April 23 - Deaths

Deaths

• 303 – Saint George, Roman soldier and Christian martyr
• 725 – Wihtred, King of Kent
• 871 – Ethelred of Wessex
• 997 – Saint Adalbert of Prague, bishop (b. c. 956)
• 1014 – Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (killed in battle)
• 1016 – Ethelred II of England
• 1124 – King Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
• 1151 – Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)
• 1217 – King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
• 1407 – Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
• 1605 – Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia (b. c. 1550)
• 1616 – Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (b. 1547)
• 1616 – El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)
• 1616 – William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (b. 1564) (date according to the Julian calendar, hence 10 days later than death of Cervantes or Garcilaso, by the Gregorian calendar)
• 1625 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
• 1702 – Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)
• 1740 – Thomas Tickell, English writer (b. 1685)
• 1781 – James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)
• 1792 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)
• 1794 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)
• 1827 – Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek hero of the Greek War of Independence
• 1839 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 – William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
• 1889 – Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
• 1895 – Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815)
• 1905 – Gédéon Ouimet, Quebec politician (b. 1823)
• 1907 – Alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842)
• 1915 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887).
• 1936 – Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)
• 1951 – Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865)
• 1952 – Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887)
• 1965 – George Adamski, Polish-American author and ufologist (b. 1891)
• 1975 – William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
• 1979 – Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)
• 1981 – Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)
• 1983 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 – Red Garland, American jazz pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 – Sam Ervin, American politician (b. 1896)
• 1986 – Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
• 1986 – Jim Laker, English cricketer (b. 1922)
• 1986 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (b. 1906)
• 1990 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1991 – Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)
• 1992 – Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Tanka Prasad Acharya former Nepalese Prime Minister (b.1912)
• 1993 – César Chávez, American labor activist (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (b. 1918)
• 1995 – John C. Stennis, U.S. Senator from Mississippi (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Jean-Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (b. 1913)
• 1996 – P. L. Travers, Australian author (b. 1899)
• 1997 – Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)
• 1998 – James Earl Ray, American alleged assassin (b. 1928)
• 2003 – James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (b. 1917)
• 2003 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910)
• 2005 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (b. 1928)
• 2005 – John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
• 2005 – Romano Scarpa, Italian-born comic artist (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (b. 1912)
• 2006 – Phil Walden, American manager of the Allman Brothers Band (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (b. 1932)
• 2007 – David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (b. 1931)