Famous people and celebrities who died in 1903

A dedicated page for remembering the famous people and celebrities who passed away in 1903. This year saw the loss of many influential and beloved figures who left a lasting impact on the world. From entertainment icons and sports legends to renowned scholars and public figures, our comprehensive list pays tribute to their lives and legacies. Join us in honoring their contributions and celebrating their achievements as we reflect on their remarkable stories.

• Jan. 17 Ignaz Wechselmann

  Hungarian architect and philanthropist (born in 1828).

• Jan. 28 Augusta Holmes

  Pioneering American composer and pianist who gained recognition in Europe.

• Feb. 1 George Stokes

  Developed the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe the motion of viscous fluid substances.

• Feb. 22 Hugo Wolf

  Around 300 songs were composed by a slovenian-austrian composer with piano accompaniment. he was expelled from the vienna conservatory after he became outspoken about his independence. he was a weekly music critic at the wiener salonblatt from 1883-1887. his success and fame were secured by wolf's songs between 1885-1891. he was unhappily, irascible, and a psychotic. his mental instability was …

• Feb. 26 Richard Jordan Gatling

  American engineer, invented the gatling gun (b. 1818)

• March 4 Joseph Henry Shorthouse

  English author (b. 1834)

• March 16 Roy Bean

  American justice of the peace (b. 1825)

• April 11 Gemma Galgani

  Italian roman catholic saint, a dramatist and stigmatist. she lived a life full of charity, piety, and suffering from poverty, poor health and ridicule. she was born with tb of her spine and had to live with it until she saw the holy mother. she had many visions and ecstasies, including the occasional stigmata from june 1899 to february 1901. …

• April 28 Josiah Willard Gibbs

  Known for his contributions to thermodynamics and physical chemistry.

• April 30 Emily Stowe

  Canadian physician and suffragist (born in 1831).

• May 4 Gotse Delchev

  Macedonian bulgarian revolutionary imro (b. 1872)

• May 8 Paul Gauguin

  French painter, sculptor, and ceramist. gauguin is a post-impressionist painter who is best known for his vividly colored paintings of primitive life in polynesia. gauguin was the son of a journalist mother and a french-peruvian father. he spent his childhood in lima, peru where his parents fled the french coup d'etat. he lost his father in lima, and three years …

• May 29 Bruce Price

  American architect designed the american surety building (d.1903) and bank of the metropolis.

• June 11 Nikolai Bugaev

  Georgian-russian mathematician, philosopher (d. 1903)

• June 19 Herbert Vaughan

  Roman catholic archbishop (born in 1832).

• July 2 Ed Delahanty

  American hall of fame baseball player (born in 1867).

• July 9 Alphonse François Renard

  Belgian geologist and photographer (b. 1842)

• July 17 James Whistler

  American artist, etcher, and lithographer. he is often regarded as the greatest american artist of 1800's. his family accompanied him to russia in 1843-1849. there, his father built railroads. he attended west point 1851-1854 and worked briefly as a map drafting man for the u.s. coast survey. in 1855, he went to paris to study under gleyre and published his …

• July 20 Leo XIII

  Pope of the catholic church (b. 1810)

• July 22 Cassius Marcellus Clay

  American publisher, lawyer, and politician, united states ambassador to russia (b. 1810)

• Aug. 1 Calamity Jane

  American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)

• Aug. 2 Eduard Magnus Jakobson

  Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)

• Aug. 17 Hans Gude

  Norwegian-german academic and painter (d. 1903)

• Aug. 22 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil

  Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, was a prominent British Conservative politician who served three terms as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the late 19th century. He was a key figure during the era of British imperial expansion.

• Oct. 4 Otto Weininger

  Jewish austrian philosopher, whose single book, geschlecht und charakter (1903; "sex and character") served as a guidebook for anti-semitic propagandists.

• Oct. 21 Jinmaku Kyūgorō

  The 12th yokozuna, a japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1903)

• Nov. 1 Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen

  Nobel Prize laureate the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, <I>A history of Rome</I>

• Nov. 1 Theodor Mommsen

  LIT - German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1817)

• Nov. 25 Sabino Arana

  Spanishaeur"basque writer. he was the founder and father of basque nationalism.

• Dec. 8 Herbert Spencer

  British philosopher and writer who coined the phrase "survival by the fittest." he was a well-educated man who first appeared in "social status" 1850. later, he published a two-volume autobiography posthumously.

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