20 notable people died on March 3, including Gerhard Herzberg, Ruhollah Khomeini, Rudolph Goclenius the Younger.
21st Century
1 death
Yulia Zdanovska
mathematicianschool teacher
Ukrainian mathematician
20th Century
7 deaths
Gerhard Herzberg
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1971)
Ruhollah Khomeini
akhoondcleric
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
Tayfur Sökmen
politicianwriter
President of Republic of Hatay (1892–1980)
Vladimir Jovanović
economistjournalist
Serbian economist and politician (1833–1922)
Marcos Antonio Cabral
politicianwriter
Military officer and President of the Dominican Republic (1842-1903)
Samson Bodnărescu
philosopherpoet
Romanian writer (1840-1902)
Sukumar Sen
linguistwriter
Indian linguist (1900–1992)
19th Century
6 deaths
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
Achille Collas
engineerinventor
French inventor (1795–1859)
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Engebret Soot
engineer
Norwegian engineer (1786-1859)
18th Century
2 deaths
Jean Barbeyrac
juristlegal historian
French jurist
Joseph Highmore
artistillustrator
British artist (1692-1780)
17th Century
2 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)
16th Century
2 deaths
Mạc Thái Tông
monarch
Second Emperor of the Mạc dynasty
Vincenzo de' Rossi
architectsculptor
Italian sculptor (1525-1587)
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