Discover the most famous people who died on November 2. The list includes people like George Bernard Shaw, James Thurber, Willie Sutton, Peter Debye, Robert Cormier. Famous personalities featured on this list, include actors, novelists, jazz musicians and chemists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Australia and many more countries.
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Birthdate: July 26, 1856
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Portobello, Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1950
Nobel Prize-winning playwright and author George Bernard Shaw was best known for his realism and his support for women’s rights and socialism. His ideas gave rise to the word “Shavian.” His drama Pygmalion inspired the musical My Fair Lady. His other notable works include Candida and Man and Superman.
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Jenny Lind(One of the Most Highly Regarded Singers of the 19th Century)
Birthdate: October 6, 1820
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 1887
Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind, also known as the "Swedish Nightingale,” was a prominent 19th-century soprano and performed all over Europe. She also donated generously to various charities, especially to the cause of free schools in Sweden. She also taught at the Royal College of Music in London.
Birthdate: May 6, 1918
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Died: 2004
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Pier Paolo Pasolini(Italian Filmmaker Known for His Radical Methods, Overtly Political and Often Scandalous Content)
Birthdate: March 5, 1922
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: 1975
Noted film director and actor Pier Paolo Pasolini had already gained fame as a poet and author before stepping into the entertainment industry. The openly gay filmmaker was known for his usage of non-professional actors and themes of sexuality. His brutal murder remains to be a controversial topic.
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The Fabulous Moolah(Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: July 22, 1923
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kershaw County, South Carolina, United States
Died: 2007
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Hal Roach(Film producer, Actor, Film director, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: January 14, 1892
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 1992
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Eva Cassidy(Singer, Guitarist)
Birthdate: February 2, 1963
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oxon Hill, Maryland, United States
Died: 1996
Birthdate: December 8, 1894
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States
Died: 1961
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Andy Irons(American Professional Surfer)
Birthdate: July 24, 1978
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Kauai, Hawaii, United States
Died: 2010
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Theo van Gogh(Dutch Film Director and Producer)
Birthdate: July 23, 1957
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: The Hague, Netherlands
Died: 2004
Theo van Gogh was a Dutch filmmaker, actor, television producer, and author. He was assassinated by a Dutch-Moroccan Islamist named Mohammed Bouyeri for directing a short film titled Submission: Part 1, which was originally written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and opposed the unfair treatment of women in Islam. Theo was 47 years old. His last film 06/05 was released posthumously.
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Mississippi John Hurt(Singer)
Birthdate: March 8, 1892
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Teoc, Mississippi, United States
Died: 1966
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Walter Mercado(Puerto Rican Astrologer, Actor, and TV Personality)
Birthdate: March 9, 1932
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died: 2019
Walter Mercado, or Shanti Ananda, was a Puerto Rican actor, astrologer, and TV personality. Viewers loved his segment Walter y Las Estrellas at the end of Primer Impacto. He later disappeared from the limelight due to a tiff with his manager, Bill Bakula. The Netflix documentary Mucho Mucho Amor talks about his life.
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Henry Cele(Actor, Association football player)
Birthdate: January 30, 1949
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Durban
Died: 2007
Henry Cele was a South African actor and soccer player. Renowned for his goalkeeping skills, Cele was nicknamed Black Cat due to his cat-like agility. As an actor, he is remembered for playing Shaka kaSenzangakhona in the miniseries Shaka Zulu and in the TV film Shaka Zulu: The Last Great Warrior. Henry Cele was honored with the Golden Plumes Award.
Birthdate: October 5, 1939
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Soulac-sur-Mer, France
Died: 2019
French singer-actor Marie Laforêt had lost the ability to speak for a while after being raped by a neighbor at age 3. The Girl with Golden Eyes, Laforêt was famous for her drama-laced singing and films such as Rat Trap. She later moved to Switzerland and launched an art gallery.
