Notable deaths on August 2

Indian art director (1965–2023)

American sportscaster (1927–2022)

Dutch Hungarian painter (1922–2020)

American book editor (1924–2017)

Egyptian and American chemist (1946–2016)

American actor (1930–2016)

Polish cardinal (1927–2016)

New Zealand actor (1930–2016)

American physician

Italian politician (1922–2015)

American baseball player (1933–2015)

Dutch footballer

Austrian politician (1954–2014)

American novelist and educator

American television executive (1932–2014)

American-Finnish crime writer (1964–2014)

Soviet-Israeli chess player and classicist (1941–2013)

American lawyer, civil rights leader and educator

American businessman

German footballer (1972–2012)

British biologist

American singer-songwriter (1930–2012)

English military historian (1934–2012)

Canadian documentary filmmaker (1948–2012)