Best known
Best known
Winwaloe
Breton abbot and saint (c. 460–532)
Vladimir IV of Kiev
Grand Prince of Kiev from 1223 to 1235
Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
English military commander
Ausiàs March
Valencian poet and knight
John Frederick I of Saxony
Elector of Saxony from 1532 to 1547
Sebastiano Venier
Doge of Venice from 1577 to 1578
Winwaloe — Breton abbot and saint (c. 460–532), who died on March 3 532.
Vladimir IV of Kiev — Grand Prince of Kiev from 1223 to 1235, who died on March 3 1239.
Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle — English military commander, who died on March 3 1323.
Ausiàs March — Valencian poet and knight, who died on March 3 1459.
John Frederick I of Saxony — Elector of Saxony from 1532 to 1547, who died on March 3 1554.
Sebastiano Venier — Doge of Venice from 1577 to 1578, who died on March 3 1578.
All entries
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- 1311
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- 1542AArthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount LisleIllegitimate son of King Edward IV of England
- 1578
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- 1611
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Matthias de l'ObelFlemish physician and botanist - 1700
Rajaram IChhatrapati of the Marathas from 1689 to 1700 - 1703
Robert HookeEnglish polymath - 1744
Jean BarbeyracFrench jurist - 1765
William StukeleyEnglish antiquarian - 1768
Nicola PorporaItalian composer - 1789GGhulam KadirAfghan Rohilla leader (c. 1765–1789)
- 1792
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Oliver CowderyAmerican Mormon leader - 1894
Ned WilliamsonAmerican baseball player - 1901GGeorge GilmanAmerican businessman
- 1905
Antonio Annetto Caruana - 1927
Mikhail ArtsybashevRussian writer and playwright - 1927
J. G. Parry ThomasBritish racing driver and land speed record holder - 1929
Katharine Wright HaskellAmerican teacher and suffragist - 1932
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- 1949
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Lou CostelloAmerican comedian and actor - 1961
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- 1966
William FrawleyAmerican actor
- 1966
Alice PearceAmerican actress - 1981
Rebecca LancefieldAmerican microbiologist - 1982
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Danny KayeAmerican actor and singer - 1988
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Arthur MurrayAmerican dance instructor - 1991
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Mel BradfordAmerican author and political commentator - 1993
Carlos MarcelloAmerican mobster - 1993
Carlos MontoyaSpanish flamenco musician - 1993
Albert SabinPolish-American medical researcher - 1994
John Edward WilliamsAmerican writer - 1995
Howard W. HunterAmerican religious leader
- 1996
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John KrolAmerican Catholic cardinal - 1998
Fred W. FriendlyPresident of CBS News - 1999
Gerhard HerzbergGerman-Canadian physicist and physical chemist - 1999
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- 2001
Louis EdmondsAmerican actor - 2001
Maija IsolaFinnish textile designer - 2001
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- 2003
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- 2012
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- 2015
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- 2016
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- 2017
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- 2018
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- 2020
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100 people with a Wikipedia article died on March 3, including Winwaloe, Vladimir IV of Kiev, Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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