January 23 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1002 – Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)
• 1199 – Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)
• 1548 – Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (b. 1490)
• 1549 – Johannes Honter, Transylvanian Saxon humanist and theologian (b. 1498)
• 1567 – Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507)
• 1570 – James Stewart, Earl of Moray, regent of Scotland (assassinated)
• 1622 – William Baffin, English explorer
• 1744 – Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668)
• 1785 – Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)
• 1789 – Frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724)
• 1789 – John Cleland, English novelist (b. 1709)
• 1800 – Edward Rutledge, American statesman (b. 1749)
• 1803 – Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (b. 1725)
• 1805 – Claude Chappe, French telecommunications pioneer (b. 1763)
• 1806 – William Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1810 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1812 – Robert Craufurd, British general (b. 1764)
• 1820 – Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)
• 1833 – Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b. 1757)
• 1837 – John Field, Irish composer (b. 1782)
• 1866 – Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (b. 1785)
• 1875 – Charles Kingsley English writer (b. 1819)
• 1883 – Gustave Doré, French artist, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 – Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1825)
• 1922 – Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (b. 1855)
• 1923 – Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849)
• 1931 – Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (b. 1876)
• 1939 – Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1943 – Alexander Woollcott, American actor, author, and bon vivant (b. 1887)
• 1944 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (b. 1863)
• 1944 – Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909)
• 1956 – Alexander Korda, Hungarian/British film director (b. 1893)
• 1958 – Nikolaos Georgantas, Greek discus thrower (b. 1880)
• 1963 – Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (b. 1908)
• 1971 – Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1871)
• 1973 – Alexander Onassis, Greek heir of the Onassis family (b. 1948)
• 1973 – Kid Ory, American jazz trombonist (b. 1886)
• 1976 – Paul Dupuis, French Canadian film and television actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 – Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and social activist (b. 1898)
• 1977 – Toots Shor, New York restaurateur (b. 1903)
• 1978 – Terry Kath, American musician (Chicago) (b. 1946)
• 1978 – Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1978 – Vic Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers) (b. 1925)
• 1981 – Samuel Barber, American composer (b. 1910)
• 1983 – Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1984 – Mu'in Bseiso, Palestinian poet (b. 1926)
• 1986 – Joseph Beuys, German artist (b. 1921)
• 1988 – Charles Glen King, American biochemist (b. 1896)
• 1989 – Salvador Dalí, Catalan artist (b. 1904)
• 1990 – Allen Collins, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952)
• 1991 – Northrop Frye, Canadian writer and critic (b. 1912)
• 1992 – Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (b. 1924)
• 1993 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American singer (b. 1899)
• 1994 – Nikolai Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (b. 1917)
• 1994 – Brian Redhead, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
• 1997 – Richard Berry, American composer and musician (b. 1935)
• 1999 – Jay Pritzker, American businessman (b. 1922)
• 1999 – Joe D'Amato, Italian director (b. 1936)
• 1999 – Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (b. 1949)
• 2002 – Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Paul Aars, American racecar driver (b. 1934)
• 2002 – Robert Nozick, American philosopher (b. 1938)
• 2003 – Nell Carter, American singer and actress (b. 1948)
• 2004 – Bob Keeshan, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Helmut Newton, German-born photographer (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, British politician (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Johnny Carson, American television host (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Chris McKinstry, Canadian scientist (b. 1967)
• 2007 – E. Howard Hunt, American Watergate figure (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian Politician (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Robert W. Scott, American politician, governor of North Carolina (b. 1929)