August 23rd famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 23rd

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin
Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur (d. 2023)
Dmitry Utkin
Russian army officer, founder of wagner group (b. 1970)

2021

Elizabeth Blackadder
Dame elizabeth blackadder, a scottish painter/printmaker, is her name. she is the first woman elected to the royal scottish academy as well as the royal academy.

2020

Lori Nelson
Lori Nelson was an American actress who appeared in films and TV shows during the 1950s and 1960s.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

Lesle Gelb
Lesle Gelb was an American journalist and political commentator who served as the president of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1984 to 2003.
Dolores Fernández Ochoa
Spanish alpine skier who won a bronze medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Lia Van Leer
Lia Van Leer was a musician known for her contributions to Israeli culture.

2015

Guy Ligier
French former rugby player, car driver, formula one team owner.
Enrique Reneau
Honduran footballer (b. 1971)
Augusta Chiwy
Congolese-belgian nurse (b. 1921)
Paul Royle
Australian pilot and lieutenant (d. 2015).

2014

Geo G. Moore
Renowned poet and writer of 'The Weather of Words.'
Birgitta Stenberg
Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989)
Annefleur Kalvenhaar
Dutch cyclist (d. 2014)
Jaume Vallcorba Plana
Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949)

2013

William Glasser
American psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
Charles Lisanby
American production designer and artist director (d.2013)
Vesna Rožič
Slovenian chess player (b. 1987)
Richard J. Corman
American businessman, founded the r.j. corman railroad group (d. 2013)
Tatyana Zaslavskaya
Russian economist and sociologist (d. 2013).

Konstanty Miodowicz

Polish ethnographer and politician (b. 1951)

2012

Byard Lancaster
Byard Lancaster was a renowned musician known for his contributions to the jazz genre.
Josepha Sherman
American anthologist and author (b. 1946)
Jerry Nelson
American voice actor and puppeteer (d. 2012).

2011

Rejoice Simelane
Rejoice Simelane was a South African anti-apartheid activist and feminist who fought for women's rights and social justice.

2010

Toshie Kawasaki
Toshie Kawasaki was a Japanese actress known for her roles in several popular Japanese films and television series.
Arlita Byers
Arlita Byers was a renowned mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of abstract algebra.
Gerene Barlow
Gerene Barlow was a renowned American painter known for her vibrant abstract expressionist works.
Uva Crispin
Uva Crispin was a renowned botanist who made significant contributions to the study of plant taxonomy and conservation.
Franceen Golde
Franceen Golde was a renowned American painter known for her vibrant abstract expressionist works.

Allis Haslam

A British chemist who made significant contributions to the field of organic chemistry.

Satoshi Kon

Japanese screenwriter and animator (d. 2010).

Mayvis Rowe

Mayvis Rowe was a British novelist known for her novels exploring themes of family and social issues.

Emagene Cobb

Emagene Cobb was an American politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives.

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2008

John Russell
English-american author and critic (b. 1919)
John Russell
The 13th duke of bedford was a british nobility and the author of "the book of snobs". he died october 25, 2002 in santa fe, nm, age 85.

2007

Robert Symonds
American actor (born in 1926)

2006

Marie Tharp
Pioneering oceanographic cartographer who created the first comprehensive map of the Atlantic Ocean floor.
Maynard Ferguson
Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (big bop nouveau), (d. 2006).

2005

Kinser
Renowned racecar driver known for his success in sprint car racing.
Brock Peters
Actor known for his role in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'
Brock Peters
Nyc, new york -- actor / singer (carmen jones and to kill a mockingbird).
Ninjalicious
Canadian author and urban explorer (born 1973)

2004

Olin Eggen
Contributed to the study of variable stars and stellar evolution.

2003

Bobby Bonds
American baseball player, father to barry bonds, a noted athlete and pro-baseball player.
Jack Dyer
Australian footballer and coach (b. 1913)
Jan Sedivka
Czech-australian violinist and educator (b. 1917)
Jack Dyer
Australian footballer and coach (d. 2003)
Michael Kijana Wamalwa
Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th vice president of kenya (b. 1944)

John Geoghan

American roman catholic priest who caused a hornet’s nest of distress which began in january 2002. this was a symbol for the troubled priesthood. geoghan, who was accused of sexual abuse as far back as 1972, was moved around from one parish to another while the church denied the problem. it settled claims discretely and sent its pedophile priests away …

2002

Stafford Beer
Pioneering cybernetician and management theorist.
Hoyt Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm was a Hall of Fame pitcher known for his knuckleball and long career in Major League Baseball.
Hoyt Wilhelm
Hoyt Wilhelm was a Hall of Fame pitcher known for his knuckleball and long career in Major League Baseball.

