Notable people who died on June 23 include: Vespasian, Æthelthryth, Li Congyi, Wang, Feng Yanji.

Notable Deaths on June 23

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Miguel Facussé Barjum, Honduran businessman (born 1924)

2015 — Miguel Facussé Barjum

Honduran businessman (born 1924)

June 23 has seen 97 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 79 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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Notable Deaths 97 people 79 – 2025

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A 2006 study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation named Facussé one of the three "most powerful men in Honduras"

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He was Executive President of Corporación Dinant, a consumer products manufacturing company he founded in Honduras in 1960

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His nephew, Carlos Roberto Flores, was President of Honduras from 1998 to 2002

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In May 2009, Facussé was awarded the Orden Mérito a la Democracia en el Grado de Gran Caballero by the Senate of Colombia

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In August 2014, he was awarded the CEAL Founders' Award for his pioneering role in promoting business between Latin American nations.

Vespasian

Roman emperor (born AD 9)

AD 79 (LXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Titus and Vespasianus. The denomination AD 79 for this year has been used since the…

Æthelthryth

English saint (born 636)

Year 679 (DCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 679 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent…

679

Li Congyi

prince of Later Tang (born 931)

Li Congyi, known as the Prince of Xu (許王), was an imperial prince of the Later Tang dynasty of China. He was the youngest son of its second emperor, Li Siyuan. During the chaos following the destruction of the Later…

947

Wang

imperial consort of Later Tang

Consort Dowager Wang, who has another title Wang Taifei (王太妃), known commonly by her imperial consort title Shufei (王淑妃), nicknamed Huajianxiu, was a noble consort to Li Siyuan, the second emperor of the Chinese Five…

947

Feng Yanji

chancellor of Southern Tang (born 903)

Feng Yanji or Feng Yansi (馮延巳) (per the New History of the Five Dynasties and Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms, alternative name Feng Yansi, courtesy name Zhengzhong, was a famed poet and politician of the…

960

Lothair Udo I

count of Stade (born 950)

Lothair Udo I was count of Stade. He was the son of Count Henry the Bald and his wife Judith of the Wetterau, granddaughter of Duke Gebhard of Lorraine. Lothair is frequently confused with his nephew Lothair Udo II, son…

994

Henry I

margrave of Austria

Henry I, known as Henry the Strong, was the Margrave of Austria from 994 to his death in 1018. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.

1018

Adalbert of Mainz

German archbishop

Adalbert I von Saarbrücken was Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1111 until his death. He played a key role in opposing Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, during the Investiture Controversy, and secured the election of Lothair…

1137

Constance of Aragon

Hungarian queen (born 1179)

Constance of Aragon was an Aragonese infanta who was by marriage firstly queen of Hungary and Croatia, and secondly queen of Germany and Sicily and Holy Roman empress. She was regent of Sicily from 1212 to 1220.

1222

Henryk IV Probus

duke of Wrocław and high duke of Kraków (born c. 1258)

Henry Probus was a member of the Silesian branch of the royal Polish Piast dynasty. He was Duke of Silesia at Wrocław from 1266, as well as the ruler of the Seniorate Province of Kraków and High Duke of Poland from 1288…

1290

Henry de Bohun

English knight

Sir Henry de Bohun was an English knight of Anglo-Norman origins and grandson of Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Bannockburn by Robert the Bruce.

1314

Aymer de Valence

2nd Earl of Pembroke (born 1270)

Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, was an Anglo-French nobleman. Though primarily active in England, he also had strong connections with the French royal house. One of the wealthiest and most powerful men of his…

1324

Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi

Italian cardinal (born c. 1270)

Giacomo Gaetani Stefaneschi was an Italian cardinal deacon in the Catholic Church.

1343

Margaret II

Holy Roman Empress (born 1311)

Margaret II of Avesnes was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland from 1345 to 1356. She was Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Germany by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian.

1356

Pedro de Mendoza

Spanish conquistador (born 1487)

Pedro de Mendoza was a Spanish conquistador, soldier and explorer, the first adelantado of New Andalusia, and the founder of Buenos Aires.

1537

Dragut

Ottoman admiral (born 1485)

Dragut was an Ottoman corsair, naval commander, governor, and noble. Under his command, the Ottoman Empire's maritime power was extended across North Africa. Recognized for his military genius, and as being among "the…

1565

Shimizu Muneharu

Japanese commander (born 1537)

Shimizu Muneharu , also known as Shimizu Chōzaemon , was a military commander during the Sengoku period. He served the Mōri clan as a retainer to Kobayakawa Takakage and took part in the expedition to unify the Chūgoku…

1582

Mashita Nagamori

Japanese daimyō (born 1545)

Mashita Nagamori was a daimyō in Azuchi–Momoyama period, and one of the Go-Bugyō appointed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Also called Niemon (仁右衛門) or by his court title, Uemon-no-jō (右衛門尉). He was sent to Korea as one of the…

1615

William Louis

duke of Württemberg (born 1647)

William Louis was Duke of Württemberg from 1674 until his death in 1677.

