2003 deaths

American actress (1924-2003)

American jockey (1931–2003)

Belgian racing driver (1928-2003)

Russian footballer (1937-2003)

French athlete (1925–2003)

American political theorist (1960-2003)

American actress (1923-2003)

governor of Texas (1912-2003)

American politician (1928–2003)

canoe racer

Russian rower

Herbert Paul Brooks was an American ice hockey player and coach. His most notable achievement came in 1980 as head coach of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic team at Lake Placid. At the Games, Brooks' American team upset the heavily favored Soviet team in a match that came to be known as the "Miracle on Ice".

Polish chess grandmaster (1922–2003)

English composer and conductor (1925–2003)

German arabist (1914–2003)

French tennis player

Mexican actor and singer (1962-2003)

American songwriter and guitarist (1934–2003)

New Zealand Olympic bronze medalist and president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee

Italian actor (1938-2003)

American football player, coach, executive (1921-2003)

English artist and sculptor (1914–2003)

cross-country skier

Austrian photographer (1949-2003)

Belgian footballer (1930-2003)

designer

Hungarian table tennis player

American author (1919-2003)

Australian spiritual teacher and writer (1926–2003)

British record producer and musician (1938–2003)

film, television actor (1916-2003)

New Zealand botanist and bryologist (1910-2003)

Chilean musician (1938–2003)

Greek writer (1919–2003)

Indian actress (1923–2003)

British philosopher (1923–2003)

Paralympic athlete from South Africa

Paraguayan footballer (1922-2003)

Egyptian actress of Lebanese ethnic origins (1913–2003)

Colombian footballer (1935-2003)

American actor (1923–2003)

French military officer and equestrian (1909-2003)

American pianist (1925–2003)

Paraguayan footballer (1929–2003)

American lawyer, sports agent and writer (1930–2003)

American physiologist (1919–2003)

Indian artist (1934-2003)

French actor (1927-2003)

Bulgarian academic and politician

American actress (1924-2003)

American editorial cartoonist (1921–2003)

American politician (1911-2003)

Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (1922-2003)

British politician (1902-2003)

member of French Foreign Legion (1909–2003)

British actor (1960-2003)

American country musician (1928–2003)

Olympic wrestler (1936–2003)

American actor (1942–2003)

Indian Independence Activist, Social worker and Gandhian