Notable Deaths on August 23rd
August 23rd Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
93 |
Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (b. 40) |
634 |
Aboe Bekr Abd Allah, [al-Siddik], friend/successor of Mohammed and Caliph, dies |
1106 |
Magnus, Duke of Saxony |
1176 |
Emperor Rokujo of Japan (b. 1164) |
1305 |
William Wallace, Scottish patriot, hanged, disemboweled & beheaded at Smithfield London |
1328 |
Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle |
1387 |
King Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370) |
1507 |
Jean Molinet, Burgundy historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72 |
1519 |
Philibert Berthelier, Swiss patriot |
1540 |
Guillaume Budé, French scholar |
1591 |
Luis de Leon, scholar/poet, dies |
1618 |
Gerbrant A Bredero, poet/playwright (Moortje), dies at 33 |
1618 |
Gerbrand Adraenszoon Bredero, Lucelle |
1628 |
George Viliers, 1st duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36 |
1652 |
John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English royalist politician (b. 1600) |
1668 |
Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies |
1706 |
Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., British Crown Governor of Virginia (b. 1654) |
1723 |
Antoine Mouque, composer, dies at 64 |
1723 |
Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister (b. 1639) |
1777 |
Giuseppe Sellitto, composer, dies at 77 |
1802 |
Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer, dies at 51 |
1806 |
Charles Augustin de Coulomb, Fren physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70 |
1813 |
Alexander Wilson, Scottish-born ornithologist (b. 1766) |
1819 |
Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday |
1825 |
Amos Bull, composer, dies at 81 |
1831 |
August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 |
1831 |
Ferenc Kazinczy, A bor lelke |
1839 |
Charles Philippe Lafont, composer, dies at 57 |
1853 |
Alexander Calder, first mayor of Beaumont, Texas (b. 1806) |
1867 |
Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796) |
1878 |
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer, dies at 77 |
1892 |
Deodoro da Fonseca, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827) |
1898 |
Joseph Robinson, composer, dies at 82 |
1903 |
Paul J C Gabriel, Dutch water colors painter/etcher, dies at 75 |
1914 |
Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks |
1914 |
George A Pogson, British consul in Puerto Rico, dies |
1925 |
Heinrich Berte, April Blossoms |
1926 |
Rudolph Valentino, silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in NY at 31 |
1926 |
Zsigmond Gere, Soldiers of the Emperor |
1926 |
Rudolph Valentino, The Son of the Sheik |
1927 |
Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass |
1927 |
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, |
1929 |
Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea), dies |
1932 |
John Craig, Silence |
1933 |
Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62 |
1933 |
Marie Cahill, When Betty Bets |
1934 |
Hotei Nomura, Yôfu gonin onna - Dai yonhen: Okusama Ochie |
1935 |
Ivan Hedqvist, Johan Ulfstjerna |
1937 |
Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel, composer, dies at 68 |
1937 |
Albert Roussel, Sitcom |
1938 |
Frank Hawks, The Mysterious Pilot |
1938 |
Jean Hathaway, The Tornado |
1939 |
Sidney Coe Howard, playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies at 48 |
1939 |
Margaret Whistler, A Beach Nut |
1939 |
Sidney Howard, Gone with the Wind |
1939 |
Gyula Csermely, Wedding in Toprin |
1941 |
Jack O'Connor, cricketer (four Tests for Aust 1908-09, 13 wkts), dies |
1941 |
Wilmer Walter, The Fair Pretender |
1941 |
James May, It Happened in Hollywood |
1942 |
Hans Löhr, Emil und die Detektive |
1942 |
Louis Natheaux, Weary River |
1943 |
Johann P Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88 |
