| 136591 | December 2 | Death | 1849 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792) |
| 136592 | December 2 | Death | 1859 – John Brown, American activist (b. 1800) |
| 136593 | December 2 | Death | 1881 – Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814) |
| 136594 | December 2 | Death | 1888 – Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840) |
| 136595 | December 2 | Death | 1892 – Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836) |
| 136596 | December 2 | Death | 1899 – Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875) |
| 136597 | December 2 | Death | 1918 – Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868) |
| 136598 | December 2 | Death | 1924 – Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879) |
| 136599 | December 2 | Death | 1931 – Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851) |
| 136600 | December 2 | Death | 1935 – Albert Jean Louis Ayat, French fencer (b. 1875) |
| 136601 | December 2 | Death | 1936 – John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866) |
| 136602 | December 2 | Death | 1943 – Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902) |
| 136603 | December 2 | Death | 1944 – Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874) |
| 136604 | December 2 | Death | 1944 – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876) |
| 136605 | December 2 | Death | 1944 – Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917) |
| 136606 | December 2 | Death | 1950 – Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917) |
| 136607 | December 2 | Death | 1953 – Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player and actor (b. 1884) |
| 136608 | December 2 | Death | 1953 – Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883) |
| 136609 | December 2 | Death | 1957 – Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884) |
| 136610 | December 2 | Death | 1957 – Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902) |
| 136611 | December 2 | Death | 1963 – Sabu Dastagir, Indian-American actor and singer (b. 1924) |
| 136612 | December 2 | Death | 1966 – L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881) |
| 136613 | December 2 | Death | 1966 – Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1918) |
| 136614 | December 2 | Death | 1967 – Billy Chapman, English footballer (b. 1902) |
| 136615 | December 2 | Death | 1968 – Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (b. 1902) |
| 136616 | December 2 | Death | 1969 – José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911) |
| 136617 | December 2 | Death | 1969 – Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1881) |
| 136618 | December 2 | Death | 1972 – Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (b. 1893) |
| 136619 | December 2 | Death | 1974 – Max Weber, Swiss politician (b. 1897) |
| 136620 | December 2 | Death | 1976 – Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917) |