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23 Aug 0634
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death
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Aboe Bekr Abd Allah [al-Siddik]: Friend / successor of Mohammed
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23 Aug 1328
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death
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Nicolaas Zannekin: Leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle
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23 Aug 1507
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death
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Jean Molinet: Burgundy Historian (Chroniques), dies at about 72
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23 Aug 1618
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death
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Gerbrant A Bredero: Poet / playwright (Moortje), dies at 33
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23 Aug 1628
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death
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George Viliers: 1st Duke of Buckingham, assassinated by Felton at 36
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23 Aug 1668
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death
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Artus Quellinus: Flemish Sculptor (Amsterdam townhall)
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23 Aug 1723
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death
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Antoine Mouque: Composer, dies at 64
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23 Aug 1777
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death
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Giuseppe Sellitto: Composer, dies at 77
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23 Aug 1802
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death
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Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter: Composer, dies at 51
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23 Aug 1806
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death
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Charles Augustin de Coulomb: French physicist (coulometrie), dies at 70
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23 Aug 1819
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death
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Oliver Hazard Perry naval hero, dies on 34th birthday
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23 Aug 1825
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death
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Amos Bull: Composer, dies at 81
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23 Aug 1831
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death
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August WA Grave von Gneisenau: Prussian Field Marshal, dies at 70
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23 Aug 1839
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death
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Charles Philippe Lafont: Composer, dies at 57
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23 Aug 1878
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death
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Adolf Fredrik Lindblad: Composer, dies at 77
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23 Aug 1898
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death
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Joseph Robinson: Composer, dies at 82
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23 Aug 1903
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death
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Paul J C Gabriel: Dutch water colors Painter / etcher, dies at 75
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23 Aug 1914
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death
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Felix Fivet: Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks
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23 Aug 1914
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death
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George A Pogson: British consul in Puerto Rico
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23 Aug 1926
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death
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Rudolph Valentino: Silent movie idol (Sheik), dies in New York at 31
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23 Aug 1926
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death
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Rodolpho Alfonzo Rafaello Pietro Filiberto Guglieimi Di Valentina
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23 Aug 1927
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death
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Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed in Mass
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23 Aug 1929
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death
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Charles Van de Woestijne: Flemish writer / Poet (God on Sea)
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23 Aug 1933
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death
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Adolph Loos: Austrian architect, dies at 62
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23 Aug 1937
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death
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Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel: Composer, dies at 68
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23 Aug 1939
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death
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Sidney Coe Howard: Playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies at 48
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23 Aug 1943
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death
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Johann P Zilcher: German composer, dies at 88
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23 Aug 1944
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death
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Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets: Composer, dies at 63
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23 Aug 1958
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death
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Martin du Gard: Writer
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23 Aug 1960
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death
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Oscar Hammerstein II Broadway librettist, dies at 65
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23 Aug 1962
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death
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Hoot Gibson: Silent screen cowboy actor (Last Outlaw), dies at 70
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23 Aug 1962
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death
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Irving Fine: Composer (Toccata), dies at 47
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23 Aug 1965
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death
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John Bata: Czech shoe manufacturer, dies at 67
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23 Aug 1966
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death
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Francis Xavier Bushman: Actor (Ben-Hur), dies at 83
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23 Aug 1970
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death
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Nel Rose: Dancer, dies at 55
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23 Aug 1971
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death
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Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo: Composer, dies at 58
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23 Aug 1971
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death
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Oliver F McGowan: Actor (Banning, Stagecoach), dies at 64
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23 Aug 1972
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death
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Balis Dvarionas: Composer, dies at 68
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23 Aug 1975
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death
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Hank Patterson actor (Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 87
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23 Aug 1979
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death
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Richard Hearne: Actor (Captain Horatio Hornblower), dies at 70
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23 Aug 1982
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death
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Alberto Cavalcanti: Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85
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23 Aug 1982
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death
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Stanford Moore: US biochemist (Nobel 1977)
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23 Aug 1986
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death
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Charles Janssens: Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80
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23 Aug 1987
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death
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Siegfried Borris: Composer, dies at 80
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23 Aug 1989
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death
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Helen le Clerq: Dutch dancer
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23 Aug 1989
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death
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Ronald Laing: British psychiatrist (anti-psychiatry)
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23 Aug 1989
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death
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Yusef Hawkins shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst because he's black
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23 Aug 1990
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death
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David Rose: Composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80
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23 Aug 1991
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death
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Florence B Seibert: Bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93
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23 Aug 1992
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death
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Malcolm Atterbury: Actor (7 Days in May, Wild River), dies at 85
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23 Aug 1992
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death
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Virginia Sale-Wren: Entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92
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23 Aug 1993
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death
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Charles Scorsese: Actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80
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23 Aug 1993
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death
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Edwina Lewis: Actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack at 42
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23 Aug 1993
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death
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Victorine Hefting: Historian / Wife of Bert Baker, dies at 88
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23 Aug 1994
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death
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Henri Rousselot: Admiral, dies at 82
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23 Aug 1994
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death
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Paolo Volponi: Italian communist / Author (Machina Mondiale), dies at 70
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23 Aug 1994
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death
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Rabah Stambouli: Algerian sociologist / politician, murdered at 65
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23 Aug 1994
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death
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Richard Jock Kinneir: Graphic designer, dies at 77
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23 Aug 1995
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death
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Alfred Eisenstaedt: Photojournalist, dies at 96
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23 Aug 1995
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death
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Arthur Holt: Politician, dies at 81
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23 Aug 1995
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death
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Dwayne Rudolph Goettel: Musician, dies at 31
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23 Aug 1995
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death
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Hedda J Garza: Writer / political activist, dies at 66
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23 Aug 1995
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death
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James Pilditch: Designer, dies at 66
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23 Aug 1995
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death
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Johnny Carey: Soccer star, dies at 76
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23 Aug 1995
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death
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Vincent Gordon Lindsay White: Tycoon, dies at 72
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23 Aug 1997
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death
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Eric Gairy: Prime Minister of Grenada (1974-79)
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