1944 |
Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, composer, dies at 63 |
1945 |
Walter Blaufuss, Bosko's Woodland Daze |
1947 |
Hasmik Agopyan, The Power of Evil |
1947 |
Alexander Esway, Mauvaise graine |
1948 |
Jessie Wessel, Ådalens poesi |
1949 |
Betty Mudge, Hollywood Barn Dance |
1950 |
Emmy Worm-Müller, Bondefangeri i Vaterland |
1951 |
Hilda Pihlajamäki, Aila, Pohjolan tytär |
1952 |
Claire Lotto, Die Tragödie der Entehrten |
1952 |
Manuel Luís Vieira, O Fauno das Montanhas |
1952 |
Sári Déry, Everybody Loves Someone Else |
1953 |
O.M. Steiger, Swiss Miss |
1954 |
Erik Henning-Jensen, Livet paa Hegnsgaard |
1955 |
Reginald Tate, British actor (b. 1896) |
1955 |
Lew Strohm, The Bad Man of Brimstone |
1955 |
Reginald Tate, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp |
1955 |
Hulda Keskinen, Kun isä tahtoo... |
1956 |
... Kennedy, daughter of future Pres Kennedy, dies same day |
1956 |
Stig Roland, 08/15 at Home |
1956 |
Felisa Mary, Little Teacher of Workmen |
1957 |
Lille Bror Söderlundh, Rasmus and the Vagabond |
1957 |
Karl Leiter, Das Ferienkind |
1958 |
Martin du Gard, writer, dies |
1958 |
Roger Martin du Gard, The Thibaults |
1959 |
Magda Bäumken, Das Herrschaftskind |
1959 |
George Spaulding, The Man Who Couldn't Remember |
1959 |
Tiffany Thayer, Thirteen Women |
1960 |
Oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway librettist, dies at 65 |
1960 |
Frank Weixel, A Streetcar Named Desire |
1960 |
Oscar Hammerstein II, American Beauty |
1961 |
Joseph Jay Bamberger, A Sheffield Blade |
1962 |
Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70 |
1962 |
Irving Fine, composer (Toccata), dies at 47 |
1962 |
Walter Anderson, German folklorist (b. 1885) |
1963 |
Glen Gray, American jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (b. 1900) |
1963 |
Mary Gordon, Bride of Frankenstein |
1963 |
Boris Svoboda, Spring |
1963 |
Glen Gray, Angel Heart |
1964 |
Karl Schnog, Les Misérables |
1965 |
John Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer, dies at 67 |
1966 |
Francis Xavier Bushman, actor (Ben-Hur), dies at 83 |
1966 |
Richard E. Byers, The Blood of Jesus |
1967 |
Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver (b. 1918) |
1970 |
Nel Rose, dancer, dies at 55 |
1971 |
Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer, dies at 58 |
1971 |
Oliver F McGowan, actor (Banning, Stagecoach), dies at 64 |
1971 |
The original Shamu, Sea World orca |
1972 |
Balis Dvarionas, composer, dies at 68 |
1974 |
Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist (b. 1888) |
1975 |
Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87 |
1976 |
Vladimir Roudenko, Napoleon |
1977 |
Sebastian Cabot, actor (Giles French-Family Affair), dies at 59 |
1978 |
Gori Muñoz, The Bastard |
1978 |
Agustín Isunza, El Topo |
1979 |
Mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan capt 1948-49), dies |
1979 |
Richard Hearne, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), dies at 70 |
1979 |
William Maybery, Witness for the Prosecution |
1979 |
Milos Willig, Adelheid |
1979 |
Stefan Pejchev, Stars |
1980 |
Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77 |
1980 |
Della Peterson, The Lucky Duck |
1980 |
Will van Deeg, Räuberische Erpressung |
1981 |
Josefin Kipper, So ein Affentheater |
1981 |
Sándor Zákonyi, Age of Illusions |
1981 |
Jirina Sejbalová, Vlcí jáma |
1981 |
Rolf Herricht, Beloved White Mouse |
1982 |
Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85 |
1982 |
Stanford Moore, US biochemist (Nobel 1977), dies |
1982 |
Duke Taylor, The Painted Stallion |
1982 |
Alberto Cavalcanti, Dead of Night |
1983 |
Jadwiga Baronówna, Wielka milosc Balzaka |
1984 |
Freddie Steele, Story of G.I. Joe |
1984 |
Antonio Maida, Joven, viuda y estanciera |
1984 |
Vilmos Mendelényi, The Bells Have Gone to Rome |
1984 |
Norbert Kappen, Kidnap - Die Entführung des Lindbergh-Babys |
