Deaths on 23 March
2000s
Mia Love
2025
American politician (1975–2025)
Madeleine Albright
2022
American diplomat and political scientist (1937–2022)
George Segal
2021
American actor (1934–2021)
Julie Pomagalski
2021
French snowboarder (1980–2021)
Miroslava Breach
2017
Mexican crime journalist and murder victim (1962–2017)
Joe Garagiola
2016
American baseball player (1926–2016)
Ken Howard
2016
American actor (1944–2016)
Gian Vittorio Baldi
2015
Italian film producer, director and screenwriter
Lee Kuan Yew
2015
Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990
Bobby Lowther
2015
American professional basketball player and track and field athlete
Lil' Chris
2015
English singer and television presenter (1990–2015)
Dave Brockie
2014
Canadian-American musician (1963–2014)
Jaroslav Šerých
2014
Adolfo Suárez
2014
Prime Minister of Spain from 1976 to 1981)
Peter Oakley
2014
British vlogger (1927–2014)
Boris Berezovsky (businessman)
2013
Russian businessman (1946–2013)
Onofre Corpuz
2013
Filipino academic, economist, historian, and government official (1926–2013)
Virgil Trucks
2013
American baseball player (1917–2013)
Joe Weider
2013
Canadian bodybuilder and businessman (1919–2013)
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
2012
President of Somalia from 2004 to 2008
Jim Duffy (animator)
2012
American animator (1937–2012)
Naji Talib
2012
Prime minister of Iraq from 1966 to 1967
Lonnie Wright
2012
American basketball and football player (1945–2012)
Jean Bartik
2011
American computer programmer (1924–2011)
Rosario Morales
2011
Puerto Rican writer and poet
Elizabeth Taylor
2011
British and American actress (1932–2011)
Ghukas Chubaryan
2009
Armenian sculptor (1923–2009)
Raúl Macías
2009
Mexican boxer (1934–2009)
Vaino Vahing
2008
Estonian writer and psychiatrist (1940–2008)
Paul Cohen
2007
American mathematician (1934–2007)
Eric Medlen
2007
American racing driver (1973–2007)
David B. Bleak
2006
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Desmond Doss
2006
US soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (1919–2006)
Cindy Walker
2006
American songwriter, singer (1917–2006)
Rupert Hamer
2004
Australian politician (1916–2004)
Fritz Spiegl
2003
Austrian writer (1926–2003)
Eileen Farrell
2002
American soprano (1920–2002)
Ben Hollioake
2002
English cricketer (1977–2002)
Rowland Evans
2001
American journalist
Margaret Ursula Jones
2001
British archaeologist (1916–2001)
Robert Laxalt
2001
American novelist
David McTaggart
2001
Canadian badminton player and environmentalist
1900s
Luis María Argaña
1999
Paraguayan politician and jurist (1932–1999)
Osmond Borradaile
1999
Canadian cinematographer
Davie Cooper
1995
Scottish footballer (1956–1995)
Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta
1994
Mexican politician, economist, and presidential candidate (1950–1994)
Giulietta Masina
1994
Italian actress (1921–1994)
Friedrich Hayek
1992
Austrian economist and philosopher (1899–1992)
Ron Lapointe
1992
Canadian ice hockey coach
Margaret Atwood Judson
1991
American historian and author
Parkash Singh
1991
Indian soldier and Victoria Cross recipient (1913–1991)
John Dexter
1990
English stage director (1925–1990)
Olev Roomet
1987
Estonian musician (1901–1987)
Moshe Feinstein
1986
Belarusian-born American Orthodox rabbi
Richard Beeching
1985
British physicist and engineer (1913–1985)
Peter Charanis
1985
American historian
Beatrice Tinsley
1981
New Zealand astronomer (1941–1981)
Mike Hailwood
1981
British racing driver and motorcycle road racer (1940–1981)
Arthur Melvin Okun
1980
American economist (1928–1980)
Ted Anderson (footballer)
1979
English footballer
Haim Ernst Wertheimer
1978
Israeli biochemist (1893–1978)
Halyna Kuzmenko
1978
Ukrainian anarchist (1897–1978)
Cristóbal Balenciaga
1972
Spanish fashion designer (1895–1972)
Edwin O'Connor
1968
American journalist and novelist
Lalla Carlsen
1967
Norwegian singer and actress (1889–1967)
Mae Murray
1965
Actress, dancer, film producer, screenwriter (1885–1965)
Peter Lorre
1964
Hungarian and American actor (1904–1964)
Thoralf Skolem
1963
Norwegian mathematician
Albert Bloch
1961
American artist (1882–1961)
Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1887)
1961
English cricketer (1887–1961)
Franklin P. Adams
1960
American newspaper columnist (1881–1960)
Said Nursi
1960
Kurdish scholar of Islam (1877–1960)
Artur Bernardes
1955
President of Brazil from 1922 to 1926
Raoul Dufy
1953
French painter (1877-1953)
Oskar Luts
1953
Estonian writer and playwright
Gilbert N. Lewis
1946
American physical chemist (1875–1946)
Shivaram Rajguru
1931
Indian anti-colonial revolutionary and independence activist (1908–1931)
Bhagat Singh
1931
Indian revolutionary (1907–1931)
Sukhdev Thapar
1931
Indian revolutionary (1907–1931)
Paul César Helleu
1927
French painter (1859–1927)
Hovhannes Tumanyan
1923
Armenian author, poet, novelist, and public activist (1869–1923)
Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès
1914
Lebanese Maronite nun and saint (1832–1914)
Nadar
1910
French photographer and balloonist (1820–1910)
1800s
Henry C. Lord
1884
Arthur Macalister
1883
Australian politician (1818–1883)
Manuel Robles Pezuela
1862
President of Mexico from 1858 to 1859
Stendhal
1842
French writer (1783–1842)
Paul I of Russia
1801
Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801
Before 1800
Luís António Verney
1792
Charles Carroll (barrister)
1783
American politician (1723-1783)
Johann Jakob Wettstein
1754
Swiss theologian (1693–1754)
Johann Gottfried Walther
1748
German music theorist and musician (1684–1748)
Claude Alexandre, Count of Bonneval
1747
French and Ottoman army officer (1675–1747)
Jean-Baptiste Dubos
1742
French author, diplomat and art critic
Zebi Hirsch Kaidanover
1712
Lithuanian-born rabbi and writer (c. 1650 – 1712)
Nicolas Fouquet
1680
French official (1615–1680)
Anthoni van Noordt
1675
Dutch composer and organist
Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland
1629
English landowner and politician
James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn
1618
Scottish earl and undertaker in Ireland (1575–1618)
Justus Lipsius
1606
Flemish philologist, philosopher and humanist (1547–1606)
Henry Unton
1596
English diplomat (c.1557–1596)
Gelawdewos
1559
Emperor of Ethiopia from 1540 to 1559
Pope Julius III
1555
Head of the Catholic Church from 1550 to 1555
Itagaki Nobukata
1548
Japanese Samurai (1489–1548)
Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine
1483
Duchess of Lorraine in 1473
Peter of Castile
1369
King of Castile and León (1350–1366, 1367–1369)
Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster
1361
English statesman, diplomat, soldier and Christian writer (c. 1310–1361)
Odo I, Duke of Burgundy
1103
Duke of Burgundy
Emperor Zhenzong
1022
Emperor of Song China from 997 to 1022
Zhou Chi
851
Chinese chancellor (793–851)
AD 59
59
Calendar year