Died On August 3rd
Discover the most famous people who died on August 3. The list includes people like Joseph Conrad, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Arkwright, Alfred Schnittke. Famous personalities featured on this list, include novelists, economists, philosophers and f1 drivers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, France & Germany and many more countries.
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Lenny Bruce(American Stand-Up Comedian and Social Critic)
Birthdate: October 13, 1925
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mineola, New York, United States
Died: 1966
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Joseph Conrad(Known for Short Stories and Novels Like Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness and the Secret Agent)
Birthdate: December 3, 1857
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berdychiv, Ukraine
Died: 1924
Birthdate: December 11, 1918
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kislovodsk, Russia
Died: 2008
Birthdate: April 8, 1930
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas, United States
Died: 1983
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Bubba Smith
(American football player)
Birthdate: February 28, 1945
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Orange, Texas, United States
Died: 2011
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
Birthdate: February 4, 1918
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Died: 1995
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Colette(Best Known for Her Novel 'Gigi')
Birthdate: January 28, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France
Died: 1954
Birthdate: October 29, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Died: 2017
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
Birthdate: August 22, 1908
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chanteloup-en-Brie, France
Died: 2004
Birthdate: October 16, 1430
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Holyrood Palace
Died: 1460
Birthdate: December 23, 1732
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England
Died: 1792
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John Hume(Irish Nationalist Politician and One of the Architects of the Northern Ireland Peace Process)
Birthdate: January 18, 1937
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Died: 2020
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: March 5, 1948
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2011
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Flannery O'Connor
(Novelist)
Birthdate: March 25, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: 1964
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Roger Casement(British Diplomat Known as ‘Father of Twentieth-Century Human Rights Investigations')
Birthdate: September 1, 1864
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sandycove, Ireland
Died: 1916
Birthdate: December 1, 1896
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: 1968
Birthdate: August 12, 1939
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: 2008
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Beryl Markham
(Renowned aviator and author who was the first woman to fly an east-to-west solo route across the Atlantic Ocean)
Birthdate: October 26, 1902
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rutland, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1986
Birthdate: November 24, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Engels, Russia
Died: 1998
Birthdate: May 20, 1851
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: 1929
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: March 1, 1848
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dublin
Died: 1907
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George Inness
(American Landscape Painter)
Birthdate: May 1, 1825
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Newburgh, New York, United States
Died: 1894
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John Gardner(English Spy and Novelist, Best Known for His 'James Bond' Continuation Novels)
Birthdate: November 20, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Northumberland, England
Died: 2007
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
(Classical Soprano and Foremost Singers of 'Lieder')
Birthdate: December 9, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jarotschin, Poland
Died: 2006
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Charles Garnier
(architect)
Birthdate: November 6, 1825
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris
Died: 1898
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Faustin Soulouque
(President of Haiti from 1847 to 1849)
Birthdate: August 15, 1782
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Petit-Goave, Haiti
Died: 1867
Birthdate: October 22, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1989
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Robert Conquest
(Historian, Researcher, Writer, Science fiction writer)
Birthdate: July 15, 1917
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Malvern
Died: 2015
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Christopher Hewett
(Actor)
Birthdate: April 5, 1921
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Died: 2001
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
(Colonial administrator, Military personnel)
Birthdate: January 29, 1717
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sevenoaks
Died: 1797
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Antonia Brico
(Dutch Conductor and Pianist)
Birthdate: June 26, 1902
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 1989
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Grinling Gibbons
(Sculptor)
Birthdate: April 4, 1648
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 1721
33
Chris Amon
(New Zealand Motor Racing Driver)
Birthdate: July 20, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bulls, New Zealand Bulls, New Zealand
Died: 2016
34
Edward B. Titchener
(Philosopher, Psychologist, University teacher)
Birthdate: January 11, 1867
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chichester
Died: 1927
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Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
(Author)
Birthdate: June 4, 1884
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mysore
Died: 1940
Birthdate: January 26, 1804
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1857
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Peter Collins
(Former British Racing Driver Who Died in a Fatal Crash in the 1958 German Grand Prix)
Birthdate: November 6, 1931
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Died: 1958
Birthdate: September 20, 1953
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California, USA
Died: 2016
Birthdate: July 18, 1915
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Terry, South Dakota, United States
Died: 1963
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Josephine Cochrane
(inventor)
Birthdate: March 8, 1839
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ashtabula County
Died: 1913
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Yuri Brezhnev
(Soviet Politician and First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations)
Birthdate: March 31, 1933
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Russia
Died: 2013
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Johanna Quandt
(Businesswoman and the widow of industrialist Herbert Quandt, who resurrected BMW from bankruptcy)
Birthdate: June 21, 1926
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 2015
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Miroslav Lazanski
(Serbian Military Journalist-Turned -Politician)
Birthdate: September 18, 1950
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Karlovac, Croatia
Died: 2021
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Joan Erikson
(American psychologist)
Birthdate: June 27, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gananoque, Canada
Died: 1997
Birthdate: 1995 AD
Birthplace: Rechytsa, Belarus
Died: 2021
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Cliff Branch
(American football player)
Birthdate: August 1, 1948
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States
Died: 2019
Birthdate: September 25, 1933
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: 2008
Birthdate: March 27, 1884
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, United States
Died: 1942
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Olaf IV Haakonsson
(King of Denmark and Norway)
Birthdate: 1370 AD
Birthplace: Akershus Fortress Akershus Castle, Oslo
Died: 1387
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Innokenty Smoktunovsky
(Soviet and Russian Stage and Film Actor)
Birthdate: March 28, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tat'yanovka, Russia
Died: 1994
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)