History Deaths on August 23

Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)

#Albert_Roussel

Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)

#Alexander_Wilson_(ornithologist)

Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)

#Walter_Anderson_(folklorist)

Brock Peters, American actor (b. 1927)

#Brock_Peters

Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)

#Hoyt_Wilhelm

Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier (b. 47 BC)

#Marcus_Antonius_Antyllus

David Rose, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)

#David_Rose_(songwriter)

Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)

#Edmond_Hogan

Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)

#Luis_de_León

Vesna Roži?, Slovenian chess player (b. 1987)

#Vesna_Roži?

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)

#Frederick_IV,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1490)

#Ebussuud_Efendi

Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (b. 1917)

#Jan_Sedivka

Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1913)

#Jack_Dyer

Heilwige Bloemardinne, Christian mystic (b. c. 1265)

#Heilwige_Bloemardinne

Radagaisus, Gothic king

#Radagaisus

Didier Pironi, French race car and boat driver (b. 1952)

#Didier_Pironi

Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)

#Hoot_Gibson

Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Spanish cardinal (b. 1310)

#Gil_Álvarez_Carrillo_de_Albornoz

John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

#John_Kendrew

Abu Bakr, Arabian caliph (b. 573)

#Abu_Bakr

William Wallace, Scottish rebel commander (b. 1272)

#William_Wallace

Augusta Chiwy, Congolese-Belgian nurse (b. 1921)

#Augusta_Chiwy

Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

#Francis_X._Bushman

Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)

#Oliver_Hazard_Perry

John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)

#John_Byron,_1st_Baron_Byron

Caesarion, Egyptian king (b. 47 BC)

#Caesarion

Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932)

#Birgitta_Stenberg

Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)

#Adolf_Loos

William Glasser, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)

#William_Glasser

Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (b. 1944)

#Michael_Kijana_Wamalwa

Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949)

#Jaume_Vallcorba_Plana

Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1989)

#Albert_Ebossé_Bodjongo

Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (b. 1955)

#Richard_J._Corman

Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (b. c. 1407)

#Thomas_de_Littleton

Magnus, Duke of Saxony (b. 1045)

#Magnus,_Duke_of_Saxony

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592)

#George_Villiers,_1st_Duke_of_Buckingham

Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, eldest daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1470)

#Isabella_of_Aragon,_Queen_of_Portugal

Philibert Berthelier, Swiss soldier (b. 1465)

#Philibert_Berthelier_(Geneva_patriot)

Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)

#Deodoro_da_Fonseca

August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)

#August_Neidhardt_von_Gneisenau

Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)

#Heinrich_Berté

Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)

#Jaan_Sarv

Steven Hill, American actor (b. 1922)

#Steven_Hill

Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946)

#Bobby_Bonds

Olaf II of Denmark (b. 1370)

#Olaf_II_of_Denmark

Ali al-Ridha, Iranian 8th of the Twelve Imams (b. 765)

#Ali_al-Ridha

Guillaume Budé, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1467)

#Guillaume_Budé

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)

#Charles-Augustin_de_Coulomb

Konstanty Miodowicz, Polish ethnographer and politician (b. 1951)

#Konstanty_Miodowicz

Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)

#Stefan_Filipkiewicz

Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883)

#Nathaniel_Cartmell

Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)

#Rudolph_Valentino

Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)

#Helen_Churchill_Candee

Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)

#Auguste-Marseille_Barthélemy

Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)

#Ferenc_Kazinczy

Zoltán Fábri, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917)

#Zoltán_Fábri

R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927)

#R._D._Laing

Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)

#Oscar_Hammerstein_II

David Koch, American engineer, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1940)

#David_Koch

Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)

#Increase_Mather

Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (b. 1927)

#Tatyana_Zaslavskaya

Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)

#Kuroda_Kiyotaka

Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1928)

#Maynard_Ferguson

Jean Molinet, French poet and composer (b. 1435)

#Jean_Molinet

Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890)

#Naum_Gabo

Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)

Enrique Reneau, Honduran footballer (b. 1971)

Guy Ligier, French rugby player and race car driver (b. 1930)

Dan Magill, American swimmer, tennis player, and coach (b. 1921)

Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (b. 1994)

Charles Lisanby, American production designer and set director (b. 1924)

Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (b. 1946)

Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934)

Merv Neagle, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958)

John Russell, English-American author and critic (b. 1919)

Peter Maas, American journalist and author (b. 1929)

Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)

John Anthony Kaiser, American priest and missionary (b. 1932)

Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926)

Eric Gairy, Grenadian educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1922)

Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (b. 1904)

Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)

Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944)

Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)

Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913)

Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)

Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)

Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)

Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)

Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)

Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)

Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)

Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)

Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (b. 1495)

Johannes Pullois, Franco-Flemish composer (b. c. 1420?)

Chen Youliang, founder of the Dahan regime (b. 1320)

John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury

Nicolaas Zannekin, Flemish peasant leader (in the battle of Cassel)

Emperor Rokuj? of Japan (b. 1164)

Volkold, bishop of Meissen

Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and politician (b. AD 40)