2001

Kathleen Freeman
Chicago, illinois -- actress (beverly hillbillies).
Peter Maas
American journalist and author (d. 2001)
Peter Maas
American journalist and author (d. 2001).

2000

John Anthony Kaiser
American priest and missionary (b. 1932)
John Anthony Kaiser
Roman catholic priest (born 1932).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

Norman Wexler
American playwright, screenwriter and author. his credits include screenplays for "mandigo," and "saturday night fever."
James White
Northern irish author and educator (d. 1999)

1997

John Kendrew
British biochemist, who discovered the three-dimensional structure and function of myoglobin (the muscle protein that stores oxygen in the cells), was the first to do so. he was awarded the nobel prize for chemistry in chemistry 1962 with max ferdinand perutz.
Bruk Alemayehu
Ethiopian politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
John Kendrew
English biochemist and crystallographer, nobel prize laureate (d. 1997)
Eric Gairy
Grenadian educator and politician, 1st prime minister of grenada (b. 1922)
Eric Gairy
1. prime minister of grenada, grenadaan politician

1996

Essica Mitford
Essica Mitford was a British author and political activist known for her satirical memoirs and critiques of the British upper class.
Dolce Vita
Italian actress who starred in several films during the 1950s and 1960s.
Margaret Tucker
Australian author and activist (d. 1996)
Margaret Tucker
Autobiographer and activist from indigenous australia (born in 1904)

1995

Alfred Eisenstaedt
German-american photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
Johnny Carey
Manager and footballer from ireland (d. 1995).
Dwayne Goettel
Canadian musician (skinny puppy)(born 1964)
Hedda J Garza
At 66, a writer and political activist dies
James Pilditch
Designer dies at 66

Vincent Gordon Lindsay White

Tycoon dies at 72

Arthur Holt

Politician dies at 81

Dwayne Rudolph Goettel

Musician dies at 31

Alfred Eisenstaedt in Oak Bluffs

Massachusetts, born in dirschau in germany; photojournalist. he covered the rise and fall of the nazi party in photos. in his career with life, he was credited for 2,500 picture stories, and 90 cover photographs.

1994

Joyce Chen
Renowned Chinese-American restaurateur known for popularizing Chinese cuisine in the United States.
Zoltán Fábri
Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
Paolo Volponi
Italian writer, lawyer and poet. he was buried in ancona on 23 august 1994.
Henri Rousselot
Admiral dies at 82
Rabah Stambouli
At 65, a politician and sociologist from algeria was killed.

Richard Jock Kinneir

Graphic designer dies at 77

1993

Barney Kumana
South African journalist known for his anti-apartheid activism.
Edwina Lewis
Actress, "boy who cried butch", dies at 42 from a heart attack
Charles Scorsese
Actor (cape fear. goodfellas. wise guys), passes away at 80
Victorine Hefting
Bert baker's wife, historian, dies at 88

1992

Malcolm Atterbury
Actor (7 days in may, wild river), death at 85
Virginia Sale-Wren
Entertainer dies at 92 from heart failure

1991

Florence B Seibert
Bio-chemist (tb) dies at 93

1990

David Rose
English-american pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
David Rose
London, england -- orchestra leader (red skelton show and stripper).

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

R D Laing
Scottish psychiatrist (born 1927)
R. D. Laing
Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927)
Mohammed Abed Elhai
Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944)
Helen le Clerq
Dutch dancer
Ronald Laing
British psychiatrist (anti-psychiatry)

Mohammed Abed Elhai

Sudanese academic and writer (born 1944).

1987

Didier Pironi
French driving racer (formula 1 and off-shore pilot.
Siegfried Borris
Composer dies at age 80

1986

Charles Janssens
Belgian actor (mira malpertuis, malpertuis) dies at age 80

1982

Stanford Moore
American biochemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1913)
Stanford Moore
Stanford Moore was a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1972.
Alberto Cavalcanti
At 85, herr puntila, a brazilian director, dies

1980

Knox Manning
Knox Manning was a renowned American journalist known for his radio broadcasting during World War II.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

Richard Hearne
Actor captain horatio hornblower, dies at age 70

1977

Naum Gabo
Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890)

1975

Wendell Ladner
Wendell Ladner was an American professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the New Orleans Jazz and Houston Rockets.
Ovida Delch
Ovida Delch was an American actress who appeared in several films during the silent era.
Faruk Gürler
Turkish general (b. 1913)
Hank Patterson
Actor fred ziffel-green acres, dies at 87

1974

Roberto Assagioli
Italian psychiatrist, founder of psychosynthesis. this included psychoanalysis as well as the wisdom of spiritual traditions. his work was often called "height psychology."

