2003 in the United States

August

• August 1
• The social network Myspace launches.
• My Life as a Teenage Robot premieres on Nickelodeon.
• August 14 – A widespread power outage affects the northeastern United States and South-Central Canada.
• August 19 – Taylor Swift and Martina McBride with RCA record label RCA Records and RCA Nashville.
• August 24 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its SummerSlam pay-per-view event from the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.
• August 25 – The Spitzer Space Telescope was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, during Delta II.
• August 28 – Brian Douglas Wells, a pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, is killed after a bomb fastened around his neck explodes. Wells was forced to rob a bank with the bomb collar on before it was detonated remotely.

September

• September 7 – President Bush announces a request for $87 billion from Congress for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
• September 17 – President Bush concedes there is no evidence linking Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• September 18 – Hurricane Isabel makes landfall as a Category 2 Hurricane on North Carolina's Outer Banks. It directly kills 16 people in the Mid–Atlantic area.
• September 21 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its Unforgiven pay-per-view event from the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

October

• October 4–December 15 – Kellie Pickler and Aaron Tippin in a state in South Carolina.
• October 7 – 2003 California gubernatorial recall election: Voters recall Governor Gray Davis from office and elect actor Arnold Schwarzenegger to succeed him.
• October 9 – A redesigned $20 bill is first released, containing many new security features not found in older bills.
• October 10 – Facing an investigation surrounding allegations of illegal drug use, American right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh publicly admits that he is addicted to prescription pain killers, and will seek treatment.
• October 15 – The 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash kills 11 after one of its ferries slams into a pier.
• October 19 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its No Mercy pay-per-view event from the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
• October 25
• The Florida Marlins defeat the New York Yankees in six games in the 2003 World Series to win their second World Series title.
• The Cedar Fire begins in San Diego County, burning 280,000 acres (1,100 km²), 2,232 homes and killing 14.

November

• November 1 – Walt Disney Pictures' 44th feature film, Brother Bear, is released to box office success but mixed-to-negative critical reception.
• November 7 – Elf, directed by Jon Favreau, is released in theaters.
• November 16 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its Survivor Series pay-per-view event from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
• November 18
• The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, rules anti-gay laws against same-sex marriage unconstitutional in Massachusetts.
• U.S. President George W. Bush makes a state visit to London in the midst of massive anti-war protests.
• November 20
• Iraq War: End of Operation Iron Hammer, an attempt to end the Iraq insurgency.
• Michael Jackson is arrested on charges of child molestation. The singer faced similar charges in 1993 that were dropped after an out-of-court financial settlement was reached with the family of a boy. In light of the new accusations, the television network CBS chooses to pull the scheduled November 26 airing of a one-hour television special intended to promote Jackson's new greatest hits album, Number Ones.

December

• December 1 – Boeing chairman and CEO Phil Condit resigns unexpectedly. He is replaced by Lewis Platt as non-executive chairman and Harry Stonecipher as president and CEO.
• December 13 – Iraq War: End of Operation Red Dawn, resulting in the capture of Saddam Hussein in Tikrit.
• December 14 – World Wrestling Entertainment holds its Armageddon pay-per-view event from the TD Waterhouse Centre in Orlando, Florida.
• December 22 – The 6.6 San Simeon earthquake shook the central coast of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving two dead and 40 injured, and causing $250–300 million in damage.
• December 24
• At the request of the U.S. Embassy in Paris, the Government of France orders Air France to cancel several flights between France and the U.S. in response to terrorism concerns.
• A BSE (mad cow disease) outbreak in Washington state is announced. Several countries including Brazil, Australia, and Taiwan ban the import of beef from the United States.
• December 31 – British Airways Flight 223, a Boeing 747-400 flying from London Heathrow to Washington Dulles, is held for security checks after landing due to intelligence suggesting a terrorist threat.

