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.

Famous Deaths on 2 Mar

Famous Deaths on 2 Mar

1316 - Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)
1572 - Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
1589 - Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
1729 - Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
1755 - Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
1758 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679)
1791 - John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
1793 - Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
1797 - Horace Walpole, English politician and writer (b. 1717)
1830 - Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
1835 - Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
1840 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (b. 1758)
1855 - Nicholas I of Russia, Emperor of Russia (b. 1796)
1865 - Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
1880 - Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
1895 - Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
1895 - Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (b. 1830)
1919 - Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
1921 - King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
1921 - Champ Clark, American politician (b. 1850)
1930 - D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885)
1938 - Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
1939 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874)
1945 - Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
1946 - Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian National socialist (b. 1895)
1953 - Jim Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
1958 - Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888)
1959 - Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887)
1960 - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
1962 - Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
1967 - José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
1970 - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (b. 1888)
1973 - Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission to Sudan (b. 1918). See 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations.
1974 - Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
1975 - Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b.1929)
1979 - Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920)
1982 - Philip K. Dick, American author (b. 1928)
1987 - Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
1991 - Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (b. 1928)
1992 - Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
1994 - Anita Morris, American actress (b. 1943)
1999 - Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
1999 - David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
2001 - John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
2003 - Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
2003 - Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
2004 - Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
2004 - Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980)
2004 - Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
2005 - Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911)
2005 - Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2006 - Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
2006 - Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
2007 - Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007 - Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
2007 - Henri Troyat, French writer, dean of the Académie française (b. 1911)
2007 - Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
2008 - Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
855 - Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)