History Deaths on April 23

John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)

#John_Mills

Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103)

#Adeliza_of_Louvain

William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)

#William_Wordsworth

William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (b. 1564)

#William_Shakespeare

Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (b. 1967)

#Francis_Tsai

Earl Wilson, American baseball player, coach and educator (b. 1934)

#Earl_Wilson_(baseball)

Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of State (b. 1924)

#Max_van_der_Stoel

Adalbert of Prague, Czech bishop, missionary, and saint (b. 956)

#Adalbert_of_Prague

Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)

#Harold_Arlen

Minamoto no Tametomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1139)

#Minamoto_no_Tametomo

Bak Jungyang, Korean politician

#Bak_Jungyang

Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (b. 1915)

#Inge_King

Antonio Maccanico, Italian banker and politician (b. 1924)

#Antonio_Maccanico

Domenico della Rovere, Catholic cardinal (b. 1442)

#Domenico_della_Rovere

F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921)

#F._Michael_Rogers

Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)

#Otto_Preminger

Childebert III, Frankish king (b. 670)

#Childebert_III

Béla III of Hungary (b. c.1148)

#Béla_III_of_Hungary

Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)

#Gédéon_Ouimet

Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (b. 1944)

#Richard_Corliss

Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)

#Karl_Friedrich_Bahrdt

Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)

#Red_Garland

LeRoy T. Walker, American football player and coach (b. 1918)

#LeRoy_T._Walker

Æthelred the Unready, English son of Edgar the Peaceful (b. 968)

#Æthelred_the_Unready

P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)

#P._L._Travers

Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)

#Josep_Pla

Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (b. 1913)

#Jean_Victor_Allard

Joan of Acre (b. 1272)

#Joan_of_Acre

Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (b. 1551)

#Boris_Godunov

Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (b. 1943)

#Robert_W._Edgar

Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931)

#Boris_Yeltsin

David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)

#David_Halberstam

Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959)

#Michael_Glawogger

Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)

#Maurice,_Prince_of_Orange

Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (b. 1929)

#Peter_Porter_(poet)

Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (b. 1950)

#Pierre_Claude_Nolin

Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)

#Teresa_de_la_Parra

Brian Boru, Irish king (b. 941)

#Brian_Boru

Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)

#Rupert_Brooke

Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)

#Jacques_Félix_Emmanuel_Hamelin

Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)

#Alexander_I_of_Scotland

James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928)

#James_Earl_Ray

Bob Brozman, American guitarist (b. 1954)

#Bob_Brozman

Ray Jackson, Australian activist (b. 1941)

#Ray_Jackson_(Aboriginal_activist)

Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)

#Johnny_Thunders

Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)

#Solomon_I_of_Imereti

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)

#Guillaume-Chrétien_de_Lamoignon_de_Malesherbes

Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister from 1995-1996 (b. 1932)

#Banharn_Silpa-archa

Saint George, Roman soldier and martyr (b. 275)

#Saint_George

Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)

#Olivier_de_Clisson

Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)

#Buster_Crabbe

Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911)

#Connie_Marrero

Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (b. 1912)

#Jaap_Havekotte

John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)

#John_C._Stennis

Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)

#Paulette_Goddard

Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)

#Margaret_Fell

Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (b. 1927)

#Cesar_Chavez

Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)

#Sam_Ervin

Denis Compton, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1918)

#Denis_Compton

Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)

#Charles_G._Dawes

Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)

#Georgios_Karaiskakis

Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)

#Frank_W._J._Olver

Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)

#Konstantinos_Karamanlis

Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1912)

#Tanka_Prasad_Acharya

James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (b. 1922)

#James_Casey_(variety_artist)

George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)

#George_Ohsawa

Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)

#Alferd_Packer

Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)

#Howard_Cosell

Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)

#Joh_Bjelke-Petersen

Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

#Satyajit_Ray

Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)

#Carl_Ludwig

Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, English politician and nobleman (b. c. 1338)

#Aubrey_de_Vere,_10th_Earl_of_Oxford

Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (b. 1130)

#Zhu_Xi

Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, American soprano singer and presenter (b.1983)

Jim Steffen, American football player (b. 1936)

Patric Standford, English composer and educator (b. 1939)

Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951)

Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (b. 1946)

Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist and scholar (b. 1907)

Tony Grealish, English footballer (b. 1956)

Raymond Thorsteinsson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1921)

Chris Ethridge, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1947)

Billy Bryans, Canadian drummer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)

Lillemor Arvidsson, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th Governor of Gotland (b. 1943)

John Sullivan, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)

Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English businessman and politician (b. 1921)

Tom King, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)

Peter Randall, English sergeant (b. 1930)

Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)

Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (b. 1940)

Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)

Al Grassby, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1928)

Robert Farnon, Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor (b. 1917)

Herman Veenstra, Dutch water polo player (b. 1911)

Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer (b. 1910)

Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player (b. 1920)

Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (b. 1904)

Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)

Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)

Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)

George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)

Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)

Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)

James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)

Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)

Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet (b. 1523)

Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi

Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)

Ekkehard II, Swiss monk and abbot

Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman

Yang Shihou, Chinese general

Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837)

Wihtred of Kent (b. 670)