Carlos María Abascal Carranza
1949 – 2008
Cecil E. Harris
1916 – 1981
Chang Deok-soo
1894 – 1947
Channing Moore Williams
1829 – 1910
Charles Lauth
1836 – 1913
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois
1761 – 1848
Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé
1769 – 1833
Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
1905 – 1980
Chia-Chang Liu
1943 – 2024
Choi Byung-ryeol
1938 – 2022
Christopher Ellery
1768 – 1840
Darlene Hard
1936 – 2021
David Sherman Boardman
1768 – 1864
Delmas Carl Hill
1906 – 1989
Desi Arnaz
1917 – 1986
Didier Daurat
1891 – 1969
Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau
1702 – 1769
Dikran Tahta
1928 – 2006
Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga
1585 – 1653
Don Ohl
1936 – 2024
Dugald Sutherland MacColl
1859 – 1948
Eduardo Figueroa Geisse
1916 – 2000
Edward Samuel Rogers
1933 – 2008
Elden Campbell
1968 – 2025
Eli L. Whiteley
1913 – 1986
Eli Lancman
1936 – 2024
Elizabeth B. Andrews
1911 – 2002
Elizabeth M. Boyer
1913 – 2002
Erling Viksjø
1910 – 1971
Ernest Sachs
1879 – 1958
Ernst Achenbach
1909 – 1991
Ettore Bastico
1876 – 1972
Eugene Asa Carr
1830 – 1910
Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko
1768 – 1844
Everett W. Holstrom
1916 – 2000
Faustin Twagiramungu
1945 – 2023
Fay Gillis Wells
1908 – 2002
Ferdinand Christian Baur
1792 – 1860
Ferenc Juhász
1928 – 2015
Fernande Sadler
1869 – 1949
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
1876 – 1944
Francesco Paolo Tosti
1846 – 1916
Francis Hunter
1894 – 1981
Frank Anthony
1908 – 1993
Frank Crean
1916 – 2008
Franz Xaver Schwarz
1875 – 1947
Frederick A. Pike
1816 – 1886
Gabriele Ferzetti
1925 – 2015
Gabrielle Dorziat
1880 – 1979
Gail Fisher
1935 – 2000
Geoffrey Timms
1903 – 1982
George Brett
1886 – 1963
George Davidson
1825 – 1911
George Franklin Pawling
1879 – 1954
George Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick
1818 – 1893
George Lott
1906 – 1991
George T. Sakato
1921 – 2015
George Thomas Bettany
1850 – 1891
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