Deaths on 23 July
2000s
Robin Warren
2024
Australian pathologist (1937–2024)
Phyo Zeya Thaw
2022
Burmese politician and artist (1981–2022)
Kyaw Min Yu
2022
Burmese political prisoner (1969–2022)
John Kundla
2017
American basketball player and coach (1916–2017)
Shigeko Kubota
2015
Japanese artist (1937–2015)
Don Oberdorfer
2015
American journalist (1931–2015)
William Wakefield Baum
2015
American Catholic prelate (1926–2015)
Dora Bryan
2014
English actress (1923–2014)
Norman Leyden
2014
American conductor
Ariano Suassuna
2014
Brazilian playwright (1927–2014)
Jordan Tabor
2014
English footballer (1990–2014)
Rona Anderson
2013
British actress (1926–2013)
Pauline Clarke
2013
English children's writer (1921–2013)
Arthur J. Collingsworth
2013
American diplomat (1944–2013)
Dominguinhos
2013
Brazilian singer (1941–2013)
Emile Griffith
2013
American boxer (1938–2013)
Kim Jong-hak
2013
South Korean television director and producer (1951–2013)
Djalma Santos
2013
Brazilian footballer (1929–2013)
Margaret Mahy
2012
New Zealand children's writer (1936–2012)
Sally Ride
2012
American physicist and astronaut (1951–2012)
Lakshmi Sahgal
2012
Indian doctor, politician and officer of the Indian National Army (1914 - 2012)
Esther Tusquets
2012
Spanish publisher, novelist and essayist
José Luis Uribarri
2012
Spanish television presenter (1936–2012)
Amy Winehouse
2011
British singer and songwriter (1983–2011)
Daniel Schorr
2010
American journalist
E. Lynn Harris
2009
American novelist
Kurt Furgler
2008
Swiss politician
Ron Miller (songwriter)
2007
American songwriter and record producer
Mohammad Zahir Shah
2007
King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973
Jean-Paul Desbiens
2006
Canadian journalist and writer
Ted Greene
2005
American jazz guitarist, columnist, and educator (1946–2005)
Mehmood (actor)
2004
Indian film actor (1932–2004)
Carlos Paredes
2004
Portuguese guitarist and composer (1925–2004)
Piero Piccioni
2004
Italian film score composer
James E. Davis (New York politician)
2003
American politician (1962–2003)
Leo McKern
2002
Australian actor (1920–2002)
William Luther Pierce
2002
American neo-Nazi (1933–2002)
Chaim Potok
2002
American author and rabbi (1929–2002)
Clark Gesner
2002
Musical artist
Eudora Welty
2001
American writer and photographer (1909–2001)
1900s
Hassan II of Morocco
1999
King of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
Chūhei Nambu
1997
Japanese long and triple jumper
Jean Muir (actress)
1996
American stage and film actress (1911–1996)
Kenjiro Takayanagi
1990
Japanese pioneer in the development of television (1899–1990)
Donald Barthelme
1989
American writer and professor (1931 – 1989)
Johnny Wardle
1985
English cricketer (1923–1985)
Georges Auric
1983
French composer (1899–1983)
Vic Morrow
1982
American actor (1929–1982)
Sarto Fournier
1980
Canadian politician (1908–1980)
Keith Godchaux
1980
American musician and songwriter (1948–1980)
Mollie Steimer
1980
Ukrainian anarchist activist (1897–1980)
Joseph Kessel
1979
French writer
Kamil Tolon
1978
Turkish industrialist (1912–1978)
Eddie Rickenbacker
1973
American World War I aviator (1890–1973)
Esther Applin
1972
American petroleum geologist (1895–1972)
Van Heflin
1971
American actor (1908–1971)
Eino Tainio
1970
Finnish politician (1905–1970)
Henry Hallett Dale
1968
English pharmacologist and physiologist (1875–1968)
Montgomery Clift
1966
American actor (1920–1966)
Bob Shiring
1957
American football player (1870–1957)
Cordell Hull
1955
American politician and diplomat (1871–1955)
Herman Groman
1954
American sprinter
Robert J. Flaherty
1951
American documentary filmmaker
Philippe Pétain
1951
French general (1856–1951)
Shigenori Tōgō
1950
Japanese politician, war criminal (1882–1950)
D. W. Griffith
1948
American filmmaker (1875–1948)
Adam Czerniaków
1942
Polish politician (1880–1942)
Andy Ducat
1942
English cricketer
George Lyman Kittredge
1941
American scholar, literary critic, and folklorist (1860–1941)
José Quiñones Gonzales
1941
Peruvian military aviator (1914–1941)
Anna Abrikosova
1936
Russian Catholic religious sister and translator (1882–1936)
Tenby Davies
1932
Welsh athlete
Glenn Curtiss
1930
American aviator and industrialist (1878–1930)
Reginald Dyer
1927
British Indian Army officer (1864–1927)
Viktor Vasnetsov
1926
Russian painter (1848–1926)
Frank Frost Abbott
1924
American classical philologist
Conrad Kohrs
1920
American politician
Spyridon Lambros
1919
Greek historian and politician (1851–1919)
William Ramsay
1916
Scottish chemist (1852–1916)
Frederick Holder
1909
Australian politician (1850–1909)
John Douglas (Queensland politician)
1904
Australian politician (1828–1904)
1800s
Ulysses S. Grant
1885
Civil War general, U.S. president from 1869 to 1877
Carl von Rokitansky
1878
Austrian pathologist and philosopher (1804–1878)
Isaac Singer
1875
American inventor and businessman (1811–1875)
Andries Pretorius
1853
South African politician (1798–1853)
Anselmo de la Cruz y Bahamonde
1833
Chilean political figure
Before 1800
Roger Sherman
1793
American lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father (1721–1793)
John Joachim Zubly
1781
American politician
George Edwards (naturalist)
1773
English naturalist and ornithologist (1694–1773)
Domenico Scarlatti
1757
Italian composer (1685–1757)
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
1727
British politician (1661–1727)
Gilles Ménage
1692
French scholar (1613–1692)
Michael of Russia
1645
Tsar of Russia from 1613 to 1645
Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon
1596
English peer and courtier (1526–1596)
John Day (printer)
1584
English Protestant printer (c. 1522–1584)
Götz von Berlichingen
1562
German feudal knight (1480–1562)
Henry FitzRoy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset
1536
Illegitimate son of Henry VIII (1519–1536)
Louis de Brézé
1531
French noble (c.1460–1531)
Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester
1403
14th-century English nobleman
Bridget of Sweden
1373
Swedish nun, mystic, and saint (c.1303–1373)
Thoros III
1298
King of Armenia from 1293 to 1296
Qiu Chuji
1227
Taoist master (1148–1227)
Warner of Grez
1100
French nobleman
Gunther of Bamberg
1065
German nobleman and prelate
Nuh II
997
Amir of the Samanids from 976 to 997
He Ning
955