May 23rd famous deaths

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

2029 - 2020

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

2021

• Eric Carle

  American children's book designer, illustrator, and writer best known for the very hungry caterpillar (b. 1929)

• Zaki Yamani

  Saudi Arabian politician who served as the Minister of Oil.

• Ron Hill

  English runner and businessman (d. 2021)

2020

• Hana Kimura

  Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1997)

2019 - 2010

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

2018

• Glynn Edwards

  Glynn Edwards was a British actor known for his role as Dave in the TV series 'Minder'.

2017

• Roger Moore

  British actor. he is best known for his role in james bond, the agent.007, in the film series, and his lead role in "the saint" as simon templar. other films that he appeared in include "act of violence," 1949 and "the last time i saw paris," 1954. he is also known for his role as james bond, agent.007 in the …

• Cortez Kennedy

  Cortez Kennedy was an American football defensive tackle and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

• Cortez Kennedy

  Cortez Kennedy was a Hall of Fame defensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks.

2015

• Ranvir Sena

  Indian politician and the founder of the Ranvir Sena, a private militia in Bihar, India.

• Anne Meara

  American actress, comedian and playwright (b. 1929)

• John Nash

  American mathematician, nobel prize winner 1994. nash stated in his acceptance speech that it was statistically impossible for any scientist or mathematician to be able to continue his or her research efforts at the age of 65. but i'm still trying and it is possible that my situation, despite the 25-year gap of partially deluded thought providing a kind of …

• John Forbes Nash

  Jr., american mathematician and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1928)

• Alicia Nash

  Salvadoran-american physicist and engineer (b. 1933)

Aleksey Mozgovoy

Ukrainian sergeant (b. 1975)

2014

• Elliot Rodger

  Perpetrator of the 2014 Isla Vista killings, a mass murder that took place in Isla Vista, California.

• Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev

  Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949)

• Madhav Mantri

  Indian cricketer (b. 1921)

2013

• Georges Moustaki

  French singer-songwriter, greek descent, who is best known for his simple lyrics, poetic rhythm and composition of romantic songs. georges, for georges brassens, has written songs for a%0dith (including "milord") and dalida, franassoise harty, barbara brigitte fontaine (including herbert pagani), france gall, cindy daniel, and france gall as well as his own songs.

• Flynn Robinson

  American basketball pro-basketball player, since 1966.

• Hazel Hawke

  Australian social worker and pianist, 23rd spouse of the prime minister of australia (d. 2013)

• Hayri Kozakçıoğlu

  Turkish police officer and politician, 15th governor of istanbul province (b. 1938)

• Epy Guerrero

  Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (b. 1942)

2012

• Paul Fussell

  American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)

2011

• Xavier Tondo

  Spanish cyclist (b. 1978)

2010

• José Lima

  Dominican-american baseball player (b. 1972)

• Simon Monjack

  English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1970)

• Leonida Georgievna

  Grand duchess of russia (born 1914).

• Gane Todorovoski

  Macedonian poet, literary critic, and publicist (born 1929).

• Jose Lima

  Dominican baseball player (born 1972).

2009 - 2000

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

2009

• Roh Moo-hyun

  South korean soldier and politician, 9th president of south korea (d.2009)

• Jin Roh

  South Korean politician who served as the President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993.

• Roh Moo-hyun

  South korean soldier and politician, 9th president of south korea (b. 1946)

2008

• Utah Phillips

  Utah Phillips was a renowned American folk singer, storyteller, and labor organizer.

• Cornell Capa

  Cornell Capa was a Hungarian-American photographer and founder of the International Center of Photography.

• Iñaki Ochoa de Olza

  Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967)

• Inaki Ochoa de Olza

  Spanish mountaineer (born 1967)

2007

• Milford Woolpert

  Founder of Woolpert, Inc., a prominent engineering and geospatial firm.

2006

• Lloyde Bentsen

  American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury.

• Bentli Bentsen

  Bentli Bentsen was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Texas and as the 68th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

• Loyed Bentsen

  Loyed Bentsen was a U.S. Senator from Texas and the 69th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.

• Lloyd Bentsen

  American colonel and politician, 69th united states secretary of the treasury (b. 1921)

• Kazimierz Górski

  Polish footballer and manager (b. 1921)

Clifford Antone

American businessman (born 1949).

Ian Copeland

American music promoter

Kazimierz Gorski

Polish footballer (born in 1921)

2005

• Fat-Tone

  American rapper

2004

• Heloisa Mafalda

  Renowned Brazilian actress known for her roles in telenovelas.

• Ramon Margalef

  Spanish biologist and ecologist (d. 2004).

2003

• Jean Yanne

  French actor, director and producer. he is also a comic and screenwriter. his screen debut was in 1963 with "la femme spectacle", directed by claude lelouch. "

2002

• Sam Snead

  Legendary golfer known for his smooth swing and record-setting career.

• Big Bill Neidjie

  Australian activist and last speaker of the gaagudju language (b. )

2001

• Nelsie Spencer

  Olympic gold medalist in sprinting events.

