Deaths on 23 February
2000s
Larry Dolan
2025
American attorney (1931–2025)
Chris Jasper
2025
American singer, composer and producer (1951–2025)
Al Trautwig
2025
American sports commentator (1956–2025)
Flaco (owl)
2024
Owl that escaped from a New York City zoo (2010–2024)
Tony Earl
2023
American politician (1936–2023)
John Motson
2023
English football commentator (1945–2023)
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
2021
Saudi Arabian politician (1930–2021)
Katherine Helmond
2019
American actress (1929–2019)
Peter Lustig
2016
German television presenter
Jacqueline Mattson
2016
American baseball catcher (1928–2016)
James Aldridge
2015
Australian-British writer and journalist
Rana Bhagwandas
2015
Pakistani judge (1942–2015)
W. E. "Bill" Dykes
2015
American politician
Alice Herz-Sommer
2014
Israeli classical pianist (1903–2014)
Roger Hilsman
2014
American soldier, statesman, teacher, and author (1919–2014)
Eugene Bookhammer
2013
American politician (1918–2013)
Joseph Friedenson
2013
Julien Ries
2013
Belgian religious historian, titular archbishop and cardinal of the Catholic Church
Lotika Sarkar
2013
Indian feminist, educator and lawyer
William Raggio
2012
American politician
David Sayre
2012
American X-ray crystallographer
Kazimierz Żygulski
2012
Polish sociologist (1919–2012)
Nirmala Srivastava
2011
Indian spiritual teacher
Orlando Zapata
2010
Cuban activist
Janez Drnovšek
2008
Former President and Prime Minister of Slovenia
Paul Frère
2008
Belgian racing driver and automotive journalist (1917–2008)
Hanna Barysiewicz
2007
Reputed oldest woman in Belarus (1888–2007)
John Ritchie (footballer, born 1941)
2007
English footballer (1941–2007)
Muhammad Shamsul Huq
2006
Bangladeshi politician and educator (1912–2006)
Telmo Zarra
2006
Spanish footballer (1921–2006)
Vijay Anand (filmmaker)
2004
Indian film director and actor (1934–2004)
Sikander Bakht
2004
Indian politician (1918–2004)
Howie Epstein
2003
American musician (1955–2003)
Robert K. Merton
2003
American sociologist (1910–2003)
Ofra Haza
2000
Israeli singer (1957–2000)
Stanley Matthews
2000
English footballer (1915–2000)
1900s
The Renegade (wrestler)
1999
American professional wrestler
Philip Abbott
1998
American actor (1924–1998)
Tony Williams (drummer)
1997
American jazz drummer (1945–1997)
James Herriot
1995
British veterinary surgeon (1916–1995)
José Napoleón Duarte
1990
President of El Salvador from 1984 to 1989
Herbert Howells
1983
English composer, organist and teacher (1892–1983)
W. A. C. Bennett
1979
Canadian businessman and politician
L. S. Lowry
1976
British visual artist (1887–1976)
Harry Ruby
1974
American pianist, composer, songwriter & screenwriter (1895-1974)
Dickinson W. Richards
1973
American physician and physiologist
Madhubala
1969
Indian actress (1933–1969)
Saud of Saudi Arabia
1969
King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964
Stan Laurel
1965
English actor and comedian (1890–1965)
Paul Claudel
1955
French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868–1955)
John Robert Gregg
1948
Irish educator and writer (1867–1948)
Tomoyuki Yamashita
1946
Japanese officer and war criminal (1885–1946)
Leo Baekeland
1944
Belgian chemist (1863–1944); inventor of Bakelite
Edward Elgar
1934
English composer (1857–1934)
Nellie Melba
1931
Australian opera singer (1861–1931)
Horst Wessel
1930
German Nazi martyr (1907–1930)
Adolphus Frederick VI
1918
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1914 to 1918
Friedrich von Esmarch
1908
German academic (1823–1908)
Ernest Dowson
1900
English writer (1867–1900)
1800s
Woldemar Bargiel
1897
German composer (1828–1897)
Albrecht von Roon
1879
Prussian general (1803–1879)
Amanda Cajander
1871
Finnish nurse and deaconess
Zygmunt Krasiński
1859
Polish poet (1812–1859)
Carl Friedrich Gauss
1855
German scholar (1777–1855)
John Quincy Adams
1848
President of the United States from 1825 to 1829
Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada
1844
Brazilian politician (1775–1844)
John Keats
1821
English Romantic poet (1795–1821)
Before 1800
Joshua Reynolds
1792
English painter (1723–1792)
George Taylor (Pennsylvania politician)
1781
Founding Father of the United States (c. 1716 – 1781)
Stanisław Leszczyński
1766
King of Poland (1704–1709, 1733–1736)
Georg Muffat
1704
German composer and organist
Nicholas Fuller (lawyer)
1620
16th and 17th-century English barrister and Member of Parliament
Andrea Cesalpino
1603
Italian physician, botanist and philosopher (1524–1603)
François Viète
1603
French mathematician (1540–1603)
Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk
1554
English nobleman
Diego Columbus
1526
Spanish explorer and son of Christopher Columbus (1479/80–1526)
Arnold, Duke of Guelders
1473
Duke of Guelders (1410–1473)
Emperor Yingzong of Ming
1464
Emperor of China (1435–1449, 1457–1464)
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
1447
Lord Protector of England from 1422 to 1437
Pope Eugene IV
1447
Head of the Catholic Church from 1431 to 1447
Saint Isabelle of France
1270
13th-century French Roman Catholic saint
Emperor Zhezong
1100
Emperor of Song China from 1085 to 1100
Willigis
1011
Archbishop of Mainz
Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
943
French nobleman (died 943)
David I of Klarjeti
943
Prince of Klarjeti
Li Keyong
908
Shatuo military governor during the Tang Dynasty (856–-908)
Al-Walid I
715
Umayyad caliph from 705 to 715