Famous Deaths on 3 Mar

Famous Deaths on 3 Mar

1111 - Bohemund I, Prince of Antioch
1239 - Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)
1459 - Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397)
1554 - John Frederick, Elector of Saxony (b. 1503)
1703 - Robert Hooke, English scientist (b. 1635)
1706 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1653)
1707 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1618)
1717 - Pierre Allix, French Protestant pastor (b. 1641)
1744 - Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist
1765 - William Stukeley, English archaeologist (b. 1687)
1768 - Nicola Porpora, Italian composer (b. 1686)
1792 - Robert Adam, Scottish architect (b. 1728)
1850 - Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
1894 - Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
1899 - William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827)
1920 - Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840)
1927 - Mikhail Artsybashev, Russian writer (b. 1878)
1927 - J.G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh motor-racing driver (b. 1884)
1932 - Eugen d'Albert, German composer (b. 1864)
1943 - George Thompson, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1953 - James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875)
1959 - Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
1961 - Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887)
1966 - William Frawley, American actor (b. 1887)
1966 - Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
1982 - Georges Perec, French writer (b. 1936)
1983 - Arthur Koestler, Austrian writer (b. 1905)
1983 - Hergé, Belgian comics creator (b. 1907)
1987 - Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and comedian (b. 1913)
1988 - Sewall Wright, American biologist (b. 1889)
1990 - Gérard Blitz, Belgian waterpoloist and entrepreneur (b. 1912)
1991 - Arthur Murray, American dancer and dance instructor (b. 1895)
1993 - Albert Sabin, Polish-born medical researcher (b. 1906)
1993 - Carlos Montoya, flamenco guitarist (b. 1903)
1993 - Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910)
1995 - Howard W. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1907)
1996 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (b. 1914)
1996 - John Cardinal Krol, American Catholic clergyman (b. 1910)
1998 - Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915)
1999 - Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
2000 - Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904)
2001 - Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
2002 - Harlan Howard, American musician (b. 1927)
2003 - Peter Smithson, English architect (b. 1923)
2003 - Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer (b. 1904)
2003 - Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
2003 - Horst Buchholz, German actor (b. 1933)
2004 - Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director (b. 1958)
2005 - Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
2006 - Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
2006 - William Herskovic, Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914)
2007 - Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian catoonist, creater of La Linea.