Historical Deaths Today: 23 September

Deaths

• 79 - Pope Linus


• 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)


• 1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)


• 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 hero (b. 1764)


• 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 (b. 1856)


• 1943 - Elinor Glyn, English author (b. 1864)


• 1944 - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (b. 1875)


• 1950 - Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)


• 1968 - Francesco Forgione, "Padre Pio", 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)


• 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, Croatian 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)


• 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)


• 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)