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