List of Famous people who died in 2003
Ilse Arndt
Hans-Helmut Klose
Zoran Đinđić
Zoran Đinđić was a Serbian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Serbia from 2001 until his assassination in 2003. He was the Mayor of Belgrade in 1997, and long-time opposition politician and a doctor in philosophy.
Gisela Werler
Emmanuel Pelaez
Emmanuel Neri Pelaez was a public servant and Vice-President of the Philippines from 1961 to 1965.
Herbert Andorfer
Gerhard Weiser
Friedrich Cramer
Heimrad Bäcker
Heimrad Bäcker was an Austrian publisher and writer. The Heimrad-Bäcker-Preis is named after him.
Sultan Rakhmanov
Sultan Saburovich Rakhmanov was an Olympic weightlifter for the USSR who won the gold medal in the super heavyweight class of the 1980 Summer Olympics. Sultan Rakhmanov won the super heavyweight gold medal in 1980 in Moscow when his legendary teammate Vasily Alexeev was eliminated after he failed three times to snatch 180 kg. Rakhmanov made 6 perfect lifts to score a decisive victory at the 1980 Olympics. He also won gold medals at the World Weightlifting Championships in 1979 and 1980.