Famous Deaths on April 23

Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)

Turkish-Canadian writer (1930–2025)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1925)

Canadian engineer (1836-1928)

British artist and art historian (1900-1984)

Author and poet, best known for his works inspired by Öresund and farming (1892-1984)

Norwegian writer (1849-1932)

Norwegian newspaper editor and writer (1892–1939)

Korean Joseon dynasty and Japanese-ruled Korean bureaucrat, politician, liberalism and social activists (1872-1959)

Venezuelan novelist (1889–1936)

Polish artist (1892-1981)

Turkish linguist (1872–1949)

Irish politician (1870-1923)

Iranian writer and child psychiatrist

Geologist 1796-1849

Swedish writer, historian, poet, philosopher, and composer (1783–1847)

American politician (1786-1819)

Swedish princess; daughter of Oscar I of Sweden and Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1830–1889)

Mexican diplomat and writer (1789-1837)

President of Honduras and El Salvador (1790-1857)

King of Imereti

Historian of Swedish literature

Swedish field marshal (1623-1703)

Swiss vicar (1633-1692)

Japanese waka poet

Carolingian empress and queen of the Franks

King of Wessex