Notable Deaths on May 23rd
May 23rd Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1125 |
Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies |
1304 |
Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer |
1423 |
Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies |
1498 |
Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45 |
1523 |
Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466) |
1524 |
Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487) |
1568 |
Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27 |
1627 |
Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies |
1648 |
Luis de Nain, painter, dies |
1662 |
John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605) |
1668 |
Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried |
1670 |
Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610) |
1684 |
Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48 |
1691 |
Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) |
1701 |
William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock |
1752 |
William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663) |
1754 |
John Wood, architect/town planner, dies |
1783 |
James Otis, American lawyer, dies |
1785 |
William Woollett, engraver, dies |
1786 |
Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746) |
1786 |
Móric Benyovszky, Benyovszky, the rebel count |
1813 |
Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772) |
1825 |
Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia |
1834 |
Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76 |
1834 |
Charles Wesley, Cast Away |
1838 |
John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 |
1841 |
Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76 |
1842 |
Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34 |
1846 |
Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778) |
1851 |
Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69 |
1855 |
Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) |
1857 |
Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789) |
1860 |
Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies |
1867 |
Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74 |
1868 |
Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809) |
1875 |
Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78 |
1881 |
Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies |
1881 |
Leopold von Ranke, historian, dies |
1883 |
Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies |
1883 |
Cyprian Kamil Norwid, Norwid |
1886 |
Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795) |
1887 |
Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74 |
1891 |
Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73 |
1893 |
Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805) |
1895 |
Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96 |
1897 |
Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34 |
1905 |
Martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75 |
1906 |
Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78 |
1906 |
Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House |
1908 |
Francois Coppee, French poet, dies |
1908 |
François Coppée, Une femme innocente |
1913 |
Sandro Camasio, T'ho ancor baciato, or muoio lieta! |
1920 |
Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856) |
1926 |
Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73 |
1928 |
Xena Longenová, Prach a broky |
1932 |
Lady Augusta Gregory, The Rising of the Moon |
1934 |
Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush at 23 |
1934 |
Clyde Barrow, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush |
1934 |
Clyde Barrow, |
1934 |
Bonnie Parker, |
1936 |
Henri de Régnier, The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman |
1937 |
John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla |
1937 |
John D Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist, dies at 97 |
1937 |
John D. Rockefeller, Freakonomics |
1937 |
Chester Bishop, Missing Daughters |
1938 |
Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70 |
1939 |
Margarete Böhme, Diary of a Lost Girl |
1940 |
Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies |
1940 |
Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (Ce Soir/Aden Arabia), dies at 35 |
1940 |
George O'Neil, Intermezzo: A Love Story |
1941 |
Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies |
1941 |
Slavko Osterc, composer, dies at 45 |
1943 |
William Aberhart, Branding Irons of the Antichrist |
1943 |
Kenan Hulusi Koray, The Marsh |
1944 |
John Barton Oxford, The Man Tamer |
1944 |
Richard Barker Shelton, The Availing Prayer |
1945 |
Else Mantzius, En Æresoprejsning |
