Famous People Who Died on October 23
Matthew Elliott
Updated on January 16, 2026
Discover the most famous people who died on October 23. The list includes people like Christian Dior, Oskar Werner, Charles Glover Barkla, Herbert A. Hauptman, Al Jolson. Famous personalities featured on this list, include actors, political leaders, lyricists & songwriters and pop musicians and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, France & Austria and many more countries.
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Birthdate: January 21, 1905
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Granville
Died: 1957
Christian Dior was a French fashion designer. He is credited with founding Christian Dior, one of the world's top fashion houses, which is currently owned by Groupe Arnault. At the time of its founding, the clothes designed by Christian Dior revolutionized women's dress. The brand also re-established Paris as the fashion hub of the world after World War II.
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Yokozuna(Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: October 2, 1966
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 2000
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Al Jolson(Singer and Comedian Known as 'The King of Blackface Performers')
Birthdate: May 26, 1886
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Seredžius, Lithuania
Died: 1950
Singer, comedian, and actor Al Jolson was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer" at the peak of his career. Known for his brash and extroverted performances, he is credited to have played a major role in defining the modern musical. He was the first star to entertain troops overseas during World War II and was posthumously awarded the Medal for Merit.
Birthdate: February 1, 1947
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1983
Birthdate: September 20, 1853
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Died: 1910
Chulalongkorn reigned as the king of Siam from 1868 until his death in 1910. Nicknamed the Royal Buddha, Chulalongkorn's reign witnessed the modernization of Siam; several social and governmental reforms marked his reign. Since the reforms ensured Siam's survival despite Western colonialism, Chulalongkorn earned the title, the Great Beloved King.
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Zane Grey(Novelist)
Birthdate: January 31, 1872
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Died: 1939
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Marcus Junius Brutus(Former Politician most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar)
Birthdate: 0085 AD
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 0042
Birthdate: November 13, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 1984
Austrian actor Oskar Werner is best remembered for his Golden Globe-winning role in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. A life-long alcoholic, he deliberately chopped his hair off to disrupt continuity in the final scene of Fahrenheit 451, as he had a feud with the director, François Truffaut.
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Soong May-ling(First Lady of the Republic of China (1950 - 1975))
Birthdate: March 5, 1898
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Died: 2003
Soong May-ling was a Chinese political figure best remembered as the wife of President Chiang Kai-shek. She played an important role in the politics of China and held several honorary and active positions. She also played a prominent role during the Second Sino-Japanese War, rallying several Chinese people against the invasion of the Japanese.
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Maybelle Carter(Musician)
Birthdate: May 10, 1909
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nickelsville, Virginia, United States
Died: 1978
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Susan Peters(Actress)
Birthdate: July 3, 1921
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Spokane, Washington, United States
Died: 1952
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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John Boyd Dunlop(Inventor, Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: February 5, 1840
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Dreghorn
Died: 1921
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
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Théophile Gautier(Poet)
Birthdate: August 30, 1811
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tarbes, France
Died: 1872
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Bill Nicholson(association football player, association football manager)
Birthdate: January 26, 1919
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Died: 2004
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Marco Simoncelli(Italian Professional Motorcycle Racer Who Died in an Accident at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix)
Birthdate: January 20, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cattolica, Italy
Died: 2011
Marco Simoncelli was an Italian motorcycle racer. From 2002 to 2011, Simoncelli competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing and won the 2008 Grand Prix Championship. While competing in the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix on 23 October, Simoncelli lost control over his motorcycle and was run over by other vehicles on the track. He died of wounds at age 24.
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Lim Goh Tong(entrepreneur)
Birthdate: February 28, 1918
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Anxi County
Died: 2007
Malaysian-Chinese businessman Lim Goh Tong is best known for transforming Genting Highlands in Malaysia to a bustling hub of gambling, with a world-class casino resort. His memoir, My Story – Lim Goh Tong, speaks about his struggle from being a machine trader to a successful entrepreneur.
