In 2003, on his television show John Safran Vs God, Australian comedian John Safran tricked Sheikh Omar Bakri into placing a fatwā on Safran's colleague Rove McManus by showing him falsified evidence seeming to indicate that McManus had been making fun of Islam.

* 1928 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and writer ( d. 2003 )

* 1944 – Tony Capstick, English comedian and actor ( d. 2003 )

* 1903 – Bob Hope, English-American comedian and actor ( d. 2003 )

* May 29 – Bob Hope, English-born American comedian and actor ( d. 2003 )

** Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host ( d. 2003 )

* May 15 – George Roper, British comedian ( d. 2003 )

In 2003, comedian Daniele Luttazzi published the screenplay Tabù, an almost verbatim parody of the film.

* Art Carney ( 1918 – 2003 ), American actor and comedian.

* Buddy Hackett ( 1924 – 2003 ), comedian.

* May 26-Bob Hope, English-born US actor, comedian and singer ( d. 2003 )

* Bob Hope ( 1903 – 2003 ), actor and comedian

The show also featured guest announcers, until comedian Andy Milonakis took over as the show's announcer from late 2003 to 2004.

On November 11, 2003 the airport authority voted to change the airport's name to Bob Hope Airport in honor of comedian Bob Hope, a longtime resident of nearby Toluca Lake, who had died earlier in the year and who had kept his personal airplane at the airfield.

Buddy Hackett ( born Leonard Hacker, August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003 ) was an American comedian and actor.

Jonathan Southworth " John " Ritter ( September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003 ) was an American actor, voice over artist and comedian perhaps best known for having played Jack Tripper and Paul Hennessy in the ABC sitcoms Three's Company and 8 Simple Rules, respectively.

Famous for his creation Mr. Bean, the much celebrated comedian Rowan Atkinson starred in Johnny English ( 2003 ).

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them is a satirical book on American politics by comedian, political commentator and now Senator Al Franken, published in 2003 by Dutton, a subsidiary in the Penguin Group.

Joseph Anthony ' Tony ' Capstick ( 27 July 1944 – 23 October 2003 ) was an English comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster.

Since 2003, British comedian Dave Gorman has toured the United Kingdom, France, China, Australia, Canada and the United States with a comedy tour entitled Dave Gorman's GoogleWhack Adventure and has published a book of the same name.

* Mark Steel-a Marxist stand up comedian authored the humorous and accessible Vive La Revolution ( 2003 )

In recent years, keynote graduation speakers have included future Attorney General Eric Holder ( 2001 ), former President Bill Clinton ( 2002 ), GE CEO Jack Welch ( 2003 ), United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan ( 2004 ), CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein ( 2005 ), Late Night comedian Conan O ' Brien ( 2006 ),> American Symphony Orchestra conductor / Bard College president Leon Botstein ( 2007 ), New York Times reporter David Herszenhorn ( 2008 ), actress / alumna Lucy Liu ( 2009 ), David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama ( 2010 ), and writer / alum Gary Shteyngart ( 2011 ).

Franken is a comedian, satirist and now United States Senator who has written several books, including the 2003 Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right.

In February 2003, Garofalo ( a longtime friend of Seder and a fellow comedian ) appeared as a guest with Seder on The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling, a comedy / talk radio program on the New Jersey station WFMU.

* 1932 – Bob Grant, English actor ( d. 2003 )

In 2003 he performed in Bob Balaban-directed Off-Broadway dramatic stage play The Exonerated in New York during its 18 – 23 March, week run.

* 2003 – Bob Grant, English actor ( b. 1932 )

* 2003 – Bob Mitchell, English politician ( b. 1927 )

In the concert documentary film, released in 2003, Danko can be seen intoxicated participating in a drunken jam session with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Joplin while singing " Ain't No More Cane.

* 1978: The company's Hollywood-Burbank Airport is sold to its nearby cities and becomes Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport ( later renamed Bob Hope Airport in 2003 ).

The DVD issued in 2003 features scene-specific commentary by Roy Scheider and interviews with Scheider and Bob Fosse.

The tour group, led by Bob Lichty and Rosemary Rubin of LHA and sponsored by Lincoln-Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company, set out from Times Square on August 17, 2003.

Among those who can lay claim to fame, and who have either been born or lived in Beckenham or have had some important contribution to make to the town, there are show business people such as Bob Monkhouse ( 1928 – 2003 ); Julie Andrews ( 1935-); David Bowie ( 1947-), who lived at 42 Southend Road, Beckenham from 1969 – 1973 ; Peter Frampton ( 1950-); Wende Snijders ( 1978-), the Dutch singer ; and the actors Maurice Denham ( 1909 – 2002 ), and Simon Ward ( 1941 – 2012 ).

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

Robert Alan ' Bob ' Monkhouse OBE ( 1 June 1928 – 29 December 2003 ) was an English entertainer.

U. S. President George W. Bush with troops at the Bob Hope Dining Facility on Thanksgiving 2003.

President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to the Bob Hope Dining Facility on Thanksgiving Day, 27 November 2003 and had dinner with the servicemen present.

" The 2003 reissue was produced by Bob Irwin.

Only four artists have won both Best New Artist and Album of the Year in the same year: Bob Newhart in 1961, Christopher Cross in 1981, Lauryn Hill in 1999 and Norah Jones in 2003.

* Bob Barr column archives at the American Conservative Union ( 2003 – 2007 )

## Bob Speller ( December 12, 2003 )

With the loss of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in 2000, Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope and Gregory Peck in 2003, Marlon Brando in 2004, Shelley Winters in 2006, Deborah Kerr 2007, Van Johnson and Paul Newman in 2008, Tony Curtis and Patricia Neal in 2010 and Jane Russell and Elizabeth Taylor in 2011, the number of stars is dwindling.