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Toni Stone(First of Three Women to Play Professional Baseball Full-Time for the Indianapolis Clowns)
Birthdate: July 17, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died: 1996
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Edmond James de Rothschild(Businessperson)
Birthdate: August 19, 1845
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Died: 1934
Edmond James de Rothschild was a French businessman with deep connections to the Rothschild banking family. He was a strong supporter of Zionism and donated significant amounts that went towards the establishment of the State of Israel. He also provided funds for the foundation of the Friends of the French National Museum of Natural History Society.
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Walt Bellamy(Basketball player)
Birthdate: July 24, 1939
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Bern, North Carolina, United States
Died: 2013
Height: 6'11" (211 cm)
Birthdate: January 17, 1925
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Leominster, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 2000
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Thomas Midgley, Jr.(American Mechanical and Chemical Engineer)
Birthdate: May 18, 1889
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1944
Thomas Midgley Jr. was an American chemical and mechanical engineer. Midgley played a key role in the development of leaded gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which were later banned due to their negative impact on the environment and human health. Thomas Midgley Jr. was granted over 100 patents during his lifetime.
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Acker Bilk(Clarinetist and Vocalist Known for His Breathy, Vibrato-Rich, Lower-Register Style)
Birthdate: January 28, 1929
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pensford, Somerset, England
Died: 2014
Best known for his bestselling 1962 instrumental hit Stranger on the Shore, British clarinettist Acker Bilk was loved by his fans for his stage presence. Though he focused more on football and boxing in childhood, he was pushed by his parents to learn the piano and later switched to the clarinet.
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Joseph Alliluyev(Russian Cardiologist)
Birthdate: May 22, 1945
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 2008
Joseph Alliluyev was a Russian cardiologist best remembered as the grandson of Joseph Stalin. Although he maintained a low profile, Alliluyev appeared in a TV interview where he discussed his relationship with his maternal grandfather. In the 1992 TV film Stalin, which was directed by Ivan Passer, Joseph Alliluyev is showcased briefly as a six-year-old.
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Roy Hargrove(Musician)
Birthdate: October 16, 1969
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Waco, Texas, United States
Died: 2018
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Wally Wood(Former Comic book artist, illustrator and cartoonist best known for his work on the humor magazine, Mad)
Birthdate: June 17, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Menahga, Minnesota, United States
Died: 1981
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Matilda of Flanders(Queen)
Birthdate: 1031 AD
Birthplace: Bruges, Belgium
Died: 1083
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
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Colin Welland(Actor, Screenwriter)
Birthdate: July 4, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died: 2015
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Gigi Proietti(Actor)
Birthdate: November 2, 1940
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 2020
Gigi Proietti was an Italian actor, comedian, musician, and singer. He loved to sing from an early age and performed in nightclubs as a young man. He attended the University Theater Center and began his career as a theater actor. He soon branched out into movies as well and appeared in hit films like The Appointment and The Wedding.
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Mort Shuman(Singer, Pianist)
Birthdate: November 12, 1938
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1991
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Thomas Pinckney(Governor)
Birthdate: October 23, 1750
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Died: 1828
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Sadao Araki(Military personnel)
Birthdate: May 26, 1877
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Komae, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1966
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Big Nose Kate(Prostitute)
Birthdate: November 9, 1849
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nové Zámky, Slovakia
Died: 1940
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Alexander Burnes(Scottish Explorer, Military Officer and Diplomat)
Birthdate: May 16, 1805
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Montrose, Scotland
Died: 1841
An explorer at heart, Alexander Burnes joined the East India Company army at 16. Proficient in languages such as Hindi and Urdu, he later explored places such as the modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan, and penned the autobiography Travels into Bokhara. He also earned the knighthood for his explorations.
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Olybrius(Roman emperor in the West (11 July – 2 November 472))
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 0472
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Hannes Messemer(Actor)
Birthdate: May 17, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dillingen, Germany
Died: 1991
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Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham(Noble)
Birthdate: September 4, 1455
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Abergavenny, Wales
Died: 1483
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Prince Mircea of Romania(Prince)
Birthdate: January 3, 1913
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania
Died: 1916
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H. V. Evatt(Former Justice of the High Court of Australia (1930 - 1940))
Birthdate: April 30, 1894
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: East Maitland, Australia
Died: 1965
H. V. Evatt was an Australian politician and judge who served as a judge of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940. He was appointed the attorney-general in 1941. He was also active in politics and was the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the Opposition from 1951 to 1960.
