July 23 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1227 – Qiu Chuji, Chinese founder of the Dragon Gate Taoism (b. 1148)
• 1373 – Bridget of Sweden, Swedish mystic and saint, founder of the Bridgettine Order (b. 1303)
• 1403 – Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, English nobleman and rebel (b. 1343)
• 1531 – Louis de Brézé, seigneur d'Anet, French nobleman
• 1536 – Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (b. 1519)
• 1562 – Götz von Berlichingen, German knight and mercenary (b. 1480)
• 1584 – John Day, English printer (b. 1522)
• 1692 – Gilles Ménage, French scholar (b. 1613)
• 1727 – Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, English statesman, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1661)
• 1757 – Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1685)
• 1764 – Gilbert Tennent, Irish-American religious leader (b. 1703)
• 1773 – George Edwards, English naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1693)
• 1781 – John Joachim Zubly, Swiss-American politician (b. 1724)
• 1793 – Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1721)
• 1833 – Anselmo de la Cruz, Chilean politician (b. 1777)
• 1853 – Andries Pretorius, South African Boer leader (b. 1798)
• 1875 – Isaac Singer, American inventor and businessman, founded the Singer Corporation (b. 1811)
• 1878 – Baron Carl von Rokitansky, Bohemian physician, pathologist, philosopher, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1885 – Ulysses S. Grant, American soldier and politician, 18th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1916 – William Ramsay, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1919 – Spyridon Lambros, Greek historian and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1920 – Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher (b. 1835)
• 1924 – Frank Frost Abbott, American scholar (b. 1850)
• 1926 – Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter (b. 1848)
• 1930 – Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer (b. 1878)
• 1932 – Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (b. 1884)
• 1941 – George Lyman Kittredge, American scholar and educator (b. 1860)
• 1942 – Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1942 – Andy Ducat, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
• 1948 – D. W. Griffith, American director (b. 1875)
• 1951 – Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)
• 1951 – Philippe Pétain, French general and politician (b. 1856)
• 1954 – Herman Groman, American athlete (b. 1882)
• 1955 – Cordell Hull, American politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1957 – Bob Shiring, American football player (b. 1870)
• 1966 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1968 – Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1971 – Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1973 – Eddie Rickenbacker, American fighter ace, founder of Rickenbacker Motors (b. 1890)
• 1979 – Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Sarto Fournier, Canadian politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
• 1980 – Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player (Grateful Dead and Heart of Gold Band) (b. 1948)
• 1980 – Mollie Steimer, Russian-American anarchist and activist (b. 1897)
• 1982 – Giorgos Gavriilidis, Greek actor (b. 1906)
• 1982 – Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)
• 1983 – Georges Auric, French composer (b. 1899)
• 1985 – Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. 1923)
• 1989 – Donald Barthelme, American journalist and author (b. 1931)
• 1990 – Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese television designer (b. 1899)
• 1993 – James R. Jordan, Sr., American soldier, father of Michael Jordan (b. 1936)
• 1996 – Jean Muir, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1996 – Aliki Vougiouklaki, Greek actress (b. 1934)
• 1997 – Chūhei Nambu, Japanese long jumper (b. 1904)
• 1999 – Hassan II of Morocco (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Eudora Welty, American writer (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Leo McKern, Australian actor (b. 1920)
• 2002 – William Luther Pierce, American White separatist and writer (b. 1933)
• 2002 – Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (b. 1929)
• 2003 – James E. Davis, American police officer and councilman (b. 1962)
• 2003 – Yvonne Sanson, Greek actress (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1932)
• 2004 – Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (b. 1925)
• 2004 – Piero Piccioni, Italian pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Serge Reggiani, Italian-French singer and actor (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Ted Greene, American guitarist and teacher (Bluesberry Jam) (b. 1946)
• 2006 – Jean-Paul Desbiens, Canadian writer and journalist (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Tor Kamata, American-Canadian wrestler (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Ron Miller, American songwriter and producer (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, Afghan king (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Daniel Schorr, American journalist (b. 1916)
• 2011 – Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (b. 1983)
• 2012 – Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Seppo Liitsola, Finnish ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Ernie Machin, English footballer (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Margaret Mahy, New Zealand author (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Frank Pierson, American screenwriter and director (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Sally Ride, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1951)
• 2012 – Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian freedom fighter and politician (b. 1914)
• 2012 – John Treloar, Australian sprinter (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Esther Tusquets, Spanish publisher and writer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – José Luis Uribarri, Spanish television host and director (b. 1936)