Ongoing

• Iraqi no-fly zones (1991–2003)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
• Iraq War (2003–2011)

Births

January

• January 1 – Nikhil Kumar, table tennis player
• January 2 – Cyrus Arnold, actor
• January 3
• Mitchell Budler, soccer player
• Kyle Rittenhouse, defendant acquitted of the Kenosha unrest shooting
• Joseph Zalinsky, soccer player
• January 4
• Aleah Finnegan, gymnast
• Jaeden Martell, actor
• January 6 – MattyBRaps, singer/songwriter, rapper, and dancer
• January 7 – Abel Mendoza, soccer player
• January 9
• Tyler Freeman, soccer player
• Graham Ivan Clark, cybercriminal
• Ricardo Pepi, soccer player
• January 11 – Sota Kitahara, soccer player
• January 13
• Christopher Garcia, soccer player
• Toby Kodat, tennis player
• Roald Mitchell, soccer player
• Reece Ushijima, Japanese-American racing driver
• January 14 – Brittain Gottlieb, soccer player
• January 16
• Tyler Boucher, hockey player
• Diana Davis, American-born Russian ice dancer
• January 18 – Jonathan Perez, soccer player
• January 19 – Katherine Valli, para badminton player
• January 20 – J. J. McCarthy, football player
• January 21 – Garren Stitt, actor and singer
• January 22 – Michael Halliday, soccer player
• January 23
• Adrián González, soccer player
• Selmir Miscic, soccer player
• January 27
• Cooper Kinney, baseball player
• Gabriella Marte, American-born Dominican footballer
• Paul Son, soccer player
• January 28 – Carson Hocevar, dirt track and stock car racing driver

February

• February 1 – Sydney Mikayla, actress
• February 2 – Dusty Henricksen, freestyle snowboarder
• February 4 – Kyla Kenedy, actress
• February 10
• Max Christie, basketball player
• Mauricio Cuevas, soccer player
• February 13 – Tyler Wolff, Filipino soccer player
• February 15 – Tamari Davis, sprinter
• February 16
• Matthew Edwards, soccer player
• Kayden Pierre, soccer player
• February 20
• Kristina García, American-born Dominican footballer
• Olivia Rodrigo, singer and actress
• February 21
• Harry Ford, baseball player
• Samantha Gordon, football and soccer player
• February 22
• Isra Hirsi, climate activist and daughter of U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
• Yuven Sundaramoorthy, racing driver
• February 25
• February 26 – Ethan Hardin, soccer player
• February 28 – Hope Rose, indoor and field hockey player

March

• March 1
• Yasmeen Fletcher, actress
• March 6
• Walter Clayton Jr., college basketball player
• Millicent Simmonds, actress
• March 8
• Montana Jordan, actor
• Gavin Krenecki, soccer player
• Ethan Peters, beauty blogger, makeup artist, and social media personality (d. 2020)
• March 9
• Sunisa Lee, gymnast
• March 10
• Sebastian Nava, soccer player
• Gabriella Pizzolo, actress and singer
• Elijah Wynder, soccer player
• March 11 – Mikaela Jenkins, Paralympic swimmer
• March 12
• Ashley Lin, Chinese-American figure skater
• Malina Weissman, actress and model
• March 15 – Quinn Ewers, football player
• March 19 – Chase Stillman, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
• March 20 – Alex Monis, soccer player
• March 23 – Jacob Greene, soccer player
• March 26 – Bhad Bhabie, rapper, songwriter, and internet personality
• March 27 – Grant Hampton, soccer player

April

• April 1 – Jeremy Garay, soccer player
• April 3 – Elsie Fisher, actress
• April 4
• Caio Lauxtermann, gymnast
• Chase Petty, baseball player
• April 5
• Jordan Bowers, gymnast
• April 9
• Awonder Liang, chess prodigy
• Hayley Faith Negrin, actress
• April 10 – Andrew Painter, baseball player
• April 11 – Blake Pope, soccer player
• April 12 – Omar Salim, American-born Hungarian taekwondo athlete
• April 16
• Brynn Cartelli, singer
• Kahlil Watson, baseball player
• April 17 – Dante Sealy, soccer player
• April 19
• Caleel Harris, child actor and voice actor
• Jackson Merrill, baseball player
• April 23 – Griffin Dillon, soccer player
• April 28 – Daniel Edelman, soccer player
• April 29

