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.
Carl Friedrich Gauss(Mathematician, Geophysicist, Astronomer, Science writer, Physicist, Geodesist, University teacher)
30 April 1777
German
Tomoyuki Yamashita(Officer)
08 November 1885
Japanese
Stefan Zweig(Writer, Translator, Journalist, Playwright, Poet, Literary critic, Historian, Biographer, Novelist)
28 November 1881
Austrian,British
William Bonin(Criminal)
08 January 1947
American
James Herriot(Writer, Veterinarian, Autobiographer, Children's writer)
03 October 1916
British
Ofra Haza(Singer, Voice actor, Actor, Composer, Journalist, Pianist, Songwriter)
19 November 1957
Israeli
Polycarp(Theologian, Priest)
0069 AD
Turkish
Robert K. Merton(Sociologist)
04 July 1910
American
L. S. Lowry(Painter)
01 November 1887
British
Alan Colmes(Radio personality, Journalist)
24 September 1950
American
Horst Wessel(Composer)
09 October 1907
German
Joshua Reynolds(Painter)
16 July 1723
British
Jack Dragna18 April 1891
Italian
Al-Walid I(Caliph of Damascus)
0668 AD
Syrian
Telmo Zarra(Association football player)
20 January 1921
Spanish
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy(writer, Poet)
10 January 1883
Russian
Peter Damian(monk, diplomat, Catholic priest, philosopher)
1007 AD
Italian
Rudolf Lange(jurist)
18 November 1910
German
Paul Claudel(Playwright, Poet, Diplomat, Writer, Diarist, Poet lawyer, Translator)
06 August 1868
French
Giambattista Basile(writer, poet, children's writer)
1566 AD
Italian
Heinrich von Vietinghoff(Military personnel)
06 December 1887
German
Pope Eugene IV1383 AD
Italian
Hans Bellmer(Painter, Sculptor, Photographer, Engraver)
13 March 1902
French
Gentile Bellini(painter, sculptor, medallist)
1429 AD
Italian
Herbert Howells(Composer)
17 October 1892
British
Albrecht von Roon(Politician)
30 April 1803
German
Alice Herz-Sommer(Musician, Pianist, Educationist, Music educator)
26 November 1903
Israeli
Janez Drnovšek(Prime Minister)
17 May 1950
Slovenian
Fannie Hurst(Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer)
18 October 1885
American
Leonard D. White(Political Scientist, Historian)
17 January 1891
American
George Taylor(Politician)
1716 AD
British,American
Sir Stanley Matthews(Footballer)
01 February 1915
British
Christopher Hill(historian)
06 February 1912
British
Julien Ries(University teacher, Historian of religion, Historian, Catholic priest)
19 April 1920
Belgian
William Allan(Painter)
1782 AD
Scottish
Alexander Yegorov(Military leader)
13 October 1883
Russian
Jean-Gaston Darboux(Mathematician)
14 August 1842
French
Stanisław I Leszczyński(King)
20 October 1677
Polish