April 23

Pre-1600

 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
 * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico, defeating queen Yohl Ik'nal and sacking the city.
 * 711 – Dagobert III succeeds his father King Childebert III as King of the Franks.
 * 1014 – Battle of Clontarf: High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeats Viking invaders, but is killed in battle.
 * 1016 – Edmund Ironside succeeds his father Æthelred the Unready as King of England.
 * 1343 – St. George's Night Uprising commences in the Duchy of Estonia.
 * 1348 – The founding of the Order of the Garter by King Edward III is announced on St. George's Day.
 * 1500 – Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvarez Cabral reaches new coastline (Brazil).
 * 1516 – The Munich Reinheitsgebot (regarding the ingredients of beer) takes effect in all of Bavaria.
 * 1521 – Battle of Villalar: King Charles I of Spain defeats the Comuneros.

1601–1900

 * 1635 – The first public school in the United States, the Boston Latin School, is founded.
 * 1655 – The Siege of Santo Domingo begins during the Anglo-Spanish War, and fails seven days later.
 * 1660 – Treaty of Oliva is established between Sweden and Poland.
 * 1661 – King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is crowned in Westminster Abbey.
 * 1724 – Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Du Hirte Israel, höre, BWV 104, illustrating the topic of the Good Shepherd in pastoral music.
 * 1815 – The Second Serbian Uprising: A second phase of the national revolution of the Serbs against the Ottoman Empire, erupts shortly after the annexation of the country to the Ottoman Empire.
 * 1879 – Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
 * 1891 – Chilean Civil War: The ironclad Blanco Encalada is sunk at Caldera Bay by torpedo boats.

1901–present

 * 1918 – World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
 * 1919 – The Estonian Constituent Assembly is held in Estonia, which marks the birth of the Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu.
 * 1920 – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
 * 1927 – Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
 * 1935 – The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
 * 1940 – The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
 * 1941 – World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
 * 1942 – World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
 * 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor, Hermann Göring, sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of Nazi Germany. Martin Bormann and Joseph Goebbels advise Göring that the telegram is treasonous.
 * 1946 – Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
 * 1949 – Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
 * 1951 – Cold War: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
 * 1961 – Algiers putsch by French generals.
 * 1966 – Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula, killing 33 people.
 * 1967 – Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
 * 1968 – Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
 * 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
 * 1979 – SAETA Flight 011 crashes in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage was not discovered until 1984.
 * 1979 – Blair Peach, a British activist, was fatally injured after being knocked unconscious during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration against a National Front election meeting in Southall, London.
 * 1985 – Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
 * 1990 – Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
 * 1993 – Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
 * 1993  – Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
 * 1999 – NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
 * 2005 – The first YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
 * 2013 – At least 111 people are killed and 233 injured as violence breaks out in Hawija, Iraq.
 * 2018 – A vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
 * 2019 – The April 2019 Hpakant jade mine collapse in Myanmar kills four miners and two rescuers, with at least 50 others missing and presumed dead.
 * 2024 – The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

Pre-1600

 * 1141 (probable) – Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. 1165)
 * 1185 – Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
 * 1408 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)
 * 1420 – George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (d. 1471)
 * 1464 – Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1505)
 * 1464  – Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (d. 1521)
 * 1484 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)
 * 1500 – Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1565)
 * 1500  – Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (d. 1576)
 * 1512 – Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. 1580)
 * 1516 – Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
 * 1564 – William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (d. 1616)
 * 1598 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)

1601–1900

 * 1621 – William Penn, English admiral and politician (d. 1670)
 * 1628 – Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1704)
 * 1661 – Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (d. 1730)
 * 1715 – Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor (d. 1797)
 * 1720 – Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (d. 1797)
 * 1744 – Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1770)
 * 1748 – Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
 * 1791 – James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
 * 1792 – Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
 * 1794 – Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author (d. 1856)
 * 1805 – Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)
 * 1812 – Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)
 * 1813 – Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (d. 1861)
 * 1813  – Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (d. 1853)
 * 1818 – James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (d. 1894)
 * 1819 – Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1901)
 * 1853 – Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
 * 1856 – Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer (d. 1910)
 * 1857 – Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
 * 1858 – Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
 * 1860 – Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (d. 1932)
 * 1861 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (d. 1936)
 * 1861  – John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (d. 1906)
 * 1865 – Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
 * 1867 – Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
 * 1876 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (d. 1925)
 * 1880 – Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1942)
 * 1882 – Albert Coates, English composer and conductor (d. 1953)
 * 1888 – Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)
 * 1889 – Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
 * 1893 – Frank Borzage, American actor and director (d. 1952)
 * 1895 – Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director (d. 1982)
 * 1897 – Folke Jansson, Swedish athlete (d. 1965)
 * 1897  – Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
 * 1898 – Lucius D. Clay, American general (d. 1978)
 * 1899 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
 * 1899  – Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (d. 1982)
 * 1900 – Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959)
 * 1900  – Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996)

1901–present

 * 1901 – E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist (d. 1988)
 * 1902 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
 * 1903 – Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (d. 1974)
 * 1904 – Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner (d. 1980)
 * 1904  – Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2001)
 * 1904  – Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985)
 * 1907 – Lee Miller, American model and photographer (d. 1977)
 * 1907  – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (d. 1975)
 * 1908 – Myron Waldman, American animator and director (d. 2006)
 * 1910 – Sheila Scott Macintyre, Scottish mathematician (d. 1960)
 * 1910  – Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)
 * 1911 – Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
 * 1913 – Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer, and club owner (d. 2013)
 * 1915 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (d. 2000)
 * 1916 – Ivo Lola Ribar, Yugoslav communist politician, military leader, and People's Hero of Yugoslavia (d. 1943)
 * 1916 – Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (d. 2009)
 * 1916  – Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist (d. 1982)
 * 1917 – Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008)
 * 1917  – Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
 * 1918 – Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
 * 1919 – Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel (d. 1963)
 * 1920 – Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman (d. 2018)
 * 1921 – Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States (d. 2012)
 * 1921  – Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (d. 2013)
 * 1921  – Janet Blair, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
 * 1921  – Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
 * 1923 – Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (d. 2010)
 * 1923  – Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (d. 1993)
 * 1924 – Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (d. 2019)
 * 1924  – Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007)
 * 1926 – J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright (d. 2017)
 * 1926  – Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990)
 * 1928 – Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (d. 2014)
 * 1929 – George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (d. 2020)
 * 1932 – Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)
 * 1932  – Jim Fixx, American runner and author (d. 1984)
 * 1933 – Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 2011)
 * 1934 – George Canseco, Filipino composer and producer (d. 2004)
 * 1936 – Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
 * 1937 – Victoria Glendinning, English author and critic
 * 1937  – David Mills, English cricketer (d. 2013)
 * 1937  – Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
 * 1939 – Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter (d. 2022)
 * 1939  – Bill Hagerty, English journalist
 * 1939  – Lee Majors, American actor
 * 1939  – Ray Peterson, American pop singer (d. 2005)
 * 1940 – Michael Copps, American academic and politician
 * 1940  – Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
 * 1940  – Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
 * 1941 – Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress
 * 1941  – Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (d. 2018)
 * 1941  – Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland
 * 1941  – Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema (d. 2019)
 * 1941  – Ed Stewart, English radio and television host (d. 2016)
 * 1941  – Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (d. 2016)
 * 1942 – Sandra Dee, American model and actress (d. 2005)
 * 1943 – Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
 * 1943  – Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2021)
 * 1943  – Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
 * 1943  – Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)
 * 1944 – Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director (d. 2021)
 * 1946 – Blair Brown, American actress
 * 1946  – Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (d. 2014)
 * 1947 – Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic (d. 2022)
 * 1947  – Glenn Cornick, English bass player (d. 2014)
 * 1947  – Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician
 * 1948 – Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter
 * 1948  – Serge Thériault, Canadian actor
 * 1949 – Paul Collier, English economist and academic
 * 1949  – David Cross, English violinist
 * 1949  – John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2021)
 * 1950 – Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
 * 1950  – Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
 * 1951 – Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
 * 1952 – Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
 * 1953 – James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1954 – Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
 * 1954  – Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
 * 1955 – Judy Davis, Australian actress
 * 1955  – Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
 * 1955  – Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2008)
 * 1957 – Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
 * 1957  – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
 * 1958 – Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
 * 1958  – Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1959 – Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist
 * 1960 – Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
 * 1960  – Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1991)
 * 1960  – Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
 * 1960  – Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
 * 1960  – Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1961 – George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
 * 1961  – Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver
 * 1962 – John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer
 * 1962  – Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician
 * 1963 – Paul Belmondo, French race car driver
 * 1963  – Robby Naish, American windsurfer
 * 1964 – Gianandrea Noseda, Italian pianist and conductor
 * 1965 – Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
 * 1966 – Jörg Deisinger, German bass player
 * 1966  – Matt Freeman, American bass player
 * 1966  – Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (d. 1999)
 * 1967 – Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (d. 2021)
 * 1967  – Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
 * 1968 – Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
 * 1968  – Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1968  – Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (d. 2001)
 * 1969 – Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach
 * 1969  – Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast (d. 2018)
 * 1970 – Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
 * 1970  – Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist
 * 1970  – Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager
 * 1970  – Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author
 * 1970  – Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager
 * 1971 – Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer
 * 1972 – Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
 * 1972  – Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
 * 1972  – Amira Medunjanin, Bosnian singer
 * 1973 – Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1974 – Carlos Dengler, American bass player
 * 1974  – Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
 * 1975 – Bobby Shaw, American football player
 * 1976 – Gabriel Damon, American actor
 * 1976  – Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
 * 1977 – John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
 * 1977  – Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player
 * 1977  – David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
 * 1977  – Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1977  – John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1977  – Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
 * 1977  – Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
 * 1977  – Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer
 * 1978 – Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner
 * 1979 – Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
 * 1979  – Jaime King, American actress and model
 * 1979  – Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality
 * 1979  – Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier
 * 1980 – Nicole den Dulk, Dutch Paralympic equestrian
 * 1982 – Kyle Beckerman, American footballer
 * 1982  – Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
 * 1983 – Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer
 * 1983  – Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
 * 1983  – Ian Henderson, English rugby league player
 * 1984 – Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
 * 1984  – Moose, American professional wrestler and football player
 * 1984  – Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
 * 1985 – Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
 * 1986 – Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
 * 1986  – Alysia Montaño, American runner
 * 1986  – Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player
 * 1987 – Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer
 * 1987  – John Boye, Ghanaian footballer
 * 1987  – Emily Fox, American basketball player
 * 1988 – Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
 * 1988  – Sandra Borch, Norwegian politician
 * 1988  – Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete
 * 1988  – Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater
 * 1988  – Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player
 * 1989 – Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
 * 1990 – Rui Fonte, Portuguese footballer
 * 1990  – Dev Patel, English actor
 * 1991 – Britt Baker, American professional wrestler
 * 1991  – Nathan Baker, English footballer
 * 1991  – Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter
 * 1991  – Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player
 * 1994 – Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer
 * 1994  – Song Kang, South Korean actor
 * 1995 – Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality
 * 1995  – Jamie Hayter, English professional wrestler
 * 1996 – Carolina Alves, Brazilian tennis player
 * 1997 – Zach Apple, American swimmer
 * 1999 – Son Chaeyoung, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter
 * 2000 – Chloe Kim, American snowboarder
 * 2000 – Lee Jeno, South Korean rapper, vocalist and dancer
 * 2018 – Prince Louis of Wales

