Notable Deaths on February 23rd
February 23rd Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
155 |
Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake |
943 |
Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (b. 884) |
1011 |
Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz |
1100 |
Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) |
1447 |
Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies |
1447 |
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390) |
1464 |
Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) |
1468 |
John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies |
1526 |
Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies |
1554 |
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed |
1572 |
Pierre Certon, French composer |
1603 |
Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519) |
1607 |
Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60 |
1669 |
Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68 |
1682 |
Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 |
1704 |
Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 |
1718 |
Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 |
1766 |
Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies |
1781 |
George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716) |
1792 |
Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 |
1800 |
Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722) |
1806 |
John Alcock, composer, dies at 90 |
1807 |
Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61 |
1821 |
John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome |
1821 |
Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies |
1821 |
John Keats, La belle dame sans merci |
1828 |
Mihály Fazekas, Lúdas Matyi |
1848 |
John Quincy Adams, 6th US President (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 |
1855 |
Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies |
1855 |
Carl Friedrich Gauß, Wer ist der größte Deutsche? |
1859 |
Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) |
1867 |
George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90 |
1879 |
Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) |
1884 |
Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23 |
1897 |
Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 |
1900 |
William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies |
1902 |
Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72 |
1903 |
Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57 |
1903 |
Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer, dies at 70 |
1906 |
Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed |
1908 |
Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823) |
1908 |
Svatopluk Cech, Jestrab kontra Hrdlicka |
1913 |
Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies |
1915 |
Robert Smalls, Reconstruction congressman, dies at 75 in SC |
1916 |
George Clement Martin, composer, dies at 71 |
1918 |
Lord Brassey, The Melbourne Cup |
1920 |
Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61 |
1922 |
Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845) |
1925 |
James H. Wilson, The War in China |
1927 |
Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson, composer, dies at 79 |
1929 |
Paul H. Cromelin, The Ghost of Slumber Mountain |
1930 |
Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 |
1930 |
Mabel Normand, actress/director (Extra Girl), dies at 35 |
1930 |
Horst Wessel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas |
1931 |
Nellie Melba, [Helen Mitchell], Australian soprano, dies |
1931 |
Emilio Mesejo, Fotografias animadas |
1931 |
Nellie Melba, Country Life |
1933 |
David Horsley, The Girl Ranchers |
1934 |
Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by National Guard |
