May 23 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1125 – Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1081)
• 1304 – Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
• 1498 – Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer and ruler of Florence (b. 1452)
• 1523 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)
• 1524 – Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)
• 1662 – John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
• 1670 – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
• 1691 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
• 1701 – Captain Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
• 1749 – Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish Jewish nobleman
• 1752 – William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)
• 1754 – John Wood, the Elder, English architect (b. 1704)
• 1783 – James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (b. 1725)
• 1786 – Móric Benyovszky Hungarian count (b. 1746)
• 1813 – Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)
• 1825 – Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
• 1841 – Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)
• 1846 – Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)
• 1855 – Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)
• 1857 – Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)
• 1868 – Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)
• 1886 – Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)
• 1893 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805)
• 1895 – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (b. 1798)
• 1906 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (b. 1828)
• 1908 – François Coppée, French poet and novelist (b. 1842)
• 1920 – Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1934 – Clyde Barrow, American outlaw (b. 1909)
• 1934 – Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (b. 1910)
• 1937 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1839)
• 1945 – Heinrich Himmler, Nazi official (b. 1900)
• 1949 – Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter (b. 1872)
• 1965 – Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. 1897)
• 1966 – Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902)
• 1967 – Lionel Groulx, French Canadian priest and historian (b. 1878)
• 1975 – Moms Mabley, American comedian (b. 1894)
• 1981 – Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 – Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (b. 1911)
• 1981 – George Jessel, American actor (b. 1898)
• 1981 – David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1986 – Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1988 – Aya Kitō, Japanese diarist (b. 1962)
• 1989 – Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (b. 1915)
• 1989 – Karl Koch, West German hacker (b. 1965)
• 1991 – Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1992 – Giovanni Falcone, Italian judge (b. 1939)
• 1994 – Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (b. 1951)
• 1994 – Joe Pass, American jazz guitarist (b. 1929)
• 1996 – Patrick Cargill, English actor (b. 1918)
• 1999 – Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1965)
• 2002 – Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Jean Yanne, French actor and director (b. 1933)
• 2004 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Clifford Antone, American businessman (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967)
• 2008 – Utah Phillips, American folksinger and activist (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of the Republic of Korea (b. 1946)
• 2010 – Jose Lima, Dominican baseball player (b. 1972)
• 2010 – Simon Monjack, English actor, producer, & writer (b. 1970)
• 2010 – Gane Todorovoski, Macedonian literary critic, poet, & publicist (b. 1929)
• 2010 – Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duchess Of Russia (b. 1914)