May

• May 1 – Lizzy Greene, actress
• May 2 – Chaz Lucius, ice hockey player
• May 5 – Danny Leyva, soccer player
• May 7 – Kevin Paredes, soccer player
• May 8 – Logan Edra, breakdancer
• May 10
• Marcus Ferkranus, soccer player
• Gavin George, classical pianist
• May 11
• Kendall Brown, basketball player
• Daniel Flores, soccer player
• May 13
• Jaxson Dart, football player
• Jabari Smith Jr., basketball player
• May 14 – Javier Casas, soccer player
• May 15 – Max Kaeser, race car driver
• May 16
• Annie Flood, Paralympic volleyball player
• Collin McCamy, soccer player
• Cole Sillinger, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
• Bryan Okoh, American-born Swiss professional footballer
• May 18 – Travis Hunter, American football player
• May 19 – JoJo Siwa, dancer, singer, actress, and YouTube personality
• May 20 – OsamaSon, rapper
• May 21
• Erwin Martínez, soccer player
• Parker Retzlaff, stock car racing driver
• May 24
• Rose Zhang, golfer
• May 27 – Caden Clark, soccer player

June

• June 1 – Emjay Anthony, actor and model
• June 2 – Jeremy Ray Taylor, actor
• June 3 – Nathan Bittle, basketball player
• June 4 – Brady House, baseball player
• June 10 – Lauren Hogg, activist
• June 11 – Breanna Yde, actress
• June 17
• Brian Gutiérrez, soccer player
• Elizabeth Yeager, indoor and field hockey player
• June 19 – Frank Mozzicato, baseball player
• June 20
• Payton Gendron, convicted mass murderer
• Hans Niemann, chess grandmaster
• June 21 – Issa Mudashiru, soccer player
• June 23
• Cole Dewhurst, soccer player
• Kaden Honeycutt, stock car racing driver
• June 24 – Marcus Fiesel, murder victim (d. 2006)
• June 25 – Carson Williams, baseball player
• June 26 – Sam Mayer, stock car racing driver
• June 28 – Joshua Báez, baseball player
• June 29 – Alexys Nycole Sanchez, child actress

July

• July 1
• Storm Reid, actress
• Brynn Rumfallo, reality television cast member and dancer
• July 5 – Terrell Ransom Jr., actor
• July 7 – Jack McGlynn, soccer player
• July 8 – Major Dodson, actor
• July 11 – Sydney Lucas, child actress
• July 12 – Jax Malcolm, actor
• July 13 – Wyatt Oleff, actor
• July 15 – Taylor Richardson, activist
• July 19
• Tyler Downs, Olympic diver and social media personality
• Jacob Steinmetz, baseball player
• July 21 – Marvin Gamez, soccer player
• July 29 – Alejandro Alvarado Jr., soccer player

August

• August 5 – Arquimides Ordonez, soccer player
• August 6 – Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, basketball player
• August 8 – Adam Lundegard, soccer player
• August 10 – Joshua Saavedra, soccer player
• August 14 – Tega Ikoba, soccer player
• August 15 – Coby Jones, soccer player
• August 18
• Max Charles, actor
• Hailey Owens, murder victim (d. 2014)
• August 22 – Christian Nydegger, soccer player
• August 24
• Jalen Neal, soccer player
• Andre Zuluaga, soccer player
• August 25 – AJ Griffin, basketball player
• August 26
• Paxten Aaronson, soccer player
• Trevor Keels, basketball player
• Emma Rayne Lyle, actress
• August 28
• Lexi Underwood, actress
• Quvenzhané Wallis, actress

September

• September 1 – Jonathan Gómez, soccer player
• September 2 – Cristian Nava, soccer player
• September 3
• Jack Dylan Grazer, actor
• Eileen Gu, Chinese-American freestyle skier
• September 7 – Diego Luna, soccer player
• September 8
• Nicolas Cantu, actor
• September 9 – Luke Hughes, ice hockey player
• September 10 – Carissa Yip, chess player
• September 14 – Lateef Omidiji, soccer player
• September 18 – Aidan Gallagher, actor
• September 20 – Thomas Matthew Crooks, attempted assassin of Donald Trump (d. 2024)
• September 26 – Hanna Harrell, figure skater
• September 28 – Caden Stafford, soccer player
• September 30 – Martin Damm, tennis player

