Deaths on 23 April
2000s
Frank Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead
2024
British politician (1942–2024)
Helen Vendler
2024
American poetry critic (1933–2024)
Orrin Hatch
2022
American politician (1934–2022)
Dan Kaminsky
2021
American computer security researcher (1979–2021)
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
2019
American operatic soprano and presenter (1983–2019)
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
2019
Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000
Inge King
2016
Australian sculptor (1915–2016)
Banharn Silpa-archa
2016
Prime Minister of Thailand from 1995 to 1996
Richard Corliss
2015
American editor and film critic for Time magazine
Ray Jackson (Aboriginal activist)
2015
Pierre Claude Nolin
2015
Canadian politician (1950–2015)
Jim Steffen
2015
American football player (1936–2015)
Francis Tsai
2015
American artist
Benjamín Brea
2014
Venezuelan musician (1946–2014)
Michael Glawogger
2014
Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1959–2014)
Jaap Havekotte
2014
Dutch speed skater (1912–2014)
Connie Marrero
2014
Cuban baseball player (1911–2014)
F. Michael Rogers
2014
United States Air Force general
Mark Shand
2014
English travel writer and conservationist (1951–2014)
Patric Standford
2014
British composer (1939–2014)
Bob Brozman
2013
American guitarist and ethnomusicologist
Bob Edgar
2013
American politician (1943–2013)
Tony Grealish
2013
Irish footballer
Antonio Maccanico
2013
Italian politician and civil servant (1924–2013)
Frank W. J. Olver
2013
American mathematician (1924–2013)
Kathryn Wasserman Davis
2013
American philanthropist and scholar (1907–2013)
Lillemor Arvidsson
2012
Swedish trade union leader and governor
Billy Bryans
2012
Musical artist
Chris Ethridge
2012
American country rock bass guitarist (1947–2012)
Raymond Thorsteinsson
2012
Canadian geologist
LeRoy T. Walker
2012
American track and field coach
James Casey (variety artist)
2011
English comedian and radio producer
Tom King (musician)
2011
American musician (1942–2011)
Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill
2011
British soldier, businessman and peer (1921–2011)
Max van der Stoel
2011
Dutch politician and diplomat (1924–2011)
John Sullivan (writer)
2011
English television scriptwriter (1946–2011)
Peter Porter (poet)
2010
British-based Australian poet (1929– 2010)
Paul Erdman
2007
American economist and banker
David Halberstam
2007
American writer, journalist and historian (1934–2007)
Peter Randall (British Army soldier)
2007
Boris Yeltsin
2007
President of Russia from 1991 to 1999
Phil Walden
2006
American music executive (1940–2006)
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
2005
Premier of Queensland from 1968 to 1987
Robert Farnon
2005
Canadian-born composer and arranger (1917–2005)
Al Grassby
2005
Australian politician (1926–2005)
John Mills
2005
English actor (1908–2005)
Romano Scarpa
2005
Italian animator and comic book writer
Earl Wilson (baseball)
2005
American baseball player (1934–2005)
Herman Veenstra
2004
Dutch water polo player (1911–2004)
Fernand Fonssagrives
2003
American photographer (1910–2003)
1900s
Konstantinos Karamanlis
1998
Greek politician (1907–1998)
James Earl Ray
1998
Criminal accused of killing Martin Luther King Jr. (1928–1998)
Thanassis Skordalos
1998
Musical artist
Denis Compton
1997
English cricketer (1918–1997)
Jean Victor Allard
1996
Canadian Chief of the Defence Staff (1966–1969)
P. L. Travers
1996
Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)
Douglas Lloyd Campbell
1995
Premier of Manitoba from 1948 to 1958
Howard Cosell
1995
American sportscaster (1918–1995)
Riho Lahi
1995
Estonian writer, journalist and cartoonist
John C. Stennis
1995
American politician (1901–1995)
Cesar Chavez
1993
American civil rights activist (1927–1993)
Satyajit Ray
1992
Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
