Deaths on 3 October
2000s
Patricia Routledge
2025
English actress and singer (1929–2025)
Michel Blanc
2024
French actor, writer and director (1952–2024)
Pierre Christin
2024
French comics creator and writer (1938–2024)
Cid Moreira
2024
Brazilian journalist and television anchor (1927–2024)
Mary O'Rourke
2024
Irish politician (1937–2024)
Thomas Gambino
2023
Italian-American mobster (1929–2023)
Todd Akin
2021
American politician (1947–2021)
Dan Petrescu (businessman)
2021
Romanian businessman and billionaire (1953–2021)
Denis Healey
2015
British politician (1917–2015)
Muhammad Nawaz Khan (writer)
2015
Pakistani writer
Javed Iqbal (judge, born 1924)
2015
Pakistani judge (1924–2015)
Ewen Gilmour
2014
New Zealand comedian and television presenter (1963–2014)
Benedict Groeschel
2014
American Franciscan friar and author
Jean-Jacques Marcel
2014
French footballer (1931–2014)
Kevin Metheny
2014
American radio executive (1954–2014)
Ward Ruyslinck
2014
Belgian writer
Sari Abacha
2013
Nigerian footballer (1978–2013)
Sergei Belov
2013
Soviet professional basketball player (1944–2013)
Joan Thirsk
2013
Historian and cryptologist
Abdul Haq Ansari
2012
Islamic philosopher (1931–2012)
Robert F. Christy
2012
Canadian-American physicist (1916–2012)
Albie Roles
2012
English footballer (1921–2012)
Ben Mondor
2010
Canadian-born American business executive and baseball executive
Abraham Sarmiento
2010
Filipino jurist
Vladimir Beekman
2009
Estonian writer, poet and translator (1929–2009)
M. N. Vijayan
2007
Indian orator and writer (1930–2007)
Lucilla Andrews
2006
British writer
John Crank
2006
English mathematical physicist
Peter Norman
2006
Australian sprinter (1942–2006)
Alberto Ramento
2006
Filipino bishop, martyr and saint (1936–2006)
Ronnie Barker
2005
English actor, comedian and writer (1929–2005)
Nurettin Ersin
2005
18th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces (1983)
John Cerutti
2004
American baseball player (1960–2004)
Janet Leigh
2004
American actress and author (1927–2004)
Florence Stanley
2003
American actress (1924–2003)
William Steig
2003
American illustrator and writer (1907–2003)
Bruce Paltrow
2002
American director and producer (1943–2002)
Kostas Hatzichristos
2001
Greek actor (1921–2001)
Benjamin Orr
2000
American musician (1947–2000)
1900s
Akio Morita
1999
Japanese entrepreneur (1921–1999)
Roddy McDowall
1998
British-American actor (1928–1998)
Michael Adekunle Ajasin
1997
Nigerian politician (1908–1997)
M. P. Sivagnanam
1995
Indian politician
John C. Champion
1994
American screenwriter and film producer (1923–1994)
Dub Taylor
1994
American actor (1907–1994)
Katerina Gogou
1993
Greek poet, author and actress (1940–1993)
Gary Gordon
1993
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1960–1993)
Randy Shughart
1993
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1958–1993)
Stefano Casiraghi
1990
Italian businessman (1960–1990)
Eleanor Steber
1990
American opera singer
Franz Josef Strauss
1988
German politician (1915–1988)
Jean Anouilh
1987
French playwright (1910–1987)
Kalervo Palsa
1987
Finnish artist (1947–1987)
Vince DiMaggio
1986
American baseball player (1912–1986)
Anna Hedvig Büll
1981
Estonian missionary
Friedrich Karm
1980
Estonian footballer
Nicos Poulantzas
1979
Greek-French Marxist sociologist (1936–1979)
Skip James
1969
American Delta blues singer (1902–1969)
Woody Guthrie
1967
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
Malcolm Sargent
1967
English conductor (1895–1967)
Rolf Maximilian Sievert
1966
Swedish medical physicist (1896–1966)
Zachary Scott
1965
American actor (1914–1965)
Refet Bele
1963
Turkish general
Tochigiyama Moriya
1959
Japanese sumo wrestler
Arnold Bax
1953
English composer (1883–1953)
John Heisman
1936
American sportsman (1869–1936)
Carl Nielsen
1931
Danish composer (1865–1931)
Jeanne Eagels
1929
American actress (1890-1929)
Gustav Stresemann
1929
Chancellor of Germany in 1923
Eduardo di Capua
1917
Italian singer-songwriter (1865–1917)
Rosetta Jane Birks
1911
Australian social reformer and philanthropist
Lucy Hobbs Taylor
1910
American dentist (1833–1910)
Jacob Nash Victor
1907
American civil engineer
1800s
William Morris
1896
English textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896)
Édouard Lucas
1891
French mathematician (1842–1891)
Joseph Hergenröther
1890
German Church historian and canonist (1824–1890)
Orson Pratt
1881
American mathematician and Mormon religious leader (1811–1881)
James Roosevelt Bayley
1877
American Catholic bishop (1814–1877)
Rómulo Díaz de la Vega
1877
President of Mexico in 1855
Kintpuash
1873
19th-century chief of the Modoc tribe of California and Oregon
Hedda Hjortsberg
1867
Swedish ballerina
Elias Howe
1867
American inventor (1819–1867)
Thora Thersner
1867
Swedish artist (1818–1867)
Rembrandt Peale
1860
American artist and museum keeper (1778–1860)
Black Hawk (Sauk leader)
1838
Sauk leader and warrior (1760s–1838)
François de Chasseloup-Laubat
1833
French general and military engineer (1754–1833)
Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur
1801
French military officer
Before 1800
Tula (Curaçao)
1795
Leader of the Curaçao Slave Revolt of 1795
Joseph Williamson (English politician)
1701
English civil servant, diplomat and politician
Robert Barclay
1690
Scottish Quaker writer (1648–1690)
Myles Standish
1656
English military officer (1584–1656)
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn
1653
Dutch linguist (1612–1653)
Giovanni Diodati
1649
Calvinist theologian (1576–1649)
Giorgi Saakadze
1629
Georgian politician and military commander (c.1570–1629)
Charles, Duke of Mayenne
1611
16th-century French nobleman and military leader in the Wars of Religion
Florent Chrestien
1596
French writer (1541–1596)
Elisabeth of Valois
1568
Queen of Spain from 1559 to 1568
Eleanor de Bohun
1399
English noblewoman (c. 1366–1399)
Margaret, Countess of Tyrol
1369
Countess of Tyrol
Dafydd ap Gruffudd
1283
Prince of Gwynedd from 1282 to 1283
Francis of Assisi
1226
Italian Catholic saint (c. 1181–1226)
Iziaslav I of Kiev
1078
Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 1054–1068; 1069–1073; 1077–1078)
Gérard of Brogne
959
Abbot of Brogne (885-959)
Muhammad ibn Zayd
900
8th-century ruler of part of Iran
Ermengarde of Hesbaye
818
Carolingian Empress from 813 to 818
Elias I of Antioch
723
48th Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (709 - 723)
Gaius Cassius Longinus
-42
Roman senator and general (c.86 BC–42 BC)