History Deaths on December 23

Charles Atlas, Italian-American bodybuilder and model (b. 1892)

#Charles_Atlas

Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)

#Kenji_Doihara

Fred Hargesheimer, American soldier and pilot (b. 1916)

#Fred_Hargesheimer

Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)

#Frederick_Temple

Huneric, Vandal king

#Huneric

Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)

#Pierre_Varignon

Robert L. Howard, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1939)

#Robert_L._Howard

Akira Mut?, Japanese general (b. 1883)

#Akira_Mut?

Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)

#Otto_Schoetensack

René Iché, French soldier and sculptor (b. 1897)

#René_Iché

Heitar? Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)

#Heitar?_Kimura

José Ortiz, Spanish illustrator (b. 1932)

#José_Ortiz_(comics)

Matilda of Habsburg, duchess regent of Bavaria (b. 1253)

#Matilda_of_Habsburg

Charlie Drake, English actor (b. 1925)

#Charlie_Drake

Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia (b. 1320)

#Beatrice_of_Bourbon,_Queen_of_Bohemia

Chryssa, Greek-American sculptor (b. 1933)

#Chryssa

Dagobert II, Frankish king (b. 650)

#Dagobert_II

Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)

#Vincenzo_Tommasini

John Cotton, English minister and theologian (b. 1585)

#John_Cotton_(minister)

Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)

#Jack_Webb

Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)

#Constance_Naden

Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 rifle (b. 1919)

#Mikhail_Kalashnikov

K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918)

#K._Karunakaran

Alfred G. Gilman, American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1941)

#Alfred_G._Gilman

Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)

#Iwane_Matsui

Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1899)

#Lavrentiy_Beria

Kurt Meyer, German general (b. 1910)

#Kurt_Meyer

Roger Ascham, English scholar and academic (b. 1515)

#Roger_Ascham

Ar-Radi, Abbasid caliph (b. 909)

#Ar-Radi

Don Howe, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)

#Don_Howe

Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)

#Thomas_Robert_Malthus

Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, pianist, and conductor (b. 1909)

#Victor_Borge

Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (b. 1927)

#Maurice_Hayes

Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1979)

#Eduardo_Maiorino

Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1914)

#Edward_Schillebeeckx

Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian missionary and scholar

#Saint_Naum

Seishir? Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)

#Seishir?_Itagaki

Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)

#Marie-Marguerite_d'Youville

Joan Lindsay, Australian author and playwright (b. 1896)

#Joan_Lindsay

Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and author (b. 1723)

#Pehr_Osbeck

Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)

#Wilson_Bentley

Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)

#Hideki_Tojo

Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)

#Mustafa_Fehmi_Kubilay

Conrad I, king of East Francia (b. 890)

#Conrad_I_of_Germany

Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1531)

#Akiyama_Nobutomo

Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator (b. 1920)

#Yusef_Lateef

Henry I, duke of Guise (b. 1550)

#Henry_I,_Duke_of_Guise

Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)

#Caesar,_duc_de_Choiseul

Jean-Marie Pelt, French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (b. 1933)

#Jean-Marie_Pelt

Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish spy (b. 1725)

#Alastair_Ruadh_MacDonnell

Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (b. 1952)

#Timothy_J._Tobias

John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)

#John_A._Sampson

John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)

#John_Chisum

Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)

#Anthony_Fokker

Edward Greenspan, Canadian lawyer and author (b. 1944)

#Edward_Greenspan

Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1925)

#Oscar_Peterson

François Maynard, French poet and academic (b. 1582)

#François_Maynard

Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1914)

#Lajos_Baróti

Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1890)

#Aleksander_Warma

Berengaria of Navarre, queen of England (b. 1165)

#Berengaria_of_Navarre

Isabella of Castile, duchess of York (b. 1355)

#Isabella_of_Castile,_Duchess_of_York

K?ki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)

#K?ki_Hirota

Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)

#Henry_Clinton_(British_Army_officer,_born_1730)

Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)

#Michael_Drayton

Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French priest and educator (b. 1712)

#Charles-Michel_de_l'Épée

P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921)

#P._V._Narasimha_Rao

Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1724)

#Augustus_Hervey,_3rd_Earl_of_Bristol

Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (b. 1888)

#Andrei_Tupolev

Thomas Preljubovi?, ruler of Epirus

#Thomas_Preljubovi?

Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)

#Gungunhana

Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1923)

Jeremy Lloyd, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)

Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (b. 1924)

Robert W. Wilson, American philanthropist and art collector (b. 1928)

Kerimbubu Shopokova, Kyrgyzstani collective farm worker of the Soviet era (b. 1917)

G. S. Shivarudrappa, Indian poet and educator (b. 1926)

Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (b. 1954)

Capital STEEZ, American rapper (b. 1993)

Jean Harris, American educator and murderer (b. 1923)

Ayd?n Menderes, Turkish economist and politician (b. 1946)

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan general and politician (b. 1910)

Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1915)

William Francis Ganong, Jr., American physiologist and academic (b. 1924)

Johnny Vincent, English footballer (b. 1947)

Bola Ige, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Oyo State (b. 1930)

Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)

Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1927)

Patric Knowles, English actor (b. 1911)

Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (b. 1905)

Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (b. 1934)

Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1910)

Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector (b. 1898)

Irna Phillips, American screenwriter, created Guiding Light and As the World Turns (b. 1901)

Charles Ruggles, American actor (b. 1886)

Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (b. 1875)

Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)

Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (b. 1697)

Nicholas Udall, English cleric, playwright, and educator (b. 1504)

Thorlak, patron saint of Iceland (b. 1133)

Ugo Ventimiglia, Italian cardinal

Solomon II, bishop of Constance

Gaubald, Frankish bishop (b. 700)

Mor Gabriel, Turkish bishop and saint (b. 594)

Ming Yuan Di, ruler of Northern Wei (b. 392)