Famous Deaths on 23rd April

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34 - Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton
303 - Saint George, Greek officer in the Roman army, beheaded. Patron saint of many lands including England
725 - Wihtred, King of Kent
871 - Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies
990 - Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies
997 - Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40
1014 - Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, dies in battle at Clontarf
1016 - Æthelred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies
1151 - Queen Adeliza of England (b. 1103)
1217 - King Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
1407 - Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
1416 - Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies
1605 - Boris Godunov, chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I and Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies after a lengthy illness and a stroke at approximately 20
1616 - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69
1616 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (Julian calendar) dies aged 52
1616 - El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)
1625 - Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57
1670 - Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69
1691 - Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies
Playwright William Shakespeare (1616) 1695 - Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72
1702 - Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)
1728 - Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83
1732 - Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63
1740 - Thomas Tickell, poet, dies
1742 - Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62
1762 - Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67
1774 - Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies
1781 - James Abercrombie, British general (b. 1706)
1786 - Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68
1792 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)
1794 - Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (b. 1721)
1812 - Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85
1827 - Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65
1838 - John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75
1839 - Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)
1847 - Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64
1850 - William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80
1853 - Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies
1865 - James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24
1878 - Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies
1880 - Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies
1885 - William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73
1889 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
1895 - Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies
1895 - Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815)
1897 - Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25
1905 - Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54
1905 - Gédéon Ouimet, Quebec politician (b. 1823)
1907 - Alfred Packer, American Cannibal (b. 1842)
1915 - Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27
1918 - Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies
1925 - Andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45
1926 - Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies
1929 - Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28
1936 - Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)
1942 - Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
1945 - Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42
1946 - Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68
1951 - Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865)
1952 - Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies
1952 - Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer, dies at 60
1952 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887)
1955 - Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76
1957 - William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89
1960 - Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies
1960 - Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71
1965 - Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67
1969 - Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37
1970 - Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
1971 - William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76
1973 - Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85
1975 - Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27
1975 - R D Brinkmann, writer, dies
1975 - William Hartnell, actor (Dr Who), dies at 67
1976 - James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69
1976 - Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47
1976 - Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68
1979 - Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (b. 1946)
1981 - Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)
1983 - Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932), dies at 73
1983 - Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78
1984 - August "Guus" Oster, actor/director (Carrie), dies at 68
1985 - Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78
1985 - Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88
1986 - Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US composer, murdered at 81
1986 - Jim Laker, cricketer (193 wkts for England at 21 24), dies
1986 - Otto Preminger, dir (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79
1988 - Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1990 - Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62
1990 - Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies
1990 - Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies in Switzerland at 78
1991 - Peter Bailey, Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies
1991 - Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)
1992 - Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53
1992 - Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70
1992 - Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52
1993 - Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
1993 - Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59
1994 - Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30
1994 - Cecile Dreesmann, son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74
1995 - Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
1995 - John Stennis, (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93
1995 - Lonesome Sundown, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
1995 - Robert Selby Taylor, bishop, dies at 86
1996 - Leonard Kuntstat, blues discographer, dies at 70
1996 - Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96
1996 - Jean-Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (b. 1913)
1997 - Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
1998 - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)
1998 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928)
2003 - James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (b. 1917)
2003 - Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910)
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 - Paul Erdman, American economist and author (b. 1932)
2007 - David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
Russian President Boris Yeltsin (2007) 2007 - Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (b. 1931)
2011 - Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (b. 1921)
2011 - John Sullivan, British comedy writer (b. 1946)
2011 - Tom King, American songwriter and musician (b. 1943)