Pre-1600

 * AD 303 – Saint George, Roman soldier and martyr
 * 711 – Childebert III, Frankish king (b. 670)
 * 725 – Wihtred of Kent
 * 871 – Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837)
 * 915 – Yang Shihou, Chinese general
 * 944 – Wichmann the Elder, Saxon nobleman
 * 990 – Ekkehard II, Swiss monk and abbot
 * 997 – Adalbert of Prague, Czech bishop, missionary, and saint (b. 956)
 * 1014 – Brian Boru, Irish king (b. 941)
 * 1014 – Domnall mac Eimín, Mormaer of Mar
 * 1016 – Æthelred the Unready, English son of Edgar the Peaceful (b. 968)
 * 1124 – Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
 * 1151 – Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103)
 * 1170 – Minamoto no Tametomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1139)
 * 1196 – Béla III of Hungary (b. c. 1148)
 * 1200 – Zhu Xi, Chinese philosopher (b. 1130)
 * 1217 – Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
 * 1262 – Aegidius of Assisi, companion of Saint Francis of Assisi
 * 1307 – Joan of Acre (b. 1272)
 * 1400 – Aubrey de Vere, 10th Earl of Oxford, English politician and nobleman (b. c. 1338)
 * 1407 – Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
 * 1501 – Domenico della Rovere, Catholic cardinal (b. 1442)
 * 1554 – Gaspara Stampa, Italian poet (b. 1523)

1601–1900

 * 1605 – Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (b. 1551)
 * 1616 – William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet (b. 1564)
 * 1616 – Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish writer and historian (b. 1539)


 * 1625 – Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
 * 1695 – Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
 * 1702 – Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
 * 1781 – James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
 * 1784 – Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
 * 1792 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
 * 1794 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
 * 1827 – Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
 * 1839 – Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
 * 1850 – William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
 * 1865 – Silas Soule, American soldier and whistleblower of the Sand Creek Massacre (b. 1838)
 * 1889 – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
 * 1895 – Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)

