Deaths on 3 December
2000s
Mohamed Ali Yusuf
2024
Vice President of Puntland from 2004 to 2005
Ragnar Ulstein
2019
Norwegian journalist (1920–2019)
Gladstone Anderson
2015
Jamaican pianist and singer
Scott Weiland
2015
American singer (1967–2015)
Herman Badillo
2014
Puerto Rican politician
Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil
2012
Dev Anand
2011
Indian actor, producer and director (1923–2011)
Abdumalik Bahori
2010
Leila Lopes (actress)
2009
Actress, journalist and television presenter (1959–2009)
Richard Todd
2009
British actor (1919–2009)
Robert Zajonc
2008
American social psychologist
James Kemsley
2007
Australian cartoonist
Frederick Ashworth
2005
United States Navy admiral
Herb Moford
2005
American baseball player (1928–2005)
Kikka (singer)
2005
Finnish pop/schlager singer
Shiing-Shen Chern
2004
Chinese-American mathematician and poet
David Hemmings
2003
English actor, director, and producer (1941–2003)
Sita Ram Goel
2003
Hindu nationalist writer and publisher (1921–2003)
Adrienne Adams (illustrator)
2002
American illustrator (1906–2002)
Glenn Quinn
2002
Irish actor (1970–2002)
Gwendolyn Brooks
2000
American writer (1917–2000)
Hoyt Curtin
2000
American composer (1922–2000)
1900s
John Archer (actor)
1999
American actor (1915–1999)
Scatman John
1999
American musician (1942–1999)
Madeline Kahn
1999
American actress (1942–1999)
Horst Mahseli
1999
Polish footballer
Jarl Wahlström
1999
Pierre Hétu
1998
Canadian politician (1936–1998)
Georges Duby
1996
French historian
Lewis Thomas
1993
American physician, researcher, writer, and educator
Fernando MartÃn (basketball)
1989
Spanish basketball player (1962–1989)
Connie B. Gay
1989
American music entrepreneur (1914–1989)
Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin
1984
Soviet mathematician (1919–1984)
Walter Knott
1981
Knott's Berry Farm founder (1889–1981)
Joel Rinne
1981
Finnish actor
Oswald Mosley
1980
British fascist politician (1896–1980)
Dhyan Chand
1979
Indian field hockey player (1905–1979)
Emile Christian
1973
American jazz trombonist (1895–1973)
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
1973
President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958
William Manuel Johnson
1972
American jazz banjo and double bass player (died 1972)
Harry Wismer
1967
American sports broadcaster
Manik Bandopadhyay
1956
Indian writer and poet
Alexander Rodchenko
1956
Russian artist and designer (1891–1956)
Rudolf Margolius
1952
Czech lawyer and economist
Maria Ouspenskaya
1949
Russian actress (1876–1949)
Pavel Filonov
1941
Russian painter
William Propsting
1937
Australian politician
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom
1935
British princess (1868–1935)
Charles James O'Donnell
1934
Irish colonial administrator
Ezra Meeker
1928
American pioneer (1830–1928)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1919
French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)
Harold Garnett
1917
English cricketer (1879–1917)
Prudente de Morais
1912
President of Brazil from 1894 to 1898
Mary Baker Eddy
1910
American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910)
David Bratton
1904
American water polo player (1869–1904)
Robert Lawson (architect)
1902
19th century New Zealand architect (1833–1902)
1800s
Robert Louis Stevenson
1894
Scottish novelist and poet (1850–1894)
Afanasy Fet
1892
Russian poet (1820–1892)
Billy Midwinter
1890
Australian cricketer
Carl Zeiss
1888
German optician and optical instrument maker
Archibald Campbell Tait
1882
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1868 to 1882
Samuel Cooper (general)
1876
Adjutant and Inspector General of the armies of the Confederate States
Edward Thonen
1854
Miner involved in the Eureka Rebellion
John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore)
1815
First Catholic bishop in the US (1735–1815)
Before 1800
Claude-Joseph Vernet
1789
French painter (1714–1789)
Lord John Sackville
1765
English cricketer (1713–1765)
Henri-Guillaume Hamal
1752
Flemish composer (1685–1752)
Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen
1706
German noblewoman and hymn author
Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh
1691
17th century Anglo-Irish scientist
William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury
1668
English earl (1591–1668)
Honda Tadakatsu
1610
16th-Century AD Japanese samurai, general and daimyo
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma
1592
Italian general and governor (1545–1592)
Francis Xavier
1552
Navarese Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
Jean Tixier de Ravisi
1542
Vasili III of Russia
1533
Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533
Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
1532
Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
Maud Chaworth
1322
English noblewoman and heiress (1282–1322)
Henry III, Duke of Głogów
1309
Duke of Glogow (1274-1310)
Henry III the White
1266
Duke of Silesia-Wrocław
Odofredus
1265
Italian Jurist
Pope Anastasius IV
1154
Head of the Catholic Church from 1153 to 1154
Saint Osmund
1099
11th-century Bishop of Salisbury and saint
Emma of Lesum
1038
German countess
Pope Abraham of Alexandria
978
Head of the Coptic Church from 975 to 978
Siegfried, Count of Merseburg
937
Count and Margrave of Merseburg (died 937)
Abbo of Auxerre
860
Birinus
649
7th-century Bishop of Dorchester
AD 311
311
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