In the year 1903
183 Notable deaths
Robert William Wilcox
Hawaiian soldier, revolutionary and politician (1855-1903).
Born February 15th, 1855 in Maui.
Died October 23rd, 1903 at 48 years old in Honolulu (stroke).
Augustus Radcliffe Grote
British entomologist (1841-1903).
Born February 7th, 1841 in Liverpool.
Died September 12th, 1903 at 62 years old in Hildesheim.
Vasili Dokuchayev
Russian soil scientist (1846-1903).
Born March 1st, 1846 in Milyukova.
Died November 8th, 1903 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Marcel Renault
French racing driver (1872–1903).
Born May 14th, 1872 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died May 26th, 1903 at 31 years old in Payré (traffic collision).
William B. Franklin
Union army general (1823–1903).
Born February 27th, 1823 in York.
Died March 8th, 1903 at 80 years old in Hartford.
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Irish politician (1838-1903).
Born March 26th, 1838 in Dublin. [ref]
Died October 22nd, 1903 at 65 years old in London, Dublin. [ref]
Paul du Chaillu
French-american anthropologist, zoologist and traveler.
Born July 31st, 1835 in Saint-Denis.
Died April 30th, 1903 at 67 years old in Saint Petersburg (stroke). [ref]
Émile Baudot
French engineer (1845-1903).
Born September 11th, 1845 in Magneux.
Died March 28th, 1903 at 57 years old in Sceaux.
Joseph Parry
Welsh composer (1841–1903).
Born May 21st, 1841 in Merthyr Tydfil, Joseph Parry's Cottage.
Died February 17th, 1903 at 61 years old in Penarth.
Charles Godfrey Leland
American folklorist (1824-1903).
Born August 15th, 1824 in Philadelphia.
Died March 20th, 1903 at 78 years old in Florence.
Charles Ammi Cutter
American librarian (1837-1903).
Born March 14th, 1837 in Boston.
Died September 6th, 1903 at 66 years old in Walpole (pneumonia).
Augusta Holmès
French composer of british-irish origin.
Born December 16th, 1847 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 28th, 1903 at 55 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Camillo Sitte
Austrian architect, painter and urbanist (1843-1903).
Born April 17th, 1843 in Vienna. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1903 at 60 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Charles Gavan Duffy
Irish nationalist, journalist, poet and australian politician (1816-1903).
Born April 12th, 1816 in Monaghan.
Died February 9th, 1903 at 86 years old in Nice.
Frederic Farrar
British clergyman and author.
Born August 7th, 1831 in Mumbai.
Died March 22nd, 1903 at 71 years old in Canterbury.
William Farrar Smith
United states army general, civil engineer, mathematics professor, police commissioner.
Born February 17th, 1824 in St. Albans. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1903 at 79 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Charles Longuet
French politician (1839-1903).
Born February 14th, 1839 in Caen.
Died August 5th, 1903 at 64 years old in Paris.
Auguste Kerckhoffs
Dutch linguist and cryptographer (1835–1903).
Born January 19th, 1835 in Nuth.
Died August 9th, 1903 at 68 years old in Paris.
Misao Fujimura
Japanese writer.
Born July 20th, 1886 in Hokkaido.
Died May 22nd, 1903 at 16 years old in Kegon Falls (drowning).
Willie Park, Sr.
Scottish professional golfer (1833–1903).
Born June 30th, 1833 in Wallyford.
Died July 25th, 1903 at 70 years old
Ozaki Kōyō
Japanese writer (1868-1903).
Born January 10th, 1868 in Shiba.
Died October 30th, 1903 at 35 years old in Yokoteramachi (stomach cancer).
Herbert Vaughan
Catholic cardinal (1832–1903).
Born April 15th, 1832 in England.
Died June 19th, 1903 at 71 years old in Middlesex.
Alexander Bain
Scottish philosopher and educationalist (1818–1903).
Born June 11th, 1818 in Aberdeen. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1903 at 85 years old in Aberdeen. [ref]
Bernard Lazare
French jewish literary critic, political journalist, polemicist, and anarchist (1865-1903).
Born June 14th, 1865 in Nîmes.
Died September 1st, 1903 at 38 years old in Paris (cancer).
Adrien Proust
Marcel proust's father (1834–1903).
Born March 18th, 1834 in Illiers-Combray.
Died November 26th, 1903 at 69 years old in Paris. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 75 of 183
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace