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August 23rd
151 Notable deaths
Vesna Rožič
Slovenian chess player.
Born March 23rd, 1987 in Ljubljana.
Died August 23rd, 2013 at 26 years old in Burghausen (peritoneal carcinomatosis, peritoneal carcinoma).
Zulfiya
Uzbek poet (1915-1996).
Born March 14th, 1915 in Tashkent. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1996 at 81 years old in Tashkent.
Birgitta Stenberg
Swedish author.
Born April 26th, 1932 in Engelbrekt church parish.
Died August 23rd, 2014 at 82 years old (liver cancer).
Takeuchi Seihō
Japanese painter (1864-1942).
Born December 20th, 1864 in Kyoto.
Died August 23rd, 1942 at 77 years old in Kyoto.
Leo Borchard
German conductor (1899-1945).
Born March 31st, 1899 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1945 at 46 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Maria Janion
Polish scholar, critic and theoretician.
Born December 24th, 1926 in Mońki.
Died August 23rd, 2020 at 93 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Ludwig von Hofmann
German painter (1861-1945).
Born August 17th, 1861 in Darmstadt. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1945 at 84 years old in Pillnitz. [ref]
Pierre Samuel
French mathematician.
Born September 12th, 1921 in Paris. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2009 at 87 years old in Paris. [ref]
Wilhelm Hahnemann
Austrian footballer (1914-1991).
Born April 14th, 1914 in Vienna.
Died August 23rd, 1991 at 77 years old in Vienna.
Balys Dvarionas
Lithuanian musician (1904-1972).
Born June 19th, 1904 in Liepāja. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1972 at 68 years old in Vilnius. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 151
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