Famous Deaths on July 23, Who Died on July 23
Here is a list who died on July 23. Famous deaths for the 23rd of July. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on July 23. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1100 | Warner of Grez, French nobleman, relative of Godfrey of Bouillon |
| 1227 | Qiu Chuji, Chinese religious leader, founded the Dragon Gate Taoism (b. 1148) |
| 1298 | Thoros III, Armenian king (b. c. 1271) |
| 1373 | Bridget of Sweden, Swedish mystic and saint, founded the Bridgettine Order (b. 1303) |
| 1403 | Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (b. 1343) |
| 1531 | Louis de Brézé, French husband of Diane de Poitiers |
| 1536 | Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1519) |
| 1562 | Götz von Berlichingen, German knight and poet (b. 1480) |
| 1584 | John Day, English printer (b. 1522) |
| 1596 | Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (b. 1526) |
| 1645 | Michael I, Russian tsar (b. 1596) |
| 1692 | Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (b. 1613) |
| 1727 | Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, English politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1661) |
| 1757 | Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (b. 1685) |
| 1773 | George Edwards, English biologist and ornithologist (b. 1693) |
| 1781 | John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor and politician (b. 1724) |
| 1793 | Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1721) |
| 1833 | Anselmo de la Cruz, Chilean politician, Chilean Minister of Finance (b. 1777) |
| 1853 | Andries Pretorius, South African general (b. 1798) |
| 1875 | Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811) |
| 1878 | Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804) |
| 1885 | Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822) |
| 1904 | John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828) |
| 1909 | Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850) |
| 1916 | William Ramsay, Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) |
| 1919 | Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851) |
| 1920 | Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835) |
| 1924 | Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (b. 1850) |
| 1926 | Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848) |
| 1927 | Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (b. 1864) |
| 1930 | Glenn Curtiss, American pilot and engineer (b. 1878) |
| 1932 | Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (b. 1884) |
| 1936 | Anna Abrikosova, Russian linguist (b. 1882) |
| 1941 | George Lyman Kittredge, American scholar and educator (b. 1860) |
| 1942 | Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880) |
| 1948 | D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875) |
| 1950 | Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician and diplomat, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882) |
| 1951 | Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884) |
| 1954 | Herman Groman, American runner (b. 1882) |
| 1955 | Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871) |
| 1957 | Bob Shiring, American football player and coach (b. 1870) |
| 1966 | Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920) |
| 1968 | Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875) |
| 1971 | Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910) |
| 1972 | Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1895) |
| 1973 | Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot and race car driver, founded Rickenbacker Motors (b. 1890) |
| 1979 | Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (b. 1898) |
| 1980 | Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908) |
| 1982 | Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929) |
| 1983 | Georges Auric, French composer (b. 1899) |
| 1985 | Johnny Wardle, English cricketer and manager (b. 1923) |
| 1989 | Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1931) |
| 1990 | Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (b. 1899) |
| 1996 | Jean Muir, American actress (b. 1911) |
| 1997 | Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (b. 1904) |
| 1999 | Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929) |
| 2001 | Eudora Welty, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909) |
| 2002 | Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (b. 1920) |
| 2003 | James E. Davis, American police officer and politician (b. 1962) |
| 2004 | Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1932) |
| 2005 | Ted Greene, American guitarist and journalist (b. 1946) |
| 2006 | Jean-Paul Desbiens, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1927) |
| 2007 | Ron Miller, American songwriter and producer (b. 1933) |
| 2008 | Kurt Furgler, Swiss lawyer and politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1924) |
| 2009 | E. Lynn Harris, American author and screenwriter (b. 1955) |
| 2010 | Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (b. 1916) |
| 2011 | Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (b. 1983) |
| 2012 | Margaret Mahy, New Zealand author (b. 1936) |
| 2013 | Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (b. 1926) |
| 2014 | Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (b. 1923) |
| 2015 | Shigeko Kubota, Japanese-American sculptor and director (b. 1937) |
| 2017 | John Kundla, American basketball coach (b. 1916) |
| 955 | He Ning, Chinese chancellor (b. 898) |
| 997 | Nuh II, Samanid emir (b. 963) |
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