History Deaths on February 23

Zygmunt Krasi?ski, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)

#Zygmunt_Krasi?ski

John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)

#John_Quincy_Adams

Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)

#Dickinson_W._Richards

Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)

#Ofra_Haza

Li Keyong, Shatuo military governor during the Tang Dynasty in China (b. 856)

#Li_Keyong

Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)

#Stan_Laurel

Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)

#Albrecht_von_Roon

Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (b. 1923)

#Nirmala_Srivastava

Katherine Helmond, American actress (b. 1929)

#Katherine_Helmond

Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)

#Carl_Friedrich_Gauss

Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)

#Woldemar_Bargiel

Willigis, German archbishop (b. 940)

#Willigis

Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)

#Leo_Baekeland

Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)

#Friedrich_von_Esmarch

Stanis?aw Leszczy?ski, Polish king (b. 1677)

#Stanis?aw_Leszczy?ski

Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)

#Andrea_Cesalpino

Al-Walid I, Umayyad caliph (b. 668)

#Al-Walid_I

John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)

#John_Keats

Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)

#Madhubala

José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)

#José_Napoleón_Duarte

Pope Eugene IV (b. 1383)

#Pope_Eugene_IV

Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)

#Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia

Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)

#Telmo_Zarra

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)

#Humphrey,_Duke_of_Gloucester

W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)

#W._A._C._Bennett

Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (b. 1723)

#Joshua_Reynolds

Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)

#Edward_Elgar

Emperor Zhezong of Song (b. 1076)

#Emperor_Zhezong

James Aldridge, Australian-English journalist and author (b. 1918)

#James_Aldridge

Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920)

#Julien_Ries

Philip Abbott, American actor and director (b. 1924)

#Philip_Abbott

Emperor Yingzong of Ming (b. 1427)

#Emperor_Yingzong_of_Ming

Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919)

#Roger_Hilsman

Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (b. 1942)

#Rana_Bhagwandas

John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)

#John_Robert_Gregg

Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)

#Paul_Claudel

Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)

#Nellie_Melba

Peter Lustig, German television host and author (b. 1937)

#Peter_Lustig

Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)

#Adolphus_Frederick_VI,_Grand_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)

#Horst_Wessel

Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)

#Tomoyuki_Yamashita

Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (b. 884)

#Herbert_II,_Count_of_Vermandois

Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (b. 1950)

#Janez_Drnovšek

Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist (b. 1917)

#Paul_Frère

Isabel of France (b. 1225)

#Isabelle_of_France_(saint)

Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)

#Ernest_Dowson

William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)

#William_Raggio

Jacqueline Mattson, American baseball player (b. 1928)

W. E. "Bill" Dykes, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)

Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English Holocaust survivor, pianist and educator (b. 1903)

Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945)

Eugene Bookhammer, American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (b. 1918)

Kazimierz ?ygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919)

David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924)

Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967)

John Ritchie, English footballer (b. 1941)

Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1918)

Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934)

Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)

Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955)

Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (b. 1915)

The Renegade, American wrestler (b. 1965)

Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (b. 1945)

James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)

Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)

L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)

Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)

George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)

Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)

Nicholas Fuller, English politician (b. 1543)

Franciscus Vieta, French mathematician (b. 1540)

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire (b. 1515)

Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies (b. c. 1479)

Arnold, Duke of Gelderland (b. 1410)

David I, prince of Tao-Klarjeti (Georgia)