• Alessandro Natta

  Italian politician who served as Secretary of the Italian Communist Party.

1999 - 1990

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

1999

• Owen Hart

  Canadian professional wrestler who tragically died during a WWE event.

1998

• Telford Taylor

  Telford Taylor was an American lawyer, military prosecutor, and businessman who played a key role in the Nuremberg trials.

• Telford Taylor

  Telford Taylor was an American lawyer and politician who served as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials and as a general counsel to the U.S. Army.

1996

• Kronid Lyubarsky

  Russian activist and journalist (d. 1996).

• Patrick Cargill

  Actor (up pompeii and magic christian), dies aged 77

• Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky

  Human rights activist, who dies at the age of 61.

• Dorothy Hyson

  Actress (spare a copper sing as we go), is killed at 81

1994

• Ray Candy

  American professional wrestler (born 1951).

• Joe Pass

  American composer and guitarist (d. 1994).

• Olav Hauge

  Norwegian poet and gardener (d. 1994)

• Carl Althoff

  German circus director, dies at age 82.

1993

• James Millhollin

  Actor anston foster-grindl dies at 77

1992

• Juliani Falcone

  Juliani Falcone was an Italian judge who was assassinated by the Sicilian Mafia for his efforts to combat organized crime.

• Giovanni Falcone

  An italian judge, whose anti-mafia position was well-known. unknown persons murdered him on 5/23/1992 at 5:58 pm, palermo (sicily). giovanni brusca, who was also being shown on tv as the victim of the falcone murder, was arrested and charged in agrigento.

• Kostas Davourlis

  Greek footballer (born 1948)

• Atahualpa Yupanqui

  Argentine singer, songwriter and guitarist. he is the most prominent argentine folk musician in the 20th century.

1991

• Maximilian Kempff

  Maximilian Kempff was a German classical pianist and composer who was known for his interpretations of the works of Beethoven, Brahms, and Schumann.

• Jean Van Houtte

  Belgian academic and politician, 50th prime minister of belgium (d. 1991)

• Fletcher Markle

  Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)

• Wilhelm Kempff

  German composer, pianist, and teacher of music. his works include songs, operas, ballets and two symphonies. he also composed concerts and other orchestral pieces.

• Jean van Houte

  Belgian premier

William Sinnot

At the age of 30, shamen, a scottish pop singer, dies.

Peter T Thwaites

British brigadier general/playwright (love and money)

1989 - 1980

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

1989

• Georgy Tovstonogov

  Russian director and producer (b. 1915)

• Karl Koch

  German computer hacker (b. 1965)

1988

• Aya Kito

  Japanese diarist (born 1962)

• David Schoenbrun

  Head of cbs broadcast bureau (washington, paris) dies at the age of 73.

1987

• Karel Albert

  Flemish composer (marieken van nymeghen), dies at age 86.

1986

• Kawena Pukui

  Kawena Pukui was a renowned Hawaiian linguist and ethnographer who made significant contributions to the preservation and understanding of Hawaiian language and culture.

• Sterling Hayden

  American actor and author. he was a leading actor for most of his life. his specialty was westerns and film noir such as "johnny guitar", "the asphalt jungle," or "the killing". he was later recognized for his character acting roles such as that of gen. jack d. ripper, in dr. strangelove: how i learned to stop worrying about the bomb …

• Leona Libby

  Renowned archaeologist known for her work in dendrochronology.

1983

• Albert Claude

  Belgian cell biologist and medical doctor who was awarded the nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1974 together with christian de duve, george emil palade. his primary education began in longlier, longlier's comprehensive primary school. he was a member of the british intelligence service in the first world war and was twice imprisoned at concentration camps. he was able …

1981

• Rayner Heppenstall

  British poet, novelist, diarist and bbc radio producer. he died in deal, kent, england, on 23 may 1981.

• George Jessel

  American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)

• Gene Green

  American baseball player (b. 1933)

• David Lewis

  Belarusian-canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)

• Gene Green

  American baseball player (born 1933).

1979 - 1970

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

1979

• S. Selvanayagam

  Sri lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)

• Hubert van Doorne

  Auto manufacturer (daf) dies at the age of 79.

1978

• Helyne Hathaway

  Renowned novelist known for her captivating storytelling.

1977

• Andri Gusti

  Albanian politician known for his role in the country's independence movement.

1976

• Orabelle Patsy

  Renowned for her vibrant abstract paintings.

1975

• Moms Mabley

  American comedian and actor (b. 1894)

• Jackie "Moms" Mabley

  Comedienne (amazing grace), dies at age 81.

1974

• Kathleen Cannell

  Writer

1973

• Athena Lorde

  Actress (fuzz skin game, firecreek), is killed at 57

1970

• Nydia Westman

  Actress (going my way young mr bobbins) dies at the age of 68

1969 - 1960

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

1969

• Peter Alma

  Artist/painter, who dies at the age of 83.

• Diane Aubrey

  Actress (haunted stranggler), suffers a heart attack at 79

1968

• Emmaus Noth

  A German writer known for his novels and short stories.

