Famous Deaths on May 23, Who Died on May 23
Here is a list who died on May 23. Famous deaths for the 23rd of May. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on May 23. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1125 | Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1086) |
| 1304 | Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer |
| 1338 | Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel, English noble (b. 1287) |
| 1370 | Toghon Temür, Mongol emperor (b. 1320) |
| 1423 | Antipope Benedict XIII (b. 1328) |
| 1498 | Girolamo Savonarola, Italian friar and preacher (b. 1452) |
| 1523 | Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (b. 1466) |
| 1524 | Ismail I, First Emperor of Safavid Empire (b. 1487) |
| 1591 | John Blitheman, English organist and composer (b. 1525) |
| 1662 | John Gauden, English bishop (b. 1605) |
| 1691 | Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622) |
| 1701 | William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645) |
| 1749 | Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (b. 1700) |
| 1752 | William Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663) |
| 1754 | John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (b. 1704) |
| 1783 | James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1725) |
| 1813 | Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (b. 1772) |
| 1815 | Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753) |
| 1841 | Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765) |
| 1855 | Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797) |
| 1857 | Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789) |
| 1868 | Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809) |
| 1886 | Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795) |
| 1893 | Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805) |
| 1895 | Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798) |
| 1906 | Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828) |
| 1908 | François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842) |
| 1920 | Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856) |
| 1921 | August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872) |
| 1934 | Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909) |
| 1937 | John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839) |
| 1938 | Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871) |
| 1942 | Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886) |
| 1945 | Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900) |
| 1947 | Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878) |
| 1949 | Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872) |
| 1956 | Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883) |
| 1960 | Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870) |
| 1962 | Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879) |
| 1963 | August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904) |
| 1965 | David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906) |
| 1975 | Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894) |
| 1979 | S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932) |
| 1981 | Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
| 1986 | Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916) |
| 1989 | Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915) |
| 1991 | Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895) |
| 1992 | Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (b. 1948) |
| 1994 | Olav Hauge, Norwegian poet (b. 1908) |
| 1996 | Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1934) |
| 1998 | Telford Taylor, American general and lawyer (b. 1908) |
| 1999 | Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1965) |
| 2002 | Big Bill Neidjie, Australian activist and last speaker of the Gaagudju language (b. c. 1920) |
| 2006 | Lloyd Bentsen, American colonel and politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1921) |
| 2008 | Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967) |
| 2009 | Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (b. 1946) |
| 2010 | José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1972) |
| 2011 | Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1978) |
| 2012 | Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924) |
| 2013 | Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (b. 1942) |
| 2014 | Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949) |
| 2015 | Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and playwright (b. 1929) |
| 2017 | Roger Moore, English actor (b. 1927) |
| 2020 | Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1997) |
| 2021 | Ron Hill, English long-distance runner (b. 1938) |
| 230 | Urban I, pope of the Catholic Church |
| 922 | Li Sizhao, Chinese general and governor |
| 962 | Guibert of Gembloux, Frankish abbot (b. 892) |
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