Famous Deaths on May 23

4 notable people died on May 23, including John F. Nash Jr., Sophie of Pomerania, Ubald.

Total Deaths

Avg Age at Death

Oldest

Peak Century

21st Century

1 death

scientist

1928 – 2015 · 86

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1994)

car collision

19th Century

1 death

engineermathematician

1789 – 1857 · 67

French mathematician (1789–1857)

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1 death

consorthymnwriter

1498 – 1568 · 70

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

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1 death

Catholic bishopCatholic priest

1084 – 1160 · 76

Italian bishop-saint

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Births, events, and adjacent days.