Deaths on 3 March
2000s
Kenzaburō Ōe
2023
Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate (1935–2023)
Tom Sizemore
2023
American actor (1961–2023)
Charles J. Urstadt
2020
American real estate executive (1928–2020)
Peter Hurford
2019
British organist and composer (1930–2019)
Roger Bannister
2018
English athlete who ran the first sub-4-minute mile (1929–2018)
Mal Bryce
2018
Australian politician (1943–2018)
Vanessa Goodwin
2018
Australian politician
David Ogden Stiers
2018
American actor and conductor (1942–2018)
René Préval
2017
President of Haiti (1996–2001, 2006–2011)
Hayabusa (wrestler)
2016
Japanese professional wrestler and promoter, stage actor and musician (1968–2016)
Berta Cáceres
2016
Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader (1971–2016)
Martin Crowe
2016
New Zealand cricketer (1962–2016)
Thanat Khoman
2016
Thai diplomat and politician (1914-2016)
Sarah Tait
2016
Australian rower
Ernest Braun
2015
British-Austrian scholar (1925–2015)
M. Stanton Evans
2015
American journalist, author and educator (1934–2015)
Robert Ashley
2014
American composer (1930–2014)
Sherwin B. Nuland
2014
American surgeon and writer (1930–2014)
William Pogue
2014
American astronaut (1930–2014)
Luis Cubilla
2013
Uruguayan footballer and coach (1940–2013)
Bobby Rogers
2013
American singer (1940–2013)
James Strong (Australian businessman)
2013
Australian businessman and philanthropist
Ralph McQuarrie
2012
American concept artist and illustrator (1929–2012)
Ronnie Montrose
2012
American guitarist (1947–2012)
Alex Webster (gridiron football)
2012
American football player and coach (1931–2012)
May Cutler
2011
Canadian publisher, politician (1923–2011)
Keith Alexander (footballer)
2010
Footballer and manager (1956–2010)
Michael Foot
2010
British politician (1913–2010)
Gilbert Parent
2009
Canadian politician
Giuseppe Di Stefano
2008
Italian opera singer (1921–2008)
Norman Smith (music producer)
2008
British recording engineer, producer (1923–2008)
Osvaldo Cavandoli
2007
Italian cartoonist (1920–2007)
Ivor Cutler
2006
Musical artist (1923–2006)
Else Fisher
2006
Swedish choreographer, dancer, theatre director, and writer
William Herskovic
2006
Holocaust survivor and humanitarian
Max Fisher
2005
American businessman and philanthropist (1908–2005)
Horst Buchholz
2003
German actor (1933–2003)
Luis Marden
2003
American photographer, explorer, writer, filmmaker, diver, navigator, and linguist
Goffredo Petrassi
2003
Italian composer of modern classical music, conductor and teacher
G. M. C. Balayogi
2002
Indian lawyer and politician
Louis Edmonds
2001
American actor
Maija Isola
2001
Finnish textile designer (1927–2001)
Eugene Sledge
2001
United States Marine
Toni Ortelli
2000
Italian composer
1900s
Gerhard Herzberg
1999
German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904–1999)
Lee Philips
1999
American actor
Fred W. Friendly
1998
President of CBS News
Marguerite Duras
1996
French writer and film director (1914–1996)
John Krol
1996
American Catholic cardinal (1910–1996)
Howard W. Hunter
1995
American religious leader (1907–1995)
John Edward Williams
1994
American writer (1922–1994)
Mel Bradford
1993
American author and political commentator (1934–1993)
Carlos Marcello
1993
American mobster (1910–1993)
Carlos Montoya
1993
Spanish flamenco musician (1903–1993)
Albert Sabin
1993
Polish-American medical researcher (1906–1993)
Arthur Murray
1991
American dance instructor (1895-1991)
William Penney, Baron Penney
1991
English mathematician and physicist (1909–1991)
Charlotte Moore Sitterly
1990
American astronomer (1898–1990)
Henryk Szeryng
1988
Polish-Mexican violinist (1918–1988)
Sewall Wright
1988
American geneticist (1889–1988)
Danny Kaye
1987
American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987)
Hergé
1983
Belgian cartoonist (1907–1983)
Firaq Gorakhpuri
1982
Indian Urdu poet
Georges Perec
1982
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist
Rebecca Lancefield
1981
American microbiologist (1895–1981)
Joseph Fields
1966
American playwright, theatre director, screenwriter, film producer (1895–1966)
William Frawley
1966
American actor (1887–1966)
Alice Pearce
1966
American actress (1917–1966)
Azizul Haque (scholar, born 1903)
1961
Islamic scholar and social reformer
Paul Wittgenstein
1961
Austrian-American pianist (1887–1961)
Lou Costello
1959
American comedian and actor (1906–1959)
Katherine Sleeper Walden
1949
American environmental activist (1862–1949)
George Thompson (cricketer)
1943
English cricketer (1877–1943)
Eugen d'Albert
1932
Scottish-born German pianist and composer
Katharine Wright Haskell
1929
American teacher and suffragist (1874–1929)
Mikhail Artsybashev
1927
Russian writer and playwright
John Parry-Thomas
1927
British racing driver and land speed record holder (1884–1927)
Antonio Annetto Caruana
1905
George Gilman
1901
American businessman
1800s
Ned Williamson
1894
American baseball player (1857–1894)
Oliver Cowdery
1850
American Mormon leader (1806–1850)
Before 1800
Robert Adam
1792
British neoclassical architect (1728–1792)
Ghulam Kadir
1789
Afghan Rohilla leader (1767/1769–1789)
Nicola Porpora
1768
Italian composer (1686–1768)
William Stukeley
1765
English antiquarian (1687–1765)
Jean Barbeyrac
1744
French jurist
Robert Hooke
1703
English polymath (1635–1703)
Rajaram I
1700
Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1689 to 1700
Matthias de l'Obel
1616
Flemish physician and botanist (1538–1616)
William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus
1611
16th and 17th-century Scottish nobleman
Michiel Coxie
1592
Flemish painter and designer (1499–1592)
Henry XI of Legnica
1588
Thrice Duke of Legnica: 1551–1556 (under regency), 1559–1576 and 1580-1581
Sebastiano Venier
1578
Doge of Venice from 1577 to 1578
Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu
1578
Ottoman Greek magnate (1510–1578)
John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
1554
Elector of Saxony from 1532 to 1547
Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle
1542
Illegitimate son of King Edward IV of England
Ausiàs March
1459
Valencian poet and knight
Hugh III of Arborea
1383
Judge of Arborea from 1376 to 1383
Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
1323
English military commander (1270–1323)
Antony Bek (bishop of Durham)
1311
13th and 14th-century Bishop of Durham
Vladimir IV of Kiev
1239
Grand Prince of Kiev from 1223 to 1235
Hugh de Puiset
1195
12th-century Bishop of Durham and Justiciar of England
Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
1009
Caliphate of Córdoba chief minister (983-1009)
Winwaloe
532
Breton abbot and saint (c. 460–532)