Notable Deaths on April 23rd
April 23rd Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
34 |
Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton |
303 |
Saint George, Greek officer in the Roman army, beheaded. Patron saint of many lands including England |
725 |
Wihtred, King of Kent |
871 |
Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies |
990 |
Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies |
997 |
Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 |
1014 |
Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, dies in battle at Clontarf |
1016 |
Æthelred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies |
1151 |
Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103) |
1217 |
King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185) |
1407 |
Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326) |
1416 |
Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies |
1605 |
Boris Godunov, chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I and Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies after a lengthy illness and a stroke at approximately 20 |
1616 |
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 |
1616 |
William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (Julian calendar) dies aged 52 |
1616 |
El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539) |
1616 |
Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, Don Quixote |
1616 |
William Shakespeare, Romeo + Juliet |
1625 |
Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57 |
1670 |
Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 |
1691 |
Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies |
1695 |
Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 |
1702 |
Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614) |
1728 |
Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83 |
1732 |
Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 |
1740 |
Thomas Tickell, poet, dies |
1742 |
Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62 |
1762 |
Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 |
1774 |
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies |
1781 |
James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706) |
1786 |
Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 |
1792 |
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741) |
1794 |
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721) |
1812 |
Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85 |
1827 |
Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65 |
1838 |
John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75 |
1839 |
Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768) |
1847 |
Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 |
1850 |
William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 |
1850 |
William Wordsworth, Episode dated 30 November 2003 |
1853 |
Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies |
1865 |
James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 |
1878 |
Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies |
1880 |
Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies |
1885 |
William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 |
1889 |
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808) |
1889 |
Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, The Last Mistress |
1895 |
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies |
1895 |
Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815) |
1897 |
Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25 |
1905 |
Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54 |
1905 |
Gédéon Ouimet, Quebec politician (b. 1823) |
1905 |
Joseph Jefferson, Rip Van Winkle |
1907 |
Alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842) |
1915 |
Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 |
1918 |
Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies |
1925 |
Andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45 |
1926 |
Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies |
1929 |
Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28 |
1936 |
Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889) |
1938 |
Olga Treskoff, The Coming of the Real Prince |
1938 |
Loo Hardy, Gelbstern |
1940 |
Ida Carloni Talli, The Rival Engineers |
1940 |
Narayanrao D. Sarpotdar, Jai Vijay |
1941 |
Karin Boye, Andra delen |
1941 |
Stanley Fields, Little Caesar |
1941 |
Percy Morris, Swing High, Swing Low |
1942 |
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 |
1942 |
Olga Benario, |
1945 |
Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42 |
1946 |
Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68 |
1947 |
Lewis E. Lawes, 20,000 Years in Sing Sing |
1948 |
Ercell Woods, King of Burlesque |
1949 |
John Ardell, The Razor's Edge |
1949 |
Adolf Manz, Menschen, die vorüberziehen |
1950 |
Peter Darnell, Klør Dame |
1950 |