• James Burke

  Actor (ellery queen, army surgeon), is killed at 81

• Merle Kendrick

  Orchestra leader (window on the world), passes away at 72.

1967

• Philip Coolidge

  Actor tingler, i want to live, dies at 58

• Sanne Sannes

  Photographer dies at the age of 30

• Lionel Groulx

  French canadian priest and historian (born in 1878).

1966

• Ruth Gates of Denton

  Texas, actress (aunt jenny-mama), dies at the age of 79.

• Demchugdongrub

  Mongolian politician (born 1902)

1965

• Nash

  John Nash was a renowned mathematician known for his work in game theory and differential geometry.

• David Smith

  Politician in rhodesia and zimbabwe (d. 1996)

• David Smith

  American poet, naturalist, poet, singer, naturalist, poet, painter, musician, naturalist, and religious leader. he was the youngest child of joseph smith, jr., and emma hale smith. he was an influential missionary leader in latter day saint movements. he was five months old when his father died. he was born december 1847 and raised by his mother and her second husband …

• Earl Webb

  American baseball player and coach (d. 65)

1963

• August Jakobson

  Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)

1962

• Louis Coatalen

  French engineer (d. 1962)

1960

• Georges Claude

  Neon lighting was invented by a french engineer and chemist (d. 1960).

1959 - 1950

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

1956

• Gustav Suits

  Latvian-estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)

1952

• Georg Alfred Schumann

  Composer dies at 85

1949 - 1940

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

1949

• Jan Frans De Boever

  Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)

• Jan Frans De Boever

  Belgian painter (born in 1872)

1947

• Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz

  Swiss poet and author (d. 1947).

• C F Ramuz

  Writer dies at 68

1945

• Heinrich Himmler

  German head of gestapo police in germany, the architect of the holocaust and concentration camps. he was second to hitler in the third reich. he was responsible for the deaths of millions. this began with the "blood purge" of 6/30/1934, and ended with the systematic killing of millions of jews in the death camps.

• Hein rich Himmler

  Heinrich Himmler was a leading member of the Nazi Party and one of the main architects of the Holocaust.

• Heinrich Himmler

  German commander and politician, reich minister of the interior (b. 1900)

1942

• Panagiotis Toundas

  Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)

1941

• Lord Herbert Austin motor manufacturer

  Dies.

• Slavko Osterc

  Composer dies at 45

1940

• Paul Nizan

  French journalist/writer (ce soir/aden arabia), died at 35

• Andrej N Rimsky-Korssakov

  Russian musicologist/son to nikolai, is dead.

1939 - 1930

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

1938

• Frederick Ruple

  Swiss-american painter (d. 1938).

• Philip Kleintjes

  At 70, the republic leader dies

1937

• John D. Rockefeller

  American business magnate and philanthropist, founder of the Standard Oil Company and one of the wealthiest people in history.

• Other Rockefeller

  American business magnate and philanthropist, known for founding the Standard Oil Company and becoming one of the wealthiest people in history.

• Wealthy Rockefeller

  American businessman and philanthropist who served as a Republican senator.

• John D Rockefeller

  American industrialist and philanthropist (born in 1839).

• John Davison

  Rockfeller industrialist, who dies in ormond beach (florida) at the age of 97.

1934

• Cloyde Barrow

  American criminal turned entrepreneur, known for his involvement in the Barrow Gang during the Great Depression.

• Bonnie Parker

  Infamous American outlaw who, along with Clyde Barrow, committed numerous crimes during the Great Depression.

• Clyde Barrow

  American professional criminal, well-known for his bank robberies and bonnie.

• Bonny Parker

  Infamous American outlaw who, along with Clyde Barrow, committed numerous crimes during the Great Depression.

• Mihkel Martna

  Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)

1929 - 1920

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

1926

• Hans Koessler

  Composer dies at 73

1924

• Bertram Goodhue

  Renowned American architect known for his work on churches and public buildings.

1921

• August Nilsson

  Shot putter and competitor in tug of war for the swedish pole vaulter (d.1921)

1920

• Svetozar Boroević

  Croatian-austrian field marshal (d. 2021)

• Svetozar Boroevic

  Austrian field marshal (born in 1856

1919 - 1910

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

1914

• Finch Hatton

  Finch Hatton was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club.

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on May 23rd for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1908

• François Coppée

  French novelist and poet, le poa'te des humbles is his most famous title. his prose and verse focus on simple expressions of emotion and patriotism. he wrote plays in verse, mostly serious dramas, and two of them were written in collaboration with armand d'artois. he was a great success with le passant. sarah bernhardt was the lead role.

• Francois Coppee

  French novelist and poet (born 1842).

1906

• Henrik Ibsen

  Norwegian dramatist, considered the father of modern drama. he introduced realism to the theater. his works "the doll's house" (1879) and "ghosts," (1879), received worldwide attention. he was shown in "hedda gabler," 1890.

• Henrik Johan Ibsen Norwegian playwright (Doll House)

  At the age of 78, he dies.

1905

• Martinus W van AA Meerbeke head-editor (Time)

  At 75 years old, the victim dies.