Tanka Prasad Acharya
1992
19th Prime minister of Nepal
Johnny Thunders
1991
American guitarist and singer (1952–1991)
Paulette Goddard
1990
American actress (1910–1990)
Harold Arlen
1986
American composer of popular music (1905–1986)
Jim Laker
1986
English international cricketer (1922–1986)
Otto Preminger
1986
Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (1905–1986)
Sam Ervin
1985
United States Senator and jurist (1896–1985)
Frank Farrell (rugby league)
1985
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Red Garland
1984
American modern jazz pianist (1923–1984)
Buster Crabbe
1983
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, actor (1908–1983)
Josep Pla
1981
Spanish journalist and writer
George Ohsawa
1966
Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine
George Adamski
1965
Polish-American ufologist (1891–1965)
Pak Chungyang
1959
Korean politician (1872–1959)
Jules Berry
1951
French actor
Charles G. Dawes
1951
Vice President of the United States 1925–1929 (1865–1951)
Teresa de la Parra
1936
Venezuelan novelist
Rupert Brooke
1915
English poet (1887–1915)
Alfred Packer
1907
American prospector and cannibal
Gédéon Ouimet
1905
2nd Premier of Quebec (1873–1874)
1800s
Carl Ludwig
1895
German physician and physiologist
Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
1889
French writer (1808–1889)
Silas Soule
1865
American abolitionist and military officer
William Wordsworth
1850
English Romantic poet (1770–1850)
John Joel Glanton
1850
American outlaw and soldier (1819–1850)
Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin
1839
French Navy officer and explorer
Georgios Karaiskakis
1827
Greek Revolutionary (1782–1827)
Before 1800
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
1794
French statesman and minister (1721–1794)
Karl Friedrich Bahrdt
1792
Unorthodox German Protestant biblical scholar, theologian, and polemicist
Solomon I of Imereti
1784
King of Imereti
James Abercrombie (British Army officer, born 1706)
1781
British Army officer and politician (1706–1781)
Margaret Fell
1702
Quaker, founder of the Religious Society of Friends (1614–1702)
Henry Vaughan
1695
Welsh metaphysical poet (1621–1695)
Maurice, Prince of Orange
1625
Dutch Republic stadtholder and Prince of Orange (1567–1625)
Hayyim ben Joseph Vital
1620
Rabbi and foremost disciple of Isaac Luria (1542–1620)
William Shakespeare
1616
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
1616
Writer, soldier, Spanish noble of Inca descent
Boris Godunov
1605
Tsar of Russia from 1598 to 1605
Gaspara Stampa
1554
Italian poet (1461–1528)
Domenico della Rovere
1501
Italian cardinal and patron of the arts
Olivier V de Clisson
1407
Breton general (1336–1407)
Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford
1400
Son of John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford (c. 1338–1400)
Gilles of Saumur
1266
French archbishop (died 1266)
Giles of Assisi
1262
Franciscan mystic
Inge Bårdsson
1217
King of Norway from 1204 to 1217
Zhu Xi
1200
Chinese philosopher (1130–1200)
Béla III of Hungary
1196
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1172 to 1196
Minamoto no Tametomo
1170
Samurai who fought in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156 (1139–1170)
Adeliza of Louvain
1151
Queen of England from 1121 to 1135
Alexander I of Scotland
1124
King of Alba from 1107 to 1124
Æthelred the Unready
1016
King of England (978–1013; 1014–1016)
Brian Boru
1014
Historical king of Ireland from 1002 to 1014
Domnall mac Eimín
1014
Eleventh-century Mormaer of Mar
Adalbert of Prague
997
Bohemian missionary and saint (c. 956 – 997)
Ekkehard II
990
Wichmann the Elder
944
Brother of Amelung
Yang Shihou
915
Æthelred I of Wessex
871
King of Wessex from 865 to 871
Wihtred of Kent
725
King of Kent from 670 – 725
AD 711
711
Calendar year
303
303
Calendar year