1985 |
Lou Seitz, Die Ratten |
1985 |
Aleksandr Titov, Andrei Rublev |
1986 |
Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80 |
1986 |
Mikhail Kuznetsov, Ivan the Terrible, Part I |
1986 |
Jacques Muller, La regrettable absence de Terry Monaghan |
1986 |
Rosita Díaz Gimeno, Pepita Jiménez |
1986 |
José Estrada, Los cacos |
1986 |
Adrienne Fazan, Singin' in the Rain |
1986 |
Charles Janssens, Malpertuis |
1986 |
Richárd Bogár, Csudapest |
1986 |
Clement Baptista, The Golden Leaf |
1986 |
Pete Daily, Rhythm Inn |
1986 |
Pete Dailey, Challenge the Wilderness |
1986 |
Marvin Hatley, Way Out West |
1986 |
Donald Keyes, Roy J. Battersby, New York Reporter |
1987 |
Siegfried Borris, composer, dies at 80 |
1987 |
Didier Pironi, French racing car driver (b. 1952) |
1987 |
Kei Wakasugi, Eden no umi |
1987 |
Sheila van Damm, Mrs Henderson Presents |
1987 |
Siegfried Borries, Der träumende Mund |
1988 |
Gerald Drayson Adams, Kissin' Cousins |
1988 |
Romeo De Santis Jr., Stand by Me |
1988 |
Menoti del Picchia, Mandacaru |
1988 |
Jack Sher, Shane |
1988 |
Larry Boelens, She's Having a Baby |
1988 |
Georg Peter-Pilz, In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer |
1989 |
Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer, dies |
1989 |
R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (anti-psychiatry), dies of a heart attack at 61 |
1989 |
Yusef Hawkins, shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst because he's black |
1989 |
Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer and academic (b. 1944) |
1989 |
Mladen Todic, The Battle of Kosovo |
1989 |
Aristide Caporale, The Name of the Rose |
1989 |
Bobby Baum, The Jury Story |
1989 |
Afif Yesari, Derdimden anlayan yok |
1989 |
R.D. Laing, Asylum |
1990 |
David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80 |
1990 |
Sergio Magaña Hidalgo, The Distant Wind |
1990 |
David Rose, Hombre |
1990 |
John Stalker, Welcome to Our Branch Office |
1990 |
Antolín García, Rimas populares |
1990 |
Omero Tognon, Sunday Heroes |
1991 |
Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93 |
1991 |
Anne Caudry, L'allégement |
1991 |
Innes Lloyd, An Englishman Abroad |
1991 |
McClure Capps, Jack and the Beanstalk |
1991 |
Lodge Cunningham, From Here to Eternity |
1991 |
Hollis Barnes, The Men |
1991 |
Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Bors néni |
1992 |
Malcolm Atterbury, actor (7 Days in May, Wild River), dies at 85 |
1992 |
Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92 |
1992 |
Wayne McLaren, Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51 |
1992 |
Elisaveta, Elvis! Elvis! |
1992 |
Virginia Sale, Topper |
1992 |
Ed Hubbell, Singin' in the Rain |
1992 |
Charles A. Nichols, Charlotte's Web |
1993 |
Charles Scorsese, actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80 |
1993 |
Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42 |
1993 |
Victorine Hefting, historian/wife of Bert Baker, dies at 88 |
1993 |
Elli Jessen-Somann, Geschwister |
1993 |
Edwina Lewis, The Boy Who Cried Bitch |
1993 |
Gregory Gaye, Ninotchka |
1993 |
Charles Scorsese, Goodfellas |
1994 |
Henri Rousselot, admiral, dies at 82 |
1994 |
Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author (Machina Mondiale), dies at 70 |
1994 |
Rabah Stambouli, Algerian sociologist/politician, murdered at 65 |
1994 |
Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer, dies at 77 |
1994 |
Paul Toothill, Episode One |
1994 |
Zoltán Fábri, The Fifth Seal |
1994 |
Paolo Volponi, Mamma Roma |
1994 |
Aleksandr Shvorin, The Cranes Are Flying |
1995 |
Alfred Eisenstaedt, photojournalist, dies at 96 |
1995 |
Arthur Holt, politician, dies at 81 |
1995 |
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician, dies at 31 |
1995 |
Hedda J Garza, writer/political activist, dies at 66 |
1995 |
James Pilditch, designer, dies at 66 |
1995 |
Johnny Carey, soccer star, dies at 76 |
