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Who died on September 23
97 figures who shaped history died on September 23.
- 97deaths
- 43events
Best known
Best known
Ælfwald I of Northumbria
Northumbrian king from 779 to 788
Al-Mutanabbi
Arab poet (c. 915 – 965)
Robert IV of Sablé
Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1191 to 1192
Snorri Sturluson
Icelandic historian, poet and politician
Beatrice of Provence
Countess of Provence and Forcalquier (c.1229–1267)
John I of Lorraine
Duke of Lorraine from 1346 to 1390
Ælfwald I of Northumbria — Northumbrian king from 779 to 788, who died on September 23 788.
Al-Mutanabbi — Arab poet (c. 915 – 965), who died on September 23 965.
Robert IV of Sablé — Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1191 to 1192, who died on September 23 1193.
Snorri Sturluson — Icelandic historian, poet and politician, who died on September 23 1241.
Beatrice of Provence — Countess of Provence and Forcalquier (c.1229–1267), who died on September 23 1267.
John I of Lorraine — Duke of Lorraine from 1346 to 1390, who died on September 23 1390.
All entries
- 1253
Wenceslaus I of BohemiaKing of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253 - 1386DDan I of WallachiaVoivode of Wallachia
- 1448
Adolph I, Duke of ClevesGerman nobleman - 1461
Charles, Prince of VianaClaimed king of Navarre from 1441 to 1461 - 1508
Beatrice of NaplesQueen consort of Hungary and Bohemia - 1535
Catherine of Saxe-LauenburgQueen of Sweden from 1531 to 1535 - 1571
John JewelEnglish clergyman - 1573
Azai HisamasaDaimyo of the Sengoku period - 1605PPontus de TyardFrench poet and priest
- 1675
Valentin ConrartFrench author - 1728
Christian ThomasiusGerman jurist and philosopher - 1738
Herman BoerhaaveDutch botanist and physician - 1764
Robert DodsleyEnglish publisher and writer - 1773
Johan Ernst GunnerusNorwegian bishop and botanist - 1789JJohn Rogers (Continental Congress)American Founding Father, lawyer, and judge
- 1835
Vincenzo BelliniItalian opera composer - 1846
John Ainsworth HorrocksAustralian explorer - 1850
José Gervasio ArtigasUruguayan military leader during the War for Independence - 1851
Émilie GamelinCanadian social worker and Catholic sister - 1870
Prosper MériméeFrench writer, archaeologist and historian - 1871
Louis-Joseph PapineauLower Canada politician, lawyer, and seigneur - 1873JJean ChacornacFrench astronomer
- 1877
Urbain Le VerrierFrench astronomer and mathematician - 1889
Wilkie CollinsEnglish novelist and playwright - 1896
Emmanuel BennerFrench painter - 1900
William Marsh RiceAmerican businessman and philanthropist - 1913
Donato ÁlvarezFormer Army General of Argentina - 1917
Werner VossGerman flying ace in WWI - 1929
Richard Adolf ZsigmondyAustrian-born chemist - 1939
Sigmund FreudAustrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis - 1939
Francisco León de la BarraPresident of Mexico in 1911 - 1940
Hale HoldenAmerican railroad executive - 1943
Elinor GlynBritish novelist and scriptwriter - 1944
Jakob SchaffnerSwiss novelist - 1950
Sam BarryAmerican football, basketball, and baseball player and coach - 1951SSiegfried BettmannGerman industrialist bicycle, motorcycle and car manufacturer
- 1958
Jacob NicolCanadian politician - 1967
Stanislaus ZbyszkoPolish strongman and professional wrestler - 1968
Padre Pio20th-century Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic - 1971JJames Waddell Alexander IIAmerican mathematician
- 1973
Pablo NerudaChilean poet, diplomat, and politician - 1974
Cliff ArquetteAmerican actor and comedian
- 1974
Robbie McIntosh (drummer)Scottish drummer - 1978
Lyman BostockAmerican baseball player - 1979
Catherine LaceyEnglish actress - 1980
Jim FouchéPresident of South Africa from 1968 to 1975 - 1981
Chief Dan GeorgeChief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, actor - 1987
Bob FosseAmerican choreographer, dancer, and director - 1988
Tibor SekeljHungarian author and explorer - 1992IIvar IvaskEstonian poet and literary scholar
- 1992
Glendon SwarthoutAmerican writer - 1992
James Van FleetUS Army general - 1994
Jerry BarberAmerican professional golfer - 1994
Robert BlochAmerican fiction writer - 1994
Madeleine RenaudFrench actress - 1997NNatalie Savage CarlsonAmerican writer
- 1998RRay BowdenEnglish footballer
- 1998
Mary FrannAmerican actress - 1999IIvan GoffAustralian screenwriter
- 2000
Aurelio RodríguezMexican baseball player - 2000
Carl RowanAmerican diplomat and journalist - 2000RRaoul BergerAmerican legal scholar
- 2001RRon Hewitt (footballer, born 1928)Welsh footballer
- 2003
Yuri SenkevichRussian physician and television host
- 2004
Billy ReayCanadian ice hockey player and coach
- 2005
Filiberto Ojeda RíosPuerto Rican independence activist and militant - 2006
Malcolm ArnoldEnglish composer - 2006
Etta BakerAmerican Piedmont blues musician - 2008
Peter Leonard (journalist)Australian journalist and newsreader - 2008LLoren PopeAmerican journalist
- 2009
Paul B. FayAmerican politician - 2010MMalcolm Douglas (documentary maker)Australian filmmaker
- 2012HHenry ChampCanadian journalist
- 2012
Pavel GrachevSoviet general - 2012
Roberto Rodríguez (baseball)Venezuelan baseball player - 2012
Corrie SandersSouth African boxer - 2012
Sam SnidermanCanadian businessman - 2013
Abdul Hamid al-SarrajSyrian Army officer and politician - 2013
Gil DozierAmerican lawyer, politician, and felon - 2013
Ruth PatrickAmerican botanist and limnologist - 2014AA. W. DavisAmerican basketball player and coach
- 2014IIrven DeVoreAmerican anthropologist and evolutionary biologist
- 2014
Don ManoukianAmerican football player and wrestler
- 2014
Al SuomiAmerican ice hockey player - 2015
Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)Hindu monk and teacher - 2018
Charles K. KaoHong Kong electrical engineer - 2018
Gary KurtzAmerican film producer - 2018JJane FortuneAmerican author, journalist and philanthropist
- 2020
Juliette GrécoFrench singer and actress - 2021
John Elliott (businessman)Australian businessman - 2021
Nino VaccarellaItalian racing driver
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Who died on September 23?
97 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 23, including Ælfwald I of Northumbria, Al-Mutanabbi, Robert IV of Sablé. 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 September 23?
43 documented historical events happened on September 23, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman emperor Henry V agreed the Concordat of Worms (pictured), ending the Investiture Controversy. On the same day, in another year: The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War. 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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