Historical Figures Who Died in 2003 (Part 2)

Deaths 201 - 286 of 286

Sep 25 Aquila al-Hashimi, Iraqi politician (b. 1953)
Sep 25 Herb Gardner, American playwright (b. 1934)
Sep 25 Edward Said, Palestinian-American literary critic, dies at 67
Sep 25 Franco Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
Sep 28 George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1934)
Sep 30 Robert Kardashian, Armenian-American lawyer, dies of cancer at 59
Sep 30 Yusuf Bey, Black Muslim leader (b. 1935)
Oct 2 John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
Oct 3 William Steig, American cartoonist (The New Yorker, 1930-2003) and children's author (Shrek!; Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; Doctor De Soto), dies at 95 [1]
Oct 4 Sid McMath, American politician (b. 1912)
Oct 6 Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (Grizzly Man), dies mauled and eaten by bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska at 46
Oct 7 Izzy Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (b. 1932)
Oct 7 Wally George, American conservative TV commentator, dies at 71
Oct 7 Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke, English peer and director (Emily), dies at 64
Oct 11 Franklyn Perring, English botanist (co-author of Atlas of the British Flora, 1962), dies of cancer at 76
Oct 12 Jim Cairns, Australian politician (b. 1914)
Oct 13 Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
Oct 15 Ben Metcalfe, Canadian environmental activist (helped found Greenpeace), dies at 83
Oct 15 Bertram N. Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, (1994 Nobel Prize for Physics for neutron spectroscopy), dies at 85
Oct 16 Avni Arbas, Turkish artist (b. 1919)
Oct 18 Preston Smith, 40th Governor of Texas, dies at 91
Oct 18 Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer (b. 1939)
Oct 19 Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian politician and 1st President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1990-2000), dies of heart disease complicated by injuries from a fall at 78
Oct 19 Margaret Murie, American conservationist (b. 1902)
Oct 21 Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican industrialist and politician (Governor of Puerto Rico, 1969-73), dies at 99
Oct 21 Louise Day Hicks, American politician (b. 1916)

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Oct 23 Soong Mei-ling [Madame Chiang Kai-shek], Chinese political figure and First Lady of the Republic of China (1948-75), dies at 106

Oct 24 Rosie Nix Adams, Stepdaughter of Johnny Cash (b. 1958)
Oct 24 Ross Taylor [Robert Murray Taylor], Scottish transplant surgeon who pioneered kidney transplantations in the U.K., dies from cancer of the stomach at 70
Oct 29 Hal Clement [Harry Clement Stubbs], American sci-fi writer (Mission of Gravity), dies at 81
Oct 31 Richard Neustadt, American political historian (b. 1919)
Nov 2 Frank McCloskey, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana (1983-95), dies at 64
Nov 3 Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923)
Nov 4 Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (deeply engaged with issues that were central to the visual arts), dies at 89
Nov 4 Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917)
Nov 8 C. Z. Guest, American socialite (b. 1920)
Nov 9 Gordon Onslow Ford, English painter (b. 1912)
Nov 9 Binod Bihari Verma, Indian Maithili literateur (b.1937)
Nov 10 Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (1980-87), dies of cancer at 67
Nov 16 Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
Nov 20 Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
Nov 20 David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
Nov 20 Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923)
Nov 20 Roger Short, British Consulate General (b. 1944)
Nov 24 Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)
Nov 24 Anthony Hollis, British High Court Judge, dies at 76
Nov 26 Stefan Wul, French sci-fi author (The Temple of the Past), dies at 81
Nov 28 Antonia Forest [Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein], British children's author (The Marlows), dies at 88
Dec 1 Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
Dec 2 Alan Davidson, British author (Annabel stories) (b. 1924)
Dec 6 Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
Dec 7 Carl F. H. Henry American theologian and publisher (b. 1913)
Dec 7 Azie Taylor Morton, Treasurer of the United States (b. 1936)
Dec 7 Joe Skeen, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico), dies at 76
Dec 9 Paul Simon, American politician (U. S. House of Representatives, 1975-85; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1985-97), dies at 75
Dec 10 John Watts, British army and Chief of Defense (Omani Armed Forces), dies at 73
Dec 11 Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927)
Dec 12 Heydər Əliyev, President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923)
Dec 12 Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu (1982-1993), dies at 77
Dec 12 Keiko, orca (killer whale), star of Free Willy (b. 1976)
Dec 13 William V. Roth, Jr., U.S. Senator (b. 1921)
Dec 14 Blas Ople, Filipino journalist & politician, dies at 76
Dec 15 George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923)
Dec 16 Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
Dec 17 Brian Lee, father of Wikipedia user, James Lee (b. 1948)
Dec 18 Susan Travers, English-French Foreign Legion soldier, dies at 94
Dec 19 Peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer (b. 1914)
Dec 19 Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn, British politician (L), dies at 78
Dec 21 Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman (b. 1924)
Dec 24 David Hobman, English human right activist and director (Age Concern England), dies at 76
Dec 25 Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1979-93), dies at 74
Dec 28 Benjamin T. Hacker, American naval aviator (first Naval Flight Officer (NFO) to achieve Flag rank), dies at 68
Dec 30 David Bale, South African-born activist (b. 1941)
Dec 30 John Gregory Dunne, American writer, dies of heart attack at 71
Dec 31 Arthur R. von Hippel German physicist (pioneer in the study of dielectrics, ferromagnetic and ferroelectric materials, and semiconductors and was a codeveloper of radar during World War II), dies at 105

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