Died on
Who died on August 23
103 figures who shaped history died on August 23.
- 103deaths
- 69events
Best known
Best known
Caesarion
Pharaoh of Egypt from 44 to 30 BC
Marcus Antonius Antyllus
Son of Roman Triumvir Marc Antony (47–30 BC)
Radagaisus
Gothic king (died 406)
Abu Bakr
Rashidun caliph from 632 to 634
Emperor Rokujō
Emperor of Japan from 1165 to 1168
William Wallace
Scottish knight
Caesarion — Pharaoh of Egypt from 44 to 30 BC, who died on August 23 30 BC.
Marcus Antonius Antyllus — Son of Roman Triumvir Marc Antony (47–30 BC), who died on August 23 30 BC.
Radagaisus — Gothic king (died 406), who died on August 23 406.
Abu Bakr — Rashidun caliph from 632 to 634, who died on August 23 634.
Emperor Rokujō — Emperor of Japan from 1165 to 1168, who died on August 23 1176.
William Wallace — Scottish knight, who died on August 23 1305.
All entries
- 93AAD 93Calendar year
- 992VVolkoldBishop of Meissen
- 1106
Magnus, Duke of SaxonyDuke of Saxony - 1328
Nicolaas Zannekin14th-century Flemish peasant and leader of a 1323-28 revolt in Flanders
- 1329
Frederick IV of LorraineDuke of Lorraine from 1312 to 1328 - 1335HHeilwige BloemardinneChristian mystic (1265?–1335)
- 1348
John de StratfordEnglish clergyman and official (c.1275–1348) - 1363CChen YouliangFounder and first emperor of Chen Han (r. 1360–63)
- 1367
Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz14th-century Spanish cardinal and archbishop - 1478JJohannes PulloisFranco-Flemish composer
- 1481
Thomas de LittletonEnglish judge (c. 1407–1481) - 1498
Isabella of Aragon, Queen of PortugalQueen of Portugal from 1497 to 1498 - 1507
Jean MolinetFrench poet - 1519
Philibert Berthelier (Geneva patriot)Swiss patriot
- 1540
Guillaume BudéFrench scholar, humanist and administrator - 1568TThomas Wharton, 1st Baron WhartonEnglish nobleman
- 1574
Ebussuud EfendiOttoman chief jurist - 1591
Luis de LeónSpanish poet and friar - 1618
Gerbrand BrederoDutch poet and playwright - 1628
George Villiers, 1st Duke of BuckinghamEnglish courtier and statesman - 1652
John Byron, 1st Baron ByronEnglish politician and army officer - 1706
Edward Nott - 1723
Increase MatherPuritan minister, academic and activist - 1806
Charles-Augustin de CoulombFrench physicist - 1813
Alexander Wilson (ornithologist)Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator - 1819
Oliver Hazard PerryUnited States Navy officer - 1831
Ferenc KazinczyHungarian author - 1831
August Neidhardt von GneisenauGeneralfeldmarschall of Prussian Army - 1845TThomas R. GrayAmerican attorney and author
- 1853AAlexander Calder (mayor)American politician
- 1867
Auguste-Marseille BarthélemyFrench poet - 1880
William Thompson (boxer)Boxer from Nottingham, England - 1892
Deodoro da FonsecaPresident of Brazil from 1889 to 1891 - 1900
Kuroda KiyotakaPrime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889 - 1924
Heinrich BertéAustria-Hungarian composer of operas and operettas - 1926
Rudolph ValentinoItalian actor - 1927
Sacco and VanzettiItalian American anarchist duo executed by Massachusetts - 1927
Sacco and VanzettiItalian American anarchist duo executed by Massachusetts - 1933
Adolf LoosAustrian and Czechoslovak architect and theorist of modern architecture - 1937
Albert RousselFrench composer - 1944
Abdülmecid IIOttoman caliph from 1922 to 1924 - 1944
Stefan FilipkiewiczPolish artist - 1949
Helen Churchill CandeeAmerican novelist - 1954
Jaan SarvEstonian mathematician - 1960
Oscar Hammerstein IIAmerican librettist - 1962
Walter Anderson (folklorist)Baltic German folklorist - 1962
Hoot GibsonAmerican actor - 1964
Edmond HoganAustralian politician - 1966
Francis X. BushmanAmerican actor, director, writer - 1967
Georges BergerBelgian racing driver - 1967
Nathaniel CartmellAmerican athlete - 1974
Roberto AssagioliItalian psychiatrist and pioneer - 1975FFaruk Gürler15th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces from 1972 to 1973
- 1977
Naum GaboSoviet sculptor - 1982
Stanford MooreAmerican biochemist - 1987
Didier PironiFrench racing driver - 1989MMohammed Abdul-HayyPost-colonial Sudanese writer and academic
- 1989
R. D. LaingUnorthodox Scottish psychiatrist - 1990
David Rose (songwriter)English-born American conductor and composer - 1994
Zoltán FábriHungarian film director - 1995
Alfred EisenstaedtGerman-born American photojournalist - 1996MMargaret TuckerAboriginal Australian activist and writer
- 1997
Eric GairyGrenadian politician - 1997
John KendrewEnglish biochemist & crystallographer - 1999
Norman WexlerAmerican screenwriter, script doctor and playwright - 1999
James White (author)Northern Irish science fiction author - 2000
John Anthony Kaiser20th-century American Catholic priest and missionary - 2001
Kathleen FreemanAmerican actress - 2001
Peter MaasAmerican journalist and author - 2002
Hoyt WilhelmAmerican baseball player - 2003
Bobby BondsAmerican baseball player - 2003
Jack DyerAustralian rules footballer - 2003
Jan Sedivka - 2003
Michael Kijana Wamalwa8th Vice President of Kenya - 2005
Brock PetersAmerican actor
- 2006
Maynard FergusonCanadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader - 2008JJohn Russell (art critic)English art critic and journalist
- 2012
Jerry NelsonAmerican puppeteer - 2012JJosepha ShermanAmerican novelist
- 2013RRichard J. CormanU.S. railroad services company founder
- 2013
William GlasserAmerican psychiatrist - 2013
Charles LisanbyAmerican production designer
- 2013
Konstanty MiodowiczPolish politician - 2013
Vesna RožičSlovenian chess player - 2013
Tatyana ZaslavskayaRussian sociologist and economist - 2014
Albert Ebossé BodjongoCameroonian footballer - 2014
Annefleur KalvenhaarDutch cyclist and mountain biker - 2014
Birgitta StenbergSwedish author, translator and illustrator - 2014
Jaume Vallcorba PlanaSpanish philologist - 2015
Augusta ChiwyBelgian nurse - 2015
Guy LigierFrench racing driver - 2015EEnrique ReneauHonduran footballer
- 2015PPaul RoyleAustralian airman
- 2021
Elizabeth BlackadderScottish painter and printmaker - 2023
Dmitry UtkinRussian military officer - 2023
Yevgeny PrigozhinRussian oligarch and mercenary leader - 2023
Terry FunkAmerican wrestler
Frequently asked questions
Who died on August 23?
103 people with a Wikipedia article died on August 23, including Caesarion, Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Radagaisus. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on August 23?
69 documented historical events happened on August 23, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: William Wallace, a leader of Scottish resistance against England during the Wars of Scottish Independence, was hanged, drawn and quartered. On the same day, in another year: King George III issued a proclamation that declared elements of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion". On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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