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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 1 
Lenny Bruce
(American Stand-Up Comedian and Social Critic)
Lenny Bruce
11
Birthdate: October 13, 1925
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mineola, New York, United States
Died: 1966
 2 
Joseph Conrad
(Known for Short Stories and Novels Like Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness and the Secret Agent)
Joseph Conrad
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 3, 1857
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berdychiv, Ukraine
Died: 1924
 3 
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
(Novelist & Writer Best Known for His Work 'The Gulag Archipelago')
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
11
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 11, 1918
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kislovodsk, Russia
Died: 2008
 4 
Carolyn Jones
(Actress)
Carolyn Jones
19
Birthdate: April 8, 1930
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas, United States
Died: 1983
 5 
Bubba Smith
(American football player)
Bubba Smith
8
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 28, 1945
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Orange, Texas, United States
Died: 2011
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
 6 
Ida Lupino
(Actress)
Ida Lupino
8
Birthdate: February 4, 1918
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Died: 1995
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 7 
Colette
(Best Known for Her Novel 'Gigi')
Colette
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 28, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France
Died: 1954
 8 
Robert Hardy
(Actor)
Robert Hardy
4
Birthdate: October 29, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Died: 2017
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 9 
Henri Cartier-Bresson
(Photographer and Painter)
Henri Cartier-Bresson
3
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: August 22, 1908
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chanteloup-en-Brie, France
Died: 2004
 10 
James II of Scotland
(King of Scots)
James II of Scotland
1
Birthdate: October 16, 1430
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Holyrood Palace
Died: 1460
 11 
Richard Arkwright
(English Industrialist and Inventor)
Richard Arkwright
4
Birthdate: December 23, 1732
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire, England
Died: 1792
 12 
John Hume
(Irish Nationalist Politician and One of the Architects of the Northern Ireland Peace Process)
John Hume
3
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 18, 1937
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Died: 2020
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 13 
Annette Charles
(Actress)
Annette Charles
1
Birthdate: March 5, 1948
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2011
 14 
Flannery O'Connor
(Novelist)
Flannery O'Connor
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 25, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States
Died: 1964
 15 
Roger Casement
(British Diplomat Known as ‘Father of Twentieth-Century Human Rights Investigations')
Roger Casement
5
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: September 1, 1864
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Sandycove, Ireland
Died: 1916
 16 
Konstantin Rokossovsky
(Soviet and Polish Military Officer)
Konstantin Rokossovsky
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 1, 1896
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: 1968
 17 
Skip Caray
(Sportscaster)
Skip Caray
2
Birthdate: August 12, 1939
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: 2008
 18 
Beryl Markham
(Renowned aviator and author who was the first woman to fly an east-to-west solo route across the Atlantic Ocean)
Beryl Markham
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 26, 1902
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rutland, England, United Kingdom
Died: 1986
 19 
Alfred Schnittke
(Russian Composer)
Alfred Schnittke
6
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 24, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Engels, Russia
Died: 1998
 20 
Emile Berliner
(Inventor)
Emile Berliner
1
Birthdate: May 20, 1851
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: 1929
 21 
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
(Sculptor)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 1, 1848
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dublin
Died: 1907
 22 
George Inness
(American Landscape Painter)
George Inness
0
Birthdate: May 1, 1825
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Newburgh, New York, United States
Died: 1894
 23 
John Gardner
(English Spy and Novelist, Best Known for His 'James Bond' Continuation Novels)
John Gardner
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 20, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Northumberland, England
Died: 2007
 24 
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
(Classical Soprano and Foremost Singers of 'Lieder')
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 9, 1915
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Jarotschin, Poland
Died: 2006
 25 
Charles Garnier
(architect)
Charles Garnier
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: November 6, 1825
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Paris
Died: 1898
 26 
Faustin Soulouque
(President of Haiti from 1847 to 1849)
Faustin Soulouque
0
Birthdate: August 15, 1782
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Petit-Goave, Haiti
Died: 1867
 27 
Dominic Behan
(Writer)
Dominic Behan
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 22, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: 1989
 28 
Robert Conquest
(Historian, Researcher, Writer, Science fiction writer)
Robert Conquest
1
Birthdate: July 15, 1917
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Malvern
Died: 2015
 29 
Christopher Hewett
(Actor)
Christopher Hewett
2
Birthdate: April 5, 1921
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
Died: 2001
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 30 
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
(Colonial administrator, Military personnel)
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: January 29, 1717
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sevenoaks
Died: 1797
 31 
Antonia Brico
(Dutch Conductor and Pianist)
Antonia Brico
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 26, 1902
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 1989
 32 
Grinling Gibbons
(Sculptor)
Grinling Gibbons
0
Birthdate: April 4, 1648
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Died: 1721
 33 
Chris Amon
(New Zealand Motor Racing Driver)
Chris Amon
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 20, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bulls, New Zealand Bulls, New Zealand
Died: 2016
 34 
Edward B. Titchener
(Philosopher, Psychologist, University teacher)
Edward B. Titchener
0
Birthdate: January 11, 1867
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chichester
Died: 1927
 35 
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
(Author)
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 4, 1884
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mysore
Died: 1940
 36 
Eugène Sue
(Novelist)
Eugène Sue
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 26, 1804
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1857
 37 
Peter Collins
(Former British Racing Driver Who Died in a Fatal Crash in the 1958 German Grand Prix)
Peter Collins
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 6, 1931
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Died: 1958
 38 
Ricci Martin
(Musician)
Ricci Martin
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 20, 1953
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California, USA
Died: 2016
 39 
Phil Graham
(Publisher)
Phil Graham
3
Birthdate: July 18, 1915
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Terry, South Dakota, United States
Died: 1963
 40 
Josephine Cochrane
(inventor)
Josephine Cochrane
3
Birthdate: March 8, 1839
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ashtabula County
Died: 1913
 41 
Yuri Brezhnev
(Soviet Politician and First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations)
Yuri Brezhnev
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: March 31, 1933
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Russia
Died: 2013
 42 
Johanna Quandt
(Businesswoman and the widow of industrialist Herbert Quandt, who resurrected BMW from bankruptcy)
Johanna Quandt
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: June 21, 1926
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 2015
 43 
Miroslav Lazanski
(Serbian Military Journalist-Turned -Politician)
Miroslav Lazanski
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 18, 1950
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Karlovac, Croatia
Died: 2021
 44 
Joan Erikson
(American psychologist)
Joan Erikson
0
Birthdate: June 27, 1903
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Gananoque, Canada
Died: 1997
 45 
Vitaly Shishov
(Activist)
Vitaly Shishov
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 1995 AD
Birthplace: Rechytsa, Belarus
Died: 2021
 46 
Cliff Branch
(American football player)
Cliff Branch
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 1, 1948
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States
Died: 2019
 47 
Erik Darling
(Songwriter)
Erik Darling
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 25, 1933
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died: 2008
 48 
James Cruze
(Film Actor)
James Cruze
0
Birthdate: March 27, 1884
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Ogden, Utah, United States
Died: 1942
 49 
Olaf IV Haakonsson
(King of Denmark and Norway)
Olaf IV Haakonsson
0
Birthdate: 1370 AD
Birthplace: Akershus Fortress Akershus Castle, Oslo
Died: 1387
 50 
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
(Soviet and Russian Stage and Film Actor)
Innokenty Smoktunovsky
0
Birthdate: March 28, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tat'yanovka, Russia
Died: 1994
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)