Shakespearesta Cervantesiin

Venäjän ensimmäinen presidentti Boris Jeltsin kuoli myös 23.4.

"Profeetan" nimimerkkiä käyttelevät tulevat mieleen tästä Honore Daumierin Don Quijoten maalauksesta, luiseva isäntä hevosenkaakkinsa selässä uusilla "käännytysretkillään" valaisee mistä oikein kyse.

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Myös nämä kuolivat 23.4:

303 – Saint George, Roman soldier and Christian martyr
725 – Wihtred of Kent
871 – Æthelred of Wessex
997 – Adalbert of Prague, Czech Roman Catholic saint, missionary, and Bishop of Prague
1014 – Brian Boru, Irish king
1016 – Æthelred the Unready, English king
1124 – Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
1151 – Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103)
1217 – Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
1307 – Joan of Acre, daughter of King Edward I of England (b. 1272)
1407 – Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
1605 – Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (b. c. 1550)
1616 – Miguel Cervantes, Spanish author (b. 1547)
1616 – El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian writer (b. 1539)
1616 – William Shakespeare, English dramatist and actor (b. 1564)
1625 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
1702 – Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)
1740 – Thomas Tickell, English writer (b. 1685)
1781 – James Abercrombie, English general (b. 1706)
1784 – Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
1792 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (b. 1741)
1794 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (b. 1721)
1827 – Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek military commander (b. 1780)
1839 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French explorer (b. 1768)
1850 – William Wordsworth, English poet (b. 1770)
1889 – Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (b. 1808)
1895 – Carl Ludwig, German physician (b. 1815)
1905 – Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician (b. 1823)
1907 – Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
1915 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
1936 – Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889)
1951 – Jules Berry, French actor (b. 1883)
1951 – Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1865)
1965 – George Adamski, Polish-American author, teacher, and ufologist (b. 1891)
1975 – William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
1979 – Blair Peach, New Zealand teacher and activist (b. 1946)
1981 – Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and writer (b. 1897)
1983 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
1984 – Red Garland, American jazz pianist (Miles Davis Quintet) (b. 1923)
1985 – Sam Ervin, American politician (b. 1896)
1986 – Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
1986 – Jim Laker, English cricketer (b. 1922)
1986 – Otto Preminger, Austrian director (b. 1906)
1990 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
1991 – Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and musician (New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers) (b. 1952)
1992 – Satyajit Ray, Indian filmmaker (b. 1921)
1992 – Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese statesman (b. 1912)
1993 – César Chávez, American labor activist (b. 1927)
1995 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian politician (b. 1895)
1995 – Howard Cosell, American attorney and sportscaster (b. 1918)
1995 – John C. Stennis, American politician (b. 1904)
1996 – Jean Victor Allard, Canadian military officer (b. 1913)
1996 – P. L. Travers, Australian author (b. 1899)
1997 – Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918)
1998 – Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek politician (b. 1907)
1998 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928)
1998 – Thanassis Skordalos, Greek musician and composer (b. 1920)
2003 – James H. Critchfield, American CIA officer (b. 1917)
2003 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French photographer (b. 1910)
2005 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician (b. 1911)
2005 – Robert Farnon, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2005 – Al Grassby, Australian immigration minister (b. 1928)
2005 – John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
2005 – Romano Scarpa, Italian comic artist (b. 1927)
2005 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1934)
2006 – Johnnie Checketts, New Zealand pilot (b. 1912)
2006 – Phil Walden, American record executive and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (b. 1940)
2007 – Paul Erdman, American economist and author (b. 1932)
2007 – David Halberstam, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
2007 – Peter Randall, English soldier, George Medal recipient (b. 1930)
2007 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician (b. 1931)
2011 – Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English hereditary peer and businessman (b. 1921)
2011 – John Sullivan, English writer (b. 1946)
2011 – Tom King, American songwriter and musician (The Outsiders and The Starfires) (b. 1943)
2012 – Chris Ethridge, American musician and songwriter (The Flying Burrito Brothers) (b. 1947)
2012 – Tommy Marth, American saxophone player and writer (The Killers) (b. 1978)