List of Famous people who died in 2003

Julio Anguita Parrado or Julio A. Parrado, as he often signed his articles, was a journalist and a Spanish war correspondent. He was the son of politician Julio Anguita González, and his mother, Antonia Rojas Parrado, was Deputy Mayor of the city of Córdoba. He was killed when an Iraqi missile hit him when he was in Baghdad covering the 2003 Iraq invasion.

Howard Norman Epstein was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Alberto Sordi was an Italian actor, voice actor, singer, composer, comedian, director and screenwriter.

Tomiko Suzuki was a Japanese voice actress who was born in Aichi Prefecture and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of her death. Suzuki's last film was Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker, released only a week and half after Suzuki's death from a heart attack on July 7, 2003 at the age of 47. Coincidentally, July 7 is the beginning date of Tanabata, the basis for the creation of Jirachi.

Jeanne Elizabeth Crain was an American actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in the film Pinky (1949). She also starred in the films In the Meantime, Darling (1944), State Fair (1945), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Centennial Summer (1946), Margie (1946), Apartment for Peggy (1948), A Letter to Three Wives (1949), Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), People Will Talk (1951), Man Without a Star (1955), Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), and The Joker Is Wild (1957).

Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli was an Argentine general and President of Argentina from December 1981 to June 1982, during the last military dictatorship.

Adolfo Bruno, also known as "Big Al", was an American mobster with the Genovese crime family based in New York City, who ran an organized crime operation out of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Petre Kako Mshvenieradze was a Soviet water polo player of Georgian descent who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Najeeb Elias "Jeeb" Halaby, Jr. was an American businessman, government official, celebrated aviator, and the father of Queen Noor of Jordan. He is known for making the first transcontinental jet flight in U.S. history and for his service as CEO and chairman of Pan American World Airways from 1969 to 1972.

Dwain Weston was an Australian skydiver, BASE jumper and wingsuiter. On 5 October 2003, at the end of the inaugural Go Fast Games, Weston was killed while attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge near Cañon City, Colorado, United States.