History Deaths on October 23

Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

#Herbert_A._Hauptman

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)

#Edward_Smith-Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby

Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)

#Charles_Glover_Barkla

Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish-born Franciscan, compiler of the Florentine Codex of Aztecs history in Mexico (b. 1499)

#Bernardino_de_Sahagún

Bill Nicholson, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1919)

#Bill_Nicholson_(footballer)

Sweyn III, Danish king (b. c. 1125)

#Sweyn_III_of_Denmark

Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (b. 1480)

#Tiedemann_Giese

Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)

#Chulalongkorn

Leon Bibb, American-Canadian singer (b. 1922)

#Leon_Bibb_(musician)

Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)

#Gerda_Lundequist

Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)

#Bert_Haanstra

Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

#Michael_Marra

Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)

#Théophile_Gautier

Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (b. 1934)

#Sunil_Gangopadhyay

Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)

#Armida_(actress)

Roland de la Poype, French soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

#Roland_de_la_Poype

Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)

#Charles_Demuth

Robert Merrill, American actor and singer (b. 1919)

#Robert_Merrill

Wakashima Gonshir?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)

#Wakashima_Gonshir?

Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918)

#Lim_Goh_Tong

Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1922)

#Ghulam_Azam

Y?zei, Japanese emperor (b. 869)

#Emperor_Y?zei

Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)

#Al_Jolson

Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1909)

#Eric_Reece

Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)

#Alexander_of_Battenberg

Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)

#Zane_Grey

Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)

#Maybelle_Carter

W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)

#W._G._Grace

Wim van der Voort, Dutch speed skater (b. 1923)

#Wim_van_der_Voort

John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)

#John_Boyd_Dunlop

Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (b. 1905)

#Christian_Dior

Soong Mei-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-shek, 2nd First Lady of the Republic of China (b. 1898)

#Soong_Mei-ling

William Hootkins, American actor (b. 1948)

#William_Hootkins

Alvin Stardust, English singer and actor (b. 1942)

#Alvin_Stardust

Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)

#Charles_du_Fresne,_sieur_du_Cange

Anthony Caro, English sculptor and academic (b. 1924)

#Anthony_Caro

Bob Grim, American baseball player (b. 1930)

#Bob_Grim_(baseball)

George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)

#George_Bouzianis

William Joel Blass, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)

#William_Joel_Blass

Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)

#Eugène_Grasset

Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (b. 1959)

#Pete_Burns

Walter Lassally, German cinematographer (b. 1926)

#Walter_Lassally

Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)

#Franz_Bopp

Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1987)

#Marco_Simoncelli

Robert Lansing, American actor (b. 1928)

#Robert_Lansing_(actor)

Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)

#Edward_Adelbert_Doisy

Asashio Tar? III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929)

#Asashio_Tar?_III

Ignatios of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (b. 797)

#Ignatios_of_Constantinople

John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (b. 1386)

#John_of_Capistrano

Daigo, Japanese emperor (b. 885)

#Emperor_Daigo

Yokozuna, American wrestler (b. 1966)

#Yokozuna_(wrestler)

Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)

#Anne_Oldfield

Adolph Green, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1915)

#Adolph_Green

Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)

#Oskar_Werner

Bernard Mayes, English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929)

#Bernard_Mayes

Jim Roberts, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1940)

#Jim_Roberts_(ice_hockey,_born_1940)

Leonhard Hutter, German theologian and academic (b. 1563)

#Leonhard_Hutter

Todd Reid, Australian tennis player (b. 1984)

Jack Chick, American cartoonist and publisher (b. 1924)

Fred Sands, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Museum of Contemporary Art (b. 1938)

Roger De Clerck, Belgian businessman (b. 1924)

Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931)

Joan Quigley, American astrologer and author (b. 1927)

John Bramlett, American football player (b. 1941)

Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)

Gypie Mayo, English guitarist and songwriter (Dr. Feelgood and The Yardbirds) (b. 1951)

Niall Donohue, Irish hurler (b. 1990)

Wes Bialosuknia, American basketball player (b. 1945)

Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (b. 1917)

Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (b. 1923)

Fran Crippen, American swimmer (b. 1984)

Lou Jacobi, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)

Kevin Finnegan, English boxer (b. 1948)

John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (b. 1965)

Lebo Mathosa, South African singer (Boom Shaka) (b. 1977)

Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian wife of Olusegun Obasanjo, 10th First Lady of Nigeria (b. 1945)

John Muth, American economist and academic (b. 1930)

Tony Capstick, English actor and singer (b. 1944)

Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (b. 1917)

Josh Kirby, English illustrator (b. 1928)

Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)

Thomas Williams, American author and academic (b. 1926)

Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)

Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)

Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)

Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)

Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)

Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)

Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)

Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)

Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)

Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)

Abu al-Salt, Andalusian polymath

Hyejong of Goryeo, Korean king (b. 912)

Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (b. 850)

Yazaman al-Khadim, Abbasid general and politician

Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, Roman general and politician (b. 85 BC)