December 23rd Deaths |
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| December 23rd, 2007 (December 23 2007) | Death | Michael Kidd, American film and stage choreographer (born in 1915) | |
| December 23rd, 2007 (December 23 2007) | Death | Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (born in 1925) | |
| December 23rd, 2007 (December 23 2007) | Death | William Francis Ganong, American physiologist (born in 1924) | |
| December 23rd, 2006 (December 23 2006) | Death | Charlie Drake, English comedian (born in 1925) | |
| December 23rd, 2006 (December 23 2006) | Death | Marilyn Waltz, American actress and Playboy Playmate (born in 1931) | |
| December 23rd, 2006 (December 23 2006) | Death | Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (born in 1952) | |
| December 23rd, 2006 (December 23 2006) | Death | Johnny Vincent, English footballer for Birmingham City and Middlesbrough (born in 1947) | |
| December 23rd, 2005 (December 23 2005) | Death | Norman D. Vaughan, polar explorer and dogsled driver (born in 1905) | Norman D. Vaughan Quotes |
| December 23rd, 2005 (December 23 2005) | Death | Lajos Baroti, Hungarian footballer and coach (born in 1914) | |
| December 23rd, 2004 (December 23 2004) | Death | P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (born in 1921) | |
| December 23rd, 2000 (December 23 2000) | Death | Noor Jehan, Indian singer and actress (born in 1926) | |
| December 23rd, 2000 (December 23 2000) | Death | Billy Barty, American actor (born in 1924) | |
| December 23rd, 2000 (December 23 2000) | Death | Victor Borge, Danish-born comedian and pianist (born in 1909) | |
| December 23rd, 1997 (December 23 1997) | Death | Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (born in 1908) | |
| December 23rd, 1994 (December 23 1994) | Death | Sebastian Shaw, English actor (born in 1905) | |
| December 23rd, 1992 (December 23 1992) | Death | Vincent Fourcade, French American interior designer and socialite (born in 1934) | |
| December 23rd, 1992 (December 23 1992) | Death | Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (Funkadelic) (born in 1950) | |
| December 23rd, 1983 (December 23 1983) | Death | Colin Middleton, Northern Irish artist (born in 1910) | |
| December 23rd, 1982 (December 23 1982) | Death | Jack Webb, American actor, producer, and director (born in 1920) | |
| December 23rd, 1979 (December 23 1979) | Death | Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (born in 1898) | |
| December 23rd, 1973 (December 23 1973) | Death | Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (born in 1892) | |
| December 23rd, 1973 (December 23 1973) | Death | Irna Phillips, American television writer, director, and producer (born in 1901) | |
| December 23rd, 1972 (December 23 1972) | Death | Andrei Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer (born in 1888) | |
| December 23rd, 1970 (December 23 1970) | Death | Charles Ruggles, American actor (born in 1886) | |
| December 23rd, 1961 (December 23 1961) | Death | Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (born in 1910) | |
| December 23rd, 1954 (December 23 1954) | Death | Rene Iche, French sculptor (born in 1897) | |
| December 23rd, 1953 (December 23 1953) | Death | Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (born in 1899) | |
| December 23rd, 1948 (December 23 1948) | Death | Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (hanged) (born in 1884) | |
| December 23rd, 1948 (December 23 1948) | Death | Akira Muto, Japanese army commander (hanged) (born in 1883) | |
| December 23rd, 1946 (December 23 1946) | Death | John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (born in 1873) | |
| December 23rd, 1939 (December 23 1939) | Death | Anthony Fokker, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (born in 1890) | |
| December 23rd, 1931 (December 23 1931) | Death | Wilson Bentley, American scientist (born in 1865) | |
| December 23rd, 1912 (December 23 1912) | Death | Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (born in 1850) | |
| December 23rd, 1902 (December 23 1902) | Death | Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (born in 1821) | |
| December 23rd, 1846 (December 23 1846) | Death | Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (born in 1780) | |
| December 23rd, 1834 (December 23 1834) | Death | Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (born in 1766) | Thomas Malthus Quotes |
| December 23rd, 1805 (December 23 1805) | Death | Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (born in 1723) | |
| December 23rd, 1795 (December 23 1795) | Death | Henry Clinton, British general (born in 1730) | |
| December 23rd, 1793 (December 23 1793) | Death | Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (born in 1699) | |
| December 23rd, 1793 (December 23 1793) | Death | Antoine Francois Prevost, French author and novelist (born in 1697) | |
| December 23rd, 1789 (December 23 1789) | Death | Charles-Michel de l Epee, French philanthropist (born in 1712) | |
| December 23rd, 1779 (December 23 1779) | Death | Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (born in 1724) | |
| December 23rd, 1771 (December 23 1771) | Death | Marie-Marguerite d Youville, Canadian saint (born in 1701) | |
| December 23rd, 1761 (December 23 1761) | Death | Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy | |
| December 23rd, 1722 (December 23 1722) | Death | Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (born in 1654) | |
| December 23rd, 1675 (December 23 1675) | Death | Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (born in 1602) | |
| December 23rd, 1652 (December 23 1652) | Death | John Cotton, founder of Boston, Massachusetts (born in 1585) | |
| December 23rd, 1646 (December 23 1646) | Death | Francois Maynard, French poet (born in 1582) | |
| December 23rd, 1631 (December 23 1631) | Death | Michael Drayton, English poet (born in 1563) | Michael Drayton Quotes |
| December 23rd, 1588 (December 23 1588) | Death | Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (born in 1550) | |
| December 23rd, 1575 (December 23 1575) | Death | Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese warrior (hanged) (born in 1531) | |
| December 23rd, 1568 (December 23 1568) | Death | Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England | Roger Ascham Quotes |
| December 23rd, 1556 (December 23 1556) | Death | Nicholas Udall, English playwright (born in 1504) | |
| December 23rd, 1230 (December 23 1230) | Death | Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England | |
| December 23rd, 0918 (December 23 0918) | Death | Conrad I of Germany | |
| December 23rd, 0913 (December 23 0913) | Death | Conrad of Franconia | |
| December 23rd, 0910 (December 23 0910) | Death | Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar | |
| December 23rd, 0679 (December 23 0679) | Death | Dagobert II, King of Austrasia (born in c 650).(murdered) | |
