History Deaths on September 23

Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

#Richard_Adolf_Zsigmondy

Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)

#Francisco_León_de_la_Barra

Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)

#Vincenzo_Bellini

Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)

#Aurelio_Rodríguez

Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)

#Snorri_Sturluson

Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (b. 1918)

#Glendon_Swarthout

Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)

#Cliff_Arquette

Paul B. Fay, American sailor and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1918)

#Paul_B._Fay

Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (b. 915)

#Al-Mutanabbi

James Van Fleet, American general (b. 1892)

#James_Van_Fleet

Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1913)

#Al_Suomi

Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)

#Sam_Barry

Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)

#Émilie_Gamelin

Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)

#Azai_Hisamasa

Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)

#Louis-Joseph_Papineau

Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)

#Hale_Holden

Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)

#Johan_Ernst_Gunnerus

Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)

#Herman_Boerhaave

Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)

#Donato_Álvarez

Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)

#Peter_Leonard_(journalist)

Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)

#Jacob_Nicol

Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930)

#Dayananda_Saraswati_(Arsha_Vidya)

William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)

#William_Marsh_Rice

Madeleine Renaud, French actress (b. 1900)

#Madeleine_Renaud

Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1513)

#Catherine_of_Saxe-Lauenburg

John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)

#John_Jewel

Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)

#Etta_Baker

Charles, Prince of Viana, King of Navarre (b. 1421)

#Charles,_Prince_of_Viana

Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)

#Sigmund_Freud

Ruth Patrick, American botanist and immunologist (b. 1907)

#Ruth_Patrick

John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)

#John_I,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1373)

#Adolph_I,_Duke_of_Cleves

Gary Kurtz, American film producer (b. 1940)

#Gary_Kurtz

Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (b. 1925)

#Abdel_Hamid_al-Sarraj

Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)

#Wilkie_Collins

Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (b. 1603)

#Valentin_Conrart

José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)

#José_Gervasio_Artigas

Beatrice of Provence, countess regnant of Provence (b. 1234)

#Beatrice_of_Provence

Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)

#Stanislaus_Zbyszko

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933)

#Filiberto_Ojeda_Ríos

John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)

#John_Ainsworth_Horrocks

Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)

#Jakob_Schaffner

Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

#Pablo_Neruda

Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Minister of Defence for Russia (b. 1948)

#Pavel_Grachev

Beatrice of Naples, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1457)

#Beatrice_of_Naples

Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1927)

#Bob_Fosse

Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (b. 1912)

#Tibor_Sekelj

Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)

#Robert_Dodsley

Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)

#Werner_Voss

Wenceslaus I of Bohemia

#Wenceslaus_I_of_Bohemia

Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)

#Prosper_Mérimée

Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)

#Billy_Reay

Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)

#Christian_Thomasius

Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)

#Yuri_Senkevich

Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)

#Urbain_Le_Verrier

Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)

#Robert_Bloch

Ælfwald I, king of Northumbria

#Ælfwald_I_of_Northumbria

Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (b.1942)

Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (b. 1933)

Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (b. 1934)

Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (b. 1934)

A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)

Gil Dozier, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)

Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (b. 1920)

Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (b. 1966)

Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (b. 1941)

Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1937)

Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941)

Loren Pope, American journalist and author (b. 1910)

Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921)

Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)

Raoul Berger, American attorney and law professor (b. 1901)

Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)

Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)

Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)

Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)

Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (b. 1906)

Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)

Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (b. 1927)

Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (b. 1899)

Catherine Lacey, English actress (b. 1904)

Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (b. 1950)

Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)

James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)

Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)

Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)

Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)

John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)

Pontus de Tyard, French priest and poet (b. 1521)

Dan I of Wallachia

Robert de Sablé, French knight