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.
John Quincy AdamsAmerican
MadhubalaIndian
Actress
Stan LaurelBritish, American
Actor
John KeatsBritish
Romantic poet
Carlos HathcockAmerican
Military Personnel
Katherine HelmondAmerican
Actress
James HerriotBritish
Writer
Saud of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabian
Former King of Saudi Arabia
Edward ElgarBritish
Composer
L. S. LowryBritish
Artist
Melvin FranklinAmerican
R&B Singer
Tomoyuki YamashitaJapanese
Japanese General
PolycarpTurkish
Saint
Robert K. MertonAmerican
Sociologist
Nellie MelbaAustralian
Opera Singer
Leo BaekelandBelgian, American
Chemist & Inventor
José Napoleón DuarteSalvadoran
Salvadoran Political figure
Carl F. GaussGerman
Mathematician
Carl Friedrich GaussGerman
Mathematician, Geophysicist, Astronomer, Science
Robert SmallsAmerican
Politician
William BoninAmerican
Criminal
Ofra HazaIsraeli
Singer, Voice actor, Actor, Composer, Journalist,
Emperor Yingzong of MingChinese
Emperor
Alan ColmesAmerican
Radio personality, Journalist
Mabel NormandAmerican
Actress
Horst WesselGerman
Composer
Al-Walid ISyrian
Caliph of Damascus
Muhammad AsadUkrainian
Journalist
Diego ColumbusSpanish, Portuguese
Navigator
Joshua ReynoldsBritish
Painter
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of SuffolkBritish
Nobleman
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Jack DragnaItalian
Humphrey, Duke of GloucesterBritish
Military Leader
Aleksey Nikolayevich TolstoyRussian
writer, Poet
Pope Eugene IVItalian
Pope
Rudolf LangeGerman
jurist
Telmo ZarraSpanish
Association football player
Heinrich von VietinghoffGerman
Military personnel
Gentile BelliniItalian
painter, sculptor, medallist
Paul ClaudelFrench
Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet
Ernest DowsonBritish
Poet
Giambattista BasileItalian
writer, poet, children's writer
Hans BellmerFrench
Painter, Sculptor, Photographer, Engraver
Fannie HurstAmerican
Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer
Herbert HowellsBritish
Composer
Helmut SchönGerman
Football Player
Janez DrnovšekSlovenian
Prime Minister
Alice Herz-SommerIsraeli
Musician, Pianist, Educationist, Music educator
Albrecht von RoonGerman
Politician
Zygmunt KrasińskiFrench
Poet
Anson BurlingameAmerican
Lawyer
William KnowlandAmerican
Politician
Heinz BerggruenGerman
Art Dealer
Ahmad DahlanIndonesian
Islamic revivalist
William ButterfieldBritish
Architect
Don CornellAmerican
Singer
Hans Hellmut KirstGerman, Polish
Novelist
Joanna BaillieScottish
Poet
Frank LaunderBritish
Writer
Georg MuffatFrench
Composer
Andrea CesalpinoItalian
Physician
Sverre FehnNorwegian
Architect
Thomas GoodwinBritish
Theologian
Luis Palés MatosPuerto Rican
Poet
John Robert GreggIrish, American
Educator
Vera KomissarzhevskayaRussian
Actress
Dickinson W. RichardsAmerican
Physician
Winthrop JordanAmerican
Professor
Leonard D. WhiteAmerican
Political Scientist, Historian
Robert TriffinBelgian, American
Economist
Friedrich von EsmarchGerman
Surgeon
Vijay AnandIndian
Director
Kate Waller BarrettAmerican
Physician
Carl AndersonAmerican
Singer
Joseph WartonBritish
Literary Critic
Tony WilliamsAmerican
Drummer
Stanisław I LeszczyńskiPolish, Ukrainian
King
Frederick BuschAmerican
Author
Oscar LewensteinBritish
Theatre Producer
Kate BarnardAmerican
Politician
George TaylorBritish, American
Politician
Jonathan HornblowerBritish
Pioneer
Sir Stanley MatthewsBritish
Footballer
Augusta Braxton BakerAmerican
Librarian
Elizabeth Graeme FergussonAmerican
Poet
Julien RiesBelgian
University teacher, Historian of religion,
Christopher HillBritish
historian
Thomas Edward ThorpeBritish
Chemist
Ludwig von CobenzlAustrian
Diplomat
Karl Ludwig von KnebelGerman
Poet
Sophus MüllerDanish
Archaeologist
William AllanScottish
Painter
Alexander YegorovRussian
Military leader
James Maurice GavinAmerican
Military Officer