5 notable people died on May 3, including Athanasius of Alexandria, Go-Shirakawa, Attar of Nishapur.
18th Century
2 deaths
Johann Anderson
juristlawyer
German politician and lawyer (1674-1743)
John Winthrop
aristocratastronomer
Mathematician, physicist and astronomer and acting president of Harvard University in 1769 and 1773
13th Century
1 death
Attar of Nishapur
biographermystic
Persian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221)
12th Century
1 death
Go-Shirakawa
emperor
77th emperor of Japan (1155–58)
4th Century
1 death
Athanasius of Alexandria
Catholic priestdeacon
Pope of Alexandria from 328 to 373 (296–373)
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