28 notable people died on March 3, including Gerhard Herzberg, Ruhollah Khomeini, Hippolyte Cloquet.
21st Century
1 death
Yulia Zdanovska
mathematicianschool teacher
Ukrainian mathematician
20th Century
10 deaths
Gerhard Herzberg
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1971)
Ruhollah Khomeini
akhoondcleric
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
Vladimir Jovanović
economistjournalist
Serbian economist and politician (1833–1922)
Tayfur Sökmen
politicianwriter
President of Republic of Hatay (1892–1980)
Samson Bodnărescu
philosopherpoet
Romanian writer (1840-1902)
Sándor Csizmadia
journalistpoet
Hungarian politician (1871-1929)
Marcos Antonio Cabral
politicianwriter
Military officer and President of the Dominican Republic (1842-1903)
Sukumar Sen
linguistwriter
Indian linguist (1900–1992)
Filaret Kolessa
anthropologistcomposer
Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and composer (1871-1947)
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William Elsdon
civil engineerengineer
Australian civil engineer (1830–1904)
19th Century
7 deaths
Hippolyte Cloquet
anatomistbotanist
French physician, anatomist and naturalist
Achille Collas
engineerinventor
French inventor (1795–1859)
Robert Mills
architectengineer
American architect
John Stevens
engineerinventor
American lawyer, engineer and inventor (1749-1838)
Jean Dembarrère
military engineermilitary personnel
French politician (1747-1828)
David Porter
dancerdiplomat
Officer in the United States Navy (1780–1843)
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Engebret Soot
engineer
Norwegian engineer (1786-1859)
18th Century
4 deaths
Joseph Highmore
artistillustrator
British artist (1692-1780)
Jean Barbeyrac
juristlegal historian
French jurist
Robert Adam
archaeologistarchitect
British neoclassical architect (1728–1792)
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Balthasar Ferdinand Moll
carvercopper engraver
Austrian sculptor (1717-1785)
17th Century
3 deaths
Johann Baptist Cysat
astronomermathematician
Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer (1585-1657)
Rudolph Goclenius the Younger
astronomermathematician
German physician and professor of physics, astronomy and arithmetic
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Nyaungyan Min
monarch
King of Burma
16th Century
2 deaths
Mạc Thái Tông
monarch
Second Emperor of the Mạc dynasty
Vincenzo de' Rossi
architectsculptor
Italian sculptor (1525-1587)
1st Century
1 deathTN
Trưng Nhị
military leader
Vietnamese military leader
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