1934 |
Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), dies at 76 |
1934 |
Mally Haaland, Den nye lensmannen |
1934 |
Edward Elgar, Forrest Gump |
1935 |
Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44 |
1937 |
Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies |
1940 |
John Tyke, Circle Canyon |
1940 |
Viktor Léon, The Merry Widow |
1942 |
Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (Die Welt von Gestern), dies at 60 |
1942 |
Robert Katscher, Sweet and Lowdown |
1943 |
Leopold Jacobson, The Smiling Lieutenant |
1943 |
Vilhelm Poss-Nielsen, Himlens Straf |
1944 |
Leo Hendrick Baekeland, inventor (Bakelite), dies |
1945 |
Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62 |
1945 |
Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle |
1945 |
István Mihály, Romance of Ida |
1945 |
Aleksei Tolstoy, Peter the First |
1945 |
Reginald Barker, Civilization |
1946 |
Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (hanged) (b. 1885) |
1946 |
Tomoyuki Yamashita, |
1947 |
Grace Lutz, Marriage in Transit |
1948 |
John Robert Gregg, Irish-born publisher and inventor (b. 1866) |
1948 |
Patricia Farr, This Gun for Hire |
1948 |
Bess Stafford, It Happened in New York |
1950 |
Charles Gay, The Adventures of Tarzan |
1950 |
Charles Gay, The Winning of Jess |
1951 |
Elliott Lester, City Girl |
1952 |
Lillian Worth, A Shattered Romance |
1953 |
Major Merriweather, The Big Something |
1955 |
Paul Claudel, French poet/playwright (L'otage), dies at 86 |
1955 |
Harold McGee, The Man Who Had Influence |
1955 |
William P. Burt, Danger Lights |
1955 |
Fitch Fulton, Citizen Kane |
1955 |
Paul Claudel, Camille Claudel 1915 |
1956 |
Rose Tapley, Sex Madness |
1956 |
Hattie Carnegie, Our Betters |
1956 |
John Turnbull, The Happiest Days of Your Life |
1957 |
Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918) |
1957 |
John F Mahoney, American physician who developed pencillin treatment of syphillis, dies at 67 |
1957 |
Eric Wilton, Johnny Apollo |
1957 |
Gene Marsh, His Prehistoric Past |
1958 |
Edward Hope, The Long Gray Line |
1958 |
Cleo Arnold, A Star Is Born World Premiere |
1960 |
Arthur Legat, Belgian racing driver (b. 1898) |
1960 |
Charles Sattler, Arch of Triumph |
1960 |
Giovanni Onorato, The Little World of Don Camillo |
1961 |
Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies |
1963 |
Louise Kooiman, Willem van Oranje |
1963 |
Burges Johnson, Saved by Parcel Post |
1964 |
Ray C. Smallwood, Camille |
1965 |
Stan Laurel, comedian (Laurel & Hardy), dies of heart attack at 74 |
1965 |
John Kitzmiller, Dr. No |
1968 |
Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78 |
1968 |
Milos Havel, Prazstí Adamité |
1969 |
Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud, King Saudia, dies at 67 |
1969 |
Joseph Messner, composer, dies at 75 |
1970 |
Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904) |
1971 |
King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73 |
1972 |
Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81 |
1973 |
Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) |
1974 |
Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at 63 |
1974 |
Harry Ruby, American composer and writer (b. 1895) |
1974 |
Everett Sutherland, Seven Men from Now |
1976 |
Fuzzy Knight, actor (Gun Town, Ragtime Cowboy Joe), dies at 74 |
1976 |
L S Lowry, painter, dies |
1976 |
LS Lowry, English artist dies (b. 1887) |
1976 |
Jack Gordon, Crime, Inc. |
1979 |
W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (b. 1900) |
1979 |
William Bennett, H.M.S. Bounty Sails Again! |
1979 |
Maisie MacFarquhar, Macbeth |
1979 |
Albert Modley, Take Me to Paris |
1980 |
Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62 |
1981 |
Peter Cavanagh, Gala Opening |
