September 23 - Deaths

Deaths

• 79 – Pope Linus
• 1193 – Robert de Sablé, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• 1241 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
• 1390 – John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
• 1535 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)
• 1571 – John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
• 1573 – Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
• 1605 – Pontus de Tyard, French poet
• 1675 – Valentin Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603)
• 1728 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
• 1738 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668)
• 1764 – Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703)
• 1773 – Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
• 1789 – John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
• 1830 – Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, American First Lady (b. 1768)
• 1835 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
• 1851 – Émilie Gamelin, Canadian Catholic nun, founder of the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
• 1844 – Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783)
• 1846 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818)
• 1850 – José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan soldier and statesman (b. 1764)
• 1867 – Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1840)
• 1870 – Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803)
• 1871 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, French Canadian politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 – Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (b. 1811)
• 1889 – Wilkie Collins, British author (b. 1824)
• 1900 – William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
• 1917 – Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist, founder of Psychoanalysis (b. 1856)
• 1943 – Elinor Glyn, English author (b. 1864)
• 1944 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (b. 1875)
• 1945 – Salvo D'Acquisto, Italian Carabiniere (b. 1920)
• 1950 – Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Jacob Nicol, Canadian newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1876)
• 1968 – Francesco Forgione, Italian Catholic saint (b. 1887)
• 1970 – Bourvil, French actor and singer (b. 1917)
• 1971 – J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1971 – Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1973 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel laureate (b. 1904)
• 1974 – Cliff Arquette, American comedian and actor (b. 1905)
• 1974 – Robbie McIntosh, Scottish musician (Average White Band) (b. 1950)
• 1978 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (murdered) (b. 1950)
• 1981 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (b. 1899)
• 1987 – Bob Fosse, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (b. 1927)
• 1988 – Tibor Sekelj, Jewish-Yugoslavian explorer (b. 1912)
• 1992 – James Van Fleet, U.S. Army general (b. 1892)
• 1994 – Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)
• 1994 – Robert Bloch, American author (b. 1917)
• 1994 – Madeleine Renaud, French theater and film actress (b. 1900)
• 1996 – Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoonist (b. 1933)
• 1998 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1998 – Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)
• 1999 – Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
• 2000 – Carl Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
• 2002 – Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly musician (b. 1939)
• 2003 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937)
• 2004 – André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951)
• 2004 – Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Bob Mason, English actor (b. 1952)
• 2005 – Filiberto Ojeda, Puerto Rican revolutionary (b. 1933)
• 2005 – Roger Brierley, English actor (b. 1935)
• 2006 – Sir Malcolm Arnold, English composer and professional trumpeter (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Etta Baker, American blues guitarist (b. 1913)
• 2008 – Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)
• 2008 – Loren Pope, American writer (b. 1910)
• 2009 – Paul B. Fay, American businessman and cabinet member in the Kennedyadministration (b. 1918
• 2010 – Malcolm Douglas, Australian conservationist (b. 1941)
• 2010 – Teresa Lewis, American murderer (b. 1969)