1972

Balis Dvarionas
Composer dies at 68

1971

Oliver F McGowan
Actor (banning stagecoach), dead at 64
The original Shamu
Seaworld orca
Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo
Composer dies at 58

1970

Nel Rose
Dancer dies at 55

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1968

Alwin Schroeder
German author known for his works on philosophy and literature.

1967

Digby Bell
Digby Bell was a renowned actor known for his work on stage and screen.
Nathaniel Cartmell
American runner and coach (d. 1967).
Georges Berger
Belgian race car driver (d. 1967)

1966

Francis X. Bushman
American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
Francis X Bushman
American actor (born in 1883)
Francis Xavier Bushman
Actor ben-hur dies at 83

1965

Adaria
Renowned painter known for her abstract works.
John Bata
Czech shoe manufacturer dies at 67

1964

Edmond Hogan
Australian politician, 30th premier of victoria (b. 1883)

1963

Bohden Poraj-Kosmider
Polish military officer known for his service during World War II.
Glen Gray
American jazz musician and leader of casa loma orchestra (born in 1900).

1962

Hoot Gibson
Actor on silent screen as a cowboy (last outlaw), passes away at 70
Irving Fine
American composer and academic (d. 1962)
Walter Anderson
Russian-german ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
Walter Anderson
Academic and ethnologist from belarusian-german (d. 1962).

1960

Elliet Fay
Elliet Fay was a renowned American actress who starred in several silent films during the early 20th century.
Cambelle Archibald
Cambelle Archibald was a renowned stage and film actress during the early 20th century.
Tran Nghia
Tran Nghia was a renowned Vietnamese poet known for his lyrical and introspective works.
Oscar Hammerstein II
American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
Oscar Hammerstein II
Broadway librettist dies at 65

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1958

Martin du Gard
Writer

1957

Eugene Schueller
Founder of L'Oréal, one of the world's largest cosmetics and beauty companies.

1955

Reginald Tate
British actor (born 1896).

1954

Jaan Sarv
Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)

1953

Savva Sorin
Russian painter known for his landscapes and portraits.

1951

George Laker
George Laker was an English cricketer known for his exceptional spin bowling skills.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

Helen Churchill Candee
American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)

1944

Abdülmecid II
Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
Stefan Filipkiewicz
Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets
Composer dies at 63

1943

Johann P Zilcher
German composer dies at 88

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1939

Sidney Coe Howard
Playwright (silver cord, pulitzer 1925), dies at 48

1937

Albert Roussel
A french composer who served seven years as a midshipman and then turned his attention to music as an adult. he became one of france's most famous composers during the interwar period.
Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel
Composer dies at 68

1936

Hooper Dunbar
Known for his work on stellar spectroscopy.
Juliette Adam
French author and feminist known for her political writings.

1933

Adolf Loos
Austrian architect and theoretician, designed villa müller (b. 1870)
Adolph Loos
Austrian architect dies at 62

1930

Maebel Normand
Maebel Normand was an American silent film actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer who appeared in over 200 films.

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on August 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

Charles Van de Woestijne
Flemish writer/poet (god on the sea)

1927

Nicola Sacco
Italian anarchist and protagonist of the famous judicial error. he immigrated to the united states and was involved in anarchist propaganda. vanzetti and he were both arrested on 5/05/1920 under the charge of kidnapping. the trial was based upon circumstantial evidence. despite strong doubts about their guilt, the pair were sentenced to death on 8/23/1927. in 1970, an italian film …
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Italian anarchist and gangster. on 5 may 1920, he immigrated to the united states to be with his friend sacco. they were both accused of kidnapping, robbery, and executed that day, based on circumstantial evidence.
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed in Massachusetts
Usa.

1926

Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph valentino was an italian-born american actor known for his roles in silent films, particularly for his role in 'the sheik'.
Rudolph Valentino
Italian-american actor, who became famous for his romantic portrayals. his films include "the sheik," 1921, "blood and sand," (1922), and "monsieur beaucaire," (1924). after his role in "the four horsemen of the apocalypse", 1921, he arrived in the united states.
Rudyard Valentino
Italian actor who was a prominent figure in silent films during the early 20th century.