Gemma Stagno Bellincioni, Satanica |
1951 |
Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865) |
1951 |
Charles Dawes, October Sky |
1951 |
Jules Berry, Le Jour se Leve |
1952 |
Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies |
1952 |
Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer, dies at 60 |
1952 |
Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887) |
1952 |
Maude Wallace, Scarlet Angel |
1953 |
Mike Moser, Space Patrol |
1953 |
Peter De Rose, There's Something About Mary |
1953 |
Richard Eivenack, Das Bad auf der Tenne |
1955 |
Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 |
1955 |
Frederic Brunn, Secret Service in Darkest Africa |
1955 |
Henry Busse, The English Patient |
1955 |
Basil Gill, High Treason |
1956 |
B.A. Rolfe, Wings of Pride |
1956 |
Flo Promis, Ants in the Pantry |
1956 |
Raymond Cordy, À Nous la Liberté |
1956 |
Reenie Farrington, Across the Way |
1957 |
William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89 |
1957 |
Bert Spurlin, The Americano |
1957 |
Bert Sperling, The Merry Widow |
1957 |
William Orlamond, Flesh and the Devil |
1958 |
Norman Frazier, Saps at Sea |
1958 |
John W. Krafft, Show Folks |
1959 |
Raoul Breton, Small Change |
1960 |
Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies |
1960 |
Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71 |
1960 |
Harry Archer, Beating the Game |
1962 |
Violet Parry, The Crucible |
1963 |
Frederick Peters, White Zombie |
1963 |
Pál Fejös, Lonesome |
1965 |
Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67 |
1965 |
George Adamski, Episode #7.15 |
1969 |
Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37 |
1970 |
Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51 |
1971 |
William Tubman, President of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76 |
1973 |
Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85 |
1975 |
Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27 |
1975 |
R D Brinkmann, writer, dies |
1975 |
William Hartnell, actor (Dr Who), dies at 67 |
1976 |
James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69 |
1976 |
Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47 |
1976 |
Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68 |
1976 |
Ronald Radd, The Offence |
1978 |
Edna Fisher, The Curse of the Lake |
1978 |
Ivan Pereverzev, Heroes of Shipka |
1979 |
Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946) |
1979 |
Maurice Clavel, Don Juan |
1981 |
Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897) |
1981 |
Nietta Zocchi, Il secondo tragico Fantozzi |
1981 |
Vive Risto, The New Tom & Jerry Show |
1982 |
Art Stark, Episode dated 12 July 1962 |
1983 |
Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932), dies at 73 |
1983 |
Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78 |
1983 |
Jack Ritchie, A New Leaf |
1983 |
Anita Blanch, La barraca |
1983 |
Buster Crabbe, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe |
1983 |
Selena Royle, As the World Turns |
1984 |
August "Guus" Oster, actor/director (Carrie), dies at 68 |
1984 |
Gordon Phillips, Von Richthofen and Brown |
1984 |
Juan Tizol, Whiplash |
1984 |
Verne Morgan, The Best of Benny Hill |
1984 |
Red Garland, Yes Man |
1985 |
Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78 |
1985 |
Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88 |
1985 |
Gert Kubrick, Making 'The Shining' |
1985 |
Sam Ervin, A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the Senate Should Ratify the Proposed Panama Canal Treaties |
1985 |
Art Arthur, Sun Valley Serenade |
1985 |
Fred Doederlein, Scanners |
1985 |
Kent Smith, Cat People |
1985 |
Howard Beals, The Godfather: Part II |
1985 |
Sarah T. Hughes, Four Days in November |
1986 |
Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US composer, murdered at 81 |
1986 |
Jim Laker, cricketer (193 wkts for England at 21 24), dies |
1986 |
Otto Preminger, dir (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79 |
1986 |
Kaem Wong, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids |
1986 |
Lida Piazza, The Case of the Demure Defendant |
1986 |
Harold Arlen, L.A. Confidential |
1986 |
Jim Laker, Boris Karloff |
1986 |
Otto Preminger, Anatomy of a Murder |
1987 |
Ella McKenzie, A Fraternity Mixup |
1988 |
Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies |
1988 |
Joris Collet, Daughters of Darkness |
1988 |
Eitarô Ozawa, Ugetsu |
1989 |
Marc Daniels, Space Seed |
1989 |
Imre Hódos, Helsinki 1952: Games of the XV Olympiad |
1989 |
Lone Luther, Lille mand, pas på |
1990 |
Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62 |
1990 |
Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies |
1990 |
Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies in Switzerland at 78 |
1990 |
Palmer Deane, Still of the Night |
1990 |
Ruy Barata, Amazônia: De Galvez a Chico Mendes |
1990 |
Peter Ellis, Lord Jeff |
1990 |
Paulette Goddard, Modern Times |
