Deaths on 3 July
2000s
Borja Gómez (motorcyclist)
2025
Spanish motorcycle racer (2005–2025)
Diogo Jota
2025
Portuguese footballer (1996–2025)
David Mabuza
2025
Deputy President of South Africa from 2018 to 2023
Michael Madsen
2025
American actor (1957–2025)
Peter Rufai
2025
Nigerian footballer (1963–2025)
André Silva (footballer, born 2000)
2025
Portuguese footballer (2000–2025)
Lolit Solis
2025
Filipino journalist and talent manager (1947–2025)
Saroj Khan
2020
Indian dancer and choreographer (1948–2020)
Diana Douglas
2015
American actress (1923–2015)
Boyd K. Packer
2015
American religious leader (1924–2015)
Wayne Townsend
2015
American politician
Phil Walsh (Australian footballer)
2015
Australian rules footballer and coach
Jini Dellaccio
2014
American photographer
Tim Flood (hurler)
2014
Wexford hurler (1927–2014)
Volkmar Groß
2014
German footballer (1948–2014)
Ira Ruskin
2014
American politician
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
2014
American Rabbi, writer, and activist
Roman Bengez
2013
Slovenian footballer and manager
Francis Ray
2013
American novelist
PJ Torokvei
2013
Canadian screenwriter, actor and television producer
Radu Vasile
2013
Prime Minister of Romania (1942–2013)
Bernard Vitet
2013
French instrumentalist (1934 – 2013)
Snoo Wilson
2013
English playwright and screenwriter (1948–2013)
Nguyễn Hữu Có
2012
South Vietnamese military officer and politician (1925–2012)
Andy Griffith
2012
American actor and singer (1926–2012)
Yvonne B. Miller
2012
American politician
Sergio Pininfarina
2012
Italian politician
Richard A. Tonry
2012
American politician (1935–2012)
Ali Bahar
2011
Bahraini musical artist (1960–2011)
Abu Daoud
2010
Palestinian militant, teacher and lawyer (1937–2010)
Alauddin Al-Azad
2009
Bangladeshi author, novelist, and poet
John Keel
2009
American journalist and UFOlogist (1930–2009)
Clive Hornby
2008
British actor
Oliver Schroer
2008
Canadian violinist, composer, and producer (1956–2008)
Boots Randolph
2007
American saxophonist (1927–2007)
Joseph Goguen
2006
American computer scientist
Alberto Lattuada
2005
Italian film director
Gaylord Nelson
2005
American politician (1916–2005)
Andriyan Nikolayev
2004
Soviet cosmonaut (1929–2004)
Mordecai Richler
2001
Canadian writer (1931–2001)
Johnny Russell (singer)
2001
American country music singer-songwriter (1940–2001)
1900s
Mark Sandman
1999
Indie-rock musician, lead singer for band Morphine
Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina
1999
Russian mathematician
Danielle Bunten Berry
1998
American game designer and programmer
Pancho Gonzales
1995
American tennis player (1928–1995)
Eddie Mazur
1995
Canadian ice hockey player
Lew Hoad
1994
Australian tennis player
Don Drysdale
1993
American baseball player and broadcaster (1936–1993)
Jim Backus
1989
American actor (1913–1989)
Rudy Vallée
1986
American singer, actor, bandleader, and entertainer (1901–1986)
Frank J. Selke
1985
Canadian ice hockey executive (1893–1985)
Ross Martin
1981
American actor (1920–1981)
Louis Durey
1979
French composer (1888–1979)
James Daly (actor)
1978
American actor (1918–1978)
Alexander Volkov (writer)
1977
Soviet writer
John Crowe Ransom
1974
American writer and literary critic
Jim Morrison
1971
American singer (1943–1971)
Brian Jones
1969
British musician (1942–1969)
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe
1958
British Conservative politician and colonial governor
Dolf Luque
1957
Cuban baseball player (1890–1957)
Richard Mohaupt
1957
German composer and Kapellmeister (1904–1957)
Siegfried Handloser
1954
Nazi physician and war criminal (1885–1954)
Reginald Marsh (artist)
1954
American painter (1898– 1954)
Friedrich Akel
1941
Estonian diplomat and politician (1871–1941)
Jacob Schick
1937
American businessman (1877–1937)
André Citroën
1935
French industrialist and Citroën car brand founder
Hipólito Yrigoyen
1933
President of Argentina (1916–1922, 1928–1930)
Gérard de Courcelles
1927
French racing driver
James Mitchel
1921
American athlete
Mehmed V
1918
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 to 1918
Hetty Green
1916
American financier (1834–1916)
Joel Chandler Harris
1908
American writer and journalist (1848–1908)
Édouard Beaupré
1904
Canadian wrestler, strongman, and circus giant
Theodor Herzl
1904
Father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)
1800s
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu
1888
Vietnamese poet
Clay Allison
1887
Texas cattle rancher and gunfighter
Hasan Tahsini
1881
Albanian astronomer, mathematician, rector and philosopher (1811–1881)
George Hull Ward
1863
Union officer in the American Civil War
Thaóyate Dúta
1863
Chief of Kaposia band of Wahpekute (c. 1810 – 1863)
Joseph Quesnel
1809
French Canadian composer, poet and playwright (1746-1809)
Before 1800
Louis-Georges de Bréquigny
1795
French scholar
Antonio de Ulloa
1795
Spanish Navy officer, scientist, and colonial administrator (1716–1795)
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle
1790
French geologist (1736–1790)
Francis Willughby
1672
English ornithologist and ichthyologist
Marie de' Medici
1642
Queen of France from 1600 to 1610
Aonio Paleario
1570
Italian Christian reformer
Pierre d'Aubusson
1503
Grand Master of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (1423-1503)
Stephen de Fulbourn
1288
English archbishop and official in Ireland
Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen
1090
Germanic noble (c. 1060–1090)
Henry I (archbishop of Trier)
964
Dong Chang (warlord)
896
Chinese Tang dynasty-rebel (died 896)
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang
710
Emperor of Tang China (684, 705–710)
Anatolius of Constantinople
458
Patriarch of Constantinople from 449 to 458