Deaths on 23 January
2000s
Charles Osgood
2024
American television news anchor (1933–2024)
Melanie (singer)
2024
American musician (1947–2024)
Hal Holbrook
2021
American actor (1925–2021)
Larry King
2021
American TV and radio host (1933–2021)
Song Yoo-jung
2021
South Korean actress and model (1994–2021)
Aloysius Pang
2019
Singaporean actor (1990–2019)
Oliver Mtukudzi
2019
Zimbabwean musician (1952–2019)
Hugh Masekela
2018
South African musician and composer (1939–2018)
Wyatt Tee Walker
2018
American civil rights activist and pastor (1928–2018)
Ernie Banks
2015
American baseball player (1931–2015)
Prosper Ego
2015
Dutch activist
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
2015
King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015
Yuri Izrael
2014
Russian scientist (1930–2014)
Elmira Nazirova
2014
Azerbaijani composer (1928–2014)
Józef Glemp
2013
Polish cardinal
Robert W. Scott
2009
American politician (1929–2009)
Syed Hussein Alatas
2007
Malaysian academic, sociologist and politician
Johnny Carson
2005
American comedian and television host (1925–2005)
Helmut Newton
2004
German-Australian photographer (1920–2004)
Nell Carter
2003
American singer and actress (1948–2003)
Paul Aars
2002
American racecar driver (1934–2002)
Pierre Bourdieu
2002
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)
Robert Nozick
2002
American political philosopher (1938–2002)
1900s
Joe D'Amato
1999
Italian film director (1936–1999)
Jay Pritzker
1999
Cofounder of Hyatt Hotels Corp (1922–1999)
Nikolai Ogarkov
1994
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Brian Redhead
1994
British journalist and broadcaster
Keith Laumer
1993
American science fiction writer (1925–1993)
Freddie Bartholomew
1992
American actor (1924–1992)
Northrop Frye
1991
Canadian literary critic (1912–1991)
Allen Collins
1990
American guitarist (1952–1990)
Salvador Dalí
1989
Spanish surrealist artist (1904–1989)
Lars-Erik Torph
1989
Swedish rally driver (1961–1989)
Charles Glen King
1988
American biochemist (1896–1988)
Joseph Beuys
1986
German artist and art theorist (1921–1986)
James Beard
1985
American chef (1903–1985)
Muin Bseiso
1984
Palestinian poet (1926–1984)
Fred Bakewell
1983
English cricketer
Samuel Barber
1981
American composer (1910–1981)
Giovanni Michelotti
1980
Italian designer (1921–1980)
Terry Kath
1978
American guitarist and singer (1946–1978)
Jack Oakie
1978
American actor (1903–1978)
Toots Shor
1977
American restaurateur (1903–1977)
Paul Robeson
1976
American singer, actor, political activist, and athlete (1898–1976)
Alexander Onassis
1973
Greek businessman and heir (1948–1973)
Kid Ory
1973
American jazz trombonist (1886–1973)
Fritz Feigl
1971
Austrian chemist (1891–1971)
T. M. Sabaratnam
1966
Ceylon Tamil lawyer and politician
Józef Gosławski (sculptor)
1963
Polish sculptor and medallic artist
Alexander Korda
1956
British film director (1893–1956)
Pierre Bonnard
1947
French painter and printmaker (1867–1947)
Edvard Munch
1944
Norwegian painter (1863–1944)
Alexander Woollcott
1943
American drama critic and commentator (1887–1943)
Matthias Sindelar
1939
Austrian footballer (1903–1939)
Orso Mario Corbino
1937
Italian physicist and politician (1876–1937)
Anna Pavlova
1931
Russian ballet dancer (1881–1931)
Max Nordau
1923
Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923)
René Beeh
1922
German painter (1886–1922)
Arthur Nikisch
1922
Hungarian conductor (1855–1922)
Mykola Leontovych
1921
Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist and teacher (1877–1921)
1800s
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
1893
US Supreme Court justice from 1888 to 1893
William Price (physician)
1893
Welsh physician and political activist (1800–1893)
José Zorrilla
1893
Spanish poet, writer, playwright (1817–1893)
Gustave Doré
1883
French illustrator and painter (1832–1883)
Charles Kingsley
1875
English clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875)
Thomas Love Peacock
1866
English novelist and poet (1785-1866)
John Field (composer)
1837
Irish composer (1782–1837)
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
1833
Royal Navy Admiral and politician (1757–1833)
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn
1820
British prince (1767–1820)
Robert Craufurd
1812
British Army officer (1764–1812)
Johann Wilhelm Ritter
1810
German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (1776–1810)
William Pitt the Younger
1806
British statesman (1759–1806)
Claude Chappe
1805
Late 18th-century French inventor
Arthur Guinness
1803
Irish brewer (1725–1803)
Edward Rutledge
1800
American Founding Father and politician (1749–1800)
Before 1800
Frances Brooke
1789
English author of first Canadian novel (1724–1789)
John Cleland
1789
English novelist (1709–1789)
Matthew Stewart (mathematician)
1785
Scottish mathematician (1717–1785)
Giambattista Vico
1744
Italian philosopher (1668–1744)
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
1650
English courtier (1584–1650)
William Baffin
1622
English navigator, explorer and cartographer (1584–1622)
John Croke
1620
English judge and politician (1553–1620)
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray
1570
Regent for King James VI of Scotland from 1567–1570
Jiajing Emperor
1567
Emperor of China from 1521 to 1567
Johannes Honter
1549
Transylvanian Saxon renaissance humanist (1498–1549)
Bernardo Pisano
1548
Italian composer
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1516
King of Aragon from 1479 to 1516
Margaret of Bavaria
1423
Duchess consort of Burgundy (1363–1424)
Florent of Hainaut
1297
Prince of Achaea from 1289 to 1297
Isabella, Queen of Armenia
1252
Queen of Cilician Armenia from 1219 to 1252
Yaqub al-Mansur
1199
Ruler of the Almohad Caliphate from 1184 to 1199
Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
1002
Holy Roman Emperor from 996 to 1002
Adalbero of Reims
989
Ildefonsus
667
Scholar, theologian and metropolitan Bishop of Toledo, Spain