History Deaths on June 23

Dragut, Ottoman admiral (b. 1485)

#Dragut

William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812)

#William_Fox_(politician)

Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi, Italian cardinal (b. c. 1270)

#Giacomo_Gaetani_Stefaneschi

Sharon Stouder, American swimmer (b. 1948)

#Sharon_Stouder

Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (b. 1721)

#Mark_Akenside

Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)

#Salih_Omurtak

Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (b. 1903)

#Werner_Best

Constance of Aragon, Hungarian queen (b. 1179)

#Constance_of_Aragon

Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 174th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)

#Andreas_Papandreou

Mashita Nagamori, Japanese daimy? (b. 1545)

#Mashita_Nagamori

Pedro de Mendoza, Spanish conquistador (b. 1487)

#Pedro_de_Mendoza

James Durbin, English economist and statistician (b. 1923)

#James_Durbin

Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and author (b. 1692)

#Karl_Ludwig_von_Pöllnitz

Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)

#Sanjay_Gandhi

Arthur Chung, Guyanan surveyor and politician, 1st President of Guyana (b. 1918)

#Arthur_Chung

Darryl Read, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (b. 1951)

#Darryl_Read

Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, Electress of Bavaria (b. 1776)

#Archduchess_Maria_Leopoldine_of_Austria-Este

Æthelthryth, English saint (b. 636)

#Æthelthryth

James Mill, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1773)

#James_Mill

Vespasian, Roman emperor (b. AD 9)

#Vespasian

Brigitte Engerer, French pianist and educator (b. 1952)

#Brigitte_Engerer

Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)

#Boris_Vian

Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (b. 1270)

#Aymer_de_Valence,_2nd_Earl_of_Pembroke

Raymond Berthiaume, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1931)

#Raymond_Berthiaume

Ed McMahon, American game show host and announcer (b. 1923)

#Ed_McMahon

Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)

#Rod_Beck

Ivan Kireyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1806)

#Ivan_Kireyevsky

Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (b. 1952)

#Jerri_Nielsen

Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter (b. 1926)

#Richard_Matheson

Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)

#Volmari_Iso-Hollo

Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817)

#Theophilus_Shepstone

Shimizu Muneharu, Japanese commander (b. 1537)

#Shimizu_Muneharu

Henryk IV Probus, duke of Wroc?aw and high duke of Kraków (b. c. 1258)

#Henryk_IV_Probus

Henry de Bohun, English knight

#Henry_de_Bohun

Marian Glinka, Polish actor and bodybuilder (b. 1943)

#Marian_Glinka

Aaron Spelling, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Spelling Television (b. 1923)

#Aaron_Spelling

Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (b. 1911)

#Maureen_O'Sullivan

Peter Falk, American actor (b. 1927)

#Peter_Falk

William Louis, duke of Württemberg (b. 1647)

#William_Louis,_Duke_of_Württemberg

Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (b. 1936)

#Betty_Shabazz

Bobby Bland, American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)

#Bobby_Bland

Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and rugby player (b. 1921)

#Ray_Lindwall

Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)

#Bhaktivinoda_Thakur

Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)

#Reinhold_Glière

Dick Van Patten, American actor (b. 1928)

#Dick_Van_Patten

Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (b. 1723)

#Mathurin_Jacques_Brisson

Margaret II, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1311)

#Margaret_II,_Countess_of_Hainaut

Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)

#Roscoe_Turner

Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)

#Wilhelm_Eduard_Weber

John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat (b. 1915)

#John_Burton_(diplomat)

Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914)

#Jonas_Salk

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar (b. 1672)

#Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer

Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)

#Albert_Gleizes

Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1933)

#Frank_Kelso

Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (b. 1825)

#Samuel_Newitt_Wood

Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (b. 1927)

#Ralph_Stanley

Miguel Facussé Barjum, Honduran businessman (b. 1924)

#Miguel_Facussé_Barjum

Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (b. 1804)

#Matthias_Jakob_Schleiden

William Coventry, English politician (b. 1628)

#William_Coventry

Kurt Leichtweiss, German mathematician and academic (b. 1927)

#Kurt_Leichtweiss

Henry I, margrave of Austria

#Henry_I,_Margrave_of_Austria

Nirmala Joshi, Indian nun, lawyer, and social worker (b. 1934)

Paula Kent Meehan, American businesswoman, co-founded Redken (b. 1931)

Euros Lewis, Welsh cricketer (b. 1942)

Nancy Garden, American author (b. 1938)

Gary David Goldberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1944)

Walter J. Zable, American football player and businessman, founded the Cubic Corporation (b. 1915)

Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (b. 1925)

Alan McDonald, Northern Ireland footballer and manager (b. 1963)

Fred Steiner, American composer and conductor (b. 1923)

Dennis Marshall, Costa Rican footballer (b. 1985)

Claudio Capone, Italian-Scottish actor (b. 1952)

Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet and critic (b. 1925)

Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (b. 1926)

Pedro Alcázar, Panamanian boxer (b. 1975)

Peter Dubovský, Slovak footballer (b. 1972)

Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)

Roger Grimsby, American journalist (b. 1928)

Eric Andolsek, American football player (b. 1966)

Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor, and politician (b. 1898)

Clyfford Still, American painter and academic (b. 1904)

Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)

Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)

Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)

Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (b. 1761)

Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, Portuguese poet and author (b. 1740)

Mikael Sehul, Ethiopian warlord (b. 1691)

John Mill, English theologian and author (b. 1645)

Adalbert of Mainz, German archbishop

Lothair Udo I, count of Stade (b. 950)

Feng Yanji, chancellor of Southern Tang (b. 903)

Wang, imperial consort of Later Tang

Li Congyi, prince of Later Tang (b. 931)