1981 |
Shep Fields, Shep Fields and His New Music with Ken Curtis |
1982 |
Anne Kersten, Lady Lobsters Bräutigam |
1982 |
Maria Teresa Squella, Encadenada (El yugo) |
1983 |
Adrian Boult, conductor, dies |
1983 |
Rod Rogers, Crime, Inc. |
1983 |
Adrian Boult, Lawrence of Arabia |
1983 |
Anthony Scott Veitch, The Bloody Judge |
1983 |
Elizabeth Burger, Waxwork |
1984 |
Joleen King, The Inspector General |
1984 |
Uwe Johnson, Episode #1.4 |
1984 |
Walter Jokisch, Ich fahre Patschold |
1985 |
Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 |
1985 |
William Greer, Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination |
1985 |
Kurt Roecken, Kennwort Machin |
1985 |
Irwin Blacker, West |
1986 |
Miklós Asztalos, Lángok |
1986 |
Warrington Winters, One Down, Two to go |
1986 |
Nino Taranto, Easy Years |
1986 |
Mart Stam, Wo wohnen alte Leute |
1987 |
Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at 80 |
1987 |
Polly Ward, George Takes the Air |
1987 |
John Counsell, How Say You? |
1987 |
Esmond Knight, Hamlet |
1987 |
José Afonso, April Captains |
1988 |
Mieczyslaw Milecki, Westerplatte |
1989 |
Bud Perkins, Fastest Gun in the East |
1989 |
Hans Hellmut Kirst, The Night of the Generals |
1990 |
Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53 |
1990 |
James Gavin, commandant US 82nd Airborn Div (Normandy), dies at 82 |
1990 |
Jose Napoleon Duarte, president of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62 |
1990 |
Margareta Bergman, 10.000 Mäuse |
1990 |
Márton Kerecsendi Kis, Az elsö |
1990 |
José Napoleón Duarte, The World Is Watching |
1990 |
Stanley Hough, Carousel |
1990 |
James M. Gavin, The Longest Day |
1990 |
Russell T. Ervin, Running the Keyes |
1990 |
Arne Bang-Hansen, Autumn Sonata |
1990 |
Gamlet Khani-zade, Qatl günü |
1991 |
Merrell Jackson, Godspell |
1991 |
Lennart Tollén, A Swedish Love Story |
1991 |
Ingrid Aréhn, På farliga vägar |
1991 |
Dagi Angervo, Viikon tyttö |
1992 |
Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61 |
1992 |
Markos Vafiades, leader (ELAS, 1943-49), dies |
1992 |
Valentino Bompiani, La seduzione |
1992 |
Chuck Harriton, Gnomes |
1992 |
Robert I. Holt, Check Rein |
1992 |
Jacquelyn Hyde, Take the Money and Run |
1993 |
Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33 |
1993 |
Carl Sautter, Lucky Luke |
1993 |
Howard Gruber, Pink Flamingos |
1993 |
Sonja Mjøen, Kontorsjef Tangen |
1993 |
Beaumont Newhall, Ansel Adams, Photographer |
1993 |
Keith Fennell, Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow |
1993 |
Ed Battle, Mother's Day |
1993 |
Mikhail Majorov, Vystrel v tumane |
1993 |
Dorothy Fowler, Good Girls Go to Paris |
1993 |
Raphael Nussbaum, Pets |
1993 |
Phillip Terry, The Lost Weekend |
1994 |
Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40 |
1994 |
Emil Obermann, Der Aufstand der Kommune |
1995 |
Art Kane, photographer, dies at 69 |
1995 |
David Melvin English Franklin, singer, dies at 52 |
1995 |
James Herriot [Alfred Wight], Scottish author (All Creatures Great & Small), dies at 78 |
1995 |
Norman Hunter, writer, dies at 95 |
1995 |
Peter Guy Wykeham Fighter Pilot-Barnes, dies at 79 |
1995 |
Norman Gunn, The Wind of Change |
1995 |
Lewis Meltzer, The Man with the Golden Arm |
1995 |
Norman Hunter, Sneeze and Be Slain |
1995 |
James L. Wolcott, The Wild Women of Wongo |
1995 |
Melvin Franklin, Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever |
1995 |
Zivko Jelicic, Buza |
1995 |
James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small |
1995 |
Don Heck, Iron Man |
1996 |
Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut & wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies |
1996 |
George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66 |
1996 |
Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician, dies at 78 |
1996 |
Helmut Schön, Das Mädchen - Was geschah mit Elisabeth K.? |
1996 |
Alan Dawson, Sonny Rollins: Live in '65 & '68 |
1996 |
Elisa Cegani, La corona di ferro |
1996 |
William Bonin, |
1996 |
Edor Burman, I lapplandsbjörnens rike |
1996 |
Blayney Lewis, The Tender Years |
1996 |
Birgit Brüel, Weekend |
1996 |
Ursula Burg, Professor Mamlock |
1997 |
Oscar Lewenstein, impressario, dies at 80 |
1997 |
Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51 |
1997 |
Stephen Gray, The Sioux City Story |
1997 |
Frank Launder, The Lady Vanishes |
1997 |
Raija Valtonen, Onnellinen ministeri |
1997 |
Antonia Oland, Five Little Peppers in Trouble |
1997 |
Oscar Lewenstein, Tom Jones |
1997 |
Dimo Kolarov, The Goat Horn |
1998 |
Philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74 |
1998 |
Keith Christopher, Guiding Light |
1998 |
Robert F. Metzler, Dr. Renault's Secret |
1998 |
Dimitar Kostarov, Captain Lechi |
1998 |
Philip Abbott, General Hospital |
1998 |
Chuck Hayward, The Blues Brothers |
1998 |
Wellington Honn, Spencer's Mountain |
1998 |
Lyn Duddy, The Timex Show |
1999 |
Carlos Hathcock, USMC Sniper, 93 Confirmed Kills (b. 1942) |
1999 |
Buzz Miller, The Pajama Game |
1999 |
Inge Brandenburg, Erbe gesucht - Theater vorhanden |
1999 |
Rick Wilson, WCW/NWO World War 3 |
1999 |
Alan Hyman, The Arsenal Stadium Mystery |
1999 |
Ivan Rajniak, Orlie pierko |
1999 |
Patricio Kaulen, A Long Journey |
2000 |
Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957) |
2000 |
Stanley Matthews, English footballer (b. 1915) |
2000 |
Albrecht Goes, The Restless Night |
2000 |
Paul Rich, Pool of London |
2000 |
Ofra Haza, American Psycho |
2000 |
Hilda McLean, Miller's Crossing |
2000 |
Joseph V. Perry, The Karate Kid, Part III |
2000 |
Stanley Matthews, Episode #13.10 |
2001 |
Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
2001 |
Guy Wood, Raging Bull |
2001 |
Robert Enrico, The Old Gun |
2001 |
Hermann H. Field, Angry Harvest |
2001 |
Tincho Zabala, Don't Die Without Telling Me Where You're Going |
2002 |
Alice Wallace, Till the Clouds Roll By |
2002 |
William Lally, Escaped Mental Patient |
2002 |
Mary Benoit, The Ten Commandments |
2002 |
Nikolai Dubinsky, Nepobedimye |
2002 |
Peaches Jackson, Lahoma |
2002 |
Cathianne Blore, An American Tail |
2002 |
Mina Block, 51 Birch Street |
2003 |
Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (b. 1910) |
2003 |
Howie Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) (b. 1955) |
2003 |
Joy Hallward, Born to Be Bad |
2003 |
Marcel Prawy, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny |
2003 |
Howie Epstein, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: High Grass Dogs, Live from the Fillmore |
2003 |
Pavel Lebeshev, Prisoner of the Mountains |
2003 |
Frédéric O'Brady, Mr. Arkadin |
2003 |
Titos Vandis, The Exorcist |
2003 |
Christopher Hill, Episode #6.10 |
2003 |
Maria von Schmedes, Faschings Ausgabe: Europa gegen Amerika |
2004 |
Vijay Anand, Indian film director (b. 1934) |
2004 |
Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945) |
2004 |
Sikander Bakht, Governor of Kerala (b. 1918) |
2004 |
Don Cornell, American singer (b. 1919) |
2004 |
Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (b. 1915) |
2004 |
Bert Bernard, Gobs and Gals |
2004 |
Carl Anderson, Jesus Christ Superstar |
2004 |
Bob Mayo, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
2004 |
Bob Mayo, Peter Frampton: Live in Detroit |
2004 |
Vijay Anand, Guide |
2004 |
Don Cornell, Casino |
2004 |
Pedro Bloch, Leonora of the Seven Seas |
2004 |
Barbro Ribbing, Vår Herre tar semester |
2004 |
Ramsey Mostoller, Another World |
2005 |
Jerzy Buchwald, The Collector |
2005 |
Gerard Walden, Een kus van een rus |
2005 |
Petri Hohenthal, Rakkauspakkaus |