October

• October 3 – Caroline Green, ice dancer
• October 8
• Ángela Aguilar, Mexican-American singer
• Jack Doherty, internet personality
• October 12 – Michael Lenis, soccer player
• October 13 – Korbin Shrader, American soccer player
• October 14
• Cade Cowell, soccer player
• October 15 – Chris Livingston, basketball player
• October 20 – Sophia Gennusa, child actress
• October 24 – Hudson Yang, actor
• October 25 – Tegan Marie, country singer and songwriter
• October 27 – Gavin Lewis, actor
• October 31 – Gerardo Dúran, soccer player

November

• November 12 – Jett Noland, racing driver
• November 14 – Brandon Jacobson, chess grandmaster
• November 18 – Justin Che, soccer player
• November 21 – Ellie Stokes, American-born Saint Kitts and Nevis footballer

December

• December 1 – Jackson Nicoll, child actor
• December 2 – Evie Clair, musical artist and reality television personality
• December 4
• Daniel Dye, racing driver
• December 5 – Logan Robot Gladden, musician
• December 9 – Faith Torrez, gymnast
• December 10 – Colin Duffy, professional climber
• December 14 – Kate Finster, pair skater
• December 30 – Nicolette Pierini, child actress

Deaths

January

• January 1 – Royce D. Applegate, actor and screenwriter (b. 1939)
• January 3 – Sid Gillman, American football player, coach and executive (b. 1911)
• January 4 – Sabine Ulibarrí, poet and critic (b. 1919)
• January 11 – Richard Simmons, actor (b. 1913)
• January 12
• Dean Amadon, ornithologist (b. 1912)
• Maurice Gibb, British musician (b. 1949)
• January 15 – Doris Fisher, singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
• January 17
• Fritzi Burr, actress (b. 1924)
• Richard Crenna, actor (b. 1926)
• January 20
• Al Hirschfeld, cartoonist (b. 1903)
• Craig Kelly, snowboarder (b. 1966)
• Nedra Volz, actress (b. 1908)
• January 23 – Nell Carter, singer and actress (b. 1948)
• January 25 – Robert Rockwell, actor (b. 1920)
• January 29 – Frank Moss, former United States Senator from Utah (b. 1911)

February

• February 1 – crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107:

• February 2 – Lou Harrison, American composer (b. 1917)
• February 3 – Lana Clarkson, actress and model (b. 1962)
• February 10
• Edgar de Evia, Mexican-born American photographer (b. 1910)
• Ron Ziegler, White House Press Secretary (b. 1939)
• Curt Hennig, American wrestler (b. 1958)
• February 16 – Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (b. 1907)
• February 17 – Pete Schrum, American actor (b. 1934)
• February 19 – Johnny Paycheck, American singer and songwriter (b. 1938)
• February 20 – Orville Freeman, 29th Governor of Minnesota from 1955 through1959 (b. 1918)
• February 21 – Julie Mitchum, American actress (b. 1914)
• February 23 – Howie Epstein, American musician and producer (b. 1955)
• February 27 – Fred Rogers, American educator, minister, songwriter, writer, and television host (b. 1928)

March

• March 2 – Hank Ballard, American singer and songwriter (b. 1927)
• March 3 – Ann A. Bernatitus, American U.S. Navy nurse (b. 1912)
• March 9 – Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (b. 1933)
• March 12
• Howard Fast, American novelist (b. 1914)
• Lynne Thigpen, American actress (b. 1948)
• March 14 – Amanda Davis, American writer and teacher (b. 1971)
• March 16 – Rachel Corrie, American activist and diarist (b. 1979)
• March 20 – Sailor Art Thomas, American bodybuilder and wrestler (b. 1924)
• March 22 – Milton G. Henschel, American minister and executive (b. 1920)
• March 26 – Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American politician (b. 1926)
• March 30 – Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952)
• March 31 - Anne Gwynne, American actress (b. 1918)

April

• April 2 – Edwin Starr American soul singer (b. 1942)
• April 4 – Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
• April 6 – David Bloom, American journalist (b. 1963)
• April 8 – Bing Russell, American actor (b. 1926)
• April 10 – Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
• April 11 – Cecil Howard Green, British-born American geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900)
• April 14 – Addie McPhail, American actress (b. 1905)
• April 17
• Robert Atkins, American physician (b. 1930)
• Paul Getty, American-born British philanthropist (b. 1932)
• Earl King, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1934)
• April 16 – Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (b. 1930)
• April 17 – Robert Atkins, American physician, namesake of the Atkins diet (b. 1930)
• April 20 – Ruth Hale, writer and actress (b. 1908)
• April 21 – Nina Simone, American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist (b. 1933)
• April 22 – Mike Larrabee, American Olympic athlete (b. 1933)
• April 26 – Peter Stone, American screenwriter (b. 1930)

May

• May 1 – Miss Elizabeth, American wrestling manager and valet (b. 1960)
• May 3 – Suzy Parker, American model and actress (b. 1932)
• May 9
• Carmen Filpi, American actor (b. 1923)
• Russell B. Long, American politician (b. 1918)
• May 14
• Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (b. 1940)
• Robert Stack, American actor and television host (b. 1919)
• May 15 – June Carter Cash, American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and writer (b. 1929)
• May 17 – Pop Ivy, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1916)
• May 24 – Rachel Kempson, British actress (b. 1910)
• May 26 – Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919)
• May 28 – Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)

June

• June 2
• Fred Blassie, American wrestler and manager (b. 1918)
• Dick Cusack, American actor, filmmaker and humorist (b. 1925)
• Burke Marshall, American civil rights lawyer (b. 1922)
• June 6 – Ken Grimwood, American writer (b. 1944)
• June 7 – Trevor Goddard, English actor (b. 1962)
• June 10 – Donald Regan, 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1918)
• June 11
• David Brinkley, American television journalist (b. 1920)
• William Marshall, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1924)
• June 12 – Gregory Peck, American actor (b. 1916)
• June 14 – Jimmy Knepper, American musician (b. 1927)
• June 15 – Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (b. 1911)
• June 18 – Larry Doby, American baseball player and manager (b. 1923)
• June 20 – Bob Stump, American politician (b. 1927)
• June 21 – Leon Uris, American writer (b. 1924)
• June 23 – Maynard Jackson, American politician (b. 1938)
• June 25 – Lester Maddox, American politician (b. 1915)
• June 26 – Strom Thurmond, American politician (b. 1902)
• June 29 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
• June 30 – Buddy Hackett, American comedian and actor (b. 1924)

July

• July 1 – Herbie Mann, musician (b. 1930)
• July 4 – Barry White, singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
• July 6 – Buddy Ebsen, actor and dancer (b. 1908)
• July 12 – Benny Carter, musician (b. 1907)
• July 15 – Tex Schramm, American football executive (b. 1920)
• July 16
• Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer (b. 1925)
• Carol Shields, American-born Canadian writer (b. 1935)
• July 17 – Rosalyn Tureck, pianist and harpsichordist (b. 1913)
• July 25
• Erik Brann, American musician (b. 1950)
• John Schlesinger, English director (b. 1926)
• July 27 – Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (b. 1903)
• July 28 – Greg Guidry, American singer-songwriter (b. 1954)
• July 30 – Sam Phillips, record producer (b. 1923)

August

• August 3 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1954)
• August 4 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American Nobel pediatrician and virologist (b. 1916)
• August 6 – Julius Baker, American flute player (b. 1915)
• August 9 – Gregory Hines, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1946)
• August 11 – Herb Brooks, American hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
• August 21 – Wesley Willis, American musician (b. 1963)
• August 23 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• August 26 – Wilma Burgess, American country musician (b. 1939)
• August 28 – Brian Douglas Wells, criminal and murder victim (b. 1956)
• August 30 – Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)