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Timothy Dexter(Businessman)
Birthdate: January 22, 1747
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Malden, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1806
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Adolph Green(Songwriter)
Birthdate: December 2, 1914
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, United States
Died: 2002
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William Gilbert Grace(English Amateur Cricketer)
Birthdate: July 18, 1848
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Downend, England
Died: 1915
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Robert Merrill(Legendary American Operatic Baritone Who Was a Star of the Metropolitan Opera)
Birthdate: June 4, 1917
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 2004
National Medal of Arts-winning American opera singer Robert Merrill began his career singing on radio shows and family functions. He made his opera debut with a production of Verdi's Aida and soon became known as a star of New York’s Metropolitan Opera. His later years saw him performing at sports events, too.
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Sheikh Khalīfah ibn Ḥamad al-Thānī(Leader)
Birthdate: 1932 AD
Birthplace: Al Rayyān, Qatar
Died: 2016
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Jack Chick(American Cartoonist and Publisher)
Birthdate: April 13, 1924
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 2016
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Minoo Mumtaz(Actress)
Birthdate: April 26, 1942
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Died: 2021
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Eric Ambler(Author)
Birthdate: June 28, 1909
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
Died: 1998
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Bill Traylor(Artist)
Birthdate: April 1, 1854
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Benton, Alabama, United States
Died: 1949
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Anthony Caro(British Abstract Sculptor Known for His Sculptures Made from Welded Industrial Steel Components)
Birthdate: March 8, 1924
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New Malden, London, England
Died: 2013
Anthony Caro was an English sculptor whose work incorporates the usage of metals, especially found industrial objects. Considered the greatest English sculptor of his generation, Caro won several prestigious awards and prizes, such as the Lifetime Achievement Award for Sculpture. Also an educator, Caro taught at Saint Martin's School of Art, inspiring a generation of abstract sculptors like Phillip King.
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Charles Demuth(American Watercolor Painter)
Birthdate: November 8, 1883
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1935
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Ernest Thompson Seton(American Author, Wildlife Artist, Founder of the 'Woodcraft Indians' and Founding Pioneer of the 'Boy Scouts of America')
Birthdate: August 14, 1860
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: South Shields, County Durham, England
Died: 1946
Ernest Thompson Seton was a wildlife artist and author. He is credited with founding a youth program called the Woodcraft Indians in 1902. A pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America, Seton also had a huge influence on the founder of the Scout Movement, Lord Baden-Powell. His life and career inspired several works of art like TV series and literature.
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Lebo Mathosa(South African Kwaito Singer and Member of the Popular Band ‘Boom Shaka’)
Birthdate: July 16, 1977
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Daveyton or near Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: 2006
Lebo Mathosa was a South African singer best remembered for her association with the popular band Boom Shaka. Mathosa is credited with popularizing kwaito music among South African women. Her style, sexuality, and outrageous stage outfits inspired many youngsters and nonconformists. Her life and career inspired the 2019 biopic, Dream: The Lebo Mathosa Story.
Birthdate: June 7, 1877
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Widnes, Lancashire, England
Died: 1944
Charles Glover Barkla won a Nobel Prize for his research on X-ray scattering, which pave way for further research on atomic structures. A staunch Methodist, he believed his work was part of his search for God. Musically talented, Barkla also sang in the church choir of King’s College, Cambridge, his alma.
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Princess Irmingard of Bavaria(Princesses)
Birthdate: May 29, 1923
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berchtesgaden, Germany
Died: 2010
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Pete Burns(Singer, Composer, Singer-songwriter)
Birthdate: August 5, 1959
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Port Sunlight
Died: 2016
Dead or Alive lead vocalist Pete Burns was a legendary musician of the 1980s. The son of a Holocaust survivor mother, he had a troubled childhood and quit school. He made his androgynous looks and his bisexuality his signature style. Plagued with surgery-related health issues, he died of a cardiac arrest at 57.
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Lou Jacobi(Character Actor)
Birthdate: December 28, 1913
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Died: 2009
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Edwin Klebs(Pathologist)
Birthdate: February 6, 1834
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: 1913
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Nusrat Bhutto(Wife of Former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto)
Birthdate: March 23, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Isfahan, Iran
Died: 2011
Nusrat Bhutto was the wife of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Zulfikar Ali Bhurro. She was the First Lady of Pakistan from 1971 to 1977. Nusrat Bhutto also served as a senior member of the federal cabinet between 1988 and 1990.
