Famous Deaths on 23rd May

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1125 - Hendrik V, Roman catholics German king/emperor (1098/1111-25), dies
1304 - Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer
1423 - Benedict XIII, [Pedro the Luna], Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies
1498 - Girolamo Savonarola, dictator of Florence (1494-98), hanged at 45
1523 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (b. 1466)
1524 - Ismail I, Shah of Persia (b. 1487)
1568 - Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich, dies in battle at 27
1627 - Luis de Gongora y Argote, poet/writer, dies
1648 - Luis de Nain, painter, dies
1662 - John Gauden, English bishop and writer (b. 1605)
1668 - Philips Wouwerman, Haarlems painter, buried
1670 - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
1684 - Adriaen Backer, Amsterdams painter buried at about 48
1691 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622)
1701 - William Kidd, Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock
1752 - William Bradford, English-born printer (b. 1663)
1754 - John Wood, architect/town planner, dies
1783 - James Otis, American lawyer, dies
1785 - William Woollett, engraver, dies
Pirate Legend William Kidd (1701) 1786 - Móric Beňovský, Slovak officer and explorer, King of Madagascar (b. 1746)
1813 - Geraud Duroc, French general (b. 1772)
1825 - Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
1834 - Charles Wesley, composer, dies at 76
1838 - John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75
1841 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 76
1842 - Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet, dies at 34
1846 - Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (b. 1778)
1851 - Lucas Pieter Roodbaard, architect, dies at 69
1855 - Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)
1857 - Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (b. 1789)
1860 - Albert Richard Smith, author/lecturer, dies
1867 - Archibald Alison, Scottish historian, dies at 74
1868 - Kit Carson, American trapper, scout, and Indian agent (b. 1809)
1875 - Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78
1881 - Kit Carson, frontiersman, dies
1881 - Leopold von Ranke, historian, dies
1883 - Cyprian K Norwid, Polish painter/poet/playwright (Wanda), dies
1886 - Leopold von Ranke, German historian (b. 1795)
1887 - Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74
1891 - Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach, composer, dies at 73
1893 - Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (b. 1805)
1895 - Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/physicist, dies at 96
1897 - Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34
1905 - Martinus W van AA Meerbeke, head-editor (Time), dies at 75
1906 - Henrik Johan Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (Doll House), dies at 78
1908 - Francois Coppee, French poet, dies
1920 - Svetozar Boroević, Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
1926 - Hans Koessler, composer, dies at 73
American Outlaw Bonnie Parker (1934) 1934 - Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush at 23
1934 - Clyde Barrow, outlaw (Bonnie & Clyde), killed in police ambush
1937 - John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla
1937 - John D Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist, dies at 97
1938 - Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70
1940 - Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies
1940 - Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (Ce Soir/Aden Arabia), dies at 35
1941 - Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies
1941 - Slavko Osterc, composer, dies at 45
1947 - C F Ramuz, writer, dies at 68
1952 - Georg Alfred Schumann, composer, dies at 85
1954 - H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies
1960 - Georges Claude, engineer/inventor, dies
1961 - Joan Davis, comedic actress (I Married Joan), dies at 53
1965 - David Smith, sculptor, dies
Oil Industrialist John D Rockefeller (1937) 1965 - Earl Webb, American baseball player (b. 1897)
1966 - Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79
1966 - Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (b. 1902)
1967 - Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58
1967 - Sanne Sannes, photographer, dies at 30
1968 - James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at 81
1968 - Merle Kendrick, orchestra leader (Window on the World), dies at 72
1969 - Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at 79
1969 - Jimmy McHugh, composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at 74
1969 - Peter Alma, painter/graphic artist, dies at 83
1970 - Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68
1973 - Athena Lorde, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek), dies at 57
1974 - Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies
1975 - Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81
1979 - Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79
1981 - George Jessel, US comic/toastmaster (Diary of Young Comic), dies at 83
1981 - Rayner Heppenstall, English novelist (d. 1911)
1981 - David Lewis, Canadian labour lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
1983 - Albert Claude, Belgian biologist (Nobel 1974), dies at 84
1986 - Sterling Hayden, actor (Blue & Gray), dies at 70
1987 - Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at 86
1988 - David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Wash, Paris), dies at 73
1989 - Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (b. 1915)
1991 - Jean van Houte, Belgian premier, dies
1991 - Peter T Thwaites, British brig-gen/playwright (Love or money), dies
1991 - William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at 30
1991 - Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
1992 - Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies
1992 - Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered
1993 - James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster-Grindl), dies at 77
1994 - Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82
1994 - Joe Pass, US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65
1994 - Ray Candy, American professional wrestler (b. 1951)
1996 - Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at 81
1996 - Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky, human rights activist, dies at 61
1996 - Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at 77
1996 - Rob Hall, New Zealand high altitude climber (b. 1941)
1996 - Scott Fischer, American high altitude climber (b. 1955)
1999 - Owen Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1965)
2002 - Sam Snead, American golfer (b. 1912)
2003 - Jean Yanne, French actor and director (b. 1933)
2004 - Ramon Margalef, Spanish scientist (b. 1919)
2006 - Clifford Antone, American businessman (b. 1949)
2006 - Lloyd Bentsen, American politician (b. 1921)
2006 - Frits Bernard, American activist (b. 1920)
2006 - Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer (b. 1921)
2008 - David Mitton, British television director (b. 1939)
2009 - Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of the Republic of Korea (b. 1946)
2010 - Jose Lima, Dominican baseball player (b. 1972)
2010 - Simon Monjack, English actor, producer, & writer (b. 1970)
2010 - Gane Todorovoski, Macedonian literary critic, poet, & publicist (b. 1929)
2010 - Leonida Georgievna, Grand Duchess Of Russia (b. 1914)
2012 - Joseph Lesniewski, soldier (Easy Company, 101st Airborne), dies at 91
2012 - Paul Fussell, American historian, dies from natural causes at 88