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History Deaths on September 23

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History Deaths on September 23

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Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

#Richard_Adolf_Zsigmondy

In 1929

Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)

#Francisco_León_de_la_Barra

In 1939

Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)

#Vincenzo_Bellini

In 1835

Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)

#Aurelio_Rodríguez

In 2000

Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)

#Snorri_Sturluson

In 1241

Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (b. 1918)

#Glendon_Swarthout

In 1992

Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)

#Cliff_Arquette

In 1974

Paul B. Fay, American sailor and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1918)

#Paul_B._Fay

In 2009

Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (b. 915)

#Al-Mutanabbi

In 965

James Van Fleet, American general (b. 1892)

#James_Van_Fleet

In 1992

Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1913)

#Al_Suomi

In 2014

Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)

#Sam_Barry

In 1950

Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)

#Émilie_Gamelin

In 1851

Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)

#Azai_Hisamasa

In 1573

Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)

#Louis-Joseph_Papineau

In 1871

Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)

#Hale_Holden

In 1940

Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)

#Johan_Ernst_Gunnerus

In 1773

Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)

#Herman_Boerhaave

In 1738

Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)

#Donato_Álvarez

In 1913

Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)

#Peter_Leonard_(journalist)

In 2008

Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)

#Jacob_Nicol

In 1958

Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930)

#Dayananda_Saraswati_(Arsha_Vidya)

In 2015

William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)

#William_Marsh_Rice

In 1900

Madeleine Renaud, French actress (b. 1900)

#Madeleine_Renaud

In 1994

Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1513)

#Catherine_of_Saxe-Lauenburg

In 1535

John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)

#John_Jewel

In 1571

Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)

#Etta_Baker

In 2006

Charles, Prince of Viana, King of Navarre (b. 1421)

#Charles,_Prince_of_Viana

In 1461

Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)

#Sigmund_Freud

In 1939

Ruth Patrick, American botanist and immunologist (b. 1907)

#Ruth_Patrick

In 2013

John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)

#John_I,_Duke_of_Lorraine

In 1390

Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1373)

#Adolph_I,_Duke_of_Cleves

In 1448

Gary Kurtz, American film producer (b. 1940)

#Gary_Kurtz

In 2018

Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (b. 1925)

#Abdel_Hamid_al-Sarraj

In 2013

Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)

#Wilkie_Collins

In 1889

Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (b. 1603)

#Valentin_Conrart

In 1675

José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)

#José_Gervasio_Artigas

In 1850

Beatrice of Provence, countess regnant of Provence (b. 1234)

#Beatrice_of_Provence

In 1267

Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)

#Stanislaus_Zbyszko

In 1967

Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933)

#Filiberto_Ojeda_Ríos

In 2005

John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)

#John_Ainsworth_Horrocks

In 1846

Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)

#Jakob_Schaffner

In 1944

Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

#Pablo_Neruda

In 1973

Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Minister of Defence for Russia (b. 1948)

#Pavel_Grachev

In 2012

Beatrice of Naples, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1457)

#Beatrice_of_Naples

In 1508

Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1927)

#Bob_Fosse

In 1987

Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (b. 1912)

#Tibor_Sekelj

In 1988

Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)

#Robert_Dodsley

In 1764

Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)

#Werner_Voss

In 1917

Wenceslaus I of Bohemia

#Wenceslaus_I_of_Bohemia

In 1253

Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)

#Prosper_Mérimée

In 1870

Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)

#Billy_Reay

In 2004

Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)

#Christian_Thomasius

In 1728

Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)

#Yuri_Senkevich

In 2003

Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)

#Urbain_Le_Verrier

In 1877

Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)

#Robert_Bloch

In 1994

Ælfwald I, king of Northumbria

#Ælfwald_I_of_Northumbria

In 788

Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (b.1942)

In 2018

Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (b. 1933)

In 2018

Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (b. 1934)

In 2014

Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (b. 1934)

In 2014

A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)

In 2014

Gil Dozier, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)

In 2013

Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (b. 1920)

In 2012

Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (b. 1966)

In 2012

Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (b. 1941)

In 2012

Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1937)

In 2012

Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941)

In 2010

Loren Pope, American journalist and author (b. 1910)

In 2008

Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921)

In 2006

Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)

In 2001

Raoul Berger, American attorney and law professor (b. 1901)

In 2000

Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)

In 2000

Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)

In 1999

Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)

In 1998

Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)

In 1998

Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (b. 1906)

In 1997

Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)

In 1994

Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (b. 1927)

In 1992

Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (b. 1899)

In 1981

Catherine Lacey, English actress (b. 1904)

In 1979

Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (b. 1950)

In 1978

Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)

In 1974

James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)

In 1971

Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)

In 1968

Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)

In 1943

Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)

In 1873

John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)

In 1789

Pontus de Tyard, French priest and poet (b. 1521)

In 1605

Dan I of Wallachia

In 1386

Robert de Sablé, French knight

In 1193

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