37 notable people died on March 3, including Gerhard Herzberg, Ruhollah Khomeini, Rudolph Goclenius the Younger.
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
Marcos Antonio Cabral
politicianwriter
Military officer and President of the Dominican Republic (1842-1903)
Sándor Csizmadia
journalistpoet
Hungarian politician (1871-1929)
Samson Bodnărescu
philosopherpoet
Romanian writer (1840-1902)
Tayfur Sökmen
politicianwriter
President of Republic of Hatay (1892–1980)
Vladimir Jovanović
economistjournalist
Serbian economist and politician (1833–1922)
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)
Hannes Ignatius
military officer
Finnish quartermaster general and lieutenant general (1871–1941)
AH
Abdol-Hossein Hamzavi
civil servantdiplomat
Iranian diplomat and writer (1910–1979)
JC
Joseph Callaerts
carillonistcomposer
Belgian organist and composer (1830–1901)
19th Century
10 deaths
Jean Dembarrère
military engineermilitary personnel
French politician (1747-1828)
Achille Collas
engineerinventor
French inventor (1795–1859)
Hippolyte Cloquet
anatomistbotanist
French physician, anatomist and naturalist
Robert Mills
architectengineer
American architect
John Stevens
engineerinventor
American lawyer, engineer and inventor (1749-1838)
David Porter
dancerdiplomat
Officer in the United States Navy (1780–1843)
AH
Alexander Hewat
historianminister
First historian of South Carolina and Georgia
Engebret Soot
engineer
Norwegian engineer (1786-1859)
Simone Cantoni
architect
Architect (1739-1818)
BQ
Barzillai Quaife
philosopher
Australian minister and writer
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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