Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 23 January today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for January 23
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on January 23
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 667 | Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo |
| 989 | Adalbero, archbishop of Reims |
| 1002 | Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980) |
| 1199 | Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Moroccan caliph (b. 1160) |
| 1252 | Isabella, Queen of Armenia |
| 1297 | Florent of Hainaut, Prince of Achaea (b. c. 1255) |
| 1423 | Margaret of Bavaria, Burgundian regent (b. 1363) |
| 1516 | Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452) |
| 1548 | Bernardo Pisano, Italian priest, scholar, and composer (b. 1490) |
| 1549 | Johannes Honter, Romanian-Hungarian cartographer and theologian (b. 1498) |
| 1567 | Jiajing Emperor of China (b. 1507) |
| 1570 | James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Scottish politician (b. 1531) |
| 1620 | John Croke, English politician and judge (b. 1553) |
| 1622 | William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (b. 1584) |
| 1650 | Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1584) |
| 1744 | Giambattista Vico, Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1668) |
| 1785 | Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717) |
| 1789 | Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (b. 1724) |
| 1800 | Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1749) |
| 1803 | Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (b. 1725) |
| 1805 | Claude Chappe, French engineer (b. 1763) |
| 1806 | William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759) |
| 1810 | Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776) |
| 1812 | Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764) |
| 1820 | Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767) |
| 1833 | Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757) |
| 1837 | John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782) |
| 1866 | Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785) |
| 1875 | Charles Kingsley, English priest and author (b. 1819) |
| 1883 | Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832) |
| 1893 | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825) |
| 1921 | Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877) |
| 1922 | René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886) |
| 1923 | Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849) |
| 1931 | Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881) |
| 1937 | Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876) |
| 1939 | Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903) |
| 1943 | Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887) |
| 1944 | Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863) |
| 1947 | Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867) |
| 1956 | Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893) |
| 1963 | Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908) |
| 1966 | T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1895) |
| 1971 | Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871) |
| 1973 | Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (b. 1948) |
| 1976 | Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898) |
| 1978 | Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946) |
| 1980 | Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (b. 1921) |
| 1981 | Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (b. 1910) |
| 1983 | Fred Bakewell, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908) |
| 1984 | Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926) |
| 1985 | James Beard, American chef and cookbook author for whom the James Beard Foundation Awards are named (b.1905) |
| 1986 | Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and painter (b. 1921) |
| 1988 | Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (b. 1896) |
| 1989 | Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904) |
| 1990 | Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1952) |
| 1991 | Northrop Frye, Canadian author and critic (b. 1912) |
| 1992 | Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (b. 1924) |
| 1993 | Keith Laumer, American soldier, author, and diplomat (b. 1925) |
| 1994 | Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (b. 1917) |
| 1999 | Jay Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (b. 1922) |
| 2002 | Paul Aars, American race car driver (b. 1934) |
| 2003 | Nell Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1948) |
| 2004 | Bob Keeshan, American television personality and producer (b. 1927) |
| 2005 | Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1921) |
| 2007 | Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian sociologist and politician (b. 1928) |
| 2009 | Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1929) |
| 2010 | Kermit Tyler, American colonel and pilot (b. 1913) |
| 2011 | Jack LaLanne, American fitness instructor, author, and television host (b. 1914) |
| 2012 | Wesley E. Brown, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1907) |
| 2013 | Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (b. 1929) |
| 2014 | Yuri Izrael, Russian meteorologist and journalist (b. 1930) |
| 2015 | Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931) |
| 2016 | Jimmy Bain, Scottish bassist (b. 1947) |
| 2017 | Bobby Freeman, American singer, songwriter and record producer (b. 1940) |
| 2018 | Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, composer and singer (b. 1939) |
| 2019 | Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor (b. 1990) |
| 2021 | Hal Holbrook, American actor and director (b. 1925) |
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