1991 |
Peter Bailey, Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies |
1991 |
Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952) |
1991 |
Rudy Solari, The Paradise Syndrome |
1991 |
Frank Williams, Episode dated 14 April 1984 |
1991 |
Paul Brickhill, The Great Escape |
1991 |
Tove Wisborg, Frøken Nitouche |
1991 |
Johnny Thunders, Bringing Out the Dead |
1991 |
William Dozier, Batman: The Movie |
1992 |
Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53 |
1992 |
Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70 |
1992 |
Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52 |
1992 |
Michael I. Wagner, Personal Foul |
1992 |
Stanley Styne, Gidget |
1992 |
Deron Johnson, New York Yankees vs. California Angels |
1992 |
Jetty Cantor, Bruidsboeket en boerendans |
1992 |
Jack Herzberg, Hypo Bandit |
1992 |
Will J. White, Westworld |
1992 |
Satyajit Ray, The Stranger |
1993 |
Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78 |
1993 |
Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59 |
1993 |
Cesar Chavez, The Fight in the Fields |
1993 |
Sven-Erik Jacobsson, Fanny and Alexander |
1994 |
Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30 |
1994 |
Cecile Dreesmann, son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74 |
1994 |
Lucho Bermúdez, Our Lady of the Assassins |
1994 |
Flavio Mogherini, To Love Ophelia |
1994 |
Alfred De La Fuente, Easy Money |
1995 |
Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77 |
1995 |
John Stennis, (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93 |
1995 |
Lonesome Sundown, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66 |
1995 |
Robert Selby Taylor, bishop, dies at 86 |
1995 |
Gianni Baghino, The Great War |
1995 |
Howard Cosell, Bananas |
1995 |
Stanislaw Zachara, Wysokie loty |
1995 |
Mary Binney Montgomery, Poem 8 |
1995 |
Paul Bürks, Clicquot & Co. |
1995 |
Pearl Hoxie, The Hazards of Helen |
1995 |
John C. Stennis, The Congress |
1996 |
Leonard Kuntstat, blues discographer, dies at 70 |
1996 |
Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96 |
1996 |
Jean-Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (b. 1913) |
1996 |
Jean-Marie Rivière, La nuit du flingueur |
1996 |
Guido Mazzini, La sonnambula |
1996 |
P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins |
1997 |
Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918) |
1997 |
Richard Lang, A Change of Seasons |
1997 |
Denis Compton, The Final Test |
1997 |
Charles Henley, Arizona Raiders |
1997 |
Jan Zylber, Innocent Sorcerers |
1997 |
Nancy Seear, Episode dated 2 May 1991 |
1997 |
Thomas Carr, Superman |
1997 |
Sammy Smith, The Changeling |
1998 |
Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907) |
1998 |
James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928) |
1998 |
Nina van der Vet, De Cock en de eenzame dood |
1998 |
Archimedes Patti, Roots of a War: 1945-1953 |
1998 |
Gregor von Rezzori, Labyrinth |
1998 |
Akira Ôizumi, The Life of Oharu |
1998 |
James Earl Ray, Who Killed Martin Luther King? |
1998 |
Eugene Geasley, Maths-in-a-Box |
1998 |
Catherine Langeais, Janique Aimée |
1998 |
Denis Goacher, A Voice in the Sky |
1999 |
Nikola Djonovic, Sesta brzina |
1999 |
Melba Liston, Smile Orange |
1999 |
Jelica Munitlak, Smrt gospodje Ministarke |
2000 |
Florence Morrison, Penrod |
2000 |
Cæsar, I Belong to Me |
2000 |
Erle C. Cocke, Our Time in Hell: The Korean War |
2001 |
Hans-Erich Korbschmitt, Rauhreif |
2001 |
Hans Fröschl, Bellaria - So lange wir leben! |
2001 |
Carole Kean, The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking |
2002 |
Nish Saran, Summer in My Veins |
2002 |
Carla Fry, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
2002 |
Tod Griffin, She Demons |
2002 |
Doris Hoffmann, Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter |
2002 |
Karl von Liebezeit, Tenderness of the Wolves |
2002 |
Manfred Bieler, The Rabbit Is Me |
2003 |
James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (b. 1917) |
2003 |
Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910) |
2003 |
Chico Martins, Panca de Valente |
2003 |
Raymond Galle, Mauvaise graine |
2003 |
Kurt Klinger, Der Tag der Tauben |
2003 |
Herbert Riehl-Heyse, Schicki-Micki |
2003 |
Cherney Berg, Brief Encounter |
2004 |
Krystyna Zylinska, Cudowne miejsce |
2004 |
John Seely, The Gumby Show |
2004 |
Ignacio Retes, El centro del laberinto |
2004 |
Bill Brundige, The Big Crime |
2005 |
Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (b. 1911) |
2005 |
Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (b. 1928) |
2005 |
John Mills, English actor (b. 1908) |
2005 |
Romano Scarpa, Italian-born comic artist (b. 1927) |
2005 |
Earl Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1934) |
2005 |
Romano Scarpa, La piccola fiammiferaia |
2005 |
Robert Farnon, King's Rhapsody |
2005 |
Jimmy Woode, Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. |
2005 |
John Mills, Gandhi |
