Famous Deaths on 23 Sep

Famous Deaths on 23 Sep

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 - Madeleine Renaud, French theater and film actress (b. 1900)
1994 - Robert Bloch, American author (b. 1917)
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)
79 - Pope Linus