Deaths on 23 October
2000s
June Lockhart
2025
American actress (1925–2025)
Geoff Capes
2024
English shot putter and strongman (1949–2024)
Gary Indiana
2024
American writer, playwright and poet (1950–2024)
Jack Jones (American singer)
2024
American singer and actor (1938–2024)
Aira Samulin
2023
Finnish dance teacher and businesswoman (1927–2023)
Bishan Singh Bedi
2023
Indian cricketer (1946–2023)
Adriano Moreira
2022
Portuguese politician (1922–2022)
Jerry Jeff Walker
2020
American country singer (1942–2020)
Todd Reid
2018
Australian tennis player (1984–2018)
Walter Lassally
2017
British filmmaker (1926–2017)
Jack Chick
2016
American cartoonist (1924–2016)
Wim van der Voort
2016
Dutch speed skater
Pete Burns
2016
English singer (1959–2016)
Leon Bibb (musician)
2015
American folk singer (1922–2015)
Roger De Clerck
2015
Belgian entrepreneur (1924–2015)
Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940)
2015
Canadian ice hockey player
Fred Sands
2015
American business executive and real estate investor
Ghulam Azam
2014
Bangladeshi writer and politician (1922–2014)
John Bramlett
2014
American football player (1941–2014)
Bernard Mayes
2014
British broadcaster, academic and writer (1929–2014)
Joan Quigley
2014
American astrologer (1927–2014)
Tullio Regge
2014
Italian theoretical physicist (1931–2014)
Alvin Stardust
2014
English singer (1942–2014)
Wes Bialosuknia
2013
American basketball player
Anthony Caro
2013
English sculptor (1924–2013)
Niall Donohue
2013
Irish hurler
Gypie Mayo
2013
English guitarist and songwriter (1951–2013)
Bill Mazer
2013
American television and radio personality
William Joel Blass
2012
American judge
Wilhelm Brasse
2012
Polish photographer (1917–2012)
Roland de la Poype
2012
French soldier (1920–2012)
Sunil Gangopadhyay
2012
Indian poet and author (1934–2012)
Michael Marra (singer-songwriter)
2012
Musical artist
Herbert A. Hauptman
2011
American mathematician (1917–2011)
Marco Simoncelli
2011
Italian motorcycle racer (1987–2011)
Fran Crippen
2010
American swimmer (1984–2010)
Stanley Tanger
2010
American businessman
Lou Jacobi
2009
Canadian character actor (1913–2009)
Kevin Finnegan
2008
English boxer
John Ilhan
2007
Australian businessman (1965–2007)
Lim Goh Tong
2007
Malaysian Chinese businessman and entrepreneur
Lebo Mathosa
2006
Musical artist
William Hootkins
2005
American actor (1948–2005)
John Muth
2005
American economist
Stella Obasanjo
2005
First Lady of Nigeria (1999–2005)
Robert Merrill
2004
Opera singer and actor (1917–2004)
Bill Nicholson (footballer)
2004
English footballer & manager (1919–2004)
Tony Capstick
2003
English actor (1944–2003)
Soong Mei-ling
2003
Wife of Chiang Kai-shek (1898–2003)
Adolph Green
2002
American dramatist (1914–2002)
Josh Kirby
2001
British writer and illustrator
Daniel Wildenstein
2001
French art dealer and historian
Yokozuna (wrestler)
2000
American professional wrestler (1966–2000)
1900s
Eric Reece
1999
Australian politician
Barnett Slepian
1998
American physician and murder victim
Eric Ambler
1998
English writer (1909–1998)
Bert Haanstra
1997
Dutch film director (1916–1997)
Bob Grim (baseball)
1996
American baseball player (1930–1996)
Robert Lansing (actor)
1994
American actor (1928–1994)
Thomas Williams (writer)
1990
American writer
Armida (actress)
1989
Mexican actress (1911–1989)
Asashio Tarō III
1988
Japanese sumo wrestler
Edward Adelbert Doisy
1986
American biochemist
Oskar Werner
1984
Austrian actor (1922–1984)
Jessica Savitch
1983
American television news reporter (1947–1983)
Tibor Rosenbaum
1980
Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman
Maybelle Carter
1978
American country musician (1909–1978)
Marjorie Maynard
1975
British illustrator and farmer
Tommy Edwards
1969
American singer-songwriter (1922–1969)
Frank Luther Mott
1964
American historian and journalist (1886–1964)
George Bouzianis
1959
Greek painter (1885–1959)
Gerda Lundequist
1959
Swedish actress
Adrien de Noailles, 8th Duke of Noailles
1953
French duke
Al Jolson
1950
American entertainer (1886–1950)
Charles Barkla
1944
British physicist (1877–1944)
Hana Brady
1944
Czech Holocaust victim
Wakashima Gonshirō
1943
Japanese sumo wrestler
Ralph Rainger
1942
American songwriter
Zane Grey
1939
American novelist (1872–1939)
Charles Demuth
1935
American painter (1883–1935)
John Boyd Dunlop
1921
Scottish inventor and veterinary surgeon
Eugène Grasset
1917
Swiss decorative artist (1845–1917)
Richard McFadden
1916
Scottish footballer
W. G. Grace
1915
English cricketer (1848–1915)
Chulalongkorn
1910
King of Siam from 1868 to 1910
1800s
Alexander of Battenberg
1893
Prince of Bulgaria from 1879 to 1886
Charles S. West
1885
American judge (1829–1885)
Théophile Gautier
1872
French poet, dramatist and novelist (1811–1872)
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
1869
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852; 1858-59; 1866-68)
Franz Bopp
1867
German philologist (1791–1876)
Georg August Wallin
1852
Finnish orientalist, explorer and professor (1811–1852)
Before 1800
Michel Benoist
1774
Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, comte Dubois de la Motte
1764
Anne Oldfield
1730
English actress (1683–1730)
Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange
1688
French philologist (1610–1688)
Leonhard Hutter
1616
German Lutheran theologian (1563–1616)
Michael Neander
1581
German teacher, mathematician, medical academic and astronomer
Tiedemann Giese
1550
Polish bishop and writer
John of Capistrano
1456
Patron saint of military chaplains
Sweyn III of Denmark
1157
King of Denmark from 1146 to 1157
Abu as-Salt
1134
Andalusian-Arab polymath
Emperor Yōzei
949
Emperor of Japan from 876 to 884
Hyejong of Goryeo
945
King of Goryeo from 943 to 945
Emperor Daigo
930
Emperor of Japan from 897 to 930
Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya
902
Emir of Ifriqiya from 875 to 902
Yazaman al-Khadim
891
Ignatios of Constantinople
877
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 847 to 858 and from 867 to 877
Marcus Junius Brutus
-42
Roman politician and assassin of Julius Caesar (85–42 BC)