1901–present

 * 1905 – Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
 * 1907 – Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
 * 1915 – Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
 * 1936 – Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
 * 1951 – Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
 * 1951  – Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
 * 1959 – Bak Jungyang, Korean politician (b. 1872)
 * 1965 – George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
 * 1966 – George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
 * 1981 – Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
 * 1983 – Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
 * 1984 – Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
 * 1985 – Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
 * 1985  – Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (b. 1916)
 * 1986 – Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
 * 1986  – Jim Laker, English international cricketer and sportscaster; holder of world record for most wickets taken in a match (b. 1922)
 * 1986  – Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
 * 1990 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
 * 1991 – Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)
 * 1992 – Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * 1992  – Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1912)
 * 1993 – Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (b. 1927)
 * 1995 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)
 * 1995  – Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)
 * 1995  – Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (b. 1904)
 * 1995  – John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)
 * 1996 – Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
 * 1996  – P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)
 * 1997 – Denis Compton, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1918)
 * 1998 – Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
 * 1998  – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1928)
 * 1998  – Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player (b. 1920)
 * 2003 – Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer (b. 1910)
 * 2004 – Herman Veenstra, Dutch water polo player (b. 1911)
 * 2005 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
 * 2005  – Robert Farnon, Canadian-English trumpet player, composer and conductor (b. 1917)
 * 2005  – Al Grassby, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1928)
 * 2005  – John Mills, English actor (b. 1908)
 * 2005  – Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
 * 2005  – Earl Wilson, American baseball player, coach and educator (b. 1934)
 * 2006  – Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (b. 1940)
 * 2007 – Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)
 * 2007  – David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)
 * 2007  – Peter Randall, English sergeant (b. 1930)
 * 2007  – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931)
 * 2010 – Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (b. 1929)
 * 2011 – James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (b. 1922)
 * 2011  – Tom King, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
 * 2011  – Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English businessman and politician (b. 1921)
 * 2011  – Max van der Stoel, Dutch politician and Minister of State (b. 1924)
 * 2011  – John Sullivan, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
 * 2012 – Lillemor Arvidsson, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 34th Governor of Gotland (b. 1943)
 * 2012  – Billy Bryans, Canadian drummer, songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
 * 2012  – Chris Ethridge, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1947)
 * 2012  – Raymond Thorsteinsson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1921)
 * 2012  – LeRoy T. Walker, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
 * 2013 – Bob Brozman, American guitarist (b. 1954)
 * 2013  – Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (b. 1943)
 * 2013  – Tony Grealish, English footballer (b. 1956)
 * 2013  – Antonio Maccanico, Italian banker and politician (b. 1924)
 * 2013  – Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
 * 2013  – Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist and scholar (b. 1907)
 * 2014 – Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (b. 1946)
 * 2014  – Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959)
 * 2014  – Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (b. 1912)
 * 2014  – Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
 * 2014  – F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921)
 * 2014  – Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951)
 * 2014  – Patric Standford, English composer and educator (b. 1939)
 * 2015 – Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (b. 1944)
 * 2015  – Ray Jackson, Australian activist (b. 1941)
 * 2015  – Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (b. 1950)
 * 2015  – Jim Steffen, American football player (b. 1936)
 * 2015  – Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (b. 1967)
 * 2016 – Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (b. 1915)
 * 2016  – Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996 (b. 1932)
 * 2019 – Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick, American soprano singer and presenter (b. 1983)
 * 2019  – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1921)
 * 2021 – Dan Kaminsky, American internet security researcher (b. 1979)
 * 2022 – Orrin Hatch, American politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate (b. 1934)
 * 2024 – Frank Field, British politician (b. 1942)
 * 2024 – Helen Vendler, American Literary Critic (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Adalbert of Prague
 * Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus
 * Saint George
 * Blessed Giles of Assisi
 * Gerard of Toul
 * Ibar of Beggerin (Meath)
 * Toyohiko Kagawa (Episcopal and Lutheran Church)
 * St George's Day (England) and its related observances:
 * La Diada de Sant Jordi (Catalonia, Spain)
 * April 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Canada Book Day (Canada)
 * Castile and León Day (Castile and León)
 * International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day
 * Khongjom Day (Manipur)
 * National Sovereignty and Children's Day (Turkey and Northern Cyprus)
 * Navy Day (China)
 * World Book Day
 * UN English Language Day (United Nations)
 * UN Spanish Language Day (United Nations)