List of Famous people who died in 2003

Joaquim Homs i Oller was a Spanish composer.

I. Bernard Cohen was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of the history of science at Harvard University and the author of many books on the history of science and, in particular, Isaac Newton.

Manuel Rosenthal was a French composer and conductor who held leading positions with musical organizations in France and America. He was friends with many contemporary composers, and despite a considerable list of compositions is mostly remembered for having orchestrated the popular ballet score Gaîté Parisienne from piano scores of Offenbach operettas, and for his recordings as a conductor.

Julie Mitchum was born in Charleston, South Carolina, to James Thomas Mitchum and Ann Harriet Gunderson. With a career as an actress, she was, like her brothers Robert and John, employed in the film industry.

Jozef Feranec was a Slovak Roman Catholic bishop.