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History Deaths on July 23


William Ramsay
William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

#William_Ramsay

William Wakefield Baum
William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (b. 1926)

#William_Wakefield_Baum

Qiu Chuji
Qiu Chuji, Chinese religious leader, founded the Dragon Gate Taoism (b. 1148)

#Qiu_Chuji

Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, English politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1661)

#Simon_Harcourt,_1st_Viscount_Harcourt

Roger Sherman
Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1721)

#Roger_Sherman

Kurt Furgler
Kurt Furgler, Swiss lawyer and politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1924)

#Kurt_Furgler

Vic Morrow
Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)

#Vic_Morrow

Mollie Steimer
Mollie Steimer, Russian activist (b. 1897)

#Mollie_Steimer

Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon (b. 1526)

#Henry_Carey,_1st_Baron_Hunsdon

Van Heflin
Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)

#Van_Heflin

Ariano Suassuna
Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (b. 1927)

#Ariano_Suassuna

Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

#Cordell_Hull

Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (b. 1983)

#Amy_Winehouse

Carlos Paredes
Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (b. 1925)

#Carlos_Paredes

Emile Griffith
Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (b. 1938)

#Emile_Griffith

Margaret Mahy
Margaret Mahy, New Zealand author (b. 1936)

#Margaret_Mahy

John Day (printer)
John Day, English printer (b. 1522)

#John_Day_(printer)

Louis de Brézé
Louis de Brézé, French husband of Diane de Poitiers

#Louis_de_Brézé

Henry Hallett Dale
Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

#Henry_Hallett_Dale

Gilles Ménage
Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (b. 1613)

#Gilles_Ménage

Herman Groman
Herman Groman, American runner (b. 1882)

#Herman_Groman

George Edwards (naturalist)
George Edwards, English biologist and ornithologist (b. 1693)

#George_Edwards_(naturalist)

Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant, American general and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)

#Ulysses_S._Grant

Piero Piccioni
Piero Piccioni, Italian pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1921)

#Piero_Piccioni

Adam Czerniaków
Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880)

#Adam_Czerniaków

Esther Tusquets
Esther Tusquets, Spanish publisher and author (b. 1936)

#Esther_Tusquets

Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)

#Montgomery_Clift

Sally Ride
Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1951)

#Sally_Ride

Djalma Santos
Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (b. 1929)

#Djalma_Santos

Frederick Holder
Frederick Holder, Australian politician, 19th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)

#Frederick_Holder

Andries Pretorius
Andries Pretorius, South African general (b. 1798)

#Andries_Pretorius

Jean-Paul Desbiens
Jean-Paul Desbiens, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1927)

#Jean-Paul_Desbiens

George Lyman Kittredge
George Lyman Kittredge, American scholar and educator (b. 1860)

#George_Lyman_Kittredge

Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (b. 1916)

#Daniel_Schorr

D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875)

#D._W._Griffith

Bridget of Sweden
Bridget of Sweden, Swedish mystic and saint, founded the Bridgettine Order (b. 1303)

#Bridget_of_Sweden

Arthur J. Collingsworth
Arthur J. Collingsworth, American diplomat (b. 1944)

#Arthur_J._Collingsworth

Robert J. Flaherty
Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)

#Robert_J._Flaherty

Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1909)

#Eudora_Welty

John Douglas (Queensland politician)
John Douglas, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Queensland (b. 1828)

#John_Douglas_(Queensland_politician)

Nuh II
Nuh II, Samanid emir (b. 963)

#Nuh_II

Hassan II of Morocco
Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929)

#Hassan_II_of_Morocco

Reginald Dyer
Reginald Dyer, British brigadier general (b. 1864)

#Reginald_Dyer

Chaim Potok
Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)

#Chaim_Potok

Götz von Berlichingen
Götz von Berlichingen, German knight and poet (b. 1480)

#Götz_von_Berlichingen

Joseph Kessel
Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (b. 1898)

#Joseph_Kessel

José Quiñones Gonzales
José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (b. 1914)

#José_Quiñones_Gonzales

Spyridon Lambros
Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)

#Spyridon_Lambros

Norman Leyden
Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (b. 1917)

#Norman_Leyden

Philippe Pétain
Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856)

#Philippe_Pétain

William Luther Pierce
William Luther Pierce, American activist and author (b. 1933)

#William_Luther_Pierce

Viktor Vasnetsov
Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)

#Viktor_Vasnetsov

Johnny Wardle
Johnny Wardle, English cricketer and manager (b. 1923)

#Johnny_Wardle

Carl von Rokitansky
Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, and politician (b. 1804)

#Carl_von_Rokitansky

Domenico Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (b. 1685)

#Domenico_Scarlatti

Jean Muir (actress)
Jean Muir, American actress (b. 1911)

#Jean_Muir_(actress)

Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester
Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English rebel (b. 1343)

#Thomas_Percy,_1st_Earl_of_Worcester

Donald Barthelme
Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1931)

#Donald_Barthelme

Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot and race car driver, founded Rickenbacker Motors (b. 1890)

#Eddie_Rickenbacker

Shigenori T?g?
Shigenori T?g?, Japanese politician and diplomat, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)

#Shigenori_T?g?

Leo McKern
Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (b. 1920)

#Leo_McKern

Dominguinhos
Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (b. 1941)

#Dominguinhos

Lakshmi Sahgal
Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian soldier and politician (b. 1914)

#Lakshmi_Sahgal

Ch?hei Nambu
Ch?hei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (b. 1904)

#Ch?hei_Nambu

Tenby Davies
Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (b. 1884)

#Tenby_Davies

Mohammed Zahir Shah
Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (b. 1914)

#Mohammed_Zahir_Shah

Isaac Singer
Isaac Singer, American businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811)

#Isaac_Singer

Anna Abrikosova
Anna Abrikosova, Russian linguist (b. 1882)

#Anna_Abrikosova

Georges Auric
Georges Auric, French composer (b. 1899)

#Georges_Auric

Kenjiro Takayanagi
Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (b. 1899)

#Kenjiro_Takayanagi

Conrad Kohrs
Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)

#Conrad_Kohrs

Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Curtiss, American pilot and engineer (b. 1878)

#Glenn_Curtiss

John Kundla, American basketball coach (b. 1916)
Don Oberdorfer, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1931)
Shigeko Kubota, Japanese-American sculptor and director (b. 1937)
Jordan Tabor, English footballer (b. 1990)
Dora Bryan, English actress and restaurateur (b. 1923)
Kim Jong-hak, South Korean director and producer (b. 1951)
Pauline Clarke, English author (b. 1921)
José Luis Uribarri, Spanish television host and director (b. 1936)
E. Lynn Harris, American author and screenwriter (b. 1955)
Ron Miller, American songwriter and producer (b. 1933)
Ted Greene, American guitarist and journalist (b. 1946)
Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1932)
James E. Davis, American police officer and politician (b. 1962)
Clark Gesner, American author and composer (b. 1938)
Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1948)
Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1895)
Bob Shiring, American football player and coach (b. 1870)
Andy Ducat, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
Frank Frost Abbott, American author and scholar (b. 1850)
Anselmo de la Cruz, Chilean politician, Chilean Minister of Finance (b. 1777)
John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American pastor and politician (b. 1724)
Michael I, Russian tsar (b. 1596)
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1519)
Thoros III, Armenian king (b. c. 1271)
Warner of Grez, French nobleman, relative of Godfrey of Bouillon
He Ning, Chinese chancellor (b. 898)