1995 |
Vincent Gordon Lindsay White, tycoon, dies at 72 |
1995 |
Leslie Graves, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning |
1995 |
Loretta Daye, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
1995 |
Johan Bergenstråhle, Made in Sweden |
1995 |
Khalil Bezaleel, In the Heat of the Night |
1995 |
Georgette Hagedoorn, Aflevering 7 |
1995 |
Dwayne R. Goettel, An American Werewolf in Paris |
1996 |
Jurriaan Andriessen, The Assault |
1996 |
Bamlet Lawrence Price Jr., One Way Ticket to Hell |
1996 |
Anne Lloyd, Episode #1.749 |
1997 |
Eric Gairy, first PM of Grenada (1974-79), dies at 75 |
1997 |
Elena Mayorova, Makarov |
1997 |
Kurt Houston, Night Walk: A Bedtime Story |
1997 |
Ruth Storey, In Cold Blood |
1998 |
Norma Drew, Fast and Furious |
1998 |
Rolf Søder, The Chasers |
1998 |
Big Jeff Bess, A Face in the Crowd |
1999 |
Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b.1926) |
1999 |
James White, Northern Irish writer (b. 1928) |
1999 |
Steven Bernhardt, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
1999 |
Martha Rountree, Meet the Press |
1999 |
Andrey Chaprazov, Golemanov |
1999 |
Norman Wexler, Serpico |
1999 |
James White, |
1999 |
Norman Howell Sr., The Cowboys |
1999 |
Desmond Flynn, Sanctuary |
2000 |
John Anthony Kaiser, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1932) |
2000 |
Margot Höpfner, Fronttheater |
2000 |
Monica Grey, The Mark |
2000 |
Mieczyslaw Surwillo, Pani Bovary to ja |
2000 |
Betty Blue, Not Tonight Henry |
2000 |
Milivoje Tomic, The Marathon Family |
2000 |
Marjorie Woodworth, Flying with Music |
2000 |
Bond Blackman, Trauma |
2001 |
Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919) |
2001 |
Peter Maas, American novelist (b. 1929) |
2001 |
Gregers Wiboe, Lyssky transport gennem Danmark |
2001 |
Leo Kharibian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
2001 |
Peter Maas, Serpico |
2001 |
Kathleen Freeman, Shrek |
2001 |
Petar Cvejic, Around the World in 80 Days |
2001 |
Manolita Saval, María Eugenia |
2002 |
Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player (b. 1922) |
2002 |
Shirley Slater, The Candidate |
2002 |
Hoyt Wilhelm, Greats of the Game |
2002 |
Marnie Rose, Houston Medical |
2002 |
Vladimír Svitácek, A Pound on Demand |
2002 |
Wayne Simmons, Super Bowl XXXI |
2002 |
Dennis Fimple, House of 1000 Corpses |
2002 |
Martin Slivka, Voda a praca |
2003 |
Jack Dyer, Australian rules footballer (b. 1913) |
2003 |
John Geoghan, American Catholic priest (b. 1935) |
2003 |
Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946) |
2003 |
Tom Falk, Westworld |
2003 |
Chuck Stubbs, They Shall Have Music |
2003 |
Brian de Benedictis, What Alice Found |
2003 |
Bobby Bonds, Willie Mays |
2003 |
Marion Hargrove, The Music Man |
2003 |
Wieslaw Grabek, Sól ziemi czarnej |
2003 |
Hy Anzell, Annie Hall |
2003 |
Christian Leonhardt, Seven Servants |
2004 |
Ted Trimmer, Deborah Kerr: Getting to Know Her |
2004 |
Robert David Lion Gardiner, Episode #7.3 |
2004 |
Raeanin Simpson, Little Heroes |
2004 |
Boris Ardov, Podzemnyy perekhod |
2004 |
Hank Borowy, |
2004 |
Michio Yamamoto, Lake of Dracula |
2005 |
Brock Peters, American actor (b. 1927) |
2005 |
Ninjalicious, Canadian author and urban explorer (b. 1973) |
2005 |
Glenn Corneille, Nationaal songfestival |
2005 |
Brock Peters, To Kill a Mockingbird |
2006 |
Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1928) |
2006 |
Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator, dies at 79 |
2006 |
Marie Tharp, The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark |
2006 |
John Martin, Atlanta |
2006 |
Keiroku Seki, Am I Trying |
2006 |
Hope Pomerance, Happiness |
2006 |
Lucio De Santis, And God Said to Cain |
2006 |
Colin Forbes, Avalanche Express |
2006 |
Jarmila Lhotová, Starý hrích |
2006 |
Todd Taylor, Dumb & Dumber |
2006 |
Ed Warren, Amityville: The Haunting |
2006 |
