3 October Deaths

October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

42 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, Roman politician (b. 85 BC)
818 – Ermengarde, queen of the Franks
900 – Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir
959 – Gérard of Brogne, Frankish abbot
1078 – Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
1226 – Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (b. 1181)
1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (b. 1238)
1369 – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
1399 – Eleanor de Bohun, English noble (b. 1360)
1568 – Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
1596 – Florent Chrestien, French poet (b. 1541)
1611 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
1629 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570)
1649 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
1653 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612)
1656 – Myles Standish, English captain (b. 1584)
1690 – Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
1701 – Joseph Williamson, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1633)
1801 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1724)
1833 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
1838 – Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
1860 – Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
1867 – Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
1873 – Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
1877 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
1881 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
1890 – Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
1891 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
1896 – William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
1907 – Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
1917 – Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
1929 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
1929 – Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
1936 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
1953 – Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
1963 – Refet Bele, Turkish general (b. 1877)
1965 – Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
1966 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
1967 – Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
1969 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
1979 – Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
1980 – Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
1981 – Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
1986 – Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
1987 – Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1987 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
1988 – Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
1990 – Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator (b. 1914)
1993 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
1993 – Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
1993 – Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
1994 – John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1995 – Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
1997 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
1998 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (b. 1928)
1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
2000 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1947)
2001 – Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
2003 – Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
2003 – William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
2004 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
2005 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2005 – Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
2006 – Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
2006 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
2006 – Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)
2006 – Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
2007 – M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
2009 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
2009 – Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist (b. 1917)
2010 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
2010 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
2012 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931)
2012 – Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
2012 – Billy Hullin, Welsh rugby player (b. 1942)
2012 – Albie Roles, English footballer (b. 1921)
2013 – Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1978)
2013 – Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
2013 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (b. 1940)
2013 – Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
2013 – Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel movement (b. 1927)
2013 – Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922)
2014 – Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)
2014 – Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2014 – Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (b. 1931)
2014 – Kevin Metheny, American businessman (b. 1954)
2014 – Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (b. 1929)
2015 – Denis Healey, English soldier and politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1917)
2015 – Muhammad Nawaz Khan, Pakistani historian and author (b. 1943)
2015 – Javed Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher and judge (b. 1925)
2015 – Gerald Squires, Canadian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)

Source: wikipedia