About May 23rd

Sun Sign
♊ Gemini
Air · Mercury
adaptable, outgoing, intelligent, curious
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Birthstone
Emerald
Deep green
Rebirth, fertility, wisdom
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Birth Flower
Lily of the Valley
Hawthorn
Happiness, humility, sweetness
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Celtic Tree
Hawthorn
Huath
creative, multi-talented, ironic, curious
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238 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

9 Cancer
7 Myocardial Infarction
6 Stroke
3 Gunshot Wound
3 Disease

Top death years

7 2025
7 2011
6 1960
6 2014
6 2021

Deaths by gender

197 Male
40 Female

Top death places

5 Paris
4 Moscow
4 Los Angeles
4 London
3 Kyiv

Top 5 notable deaths.

John D. Rockefeller

American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937).

Born July 8th, 1839 in Richford.

Died May 23rd, 1937 at 97 years old in Ormond Beach (arteriosclerotic heart disease).

Heinrich Himmler

German nazi politician; leader of the german ss & main architect of the holocaust (1900–1945).

Born October 7th, 1900 in Munich.

Died May 23rd, 1945 at 44 years old in Lüneburg (cyanide poisoning).

Roger Moore

English actor (1927–2017).

Born October 14th, 1927 in Stockwell.

Died May 23rd, 2017 at 89 years old in Crans-Montana (cancer). [ref]

John Forbes Nash

American mathematician and economist (1928–2015).

Born June 13th, 1928 in Bluefield.

Died May 23rd, 2015 at 86 years old in Monroe Township (car collision). [ref]

Owen Hart

Canadian wrestler (1965–1999).

Born May 7th, 1965 in Calgary.

Died May 23rd, 1999 at 34 years old in Kansas City (cervical fracture).

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Top birth years

14 1986
11 1974
10 1977
9 1965
9 1933

Birthdays by gender

423 Male
124 Female

Top birth places

11 New York City
6 London
6 Brooklyn
5 Stockholm
4 Belo Horizonte

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold