(b. 1930) November 23 – Murasoli Maran, Indian politician (b. 1934) November 24 – Warren Spahn, American baseball player (b. 1921) November 30 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1905) December December 3 Ellen Drew, American actress (b. 1915) David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941) December 6 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, 30th President of Guatemala (b. 1918) December 8 – Rubén González, Cuban pianist (b. 1919) December 11 – Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927) December 12 – Heydar Aliyev, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923) December 14 Jeanne Crain, American actress (b. 1925) Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, American mobster (b. 1920) December 17 – Otto Graham, American football player (b. 1921) December 19 – Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1933) December 23 – Kriangsak Chamanan, 15th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1917) December 27 – Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934) December 29 – Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942) December 30 – Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (b. 1963) Nobel Prizes Chemistry – Peter Agre, Roderick MacKinnon Economics – Robert F. Engle, Sir Clive Granger Literature – J. M. Coetzee Peace – Shirin Ebadi Physics – Alexei Abrikosov, Vitaly Ginzburg, Sir Anthony James Leggett Physiology or Medicine – Paul Lauterbur, Sir Peter Mansfield New English words and terms anti-cultural baby bump Big Rip binge-watch botnet darmstadtium electronic cigarette flash mob iraimbilanja manscaping MERS muffin top netroots SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome unfriend References External links 2003 Year in Review – comprehensive listing of 2003 reviews and lists 2003 Year-End Google Zeitgeist – Google's Yearly List of Major Events and Top Searches for 2003