Famous people died on May 2

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Junior Seau 14

American Athlete

Osama bin Laden 57

Terrorist

Tibor Kalman 15

American Designer

Michael Blake 1

Lynn Redgrave 27

British Actress

Oliver Reed 25

English Actor

Rafael Hernández Colón 2

Jack Kemp 56

American Politician

Bobby Unser 5

American Driver

George Ryan 7

American Politician

Arun Manilal Gandhi 5

Indian Activist

Jacques d'Amboise 6

American Dancer

Louis Rukeyser 3

American Journalist

Augusto Boal 17

Brazilian Writer

Ruth Rendell 12

British Writer

Marilyn French 16

American Author

Paulo Freire 127

Brazilian Educator

Caryl Chessman 8

American Celebrity

Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. 5

American Actor

Wilbur Mills 3

American Politician

Joseph McCarthy 4

American Politician

John Carew Eccles 16

Australian Scientist

Martin Bormann 7

J. Edgar Hoover 12

American Public Servant

William Moulton Marston 25

American Psychologist

Viktor Lutze 6

Stabschef

Van Wyck Brooks 16

American Critic

Matrona of Moscow 3

Russian Saint

Franz von Papen 16

German General

Nancy Astor 14

British Politician

Robert Michels 1

Gustav Landauer 4

Lady Constance Lytton 1

Evelyn De Morgan 2

English Artist

Alfred de Musset 15

French Writer

James Gates Percival 6

American Geologist

Giacomo Meyerbeer 3

German Composer

William Thomas Beckford 8

English Novelist

Hester Thrale 4

Welsh Author

George Wither 7

English Poet

Leonardo da Vinci 420

Italian Artist

Athanasius of Alexandria 30

Roman Saint

See also: Famous people born on May 2