April 23rd Deaths |
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| April 23rd, 2007 (April 23 2007) | Death | Paul Erdman, American economist and author (born in 1932) | |
| April 23rd, 2007 (April 23 2007) | Death | David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (born in 1934) | |
| April 23rd, 2007 (April 23 2007) | Death | Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (born in 1931) | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| April 23rd, 2006 (April 23 2006) | Death | Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand fighter pilot (born in 1912) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (born in 1911) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (born in 1928) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | John Mills, English actor (born in 1908) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | Romano Scarpa, Italian-born comic artist (born in 1927) | |
| April 23rd, 2005 (April 23 2005) | Death | Earl Wilson, American baseball player (born in 1934) | |
| April 23rd, 2003 (April 23 2003) | Death | James H. Critchfield, American Central Intelligence agent (born in 1917) | |
| April 23rd, 2003 (April 23 2003) | Death | Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (born in 1910) | |
| April 23rd, 1998 (April 23 1998) | Death | Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (born in 1907) | |
| April 23rd, 1998 (April 23 1998) | Death | James Earl Ray, American assassin (born in 1928) | |
| April 23rd, 1997 (April 23 1997) | Death | Denis Compton, English cricketer (born in 1918) | |
| April 23rd, 1996 (April 23 1996) | Death | Jean-Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (born in 1913) | |
| April 23rd, 1996 (April 23 1996) | Death | P. L. Travers, Australian author (born in 1899) | P. L. Travers Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1995 (April 23 1995) | Death | Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (born in 1918) | Howard Cosell Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1995 (April 23 1995) | Death | John C. Stennis, U.S. Senator from Mississippi (born in 1904) | |
| April 23rd, 1993 (April 23 1993) | Death | Cesar Chavez, American labor activist (born in 1927) | Cesar Chavez Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1992 (April 23 1992) | Death | Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (born in 1921) | |
| April 23rd, 1991 (April 23 1991) | Death | Johnny Thunders, American musician (born in 1952) | Johnny Thunders Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1990 (April 23 1990) | Death | Paulette Goddard, American actress (born in 1911) | |
| April 23rd, 1986 (April 23 1986) | Death | Harold Arlen, American composer (born in 1905) | |
| April 23rd, 1986 (April 23 1986) | Death | Jim Laker, English cricketer (born in 1922) | |
| April 23rd, 1986 (April 23 1986) | Death | Otto Preminger, Austrian-born film director (born in 1906) | |
| April 23rd, 1985 (April 23 1985) | Death | Sam Ervin, American politician (born in 1896) | |
| April 23rd, 1984 (April 23 1984) | Death | Red Garland, American jazz pianist (born in 1923) | |
| April 23rd, 1983 (April 23 1983) | Death | Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (born in 1908) | |
| April 23rd, 1981 (April 23 1981) | Death | Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (born in 1897) | |
| April 23rd, 1979 (April 23 1979) | Death | Blair Peach, New Zealand-born anti-fascist (born in 1946) | |
| April 23rd, 1975 (April 23 1975) | Death | William Hartnell, English actor (born in 1908) | |
| April 23rd, 1952 (April 23 1952) | Death | Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (born in 1887) | |
| April 23rd, 1951 (April 23 1951) | Death | Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1865) | |
| April 23rd, 1936 (April 23 1936) | Death | Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (born in 1889) | |
| April 23rd, 1915 (April 23 1915) | Death | Rupert Brooke, English poet (born in 1887). | Rupert Brooke Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1905 (April 23 1905) | Death | Gedeon Ouimet, Quebec politician (born in 1823) | |
| April 23rd, 1895 (April 23 1895) | Death | Carl Ludwig, German physician (born in 1815) | |
| April 23rd, 1889 (April 23 1889) | Death | Jules Barbey d Aurevilly, French writer (born in 1808) | |
| April 23rd, 1850 (April 23 1850) | Death | William Wordsworth, English poet (born in 1770) | William Wordsworth Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1839 (April 23 1839) | Death | Jacques Felix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (born in 1768) | |
| April 23rd, 1827 (April 23 1827) | Death | Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek hero of the Greek War of Independence | |
| April 23rd, 1794 (April 23 1794) | Death | Guillaume-Chretien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (executed) (born in 1721) | |
| April 23rd, 1792 (April 23 1792) | Death | Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (born in 1741) | |
| April 23rd, 1781 (April 23 1781) | Death | James Abercrombie, British general (born in 1706) | |
| April 23rd, 1740 (April 23 1740) | Death | Thomas Tickell, English writer (born in 1685) | |
| April 23rd, 1702 (April 23 1702) | Death | Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (born in 1614) | |
| April 23rd, 1625 (April 23 1625) | Death | Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (born in 1567) | |
| April 23rd, 1616 (April 23 1616) | Death | Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (born in 1547) | |
| April 23rd, 1616 (April 23 1616) | Death | William Shakespeare, English writer and actor (born in 1564) (Julian calendar) | William Shakespeare Quotes |
| April 23rd, 1616 (April 23 1616) | Death | El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (born in 1539) | |
| April 23rd, 1605 (April 23 1605) | Death | Tsar Boris Godunov of Russia (born in ca. 1550) | |
| April 23rd, 1407 (April 23 1407) | Death | Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (born in 1326) | |
| April 23rd, 1217 (April 23 1217) | Death | King Inge II of Norway (born in 1185) | |
| April 23rd, 1151 (April 23 1151) | Death | Queen Adeliza of England (born in 1103) | |
| April 23rd, 1124 (April 23 1124) | Death | King Alexander I of Scotland (born in 1078) | |
| April 23rd, 1016 (April 23 1016) | Death | Ethelred II of England | |
| April 23rd, 1014 (April 23 1014) | Death | Brian Boru, High King of Ireland (killed in battle) | |
| April 23rd, 0997 (April 23 0997) | Death | Saint Adalbert of Prague, bishop (born in ca. 956) | |
| April 23rd, 0871 (April 23 0871) | Death | Ethelred of Wessex | |
| April 23rd, 0725 (April 23 0725) | Death | Wihtred, King of Kent | |
| April 23rd, 0303 (April 23 0303) | Death | Saint George, Roman soldier and Christian martyr | |
