February 23rd famous deaths

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

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2029 - 2020

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

2023

John Motson
English football commentator (b. 1945)
Tony Earl
American politician, 40th governor of wisconsin (b. 1936)

2021

Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi arabian politician (b. 1930)

2019 - 2010

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

2019

Margalit Tzanani
Iconic Israeli singer with a powerful voice and stage presence.
Katherine Helmond
Katherine helmond was an american actress known for her roles in the tv shows 'soap' and 'who's the boss?'

2017

Mallory Horne
American politician who served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Florida.

2016

Peter Lustig
German television host and author (b. 1937)
Jacqueline Mattson
American baseball player (b. 1928)

2015

Rana Bhagwandas
Pakistani lawyer and judge, chief justice of pakistan (b. 1942)
W. E. Dykes (Bill)
American soldier and politician (b. 1925)
James Aldridge
Author and journalist of australian english (d. 2015).

2014

Roger Hilsman
American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919)
Alice Herz-Sommer
A jewish pianist and music teacher from bohemia and survivor of thesienstadt concentration camp, he is also a supercentenarian. at 110 years old, he is one of the few survivors of supercentenarias. he is also the oldest holocaust survivor in the world.

2013

Julien Ries
Belgian cardinal (b. 1920)
Eugene Bookhammer
American soldier and politician, 18th lieutenant governor of delaware (b. 1918)
Joseph Friedenson
Holocaust survivor, holocaust historian, yiddish writer, lecturer and editor (b. 1922)
Lotika Sarkar
Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945)

2012

David Sayre
American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924)
William Raggio
American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
Kazimierz Żygulski
Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919)

2011

Nirmala Srivastava
Indian spiritual teacher and writer, also known by the name shri mataji nirmala devi. sahaja yoga was founded by her. it is a meditation technique that she also created. she claimed that she was fully realized when she was born. she spent her entire life working to promote peace and develop a simple method through which people can realize their …

2010

Mosi Tatupu
Former NFL fullback known for his toughness and versatility.
Orlando Zapata
Cuban activist and plumber (d. 2010).

2009 - 2000

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

2009

Franciszek Starowieyski
Renowned Polish artist known for his surrealistic and symbolic paintings.

2008

Paul Frère
Belgian journalist and race car driver (d. 2008).
Janez Drnovšek
Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd president of slovenia (b. 1950)
Paul Frere
Belgian motorsport journalist and race car driver (born 1917).
Douglas Fraser
Scottish pilot (born 1916)

2007

Herve Bourges
Herve Bourges was a prominent French journalist and former president of the French public television network TF1.
John Ritchie
New zealand composer and educator (d. 2014.)
Donnie Brooks
American singer (born 1936)

2006

Telmo Zarra
Telmo Zarra was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a forward.
Reinhart Koselleck
Reinhart Koselleck was a German historian and philosopher who made significant contributions to the field of conceptual history.
Benno Besson
Swiss-german actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
Luna Leopold
Renowned geologist known for his work in geomorphology and hydrology.
Telmo Zarra
Spanish footballer (d. 2006)

Muhammad Shamsul Huq

Bangladeshi academic and former minister of foreign affairs (b. 1912)

Telmo Zarraonaindia

Spanish footballer (born 1921)

2004

Vijay Anand
Indian actor producer and screenwriter (d.2004)
Sikander Bakht
Indian field hockey player and politician, indian minister of external affairs (d. 2004)
Vijay Anand
Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
Don Cornell
American trumpet player and singer (d. 2004).
Neil Ardley
English jazz composer and pianist (born 1937).

Sikander Bakht

Indian politician and field hockey player (d. 2004).

Carl Liscombe

Canadian hockey player (born 1915)

2003

Howie Epstein
American producer and songwriter of bass (tom petty and the heartbreakers), (d. 2003).
Titos Vandis
Greek actor (born 1917).
Robert K. Merton
American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
Robert K Merton
American socioologist (born 1910).

2001

Robert Enrico
Italian-french film director and editor. he is the son of a champion cyclist. he was involved in drama at the sorbonne, and started his career as an assistant director and editor. enrico began to direct short subjects for french tv in 1952. enrico made documentaries and training films during his military service in the late 1950s. his 1961 short film, …

2000

Stanley Matthews
Legendary English footballer known for his dribbling skills and sportsmanship.
Ofra Haza
Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)

1999 - 1990

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

1999

Carlos Hathcock
American sergeant and sniper (d. 1999).
The Renegade
American wrestler (b. 1965)

1998

Jaquarious Washington
Jaquarious Washington was a prominent civil rights activist who fought for racial equality and social justice in the United States.
Philip Abbott
American actor and director (b. 1924)

1997

Tony Williams
American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1945)
Oscar Lewenstein
Impressario dies at the age of 80.