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Han Suyin(Best Known for Her Novel 'A Many-Splendoured Thing' and 'The Crippled Tree')
Birthdate: September 12, 1916
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Xinyang, China
Died: 2012
Born to a Chinese father and a Belgian mother in China, Han Suyin initially studied medicine and also worked as a midwife. During her medical practice in Hong Kong, she was in a relationship with a married Australian war reporter, which was the basis of her iconic novel A Many-Splendoured Thing.
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Peter Debye(Dutch-American Physical Chemist and Physicist Who Won the 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
Birthdate: March 24, 1884
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Maastricht
Died: 1966
Peter Debye was a Dutch-American physical chemist and physicist. He is best remembered for winning the 1936 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He was also the recipient of the Rumford Medal, Franklin Medal, and Priestley Medal. In 1965, Peter Debye was honored with the National Medal of Science. In 1982, he was inducted into the Alpha Chi Sigma Hall of Fame.
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John R. Lynch(American Writer, Attorney and Military Officer)
Birthdate: September 10, 1847
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vidalia, Louisiana, United States
Died: 1939
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Veljko Kadijević(Former Serbian General Who Has Been Yugoslavia’s Minister of Defense)
Birthdate: November 21, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Imotski, Croatia
Died: 2014
Former Serbian general Veljko Kadijević led the Yugoslav People's Army and had also served as Yugoslavia’s minister of defense. He is known for his exploits in World War II, the Ten-Day War, and the War in Croatia. He also co-founded the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.
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Leo Baeck(German Rabbi, Scholar and Theologian)
Birthdate: May 23, 1873
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Leszno, Poland
Died: 1956
German rabbi and spiritual leader Leo Baeck remains a symbol of liberal Jewish thinking of the Nazi era. He is best remembered for The Essence of Judaism and This People Israel, the latter of which was penned by him while in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Pino Rauti(Politician)
Birthdate: November 19, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cardinale, Calabria, Italy
Died: 2012
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Eliot Porter(Photographer)
Birthdate: December 6, 1901
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Winnetka
Died: 1990
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Greasy Neale(Football Player)
Birthdate: November 5, 1891
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States
Died: 1973
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Rasuna Said(Indonesian Independence and Women's Rights Activist)
Birthdate: September 14, 1910
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lake Maninjau, Indonesia
Died: 1965
Rasuna Said was an Indonesian independence and women's rights activist. She campaigned actively for women's political and educational rights. Rasuna Said was associated with various political organizations and her involvement in her country's struggle for independence earned her a posthumous recognition as the National Heroine of Indonesia.
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Anton Pann(Composer, Poet)
Birthdate: 1790 AD
Birthplace: Sliven, Bulgaria
Died: 1854
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William Travilla(Fashion designer)
Birthdate: March 22, 1920
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 1990
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Alexandre Darracq(French Investor, Engineer, Cycle Manufacturer and Automobile Manufacturer)
Birthdate: November 10, 1855
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bordeaux, France
Died: 1931
Alexandre Darracq was a French engineer, investor, cycle manufacturer and automobile manufacturer. He established Automobiles Darracq France in Suresnes and was one of the first to plan mass production of motor vehicles. By 1904, Darracq was producing more than ten percent of all automobiles in France. He also built racing cars and founded a school for racing drivers.
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Amir Pnueli(Israeli Computer scientist)
Birthdate: April 22, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nahalal, Israel
Died: 2009
Turing Award-winning Israeli computer scientist Amir Pnueli established the Tel Aviv University’s computer science department and was the son of Prof. Shay Pnueli, one of the founders of the university. He is best known for his research on temporal logic in computing and also co-founded the AdCad software.
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Maire O Neill(Actress)
Birthdate: January 11, 1886
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1952
