June 23 - Deaths

Deaths

• 79 – Emperor Vespasian of Rome (b. 9)
• 1018 – Henry I, Margrave of Austria (birth year unknown)
• 1222 – Constance of Aragon, consort of Ladislaus III of Hungary and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. c. 1179)
• 1555 – Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (b. 1470)
• 1582 – Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese military leader (b. 1537)
• 1615 – Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545)
• 1677 – Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)
• 1686 – William Coventry, English statesman (b. c. 1628)
• 1707 – John Mill, English theologian (b. c. 1645)
• 1733 – Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
• 1770 – Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)
• 1775 – Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (b. 1692)
• 1779 – Mikael Sehul, Ethiopian warlord (b. c. 1691)
• 1806 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (b. 1723)
• 1811 – Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and satirist (b. 1740)
• 1832 – James Hall, Scottish geologist (b. 1761)
• 1836 – James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian, (b. 1773)
• 1856 – Ivan Kireevsky, Russian literary critic and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1891 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (b. 1804)
• 1893 – Sir Theophilus Shepstone, British-born South African statesman (b. 1817)
• 1926 – Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
• 1956 – Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (b. 1875)
• 1959 – Boris Vian, French writer and musician (b. 1920)
• 1969 – Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (b. 1907)
• 1970 – Roscoe Turner, American aviator (b. 1895)
• 1980 – Clyfford Still, American painter (b. 1904)
• 1980 – Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Indian politician (b. 1894)
• 1980 – Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician; son of Indira Gandhi (b. 1946)
• 1981 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1907)
• 1982 – Vincent Chin, Chinese-born American murder victim (b. 1955)
• 1989 – Werner Best, German jurist and Nazi party leader (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)
• 1995 – Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Anatoly Tarasov, Russian ice hockey coach (b. 1918)
• 1996 – Andreas Papandreou, Greek politician (b. 1919)
• 1997 – Betty Shabazz, American educator and widow of Malcolm X (b. 1936)
• 1998 – Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish actress (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Buster Merryfield, British actor (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Peter Dubovský, Slovak football player (b. 1972)
• 2001 – Yvonne Dionne, Canadian quintuplet (b. 1934)
• 2002 – Pedro 'El Rockero' Alcazar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)
• 2005 – Shana Alexander, American journalist (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Aaron Spelling, American television producer (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Luke Graham, American wrestler (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Harriet, Galápagos tortoise (b. c. 1830)
• 2007 – Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
• 2008 – Arthur Chung, Guyanan politician (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Claudio Capone, Italian-born Scottish voice actor (b. 1952)
• 2008 – Marian Glinka, Polish actor (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Judith Holzmeister, Austrian actress (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Ed McMahon, American television personality (b. 1923)
• 2009 – John Callaway, American journalist (b. 1936)
• 2009 – Hanne Hiob, German actress (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Manuel Saval, Mexican actor (b. 1956)
• 2009 – Jerri Nielsen, American physician (b. 1952)