Maynard Ferguson, Maynard Ferguson: Live - At the Top |
2006 |
George Adrian, To Catch a Thief |
2007 |
Robert Symonds, American actor (b. 1926) |
2007 |
Kurt Hübner, Death Is My Trade |
2007 |
Martti Pokela, Piis, piis, pikkulintu |
2007 |
Steven Kozlowski, Good Will Hunting |
2007 |
Faruk Begolli, The Dervish and Death |
2007 |
Allen Emerson, Shipment to Beirut |
2007 |
Juko Nishimura, Ôgon no inu |
2007 |
Robert Symonds, The Exorcist |
2008 |
John Russell, British-born American art critic and author |
2008 |
Douglas Sebern, Northfork |
2008 |
Ruth Cohen, The Gum |
2008 |
Howard Baugh, Silver Wings & Civil Rights: The Fight to Fly |
2008 |
Jimmy Cleveland, Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser |
2009 |
Alfredo Mariotti, Don Pasquale |
2009 |
Ryan Jenkins, Billion Dollar Doggie |
2009 |
Maurice Régamey, Crazy in the Noodle |
2010 |
Carlos Mendo, Operación Flecha Rota |
2010 |
Colette Koo, Let's Love Hong Kong |
2010 |
Natalie Nevins, Lawrence Welk's TV Treasures |
2010 |
James Fawcett, Farrah's Story |
2010 |
Kihachiro Kawamoto, Kataku |
2010 |
George David Weiss, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
2010 |
James S. Appleby, The Great Waldo Pepper |
2010 |
Lothar Loewe, Hart an der Grenze |
2010 |
David McElhatton, Thief of Hearts |
2010 |
Vidoje Vujovic, Osisana glava |
2010 |
Tito Burns, Dont Look Back |
2011 |
Jane Margaret Truesdell, Thus Saith the Lord |
2011 |
Blanka Vikusová, Ohnostroj v Aspern |
2011 |
William Coyman, The Cider House Rules |
2011 |
Sybil Jason, The Little Princess |
2011 |
Dianne Wager, The Green Mile |
2011 |
Russell Latham, The Young and the Restless |
2011 |
Frank Potenza, Episode #4.269 |
2011 |
June Wayne, Four Stones for Kanemitsu |
2011 |
Valérie Leblanc, Chère Val |
2012 |
Steve Van Buren, American Hall of Fame NFL halfback, dies from pneumonia at 91 |
2012 |
Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer, dies from prostate cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 78 |
2012 |
James Fogle, Drugstore Cowboy |
2012 |
Steve Van Buren, Triple Threat |
2012 |
Jean-Luc Delarue, Couples: comment rompre sans tout casser? |
2012 |
Edith Mastenbroek, Episode dated 20 December 2000 |
2012 |
Robert Schuch, Kill Me Again |
2012 |
Jerry Nelson, The Muppet Movie |
2012 |
Byard Lancaster, Pipes of Peace |
2012 |
Zakir Mukhamedzhanov, General Rakhimov |
2013 |
William Glasser, American psychiatrist, dies from respiratory failure from pneumonia at 88 |
2013 |
David Garrick, English singer, dies at 67 |
2013 |
Piet Balfoort, Episode #2.5 |
2013 |
Francisco Sánchez, The Tiger of Santa Julia |
2013 |
Charles Lisanby, Night of 100 Stars |
2013 |
Gilbert Taylor, Star Wars |
2013 |
Wadim Jussow, Episode #1.1 |
2013 |
Vadim Yusov, Solaris |
2013 |
David Garrick, Episode #1.14 |
2013 |
Álvaro Bultó, Episode #2.90 |
2013 |
William Glasser, Psychiatry: An Industry of Death |
2013 |
Bea Silvern, The Competition |
2013 |
Konstanty Miodowicz, Cierpkie glogi |
2014 |
Birgitta Stenberg, Just Once More |
2014 |
Florian Flicker, Hold-Up |
2014 |
Cesare Giorgetti, Cinema Universale d'Essai |
2014 |
Michael B. Katz, The Orphan Trains |
2014 |
Inga Juuso, Bázo |
2014 |
John Gigacz, Supermarket Musical Massacre: The Feel-Good Homicide of the Century! |
2015 |
Joel Fort, Getting High |
2015 |
Paul Royle, The Great Escape: The Reckoning |
2015 |
Guy Ligier, Grand Prix |
2015 |
Jerzy Kamas, Kratka |
2015 |
Carola Leyton, Episode dated 4 December 2008 |
2016 |
Jazz harmonica great Toots Thielemans dies at 94 in Belgium |
2016 |
Former Singapore President SR Nathan Dies Aged 92 |
2017 |
Tony de Brum, champion of Paris climate agreement, dies aged 72 |
2017 |
Creator of transgender symbol Holly Boswell dies age 66 |
2017 |
Former NASCAR driver Shane Sieg dies at the age of 34 |
2017 |
Ball State Basketball Player Zach Hollywood Dies at Age 19 |
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