1945 |
Heinrich Himmler, Triumph of the Will |
1945 |
Armand Bour, La terre |
1946 |
Billy Sullivan, The Winner |
1947 |
C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68 |
1947 |
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, War in the Highlands |
1947 |
Minnie Dupree, The Young in Heart |
1947 |
Per Kvist, De vergeløse |
1947 |
Nanine Wright, The Mysterious Witness |
1947 |
Florette Faulkner, The Kid |
1949 |
Gilmore Walker, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
1949 |
Bert Baldridge, Linda |
1950 |
Joseph Gollomb, Murder at the Vanities |
1951 |
Antonio Gandusio, We Were Seven Widows |
1951 |
Henri Goublier, Fièvres |
1952 |
Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85 |
1953 |
Florence Dudley, Slaves in Bondage |
1954 |
H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies |
1954 |
Doumel, La belle Madame Moyse |
1955 |
Charles Groves, The Winslow Boy |
1955 |
Maurice Lagrenée, La treizième enquête de Grey |
1956 |
George M. Williamson, How Life Begins |
1957 |
Alfonso Muñoz, Don Quintin the Bitter |
1958 |
Thorpe Bates, The Small Man |
1958 |
Harry Crocker, The Circus |
1959 |
Lauri Näre, Meidän poikamme |
1959 |
Eric Orbom, Spartacus |
1960 |
Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies |
1960 |
Harry Mancke, Out of the Past |
1960 |
Sol Polito, Arsenic and Old Lace |
1961 |
Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53 |
1961 |
Henri Jullien, Les joyeuses noces de Saint-Lolo |
1961 |
William O'Neal, Annie Get Your Gun |
1962 |
David Curtiz, Young Man with a Horn |
1962 |
Olga Leino, Meidän poikamme |
1963 |
Eddy Howard, The Green Mile |
1965 |
David Smith, sculptor, dies |
1965 |
Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. 1897) |
1966 |
Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79 |
1966 |
Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902) |
1967 |
Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58 |
1967 |
Sanne Sannes, photographer, dies at 30 |
1967 |
Philip Coolidge, North by Northwest |
1968 |
James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81 |
1968 |
Merle Kendrick, orchestra leader (Window on the World), dies at 72 |
1968 |
J.C. Watson, Coy and Goldie Watson |
1968 |
Coy Watson Sr., The Thief of Bagdad |
1969 |
Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79 |
1969 |
Jimmy McHugh, composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at 74 |
1969 |
Peter Alma, painter/graphic artist, dies at 83 |
1970 |
Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68 |
1973 |
Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57 |
1974 |
Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies |
1974 |
Óscar Pulido, School for Tramps |
1975 |
Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81 |
1976 |
Henry Cecil, Brothers in Law |
1978 |
Reg Owen, The Man Who Knew Too Little |
1979 |
Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79 |
1979 |
Frank Ceniceros, Around the World in Eighty Days |
1981 |
George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83 |
1981 |
Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (d. 1911) |
1981 |
David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. 1909) |
1981 |
Rayner Heppenstall, Leviathan |
1981 |
Claire Rochelle, Boothill Brigade |
1981 |
Joaquín Roa, Viridiana |
1981 |
Edwin Mills, Monsieur Verdoux |
1982 |
Karl Fochler, Sissi |
1982 |
Bertil Danielsson, Viggen Viggo |
1983 |
Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84 |
1983 |
Eve Gray, Scrooge |
1984 |
Luisa Rossi, Ecce bombo |
1984 |
Väinö Vento, Sininen Saimaa |
1984 |
Gisella Monaldi, Bellissima |
1985 |
Madame Lou, Rio Fantasia |
1985 |
Sune Bergström, The Night Watchman's Wife |
1985 |
Russell Custer, The Man Who Could Read Minds |
1986 |
Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70 |
1986 |
Frank P. Quinn, Hurry Up, or I'll Be 30 |
1986 |
Sterling Hayden, The Godfather |
1986 |
Doyle Brooks, The Bumper |
1987 |
Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86 |
1987 |
Michèle Cordoue, The Proud and the Beautiful |
1987 |
Robert E. Sessa, The Witches of Eastwick |
1987 |
Humphrey Davis, Annie Hall |
1987 |
Olaf Böök Malmström, Thorvaldsen |
1987 |
Bengt Lindström, Kvarnen |
1988 |
David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73 |
1988 |
Guido Orlando, Breathless |
1989 |
Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (b. 1915) |
1989 |
Jerzy Bossak, Requiem dla 500 tysiecy |
1989 |
Thomas Coley, Dr. Cyclops |
1989 |
Georgi Tovstonogov, Khanuma |
1989 |
Ansa Ikonen, Pikajuna pohjoiseen |
1989 |
Iosif Shapiro, King Lear |
1990 |
Elliott Lewis, Herb's Little Helper |
1991 |
Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies |
