Famous Deaths on 23 Apr

Famous Deaths on 23 Apr

1014 - Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (killed in battle)
1016 - Ethelred II of England
1124 - King Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
1151 - Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)
1217 - King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
1407 - Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
1605 - Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia (b. ca. 1550)
1616 - Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (b. 1547)
1616 - William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (b. 1564) (Julian calendar)
1616 - El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)
1625 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
1702 - Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)
1740 - Thomas Tickell, English writer (b. 1685)
1781 - James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)
1792 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)
1794 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)
1827 - Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek hero of the Greek War of Independence
1839 - Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)
1850 - William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
1889 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
1895 - Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815)
1905 - Gédéon Ouimet, Quebec politician (b. 1823)
1915 - Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887).
1936 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)
1951 - Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865)
1952 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887)
1975 - William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
1979 - Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)
1981 - Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)
1983 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
1984 - Red Garland, American jazz pianist (b. 1923)
1985 - Sam Ervin, American politician (b. 1896)
1986 - Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (b. 1906)
1986 - Jim Laker, English cricketer (b. 1922)
1986 - Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
1990 - Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1911)
1991 - Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)
1992 - Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (b. 1921)
1993 - César Chávez, American labor activist (b. 1927)
1995 - John C. Stennis, U.S. Senator from Mississippi (b. 1904)
1995 - Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (b. 1918)
1996 - P. L. Travers, Australian author (b. 1899)
1996 - Jean-Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (b. 1913)
1997 - Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
1998 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928)
1998 - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)
2003 - Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910)
2003 - James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (b. 1917)
2005 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
2005 - Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (b. 1928)
2005 - John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
2005 - Romano Scarpa, Italian-born comic artist (b. 1927)
2005 - Earl Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2006 - Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (b. 1912)
2007 - David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
2007 - Paul Erdman, American economist and author (b. 1932)
2007 - Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (b. 1931)
303 - Saint George, Roman soldier and Christian martyr
725 - Wihtred, King of Kent
871 - Ethelred of Wessex
997 - Saint Adalbert of Prague, bishop (b. ca. 956)