List of Famous people who died in 2003

George Axelrod was an American screenwriter, producer, playwright and film director, best known for his play The Seven Year Itch (1952), which was adapted into a film of the same name starring Marilyn Monroe. Axelrod was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1961 adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's and also adapted Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate (1962).

Michael Peter Hayes, known as Mickie Most, was an English record producer behind scores of hit singles for acts such as the Animals, Herman's Hermits, the Nashville Teens, Donovan, Lulu, Suzi Quatro, Hot Chocolate, Arrows, Racey, and the Jeff Beck Group, often issued on his own RAK Records label.

Arlington Rand Brooks Jr. was an American film and television actor.

Pierre Restany, was an internationally known French art critic and cultural philosopher.

Fred W. Berger was an American film editor. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Film Editing for the film The Hot Rock. He also won an Primetime Emmy Award and was nominated for seven more in the category Outstanding Picture Editing for his work on the television programs M*A*S*H and Dallas. Berger died in May 2003 of natural causes at his home in Westwood, California, at the age of 94.