List of Famous people who died in 2003

Kerim Afşar was a Turkish actor who played various roles in theater, movies and TV series. During his career, the actor also directed several movies and also played as voice actor in some of his movies.

Masatoşi Gündüz İkeda, was a Japanese-born Turkish mathematician known for his contributions to the field of algebraic number theory.

Wu Zuguang was a Chinese playwright, film director and social critic who has been called a "legendary figure in Chinese art and literary circles". He authored more than 40 plays and film scripts, including the patriotic drama City of Phoenix, one of the most influential plays during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and Return on a Snowy Night, which is generally considered his masterpiece. He directed The Soul of the Nation, Hong Kong's first colour film, based on his own historical drama Song of Righteousness.

Nidal Fat’hi Rabah Farahat' created the Qassam rocket, a homemade weapon produced by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.