History Deaths on May 23

Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1765)

#Franz_Xaver_von_Baader

Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)

#Ferdinando_II_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1907)

#Jean_Van_Houtte

Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1466)

#Ashikaga_Yoshitane

Georges Moustaki, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)

#Georges_Moustaki

William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)

#William_Kidd

Géraud Duroc, French general and diplomat (b. 1772)

#Géraud_Duroc

Telford Taylor, American general and lawyer (b. 1908)

#Telford_Taylor

Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)

#Gene_Green_(baseball)

Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)

#Heinrich_Himmler

Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)

#Jan_Frans_De_Boever

Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)

#Fletcher_Markle

John Gauden, English bishop (b. 1605)

#John_Gauden

George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)

#George_Jessel_(actor)

Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (b. 1946)

#Roh_Moo-hyun

Girolamo Savonarola, Italian friar and preacher (b. 1452)

#Girolamo_Savonarola

John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (b. 1704)

#John_Wood,_the_Elder

Xavier Tondo, Spanish cyclist (b. 1978)

#Xavier_Tondo

Toghon Temür, Mongol emperor (b. 1320)

#Toghon_Temür

David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)

#David_Lewis_(politician)

Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)

#Sterling_Hayden

Svetozar Boroevi?, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)

#Svetozar_Boroevi?

Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)

#Frederick_Ruple

José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1972)

#José_Lima

David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)

#David_Smith_(sculptor)

John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)

#John_D._Rockefeller

Anne Meara, American actress, comedian and playwright (b. 1929)

#Anne_Meara

Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)

#Franz_Ernst_Neumann

Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)

#Bonnie_and_Clyde

Kit Carson, American general (b. 1809)

#Kit_Carson

Ismail I, First Emperor of Safavid Empire (b. 1487)

#Ismail_I

Roger Moore, English actor (b. 1927)

#Roger_Moore

Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)

#Giovanni_Falcone

Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622)

#Adrien_Auzout

Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)

#Anton_von_Schmerling

Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)

#Georges_Claude

Lloyd Bentsen, American colonel and politician, 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1921)

#Lloyd_Bentsen

Aleksey Mozgovoy, Ukrainian sergeant (b. 1975)

#Aleksey_Mozgovoy

Sam Snead, American golfer and journalist (b. 1912)

#Sam_Snead

Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1789)

#Augustin-Louis_Cauchy

Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (b. 1753)

#Gotthilf_Heinrich_Ernst_Muhlenberg

Kazimierz Górski, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1921)

#Kazimierz_Górski

Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)

#Louis_Coatalen

Karl Koch, German computer hacker (b. 1965)

#Karl_Koch_(hacker)

Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)

#Bonnie_and_Clyde

Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1965)

#Owen_Hart

François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)

#François_Coppée

Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)

#Paul_Fussell

Antipope Benedict XIII (b. 1328)

#Antipope_Benedict_XIII

August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)

#August_Jakobson

Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)

#Leopold_von_Ranke

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)

#Henrik_Ibsen

Kronid Lyubarsky, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1934)

#Kronid_Lyubarsky

Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1081)

#Henry_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)

#Gustav_Suits

Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (b. 1949)

#Mikhail_Egorovich_Alekseev

Olav Hauge, Norwegian poet (b. 1908)

#Olav_H._Hauge

Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)

#Moms_Mabley

John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928)

Alicia Nash, Salvadoran-American physicist and engineer (b. 1933)

Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (b. 1921)

Flynn Robinson, American basketball player (b. 1941)

Hayri Kozakç?o?lu, Turkish police officer and politician, 15th Governor of Istanbul Province (b. 1938)

Epy Guerrero, Dominican baseball player, coach, and scout (b. 1942)

Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1970)

Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1935)

Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (b. 1967)

Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (b. 1948)

Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (b. 1895)

Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian director and producer (b. 1915)

Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)

S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)

Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)

Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)

Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)

August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)

Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1797)

James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)

William Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663)

Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (b. 1700)

John Blitheman, English organist and composer (b. 1525)

Alice de Warenne, Countess of Arundel, English noble (b. 1287)

Jehan de Lescurel, French poet and composer

Guibert of Gembloux, Frankish abbot (b. 892)

Li Sizhao, Chinese general and governor

Urban I, pope of the Catholic Church