Died on
Who died on November 23
109 figures who shaped history died on November 23.
- 109deaths
- 50events
Best known
Best known
Eadred
King of the English from 946 to 955
William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
Anglo-Norman nobleman
Louis I, Duke of Orléans
French prince and nobleman
Ladislaus the Posthumous
Duke of Austria, and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (r. 1440–57)
Perkin Warbeck
15th-century pretender to the English throne
Bona of Savoy
15th-century Duchess of Milan
Eadred — King of the English from 946 to 955, who died on November 23 955.
William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester — Anglo-Norman nobleman, who died on November 23 1183.
Louis I, Duke of Orléans — French prince and nobleman, who died on November 23 1407.
Ladislaus the Posthumous — Duke of Austria, and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (r. 1440–57), who died on November 23 1457.
Perkin Warbeck — 15th-century pretender to the English throne, who died on November 23 1499.
Bona of Savoy — 15th-century Duchess of Milan, who died on November 23 1503.
All entries
- 386EEmperor Fei of JinEmperor of Eastern Jin from 365 to 372
- 947
Berthold, Duke of Bavaria - 1161AAdam of Ebrach12th-century Cistercian abbot
- 1464
Blessed Margaret of SavoyMarchioness of Montferrat, Princess of Achaea Roman Catholic saint
- 1503
Margaret of YorkDuchess of Burgundy from 1468 to 1477 - 1534
Beatriz GalindoSpanish educator - 1572
BronzinoItalian Mannerist painter - 1585
Thomas TallisEnglish Renaissance composer (died 1585) - 1616
Richard HakluytEnglish author, editor and translator - 1682
Claude LorrainFrench painter, draughtsman and etcher (d. 1682) - 1763
Friedrich Heinrich von SeckendorffFranconian field marshal and diplomat - 1769
Constantine MavrocordatosPrince of Wallachia and Moldavia
- 1803
Roger NewdigateEnglish politician - 1804
Richard GravesEnglish minister and writer - 1804IIvan Mane JarnovićMusical artist
- 1807
Jean-François RewbellFrench lawyer and diplomat
- 1814
Elbridge GerryFounding Father, U.S. vice president - 1833
Jean-Baptiste JourdanFrench Marshal - 1844
Thomas Henderson (astronomer)Scottish astronomer and mathematician - 1890
William III of the NetherlandsKing of the Netherlands from 1849 to 1890 - 1896
Ichiyō HiguchiJapanese writer - 1899
Thomas Henry IsmayFounder of the White Star Line - 1905
John Burdon-SandersonEnglish physiologist - 1907MMuhammad NaimuddinBengali Islamic scholar (1832–1907/16)
- 1910
Hawley Harvey CrippenAmerican executed homeopath - 1923
Andy O'Sullivan - 1934
Giovanni BruneroItalian cyclist - 1937
Jagadish Chandra BosePhysicist, biologist and botanist
- 1937
George Albert BoulengerBelgian-British zoologist - 1940
Stanley ArgyleAustralian politician - 1958
Nikolaos GeorgantasGreek athletics competitor - 1966
Seán T. O'KellyPresident of Ireland from 1945 to 1959 - 1970
Yusof IshakPresident of Singapore from 1965 to 1970 - 1972
Marie Wilson (American actress)US actress - 1973
Sessue HayakawaJapanese actor - 1974
Abiye AbebeEthiopian politician - 1974
Aman AndomEthiopian general; chairman of the Derg in 1974 - 1974
Aklilu Habte-WoldPrime Minister of Ethiopia from 1961 to 1974 - 1974
Aserate KassaEthiopian noble - 1974
Endelkachew MakonnenPrime Minister of Ethiopia in 1974 - 1974
Cornelius RyanIrish-American journalist and military historian - 1976
André MalrauxFrench novelist, art theorist, and statesman - 1979
Merle OberonAmerican-British actress - 1979
Judee SillAmerican singer-songwriter - 1982GGrady NuttAmerican actor
- 1983JJuhan MuksEstonian artist
- 1983
Waheed MuradPakistani actor, film producer and director - 1984LLeonard BakerAmerican writer
- 1990
Roald DahlBritish writer and poet - 1991
Klaus KinskiGerman actor - 1992
Roy AcuffAmerican country music singer and fiddler
- 1992
Jean-François ThiriartBelgian political theorist - 1994
Art BarrAmerican professional wrestler - 1994IIrwin KostalAmerican musical arranger of films
- 1995
Louis MalleFrench filmmaker - 1995
Junior WalkerAmerican musical artist - 1996
Mohamed AminKenyan photojournalist - 1996
Art Porter Jr.American jazz saxophonist - 1996
Idries ShahAfghan writer and Sufi teacher - 1997
Jorge Mas CanosaCuban-American businessman and lobbyist - 2001
Bo BelinskyAmerican baseball player - 2001
Mary WhitehouseBritish conservative activist - 2002
Roberto MattaChilean painter - 2004
Pete FranklinAmerican sports talk radio host - 2005
Constance CummingsAmerican-British actress - 2005
Frank GatskiAmerican football player - 2006
Jesús BlancornelasMexican journalist - 2006
Nick ClarkeEnglish journalist - 2006
Betty ComdenAmerican dramatist and lyricist - 2006
Alexander LitvinenkoBritish-naturalised Russian defector - 2006
Philippe NoiretFrench actor - 2006
Anita O'DayAmerican jazz singer - 2006
Willie PepAmerican boxer - 2007
Joe Kennedy (baseball)American baseball pitcher - 2007ÓÓscar Sánchez (footballer, born 1971)Bolivian footballer
- 2007RRobert VescoAmerican fraudster
- 2007
Pat Walsh (rugby union)Rugby player - 2009
José Arraño AcevedoChilean journalist and historian - 2010
Nassos DaphnisGreek-American abstract painter, sculptor and tree peony breeder - 2010JJoyce HowardBritish actress
- 2011JJim RathmannAmerican racing driver
- 2012
José Luis BorauSpanish producer, writer, and director - 2012
Chuck DieringAmerican baseball player - 2012
Larry HagmanAmerican actor
- 2012
Diana IsaacNew Zealand conservationist and businesswoman - 2013
Connie BrodenCanadian ice hockey player
- 2013
Costanzo PreveItalian philosopher and political theorist - 2014
Marion BarryMayor of the District of Columbia (1979–1991; 1995–1999) - 2014
Dorothy CheneyAmerican tennis player - 2014
Murray OliverCanadian ice hockey player, coach, and scout
- 2014
Pat Quinn (ice hockey)Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive - 2015JJamiluddin AaliPakistani poet, writer, and scholar
- 2015
Manmeet BhullarCanadian politician - 2015
Douglass NorthAmerican economist and Nobel laureate - 2016
Rita BarberáSpanish politician - 2016
Ralph BrancaAmerican baseball player - 2016
Andrew SachsBritish actor - 2016
Joe Esposito (author)American writer - 2017
Stela PopescuRomanian actress
- 2020
Tarun Gogoi13th Chief minister of Assam
- 2024
Rico CartyDominican baseball player - 2024
Fred R. HarrisAmerican politician - 2024
Chuck WooleryAmerican game show host
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Who died on November 23?
109 people with a Wikipedia article died on November 23, including Eadred, William FitzRobert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, Louis I, Duke of Orléans. 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 November 23?
50 documented historical events happened on November 23, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa: Soldiers from the Dutch East India Company (flag depicted) razed the village of Mattau, now part of modern-day Tainan, Taiwan. On the same day, in another year: In opposition to licensing and censorship during the English Civil War, John Milton's Areopagitica was published, arguing for the right to free expression. 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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