1996

George Alan Dawson
Jazz teacher/drummer, dies at the age of 66.
Joseph Walker Barr
Banker/political - died at the age of 78.

1995

James Herriot
A British veterinarian and author who wrote a series of semi-autobiographical books about his experiences as a country veterinarian in Yorkshire, including 'All Creatures Great and Small'.
Art Kane
American photographer (d. 1995).
Melvin Franklin
American singer (the temptations), (born 1942).
Norman Hunter
Writer dies at 95
David Melvin English Franklin
Singer, dies at 52

James Herriot

Scot author (all creatures small & great), dies at 78

Peter Guy Wykeham Fighter Pilot-Barnes

Dies at 79

1994

Stuart Berger
Doctor (immune power diet), who dies of obesity at the age of 40.

1993

Edwin Louis Battle
Actor (almost blue chase) dies from a stroke aged 33

1992

Markos Vafiades
Leader (elas, 1943-49), dies.
Jacquelyn Hyde
Actress (dark house of terror), dead at 61

1991

Jetta Johns
Renowned American painter known for her abstract expressionist works.

1990

José Napoleón Duarte
Salvadoran engineer and politician, president of el salvador (b. 1925)
James Gavin
American diplomat and general ambassador to france, united states (d. 1990).
Jose Napoleon Duarte
President of salvador (1984-1989), dies at the age of 62.
Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello
Dutch member of parliament (liberal), dies at the age 53

1989 - 1980

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

1989

Leland Palmer
Leland Palmer was a talented actor known for his roles in various films and TV shows.

1987

Esmond Knight
East sheen (england) -- actor (hamlet and sleeping murder).

1984

Jessamyn West
American author known for her novels and short stories.

1983

Herbert Howells
English organist composer and educator (d.83)
Adrian Boult
In 1937, king george vi knighted a british conductor who is internationally renowned. from 1928-1931, he was the conductor of the ballet russe for britain's national opera company. he also served as music director of new york's bach choir, in vienna, boston and salzburg. boult was the director of bbc and toured west germany in 1952, 1956 and the ussr. …

1980

Robert Vandekerckhove
Belgian politician dies at the age of 62.

1979 - 1970

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

1979

W. A. C. Bennett
Canadian businessman and politician, 25th premier of british columbia (b. 1900)
WAC Bennett
Canadian politician (born 1900)

1977

Shiro Kido
Shiro Kido was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as the Foreign Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II.

1976

Constantine P. Cavafy
Greek painter known for his colorful and expressive artworks.
L. S. Lowry
English painter (b. 1887)
Fuzzy Knight
Actor (gun town ragtime cowboy joe), passes away at 74
L S Lowry
Painter

1974

Harry Ruby
American screenwriter and composer (d. 1974).
Florence Rice
Actress (girl at 1313, carnival), is killed at 63

1973

Dickinson W. Richards
American physician and physiologist, nobel prize laureate (b. 1895)
Sible Fox Richardson
American botanist who specialized in plant genetics.
Dickinson W Richards
American physician, winner of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine in medicine (born 1895).

1972

Michael Taube
Composer dies at 81

1971

King Lockwood
Deaths of a stroke at the age of 73

1970

Hirsch Jacobs
American thoroughbred horse trainer (born 1904).

1969 - 1960

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

1969

Madhubala
Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
2nd king of saudi arabia (b. 1902)
Abd al-Aziz
Abd al-rahman al-faisal al-saud saudia, dies at the age of 67.
King Saud
Saudi arabia (born in 1902)
Joseph Messner
Composer dies at 75

1968

Fannie Hurst
American novelist and short story writer known for her stories about the struggles of African Americans.
Fannie Hurst
American novelist and short-story writer. she was also the highest-paid female writer of her time. she was a specialist in human interest stories and became a social critic in her later years. she stated that she was passionately interested in awakening in all people a sense of smallness in 1931.

1966

Oswin Chamberlain
Oswin Chamberlain was a renowned painter known for his vibrant landscapes and seascapes.

