May 23 Deaths

Famous people who died on May 23rd

John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller (1839 - 1937)

American business magnate and philanthropist

Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Himmler (1900 - 1945)

German Nazi

Roger Moore

Roger Moore (1927 - 2017)

English actor

Clyde Barrow

Clyde Barrow (1909 - 1934)

American criminal

Owen Hart

Owen Hart (1965 - 1999)

Canadian wrestler

Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)

Norwegian writer

Anne Meara

Anne Meara (1929 - 2015)

American actress

Kit Carson

Kit Carson (1809 - 1868)

American soldier

Sam Snead

Sam Snead (1912 - 2002)

American golfer

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden (1916 - 1986)

American actor

Moms Mabley

Moms Mabley (1894 - 1975)

African American comedian, actor

Roh Moo-hyun

Roh Moo-hyun (1946 - 2009)

South Korean politician, 16th President of South Korea

Giovanni Falcone

Giovanni Falcone (1939 - 1992)

Italian magistrate and Mafia victim

Eric Carle

Eric Carle (1929 - 2021)

American author

Max Mosley

Max Mosley (1940 - 2021)

British race car driver and engineer

Lloyd Bentsen

Lloyd Bentsen (1921 - 2006)

American politician

Leopold von Ranke

Leopold von Ranke (1795 - 1886)

German historian

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600 - 1681)

Spanish playwright and poet

Hana Kimura

Hana Kimura (1997 - 2020)

Japanese wrestler

Simon Monjack

Simon Monjack (1970 - 2010)

British writer, director, producer

Georges Moustaki

Georges Moustaki (1934 - 2013)

Greek-French singer-songwriter

Utah Phillips

Utah Phillips (1935 - 2008)

Songwriter, performer, raconteur

David Smith

David Smith (1906 - 1965)

American sculptor

Jean Yanne

Jean Yanne (1933 - 2003)

French actor and director

Girolamo Savonarola

Girolamo Savonarola (1452 - 1498)

Italian-Dominican priest and philosopher

Helen Hartness Flanders

Helen Hartness Flanders (1890 - 1972)

English Folk Singer

Bonnie Parker

Bonnie Parker (1910 - 1934)

American criminal