List of Famous people who died in 2003

Theodore "Ted" Joans was an American jazz poet, surrealist, trumpeter, and painter. His work stands at the intersection of several avant-garde streams and some have seen in it a precursor to the orality of the spoken-word movement. However he criticized the competitive aspect of "slam" poetry. Joans is known for his motto: "Jazz is my religion, and Surrealism is my point of view".

Bernhard Baier was a German water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Bernard Annen Auwen Dowiyogo was a Nauruan politician who served as President of Nauru on seven separate occasions. During this time, he also served as a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Ubenide.

Robert Alan Good was an American physician who performed the first successful human bone marrow transplant between persons who were not identical twins. He is regarded as a founder of modern immunology.

Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov was a Soviet cosmonaut.

Tauese Tuailemafua Pita Fiti Sunia was an American Samoan politician who served as the 55th Governor of American Samoa from 1997 until his death in 2003. He was the second governor of American Samoa to die in office.

Sir Bernard Katz, FRS was a German-born British physician and biophysicist, noted for his work on nerve physiology. He shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 1970 with Julius Axelrod and Ulf von Euler. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1969.

Lucius David Syms-Greene was a British television and film director, and actor.