1965

Stan Laurel
Stan laurel was a comedic actor best known for being one half of the famous duo laurel and hardy, known for their slapstick comedy films.
Stan Laurel
Legendary comedian known for his work in Laurel and Hardy.
Stan Laurel
American comedian and vaudeville performer, british-born, is half of the famed team, laurel and hardy.

1961

Davey Crockett
American baseball player (born 1875).

1960

Arthur Legat
Belgian race car driver (d. 1960)

1959 - 1950

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

1957

Vere Ponsonby
Vere Ponsonby was a British politician and diplomat who served as the 9th Earl of Bessborough and Governor General of Canada.
Marika Ninou
Greek singer (born 1918)

1956

Winifred Cullis
Pioneering biochemist known for her work on the structure of proteins.

1955

Paul Claudel
French diplomat, writer, poet, and dramatist. he is considered to be the most important catholic dramatist in the 20th century as well as france's first true dramatic poet since racine.

1949 - 1940

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

1948

John Robert Gregg
Irish-american publisher and educator (b. 1866)
John Robert Gregg
Irish-born inventor and publisher (born 1866).

1947

Felicidad Aguinaldo
First female member of the Philippine Congress.

1946

Tomoyuki Yamashita
Japanese politician and general 4th japanese military governors philippines (d. 1946).

1945

Aubrey Cousins
Canadian sergeant (victoria cross), is killed in action.
Aleksei Tolstoi
Russian poet / writer (pjotr perroyj) dies at 62

1944

Leo Baekeland
Belgian-born chemist who created velox photographic paper (1893), and bakelite (1907), which are popular, inexpensive, non-flammable, flexible, and versatile plastics that mark the beginning of modern plastics manufacturing.
Leo Baekeland
Leo Baekeland was a Belgian chemist who invented Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic.
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Flemish-american chemist, inventor of the first synthetic material, bakelite (born 1863).

1943

Nachmen Simon
Renowned Jewish painter known for his expressive and emotional artworks.

1942

Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (die welt von gestern), dies at 60
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (die welt von gestern), dies at 60

1939 - 1930

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

1935

Jan Duiker
Dutch architect and professor of architecture in delft.

1934

Edward Elgar
British composer, best known for his "pomp and circumstance" set of five marches. he was largely self-taught and brought new life to the choral format. he also wrote two symphonies: a violin concerto for cello and a violin concerto for cello.
Edward Elgar
Renowned English composer known for works like the Enigma Variations and Pomp and Circumstance.
Augusto Sandino
A nicaraguan revolutionary who led a rebellion against the u.s. military occupation in nicaragua between 1927-1933. the united states government called him a "bandit". his exploits made him a hero in latin america where he was seen as a symbol for resistance to the united states' dominance. his insurgents did not defeat the americans in battle, drawing units of the …
Edward William Elgar
English composer coronation ode, dies at the age of 76.

1931

Nillie Melba
Renowned Australian opera soprano known for her performances in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Nellie Melba
Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
Nellie Melba
Australian soprano coloratura is regarded as one of the most important of the golden age opera and one of its most cantankerous characters. she was an outstanding diva who sang in england, russia, denmark, and denmark.

1930

Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand was a silent film actress and comedian known for her work with Charlie Chaplin and Mack Sennett.
Horst Wessel
After his death in 1930, he was honored as a posthumous nazi hero. he wrote the lyrics to "die fahne hoch", also known as horst wessel-lied ("the horst wessel song") which became germany's national anthem between 1933 and 1945.
Mabel Normand
American comedian who was an extra player for the 1910 griffith one-reelers. through hundreds of silent films directed and produced by mack sennett, she became a star comedian.

1929 - 1920

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

1928

John Merle Coulter
John Merle Coulter was a prominent botanist and educator.
John Coulter
John Coulter was a renowned botanist known for his work on plant taxonomy.

1927

Sveinbjorn Sveinbjornsson
Composer dies at 79

1924

Thomas Woodrow Wilson
28th us president (1913-21), dies.

1922

Albert Victor Backlund
Swedish physicist (born 1845)

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on February 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1918

Adolphus Frederick VI
Grand duke of mecklenburg-strelitz (b. 1882)

1916

George Clement Martin composer
At the age of 71, he dies.

1915

Robert Smalls Reconstruction congressman
In south carolina, the average age at death is 75

1914

Jabez Spencer Balfour
Jabez Spencer Balfour was a British businessman who founded the Liberator Building Society and was later convicted of fraud.