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Tibor Rosenbaum(Businessman)
Birthdate: November 2, 1923
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kisvárda, Hungary
Died: 1980
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Emperor Daigo(Emperor of Japan)
Birthdate: February 6, 0885
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Heian-kyō, Japan
Died: 0930
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John of Capistrano(Italian Friar and Catholic Priest)
Birthdate: June 24, 1386
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Capestrano, Italy
Died: 1456
John of Capistrano was a Franciscan friar and Catholic priest also known as “the Soldier Saint.” He hailed from the Italian town of Capestrano, Abruzzo, and was a renowned preacher, theologian, and inquisitor. In 1456, he led a crusade against the invading Ottoman Empire at the siege of Belgrade. He is the patron saint of jurists and military chaplains.
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Edward Adelbert Doisy(American Biochemist)
Birthdate: November 13, 1893
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hume, Illinois, United States
Died: 1986
Biochemist Edward Adelbert Doisy revolutionized science with his discovery of vitamin K, which prevents blood clotting, along with Henrik Dam, a feat that eventually won the duo a Nobel Prize. The Harvard alumnus later taught at the Washington and St. Louis universities. He also isolated hormones such as estrone.
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Marianne Hoppe(Actress)
Birthdate: April 26, 1909
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rostock, Germany Rostock, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Empire Germany
Died: 2002
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Emin Pasha(Physician)
Birthdate: March 28, 1840
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Opole, Poland
Died: 1892
Eduard Schnitzer, or Emin Pasha, was born into a German Jewish family in modern-day Poland. A qualified physician, he moved to Constantinople after being disqualified in Germany. He not only served the Ottoman rulers but also surveyed and explored Africa extensively. He was eventually killed by Arab slave raiders.
Birthdate: 0477 AD
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 0524
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius was a Roman senator, consul, and philosopher of the early 6th century. He worked under the Ostrogothic King Theodoric the Great, who later imprisoned and killed him. In jail, Boethius wrote his Consolation of Philosophy, which is considered a seminal treatise on death, fortune, and other issues. He also translated the works of Plato and Aristotle.
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Christopher Gable(English Actor, Ballet Dancer, and Choreographer)
Birthdate: March 13, 1940
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1998
Christopher Gable was an English actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer. He is best remembered for playing important roles in several film and television productions directed by Ken Russell. Christopher Gable is credited with transforming the Northern Ballet Theatre into a company of national renown. Gable is also credited with founding the Central School of Ballet.
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Olympia Brown(Minister)
Birthdate: January 5, 1835
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Prairie Ronde Township, Michigan, United States
Died: 1926
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James Karen(Actor)
Birthdate: November 28, 1923
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 2018
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Leo Cullum(Cartoonist)
Birthdate: January 11, 1942
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Died: 2010
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Franceska Mann(Dancer)
Birthdate: February 4, 1917
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: 1943
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Bobby Willis(Songwriter, Talent manager)
Birthdate: January 25, 1942
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: 1999
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Tom Hayden(American Anti-War, Civil Rights, and Intellectual Activist in the 1960s)
Birthdate: December 11, 1939
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Died: 2016
Tom Hayden was a prominent social/political activist, and a champion for civil rights and anti-war campaigns. Also known as Jane Fonda’s ex-husband, he had contributed to the Port Huron Statement and stood trial in the Chicago Seven Case. He was part of the California State Assembly and the California Senate.
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August Kubizek(Austrian Conductor Best Known for Being a Close Friend of 'Adolf Hitler')
Birthdate: August 3, 1888
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Linz, Austria
Died: 1956
Austrian musical conductor August Kubizek is best-remembered for his close friendship with Adolf Hitler during their late-teens. They reunited after thirty years following which the Nazi Party hired Kubizek to write about his youth with Hitler in two short propaganda booklets called Reminiscences. Kubizek also wrote about his childhood experience with Hitler in the book The Young Hitler I Knew.
