Died On February 23rd
Discover the most famous people who died on February 23. The list includes people like John Quincy Adams, John Keats, Edward Elgar, Nellie Melba, Leo Baekeland. Famous personalities featured on this list, include soldiers, historians, political leaders and composers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, Germany & Italy and many more countries.
Stan Laurel16 June 1890, British, American
Actor
John Quincy Adams11 July 1767, American
Carlos Hathcock20 May 1942, American
Military Personnel
Madhubala14 February 1933, Indian
Actress
John Keats31 October 1795, British
Romantic poet
Katherine Helmond05 July 1929, American
Actress
Melvin Franklin12 October 1942, American
R&B Singer
Edward Elgar02 June 1857, British
Composer
Saud of Saudi Arabia15 January 1902, Saudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
Polycarp0069 AD, Turkish
Saint
Nellie Melba19 May 1861, Australian
Opera Singer
Leo Baekeland14 November 1863, Belgian, American
Chemist & Inventor
José Napoleón Duarte23 November 1925, Salvadoran
Salvadoran Political figure
Carl F. Gauss30 April 1777, German
Mathematician
Carl Friedrich Gauss30 April 1777, German
Mathematician, Geophysicist, Astronomer, Science
Robert Smalls05 April 1839, American
Politician
L. S. Lowry01 November 1887, British
Painter
James Herriot03 October 1916, British
Writer, Veterinarian, Autobiographer, Children's
William Bonin08 January 1947, American
Criminal
Tomoyuki Yamashita08 November 1885, Japanese
Officer
Ofra Haza19 November 1957, Israeli
Singer, Voice actor, Actor, Composer, Journalist,
Robert K. Merton04 July 1910, American
Sociologist
Joshua Reynolds16 July 1723, British
Painter
Alan Colmes24 September 1950, American
Radio personality, Journalist
Mabel Normand09 November 1892, American
Actress
Diego Columbus01 April 1479, Spanish, Portuguese
Navigator
Horst Wessel09 October 1907, German
Composer
Jack Dragna18 April 1891, Italian
Al-Walid I0668 AD, Syrian
Caliph of Damascus
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy10 January 1883, Russian
writer, Poet
Herbert Howells17 October 1892, British
Composer
Telmo Zarra20 January 1921, Spanish
Association football player
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Rudolf Lange18 November 1910, German
jurist
Peter Damian1007 AD, Italian
monk, diplomat, Catholic priest, philosopher
Heinrich von Vietinghoff06 December 1887, German
Military personnel
Paul Claudel06 August 1868, French
Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet
Giambattista Basile1566 AD, Italian
writer, poet, children's writer
Pope Eugene IV1383 AD, Italian
Hans Bellmer13 March 1902, French
Painter, Sculptor, Photographer, Engraver
Gentile Bellini1429 AD, Italian
painter, sculptor, medallist
Albrecht von Roon30 April 1803, German
Politician
Fannie Hurst18 October 1885, American
Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer
Janez Drnovšek17 May 1950, Slovenian
Prime Minister
Alice Herz-Sommer26 November 1903, Israeli
Musician, Pianist, Educationist, Music educator
Leonard D. White17 January 1891, American
Political Scientist, Historian
Tony Williams12 December 1945, American
Drummer
George Taylor1716 AD, British, American
Politician
Julien Ries19 April 1920, Belgian
University teacher, Historian of religion,
Christopher Hill06 February 1912, British
historian
Sir Stanley Matthews01 February 1915, British
Footballer
William Allan1782 AD, Scottish
Painter
James Maurice Gavin22 March 1907, American
Military Officer
Alexander Yegorov13 October 1883, Russian
Military leader
Jean-Gaston Darboux14 August 1842, French
Mathematician
Stanisław I Leszczyński20 October 1677, Polish
King