2005 |
Harry Lee Danziger, Devil Girl from Mars |
2006 |
Benno Besson, Swiss actor and film director (b. 1922) |
2006 |
Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (b. 1921) |
2006 |
Zarra, Once pares de botas |
2006 |
Lidia Maksymowicz, Na strazy swej stac bede |
2006 |
Diane Shalet, The Last Tycoon |
2006 |
David May, Stargate |
2006 |
Genichiro Higuchi, Bicycle in Dream |
2006 |
Hyman Kotkin, Copperfield: Tornado of Fire |
2006 |
Benno Besson, Der Arzt wider Willen |
2007 |
Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936) |
2007 |
John Ritchie, British footballer (b. 1941) |
2007 |
Jim Pryor, Dadetown |
2007 |
Rostislav Goryayev, 24-25 ne vozvrashchaetsya |
2007 |
Kalle Österlund, Mitä on 'kaatumatauti'? |
2007 |
Patti Heider, Operation: Bribery |
2007 |
Dobrila Puckova, Corbadzi Teodos |
2007 |
Johnny Faire, Date Bait |
2007 |
Donnie Brooks, A Swingin' Summer |
2007 |
Heinz Berggruen, The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo |
2007 |
Gennadi Korolkov, Traktir na Pyatnitskoy |
2007 |
Thomas Burke, Episode dated 22 July 1996 |
2008 |
Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian prime minister and president (b. 1950) |
2008 |
Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917) |
2008 |
Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot, first to land at Newfoundland Airport on January 11, 1938 (b. 1916) |
2008 |
Paul Frère, Grand Prix |
2008 |
Josep Palau i Fabre, Nit de la cultura balear 2007 |
2008 |
Frances Chun, Forbidden City, U.S.A. |
2008 |
Paul Robbins, XIX Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony |
2008 |
Carl Pingitore, Dirty Harry |
2009 |
Lyvonne Walder, The Impatient Heart |
2009 |
Tuulikki Pietilä, Tove ja Tooti Euroopassa |
2009 |
Seppo Kolehmainen, Fritz ja Liisa |
2009 |
Sverre Fehn, Kochuu |
2009 |
Scott Symons, Symposium: Ladder of Love |
2009 |
Franciszek Starowieyski, Danton |
2009 |
Frank Gallacher, Dark City |
2009 |
Will Van Selst, De baron von Münchhausen |
2009 |
Laurence Payne, The Crawling Eye |
2010 |
Mervyn Jones, John and Mary |
2010 |
Mosi Tatupu, Super Bowl XX |
2010 |
Arvi Auvinen, Olga Ryynänen ja byrokratia |
2010 |
Derek Vanlint, Alien |
2011 |
Péter Bösze, Episode dated 3 July 1980 |
2011 |
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Nirmala Devi: Freedom and Liberation - Ein Leben für die Freiheit |
2011 |
Sean Boru, Lost Dogs |
2011 |
Sterling Greene, The Red Machine |
2011 |
Gustav Just, Abends im Kelch |
2011 |
Vladimir Sklyarov, Aborigen |
2011 |
John Alese, Network |
2011 |
Jean Lartéguy, Lost Command |
2012 |
Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer, dies at 74 |
2012 |
Shaun O'Brien, Killer's Kiss |
2012 |
William Gay, That Evening Sun |
2012 |
Anatoli Abdulayev, At the Dawn of Our Youthful Years |
2012 |
Mariuccia Medici, Comedian |
2012 |
Bruce Surtees, Dirty Harry |
2013 |
Bert Schoenfeld, Rocky |
2013 |
Tolsty, Ronin |
2013 |
Manfred Niehaus, Headstand, Madam! |
2013 |
Maurice Rosy, |
2013 |
Annegrethe Nissen, Alle I unge elskende |
2013 |
Hansi Knoteck, Two Merry Adventurers |
2013 |
Osman Gidisoglu, Tövbe |
2013 |
Jessica Booker, Last Night |
2014 |
Tadeusz Chyla, Malzenstwo z rozsadku |
2014 |
Aliza Sommer-Herz, The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life |
2014 |
Penny DeHaven, Episode #4.6 |
2014 |
Gene Witham, Glory |
2015 |
Mauro Borcich, Resistance |
2015 |
Bobby Emmons, All the Right Moves |
2015 |
Ted Roberts, Lazarus |
2015 |
Ben Woolf, Pilot |
2015 |
Yevgeni Tatarsky, Uboynaya sila |
2015 |
James Aldridge, Posledniy dyuym |
2015 |
Howard Guttenplan, Crimson Nights |
2017 |
Cult Japanese Helmer Seijun Suzuki Dies Aged 93 |
2017 |
Veteran filmmaker Nikos Koundouros dies at home aged 91 |
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