34 notable people died on March 3, including Gerhard Herzberg, Ruhollah Khomeini, Achille Collas.
21st Century
2 deaths
Yulia Zdanovska
mathematicianschool teacher
Ukrainian mathematician
Osvaldo Cavandoli
animatorannouncer
Italian cartoonist
20th Century
15 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)
Marcos Antonio Cabral
politicianwriter
Military officer and President of the Dominican Republic (1842-1903)
Tayfur Sökmen
politicianwriter
President of Republic of Hatay (1892–1980)
Sándor Csizmadia
journalistpoet
Hungarian politician (1871-1929)
Samson Bodnărescu
philosopherpoet
Romanian writer (1840-1902)
Sukumar Sen
linguistwriter
Indian linguist (1900–1992)
Filaret Kolessa
anthropologistcomposer
Ukrainian ethnomusicologist and composer (1871-1947)
WE
William Elsdon
civil engineerengineer
Australian civil engineer (1830–1904)
Jonas Heiska
painter
Finnish painter (1873-1937)
OF
Oscar Hernández Falcón
composerguitarist
Cuban musician (1891-1967)
AH
Abdol-Hossein Hamzavi
civil servantdiplomat
Iranian diplomat and writer (1910–1979)
Hannes Ignatius
military officer
Finnish quartermaster general and lieutenant general (1871–1941)
JC
Joseph Callaerts
carillonistcomposer
Belgian organist and composer (1830–1901)
19th Century
7 deaths
Achille Collas
engineerinventor
French inventor (1795–1859)
Jean Dembarrère
military engineermilitary personnel
French politician (1747-1828)
John Stevens
engineerinventor
American lawyer, engineer and inventor (1749-1838)
Robert Mills
architectengineer
American architect
Hippolyte Cloquet
anatomistbotanist
French physician, anatomist and naturalist
David Porter
dancerdiplomat
Officer in the United States Navy (1780–1843)
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)
BM
Balthasar Ferdinand Moll
carvercopper engraver
Austrian sculptor (1717-1785)
17th Century
3 deaths
Rudolph Goclenius the Younger
astronomermathematician
German physician and professor of physics, astronomy and arithmetic
Johann Baptist Cysat
astronomermathematician
Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer (1585-1657)
NM
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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