* Neil Postman, ( 1931 – 2003 ) author, media theorist and cultural critic,

The first surviving edition ( bilingual Swedish – Esperanto ) was published in Sweden in 2003.

* 1907 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian sculptor ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60, 000 years, passing distant.

* 2003 – The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

* 1900 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist ( d. 2003 )

* 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist ( d. 2003 )

* 1955 – Rusty Magee, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Heatmiser ( d. 2003 )

* 1972 – Yetunde Price, American murder victim ( d. 2003 )

* 1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress ( d. 2003 )

Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka ( Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 ), pp. 67 – 89

* 1930 – Vali Myers, Australian painter ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer ( b. 1956 )

"--- what Jesus ’ immortal spirit did after His death and before His Resurrection is a mystery to all but the Latter-day Saints ---" ( Elder Spencer J. Condie, Liahona ,-Church magazine – July, 2003 ) "--- unto the wicked he did not go, and among the ungodly and the unrepentant-- his voice was not raised.

* 1910 – Walter Scharf, American composer ( d. 2003 )

* 1952 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia ( d. 2003 )

* 1924 – Leon Uris, American novelist ( d. 2003 )

* 2003 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( b. 1954 )

" Everyday Life and the Challenge to History in Postwar France: Braudel, Lefebvre, Certeau ," Diacritics, Volume 33, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 23 – 40 in Project Muse

* 1925 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter ( d. 2003 )

* 1927 – Art Houtteman, American baseball player ( d. 2003 )

* 1907 – Benny Carter, American musician, composer, and bandleader ( d. 2003 )

* 1925 – Alija Izetbegović, Bosniak politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( d. 2003 )

Former Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme was a backup in New Orleans before signing with Carolina in 2003.

* Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was asked, in 2003, whether he has duct tape, plastic sheeting, and a three-day supply of bottled water at home.

Former party secretary between 2003 – 2004, Torbjörn Kastell had said in 2002 that the party wanted " a multicultural world, not a multicultural society.

Former directors include Maxwell L. Anderson ( 1998 – 2003 ), David A. Ross ( 1991 – 1997 ), Thomas Armstrong III ( 1974 – 1990 ), and Juliana Rieser Force ( 1931 – 1948 ).

Former Cavaliers forward LeBron James, who was the first overall pick of the 2003 NBA Draft.

Former minister Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink ( VVD ) has been the mayor of Almere since 16 August 2003.

* Bob Peeler, Former Lieutenant Governor ( 1995 – 2003 ), Clemson University Board of Trustees

In 2003, Charles Geisst, a Glass-Steagall supporter, told Frontline the Federal Reserve Board ’ s Section 20 orders meant the Federal Reserve “ got rid of the Glass-Steagall Act .” Former Federal Reserve Board Vice-Chairman Alan Blinder agreed the 1996 action increasing “ bank-ineligible ” revenue limits was “ tacit repeal ” of Glass-Steagall, but argued “ that the market had practically repealed Glass-Steagall, anyway .”

The series ran for four seasons, from 1970 to 1974 and, in 2003, Bonaduce was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star " Lifetime Achievement " Award for his role on the series.

In 2003 Garrett appeared as himself in the David Spade film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.

* 2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

On 28 March 2003, Judicial Watch filed a complaint to the Office of Government Ethics, the Office of the Defense Department Inspector General, the Office of the Homeland Security Inspector General, United States Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in the matter of Former Defense Policy Board Chairman Richard N. Perle, Former President Bill Clinton, Former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, former Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe and Global Crossing.

Former head of the Moderate Youth Fredrik Reinfeldt was elected as the new party leader in 2003.

Former members are Magdalena Pokora ( aka Magda Femme, 1996 – 2000 ), Justyna Majkowska ( 2000 – 2003 ), Elli Mücke ( 2003 ) and Ania Wisniewska ( 2003 – 2010 ).

* Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star ( 2003 )

* Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star ( 2003 ) ( cameo )

* Former Maths teacher in 2003

Former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald has attributed Ireland's dire economic state in 2009, on a series of " calamitous " government policy errors by the then Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy, who between the years of 2000 and 2003, boosted public spending by 48pc while cutting income tax.

** Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH: Former holding company Europe, formerly Konami Limited, Konami Corporation of Europe B. V .. On March 31, 2003, Konami of Europe announced it would be renamed as Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH at the start of Konami ’ s new financial year ( 2003-04-01 ).

* In 2003, Wham-O sued to have the film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star removed from theaters until the " Slip ' N Slide " scene was removed.