1991 |
Peter T Thwaites, British brig-gen/playwright (Love or money), dies |
1991 |
William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30 |
1991 |
Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895) |
1991 |
Fletcher Markle, Studio One in Hollywood |
1991 |
Wilhelm Kempff, The Truman Show |
1991 |
Jonas Halperin, Paint Your Wagon |
1992 |
Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies |
1992 |
Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered |
1992 |
Atahualpa Yupanqui, Mire qué lindo es mi país |
1992 |
Giovanni Falcone, Episode dated 26 September 1991 |
1992 |
William Keene, Days of Our Lives |
1993 |
James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster-Grindl), dies at 77 |
1993 |
Manezinho Araújo, Amor Para Três |
1993 |
James Millhollin, The After Hours |
1993 |
Norman Breedlove, The Party |
1993 |
Bernard Sell, Crazy Knights |
1994 |
Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82 |
1994 |
Joe Pass, US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65 |
1994 |
Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (b. 1951) |
1994 |
Edward Coppo, The Beast of the City |
1994 |
Oscar Saul, A Streetcar Named Desire |
1994 |
Joe Pass, Just Cause |
1994 |
George de Godzinsky, Abandoned Houses, Empty Homes |
1994 |
Ronald Hanmer, All That Glitters/Wishing You Well |
1995 |
Ingo Wentrup, Jeppe på bjerget |
1995 |
Joe Walter, The Golden Age |
1996 |
Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81 |
1996 |
Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky, human rights activist, dies at 61 |
1996 |
Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77 |
1996 |
Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber (b. 1941) |
1996 |
Scott Fischer, American high altitude climber (b. 1955) |
1996 |
Gene Corso, Star Wars |
1996 |
Eliseo Boschi, The Gospel According to St. Matthew |
1996 |
Bernd Klodt, |
1996 |
Claude Gillingwater Jr., Citizen Kane |
1996 |
Dorothy Hyson, The Ghoul |
1996 |
Kurt Uchima, Major League |
1996 |
Sim Iness, Lady Godiva of Coventry |
1996 |
Peter Pasetti, Spätere Heirat erwünscht oder Pallü ist ein Spiel |
1996 |
Patrick Cargill, Help! |
1997 |
Early Cantrell, Open Season for Saps |
1997 |
Joe Zomar, 1941 |
1997 |
Frances E. Nealy, Ghostbusters |
1997 |
Rosita Garcia, Love in Morocco |
1997 |
Stan Green, Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
1997 |
Dorothy Gulliver, Faces |
1998 |
Kenyon Emrys-Roberts, Count Dracula |
1998 |
Ebbe Rode, Gertrud |
1998 |
Vic Vallejo, Giant |
1998 |
Kalevi Kahra, The Wrestler |
1999 |
Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1965) |
1999 |
Joel Lawrence, Roadracers |
1999 |
Connie McCauley, The Odd Couple II |
1999 |
Luigi Santucci, A grande richiesta |
1999 |
Owen Hart, Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows |
1999 |
Heimo Karppinen, Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä |
2000 |
Vincent Sklena, Breakin' |
2000 |
Art Reichle, Winner Takes All |
2001 |
Lita Chevret, The Fatal Hour |
2001 |
Francis Ruivivar, Passion |
2001 |
Edward Coch, Don Gringo |
2001 |
Jamileh Sheikhi, Leila |
2001 |
Ibrahim Abu Lughod, Salt of This Sea |
2001 |
Harry Townes, The Four of Us Are Dying |
2001 |
Jean Champion, Day for Night |
2001 |
Philson Ahn, Buck Rogers |
2002 |
Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912) |
2002 |
James D. Morris, Wild Horse Hank |
2002 |
Sam Snead, Harpo Marx |
2002 |
Roy Field, Superman |
2002 |
Albert Carrier, Scarface |
2002 |
Mary Lanier, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me |
2002 |
Umberto Bindi, Rocco and His Brothers |
2002 |
Dorothy Spencer, Stagecoach |
2002 |
Bob Van Bael, Blijf jong |
2003 |
Jean Yanne, French actor and director (b. 1933) |
2003 |
Horst Friedrich Mayer, Episode dated 6 February 1997 |
2003 |
Michael Rademacher, Neighbours |
2003 |
Jean Yanne, Weekend |
2003 |
Fred W. Berger, The Hot Rock |
2003 |
Kerstin Berger, På heder och skoj |
2004 |
Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919) |
2004 |
Henry Ries, A Tale of Two Cities |
2004 |
Vernon Jarrett, The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords |
2004 |
Elsebeth Reingaard, Om ti minutter |
2004 |
Adele Leigh, Davy |
2004 |
Trudy Marshall, The Sullivans |
2004 |
Charles B. Smith, Korean War Stories |
2004 |
Ryszard Wojciechowski, Pozegnanie z diablem |
2005 |
Arrelia, O Barbeiro Que Se Vira |
2005 |
Nancy Irish, Over the Hill |
2005 |
Cicely Paget-Bowman, Crowning Glory |
2006 |
Clifford Antone, American businessman (b. 1949) |
2006 |
Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921) |
2006 |
Frits Bernard, American activist (b. 1920) |
2006 |
Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer (b. 1921) |
2006 |
Max Meynier, Le juste prix |
2006 |
Clifford Antone, Death Proof |
2006 |
Ian Copeland, R.E.M. by MTV |
2006 |
Paul Helmick, Rio Bravo |
2006 |
Lucina Paquet, Groundhog Day |
2006 |
Lloyd Bentsen, The Heroic Posture |
2006 |
Dodie Foster, The Color of Money |
2006 |
Genee Boutell, The Fighting Cowboy |
2006 |
Seweryn Dalecki, The Hourglass Sanatorium |
2006 |
Ángel Fernández, Las dos Elenas |
2006 |
Kazimierz Górski, Pilkarski poker |
2007 |
Elías Mar, Message to Sandra |
2007 |
Raymond C. Gallagher, Men Who Brought the Dawn |
2007 |
Franco Vitale, Opera |
2007 |
Monique Bosco, À Saint-Henri le cinq septembre |
2007 |
Ichirô Murakoshi, Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo |
2007 |
Kei Kumai, The Sea Is Watching |
2008 |
David Mitton, British television director (b. 1939) |
2008 |
Rico Cymone, Laughing Dead |
2008 |
Kenneth Lawson, Face the Music |
2008 |
Rita Christiani, Happy Go Lucky |
2008 |
Roberto Freire, Cleo e Daniel |
2008 |
Marko Stanic, Underground |
2008 |
Heinz Kwiatkowski, The Miracle of Bern |
2008 |
Utah Phillips, Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind |
2008 |
David Mitton, A Close Shave |
2008 |
Alan Brien, Episode #1.5 |
2008 |
Cornell Capa, The Decisive Moment |
2008 |
Marie Kalish, Traveler |
2009 |
Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of the Republic of Korea (b. 1946) |
2009 |
Jacek Niezychowski, Kochajmy syrenki |
2009 |
Barbara Rudnik, Come Sweet Death |
2009 |
Edward J. Lakso, The Connection |
2009 |
Franklin Littell, To Bear Witness |
2009 |
Charles Albury, Men Who Brought the Dawn |
2009 |
Julie Bescos, Mutiny on the Bounty |
2010 |
Jose Lima, Dominican baseball player (b. 1972) |
2010 |
Simon Monjack, English actor, producer, & writer (b. 1970) |
2010 |
Gane Todorovoski, Macedonian literary critic, poet, & publicist (b. 1929) |
2010 |
Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duchess Of Russia (b. 1914) |
2010 |
Jack Breeze, The Silent Partner |
2010 |
Jose Lima, The Value of Honesty |
2010 |
Wilfried Labmeier, Der Skorpion |
2010 |
Heraclio Niz Mesa, Alerte aux Canaries |
2010 |
Irwin Rosten, The Incredible Machine |
2010 |
Simon Monjack, Factory Girl |
2010 |
Janice Hubka, Interim |
2010 |
Mikhail Shatrov, Shestoe iyulya |
2011 |
Lyudmila Pisareva, Dozhdi po vsey territorii |
2011 |
Slawomir Misiurewicz, Uszczelka |
2011 |
Elizabeth Burgess, Two Tickets to Broadway |
2011 |
Roberto Sosa, Un crucero |
2011 |
Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., Episode dated 27 January 1954 |
2011 |
Michele Fawdon, Cathy's Child |
2011 |
Harry Redmond Jr., The Princess and the Pirate |
2011 |
Abdias do Nascimento, Cinco vezes Favela |
2011 |
Elmar Schloter, The Nasty Girl |
2011 |
Tom Hennesy, Big Jake |
2012 |
Joseph Lesniewski, soldier (Easy Company, 101st Airborne), dies at 91 |
2012 |
Paul Fussell, American historian, dies from natural causes at 88 |
2012 |
Joe Lesniewski, Band of Brothers |
2012 |
Eva Hassencamp, Meine Bücher - meine Freunde |
2012 |
Paul Fussell, A Deadly Calling: November 1943 - June 1944 |
2012 |
Al Gordon, Jack's Tattoo |
2012 |
Marigold Sharman, Crown in Jeopardy |
2012 |
John Blake, Farnborough International 1996 |
2012 |
Hal Jackson, Rockin' the Blues |
2013 |
Flynn Robinson, 1970 NBA All-Star Game |
2013 |
Jim Gross, Graveyard Shift |
2013 |
Hazel Hawke, The Big 'A' |
2013 |
Richard Fallon, Confessions of a Florist |
2013 |
Georges Moustaki, The Bucket List |
2014 |
Elliot Rodger, Oh My God |
2014 |
Anand Modak, Harishchandrachi Factory |
2014 |
Nikolai Pastukhov, Mute Witness |
2014 |
Michael Gottlieb, Mannequin |
2014 |
Vince Davis, Problem Child |
2014 |
Mona Freeman, The Heiress |
2015 |
John Carter, Scarface |
2015 |
Ray Neyer, Helping Hands |
2015 |
Anne Meara, All My Children |
2015 |
Gerd Käfer, Das perfekte Promi-Dinner in Kitzbühel |
2015 |
Liv Marit Wedvik, 71° nord - Norges tøffeste kjendis |
2015 |
Kent Hansen, En ny virkelighed |
2015 |
John Nash, Inside a Beautiful Mind |
2015 |
Hugh Ambrose, Peleliu Landing |
2015 |
Alicia Nash, John Nash's Beautiful Mind/Poisonous Stew/Dame Judi |
2015 |
Peter 'Pete' Fatovich, The Best of John Belushi |
2016 |
Czech graphic artist Adolf Born dies aged 85 |
2016 |
Ex-Megadeth Drummer Nick Menza Collapses On-Stage, Dies Aged 51 |
2016 |
Sandor Tarics, World's Oldest Living Olympic Champion, Dies At 102 |
2017 |
Nicky Hayden, former Moto GP world champion, dies aged 35 after accident in Italy |
2017 |
Former Welsh Olympic discus thrower Philippa Roles dies aged just 39 |
2018 |
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Philip Roth Dies at 85 |
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