September

• September 1
• Rand Brooks, American actor (b. 1918)
• John Gould, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (b. 1908)
• September 3 – Ma Dunjing, Chinese General, died in Los Angeles, California (b. 1910)
• September 5 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (b. 1927)
• September 6 – Harry Goz, American actor (b. 1932)
• September 7 – Warren Zevon, American singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1947)
• September 9
• Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936)
• Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist (b. 1908)
• September 11
• Joe Hall Morris, American oral surgeon and university educator (b. 1922)
• John Ritter, American actor and comedian (b. 1948)
• September 12 – Johnny Cash, American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor (b. 1932)
• September 13 – Frank O'Bannon, 47th Governor of Indiana from 1997 to 2003. (b. 1930)
• September 14 – John Serry Sr., Italian-American musician (b. 1915)
• September 16 – Sheb Wooley, American actor, singer, and songwriter (b. 1921)
• September 20 – Stanley Farfara, American actor (b. 1949)
• September 22 – Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932)
• September 25
• Franco Modigliani, Italian-American Nobel economist (b. 1918)
• George Plimpton, American journalist, writer, and actor (b. 1927)
• Edward Said, Palestinian-American literary critic (b. 1935)
• September 26 – Shawn Lane, American musician (b. 1963)
• September 27 – Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
• September 28
• Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
• Elia Kazan, Greek-American director (b. 1909)
• September 30 – Robert Kardashian, American attorney and businessman (b. 1944)

October

• October 3
• Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
• William Steig, American cartoonist, illustrator, and writer (b. 1907)
• October 5
• Neil Postman, American writer, media theorist, and cultural critic (b. 1931)
• Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast, environmentalist and documentary film maker (b. 1957)
• October 8 – Thalia Mara, American ballet dancer, educator and author (b. 1911)
• October 10 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (b. 1925)
• October 12 – Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
• October 17 – Janice Rule, American actress (b. 1931)
• October 19
• Margaret Murie, American environmentalist and author (b. 1902)
• Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (b. 1957)
• October 20 – Jack Elam, American actor (b. 1920)
• October 21
• Fred Berry, American actor (b. 1951)
• Elliott Smith, American singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1969)
• October 22 – Tony Renna, American race car driver (b. 1976)
• October 25 – Robert Strassburg, American conductor, composer, musicologist, and music educator (b. 1915)
• October 27 – Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)
• October 29 – Hal Clement, American writer (b. 1922)
• October 30 – Walter Trohan, American journalist (b. 1903)
• October 31 – Richard Neustadt, American political scientist (b. 1919)

November

• November 5
• Dorothy Fay, American actress (b. 1915)
• Bobby Hatfield, American singer (b. 1940)
• November 6
• Crash Holly, American wrestler (b. 1971)
• Spider Jorgensen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1919)
• November 9 – Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918)
• November 10 – Irv Kupcinet, American columnist and television personality (b. 1912)
• November 12
• Jonathan Brandis, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1976)
• Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)
• Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
• November 13 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967)
• November 14
• Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1962)
• Carding Castro, Filipino actor and comedian (b. 1933)
• November 15
• Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
• Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (b. 1923)
• Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (b. 1924)
• November 17
• Arthur Conley, American singer (b. 1946)
• Don Gibson, American country musician (b. 1928)
• November 18
• Patricia Broderick, American playwright and painter (b. 1925)
• Michael Kamen, American composer, conductor, and songwriter (b. 1948)
• November 20 – Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
• November 24 – Warren Spahn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
• November 26 – Soulja Slim, American rapper, songwriter, and murder victim (b. 1977)
• November 29 – Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
• November 30 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1905)

December

• December 3 – Ellen Drew, American actress (b. 1915)
• December 4 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
• December 7
• Carl F. H. Henry, American theologian and publisher (b. 1913)
• Azie Taylor Morton, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1936)
• December 9 – Paul Simon, American politician (b. 1928)
• December 13 – William Roth, American politician (b. 1921)
• December 14 – Jeanne Crain, American actress (b. 1925)
• December 15 – George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923)
• December 16
• Madlyn Rhue, American actress (b. 1935)
• Gary Stewart, American singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1944)
• December 17 – Otto Graham, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
• December 19 – Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1933)
• December 22 – Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928)
• December 27
• Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1962)
• Pete Alvarado, American animator and comic book artist (b. 1920)
• December 28 – Helen Kleeb, American actress (b. 1907)
• December 29 – Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942)
• December 30 – John Gregory Dunne, American writer, screenwriter, literary critic, and journalist (b. 1932)

See also

• 2003 in American soccer
• 2003 in American television
• List of American films of 2003
• Timeline of United States history (1990–2009)

References

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