Mirgayas Shirinsky
Russian Ambassador to Sudan (from 2013)
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Deaths on August 23
This archive lists notable deaths associated with August 23 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on August 23, 2026.
Bill Weick
American wrestler and coach
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Rikard Olsvik
Norwegian politician
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Jerzy Leśniak
Polish journalist and historian
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Arturo Corcuera
Peruvian poet
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Lateef Raji
Nigerian politician
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
P. V. R. K. Prasad
Indian civil servant
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Halwa Vasu
Indian comic actor (Amaidhi Padai)
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Roberto Gottardi
Italian architect
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Gérard Férey
French chemist
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Fiona Richardson
Australian politician
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Mirosława Litmanowicz
Polish chess player
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Susan Brown
British mathematician
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Shane Sieg
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Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
John Abercrombie
American jazz guitarist
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Jim Whelan
American politician
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Mario Roberto Cassari
Italian Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat of the Holy See
Died on Wednesday August 23rd 2017
Joseph Chilton Pearce
American author
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Dennis Hackett
British journalist and editor (Queen
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Reinhard Selten
German economist
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Edgar Schoen
American physician
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Berit Mørdre
Norwegian cross-country skier (1968 and 1972 Olympics)
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Tony Pasquesi
American football player (Chicago Cardinals)
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Gerald J. Oppenheimer
American librarian and academic
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Mohammad Heydari
Iranian musician and songwriter
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
André Mélançon
Canadian filmmaker and actor
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Bryan Clutterbuck
American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Aaron W. Plyler
American politician
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Goulart de Andrade
Brazilian television host and journalist
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Andreas Barkoulis
Greek actor
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Antônio Eliseu Zuqueto
Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Evita Muñoz
Mexican actress
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Henning Voscherau
German politician
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Denny Kass
American professional wrestler
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Esther Jungreis
Hungarian-born American religious leader
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Jeremiah Joseph O’Keefe
American WW2 pilot ace and politician
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Steven Hill
American actor
Died on Tuesday August 23rd 2016
Ricardo García Sainz
Mexican administrator and politician
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Grover Klemmer
American athlete and track coach
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Paul Royle
Australian prisoner-of-war
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Joanna Strathdee
British politician
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Helen Kemp
American singing teacher and choir director
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Augusta Chiwy
Belgian nurse
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Enrique Reneau
Honduran footballer
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Mark Costello
American politician
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Eugenio Méndez Docurro
Mexican polician and engineer
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Yosi Piamenta
Israeli musician
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Guy Ligier
French rugby player (national team)
Died on Sunday August 23rd 2015
Konstanty Miodowicz
Polish politician
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Dean Meminger
American basketball player (New York Knicks
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Henry Maxwell
New Zealand rugby league player (Point Chevalier Pirates)
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Charles Lisanby
American production designer
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
William Glasser
American psychiatrist and developer of reality therapy
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
David Garrick
English singer
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Stephen Crohn
American medical research subject (HIV)
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Richard J. Corman
American railroad executive
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Tatyana Zaslavskaya
Russian economic sociologist
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Vadim Yusov
Russian cinematographer (Ivan's Childhood
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
David Watkins
British politician
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Javanshir Vakilov
Azerbaijani diplomat and academic
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Gilbert Taylor
British cinematographer (Star Wars
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Nasser Sharify
Iranian academic and librarian
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Irwin Russell
American entertainment lawyer (Michael Eisner
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Vesna Rožič
Slovene chess player
Died on Friday August 23rd 2013
Ahti Pekkala
Finnish politician
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Adnan Omran
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Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
William Thomson Newnham
Canadian educationalist
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Hajo Meyer
German-Dutch physicist and Holocaust survivor
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Dan Magill
American college tennis coach and sports information director (Georgia Bulldogs)
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Annefleur Kalvenhaar
Dutch cross-country cyclist
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Inga Juuso
Norwegian singer and actress
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Dursun Ali Eğribaş
Turkish Olympic wrestler (1956)
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Jack Edwards
Australian football player (North Melbourne)
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Elsa Wiezell
Paraguayan poet
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Sally Buck
American baseball team part-owner (Philadelphia Phillies)
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Jaume Vallcorba Plana
Spanish philologist and publisher
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Jaime Giraldo Ángel
Colombian politician and psychologist
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Birgitta Stenberg
Swedish author
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Albert Ebossé Bodjongo
Cameroonian footballer (Douala AC
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Bobo Sikorski
Canadian football player (BC Lions)
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Philippine de Rothschild
French winemaker
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Marcel Rigout
French politician
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014
Jindřich Pokorný
Czech translator
Died on Saturday August 23rd 2014