2005 |
Alan Gilbert, Let's Make a Deal |
2005 |
Earl Wilson, A City on Fire: The Story of the '68 Detroit Tigers |
2006 |
Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (b. 1912) |
2006 |
William Gottlieb, Bill Gottlieb: Riffs |
2006 |
Tony Casas, American Me |
2006 |
Susan Browning, Sister Act |
2006 |
Linn Sheldon, The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything |
2006 |
Art Ford, The Art Ford Show |
2006 |
George Hines, Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
2006 |
Jennifer Jayne, They Came from Beyond Space |
2006 |
Isaac Witkin, Two Men of Storm King |
2006 |
Chat Silayan, Ang maestro |
2006 |
David E. Peckinpah, Little Girl Lost |
2006 |
Harvey Bullock, Girl Happy |
2006 |
Florence Mars, The Murder of Emmett Till |
2007 |
Paul Erdman, American economist and author (b. 1932) |
2007 |
David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934) |
2007 |
Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (b. 1931) |
2007 |
Jorge Di Paola, Gombrowicz, o la seducción (Representado por sus discípulos) |
2007 |
Nicholas Wollaston, Eclipse |
2007 |
Paul Erdman, Silver Bears |
2007 |
Robert Moore, Blood of Dracula |
2007 |
John Inzerella, Annie Hall |
2007 |
Michael Smuin, Dracula |
2007 |
David Halberstam, The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship |
2007 |
David Ashrow, A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun |
2007 |
Boris Yeltsin, Elegiya zhizni. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya. |
2008 |
Carl B. Belfor, Haunted |
2008 |
Dave Atkins, Hellraiser |
2008 |
Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Travelling Journeymen |
2008 |
Martha Kostuch, Worst Case Scenario |
2008 |
Heinz Geese, Ein Walzer zu zweien |
2008 |
Elena Korolyova, Vyzyvaem ogon na sebya |
2009 |
Blue Iris, Blue Iris: A Life |
2009 |
Bill Barnes, 1962 Rose Bowl |
2009 |
Arthur Whybrow, Spider |
2009 |
Spencer Lam, Vampire Effect |
2010 |
Shay Duffin, The Departed |
2010 |
Sreenath, Mathilukal |
2010 |
Roberto Ciuni, Omertà |
2010 |
Alan Rich, Betty Freeman: A Life for the Unknown |
2010 |
Peter Porter, Episode #2.4 |
2010 |
Tom Carlin, Romancing the Stone |
2010 |
St. John Gore, A Question of Attribution |
2010 |
Gail Jensen, The Fall Guy |
2010 |
Eiji Kusuhara, Eyes Wide Shut |
2011 |
Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (b. 1921) |
2011 |
John Sullivan, British comedy writer (b. 1946) |
2011 |
Tom King, American songwriter and musician (b. 1943) |
2011 |
Norio Ohga, Sony: Early Years |
2011 |
Peter Lieberson, Concerto at Work |
2011 |
John Sullivan, Only Fools and Horses.... |
2011 |
Betty Philson, Wise Girl |
2011 |
James Casey, Episode #1.3 |
2011 |
Terence Longdon, Ben-Hur |
2011 |
Tom King, Planes, Trains & Automobiles |
2011 |
Roger Hancock, Tony Hancock |
2011 |
Young-Keun Oh, Naeil-ui Tae-yang |
2012 |
Breda Beban, Hand on the Shoulder |
2012 |
Tommy Marth, Twenty4Hours |
2012 |
Hacho Boyadzhiev, Macbeth |
2012 |
Billy Bryans, Take This Waltz |
2012 |
Veriano Luchetti, I vespri siciliani |
2012 |
Chris Ethridge, Jerry Maguire |
2012 |
Carmen Bunster, Alsino and the Condor |
2012 |
LeRoy Walker, Starting at the Finish Line: The Coach Buehler Story |
2013 |
Robert Edgar, American Congressman, dies from a heart attack at 69 |
2013 |
Norman Jones, You Only Live Twice |
2013 |
Shamshad Begum, Mughal-E-Azam |
2013 |
Jim Mortimer, The Grunwick Strike |
2013 |
Bob Brozman, Coral Reef Adventure |
2013 |
Earle Foster, The Wrong Claim |
2014 |
Mark Shand, The Elephants of India with Goldie Hawn |
2014 |
Michael Maitland, Search for Tomorrow |
2014 |
Jaap Havekotte, Episode #3.95 |
2014 |
Klaus Werner, The School Girls |
2014 |
Tibor Fekete, Nem zárjuk kulcsra az ajtót |
2014 |
Michael Glawogger, Whores' Glory |
2015 |
Roberto Talma, Kubanacan |
2015 |
Alexander Eliot, The Secret of Michelangelo |
2015 |
Jan Fog, Episode #6.5 |
2015 |
Sixto Valencia Burgos, La historieta en México |
2015 |
Stuart Sherwin, Fear of Fanny |
2015 |
Francis Tsai, TMNT |
2015 |
Sawyer Sweeten, Captain Nemo |
2015 |
Paul Ryan, Coma |
2015 |
Aziz Asli, Conquerors of the Desert |
2015 |
Richard Corliss, Life Itself |
2015 |
Antti Kari, The Lost Land |
2016 |
Renowned New Zealand sports broadcaster Peter Sellers dies aged 94 |
2016 |
Pacific music pioneer Bill Sevesi dies, aged 92 |
2016 |
Former Thaiprime minister Banharn Silpa-archa dies aged 83 after asthma attack |
2016 |
Award-winning Guardian reporter David Beresford dies aged 68 |
2016 |
Actress Morag Siller dies aged 46 |
2016 |
Former James Bond Director Guy Hamilton Dies Aged 93 |
2017 |
World's oldest person Emma Morano dies aged 117 in Italy |
2017 |
Erin Moran, who played Joanie Cunningham in Happy Days, dies aged 56 |
2017 |
Italian cyclist Michele Scarponi dies aged 37 after training crash |
2018 |
Oldest person in the world, Nabi Tajima, dies aged 117 in Japan |
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