History Deaths on January 23

Jiajing Emperor of China (b. 1507)

#Jiajing_Emperor

Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)

#Alexander_Woollcott

Jack Oakie, American actor (b. 1903)

#Jack_Oakie

Joe D'Amato, Italian director and cinematographer (b. 1936)

#Joe_D'Amato

Keith Laumer, American soldier, author, and diplomat (b. 1925)

#Keith_Laumer

William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (b. 1584)

#William_Baffin

Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)

#Anna_Pavlova

Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898)

#Paul_Robeson

John Croke, English politician and judge (b. 1553)

#John_Croke

Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian field marshal (b. 1917)

#Nikolai_Ogarkov

Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 980)

#Otto_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)

#Johann_Wilhelm_Ritter

René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)

#René_Beeh

Northrop Frye, Canadian author and critic (b. 1912)

#Northrop_Frye

Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo

#Ildefonsus

Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke (b. 1584)

#Philip_Herbert,_4th_Earl_of_Pembroke

Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (b. 1921)

#Giovanni_Michelotti

Johannes Honter, Romanian-Hungarian cartographer and theologian (b. 1498)

#Johannes_Honter

Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)

#Max_Nordau

Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer, founded Guinness (b. 1725)

#Arthur_Guinness

Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904)

#Salvador_Dalí

Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)

#Terry_Kath

Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)

#Charles_Kingsley

Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)

#Gustave_Doré

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (b. 1924)

#Abdullah_of_Saudi_Arabia

Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet (b. 1785)

#Thomas_Love_Peacock

Prosper Ego, Dutch activist, founded the Oud-Strijders Legioen (b. 1927)

#Prosper_Ego

Kermit Tyler, American colonel and pilot (b. 1913)

#Kermit_Tyler

Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)

#Samuel_Barber

Józef Gos?awski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908)

#Józef_Gos?awski_(sculptor)

Ernie Banks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)

#Ernie_Banks

Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and painter (b. 1921)

#Joseph_Beuys

Bob Keeshan, American television personality and producer (b. 1927)

#Bob_Keeshan

Jimmy Bain, Scottish bassist (b. 1947)

#Jimmy_Bain

Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)

#Pierre_Bonnard

Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, composer and singer (b. 1939)

#Hugh_Masekela

Johnny Carson, American talk show host, television personality, and producer (b. 1925)

#Johnny_Carson

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (b. 1767)

#Prince_Edward,_Duke_of_Kent_and_Strathearn

Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet, French bishop (b. 1922)

#Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie_Vilnet

Isabella, Queen of Armenia

#Isabella,_Queen_of_Armenia

Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)

#Arthur_Nikisch

Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (b. 1757)

#Edward_Pellew,_1st_Viscount_Exmouth

John Field, Irish pianist and composer (b. 1782)

#John_Field_(composer)

Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (b. 1930)

#Pierre_Bourdieu

James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, Scottish politician (b. 1531)

#James_Stewart,_1st_Earl_of_Moray

Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893)

#Alexander_Korda

Kid Ory, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886)

#Kid_Ory

Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)

#Matthias_Sindelar

Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (b. 1920)

#Helmut_Newton

Giambattista Vico, Italian historian and philosopher (b. 1668)

#Giambattista_Vico

Claude Chappe, French engineer (b. 1763)

#Claude_Chappe

Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (b. 1903)

#Toots_Shor

Edward Rutledge, American captain and politician, 39th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1749)

#Edward_Rutledge

Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)

#Edvard_Munch

Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician (b. 1764)

#Robert_Craufurd

Maurice Meisner, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1931)

#Maurice_Meisner

Jay Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded the Hyatt Corporation (b. 1922)

#Jay_Pritzker

Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)

#Orso_Mario_Corbino

Margaret of Bavaria, Burgundian regent (b. 1363)

#Margaret_of_Bavaria

Gorden Kaye, English actor (b. 1941)

#Gorden_Kaye

Adalbero, archbishop of Reims

#Adalbero_(archbishop_of_Reims)

Florent of Hainaut, Prince of Achaea (b. c. 1255)

#Florent_of_Hainaut

Wesley E. Brown, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1907)

#Wesley_E._Brown

Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (b. 1724)

#Frances_Brooke

Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1926)

#Riz_Ortolani

Ryszard Kapu?ci?ski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1932)

#Ryszard_Kapu?ci?ski

Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1452)

#Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon

Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet (b. 1914)

#Nicanor_Parra

William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)

#William_Pitt_the_Younger

Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)

#Mykola_Leontovych

Jack LaLanne, American fitness instructor, author, and television host (b. 1914)

#Jack_LaLanne

Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1929)

#Robert_W._Scott

José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)

#José_Zorrilla

Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal (b. 1929)

#Józef_Glemp

Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717)

#Matthew_Stewart_(mathematician)

Wyatt Tee Walker, American civil rights activist and pastor (b. 1928)

Bobby Freeman, American singer, songwriter and record producer (b. 1940)

Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (b. 1921)

Yuri Izrael, Russian meteorologist and journalist (b. 1930)

Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee (b. 1937)

Bingham Ray, American businessman, co-founded October Films (b. 1954)

Earl Wild, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)

E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer (b. 1918)

Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian sociologist and politician (b. 1928)

Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)

Nell Carter, American actress and singer (b. 1948)

Robert Nozick, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1938)

Paul Aars, American race car driver (b. 1934)

Brian Redhead, English journalist and author (b. 1929)

Freddie Bartholomew, American actor (b. 1924)

Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1952)

Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (b. 1961)

Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (b. 1896)

Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926)

Fred Bakewell, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)

Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (b. 1948)

Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871)

T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1895)

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)

John Cleland, English author (b. 1709)

Bernardo Pisano, Italian priest, scholar, and composer (b. 1490)

Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Moroccan caliph (b. 1160)