1677

William Coventry

English politician (born 1628)

Sir William Coventry was an English statesman.

1686

John Mill

English theologian and author (born 1645)

John Mill was an English theologian noted for his critical edition of the Greek New Testament which included notes on over thirty-thousand variant readings in the manuscripts of the New Testament.

1707

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

Swiss paleontologist and scholar (born 1672)

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer was a Swiss physician and natural scientist born in Zürich. His most famous work was the Physica sacra in four volumes, which was a commentary on the Bible and included his view of the world,…

1733

Mark Akenside

English poet and physician (born 1721)

Mark Akenside was an English poet and physician.

1770

Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz

German adventurer and author (born 1692)

Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Pöllnitz was a German adventurer and writer from Issum.

1775

Mikael Sehul

Ethiopian warlord (born 1691)

Mikael Sehul was a nobleman who ruled Ethiopia for a period of 25 years as regent of a series of emperors. He was also a Ras or governor of Tigray 1748–71 and again from 1772 until his death. He was a major political…

1779

Mathurin Jacques Brisson

French zoologist and philosopher (born 1723)

Mathurin Jacques Brisson was a French zoologist and natural philosopher.

1806

Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida

Portuguese poet and author (born 1740)

Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, from Lisbon, was the foremost Portuguese satirical poet of the 18th century. Beginning at age 20, Tolentino studied law for three years at the University of Coimbra; he then ended those…

1811

Sir James Hall

4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (born 1761)

Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 4th Baronet FRS FRSE was a Scottish geologist and geophysicist. He was a Member of Parliament for St. Michael's borough 1807–1812.

1832

James Mill

Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (born 1773)

James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher. He is counted among the founders of the Ricardian school of economics. He also wrote The History of British India (1817) and was one of…

1836

Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este

Electress of Bavaria (born 1776)

Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este was an Electress of Bavaria as the second wife of Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria.

1848

Ivan Kireyevsky

Russian philosopher and critic (born 1806)

Ivan Vasilyevich Kireyevsky was a Russian literary critic and philosopher who, together with Aleksey Khomyakov, is credited as a co-founder of the Slavophile movement.

1856

Matthias Jakob Schleiden

German botanist and academic (born 1804)

Matthias Jakob Schleiden was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow. He published some poems and non-scientific work under the pseudonym Ernst.

1881

Wilhelm Eduard Weber

German physicist and academic (born 1804)

Wilhelm Eduard Weber was a German physicist and, together with Carl Friedrich Gauss, inventor of the first electromagnetic telegraph.

1891

Samuel Newitt Wood

American lawyer and politician (born 1825)

Samuel Newitt Wood was an American attorney, newspaper editor, and member of the Kansas House of Representatives. He was also a Free State advocate in Kansas and an early supporter of Women's Suffrage. Wood was a…

1891

William Fox

English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1812)

Sir William Fox was a New Zealand politician who was the second premier of New Zealand in 1856, from 1861 to 1862, from 1869 to 1872, and in 1873. Serving while New Zealand was still a British colony, he was known for…

1893

Theophilus Shepstone

English-South African politician (born 1817)

Sir Theophilus Shepstone was a British South African statesman who was responsible for the annexation of the Transvaal to Britain in 1877.

1893

Bhaktivinoda Thakur

Indian guru and philosopher (born 1838)

Bhaktivinoda Thakur, born Kedarnath Datta, was an Indian Hindu philosopher, guru and spiritual reformer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism who effected its resurgence in India in late 19th and early 20th century and was called by…

1914

Giuseppina Tuissi

Italian journalist and activist (born 1923)

Giuseppina Tuissi, better known as Gianna was an Italian communist and partisan during World War II. She was part of the 52nd Brigata Garibaldi "Luigi Clerici". From September 1944, she was a collaborator of the…

1945

Albert Gleizes

French painter (born 1881)

Albert Gleizes was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on Cubism, Du…

1953

Salih Omurtak

Turkish general (born 1889)

Salih Omurtak was a Turkish general and the 4th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.

1954

Reinhold Glière

Russian composer and educator (born 1875)

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière was a Russian and Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the titles of People's Artist of the RSFSR (1935) and People's Artist of the USSR (1938).

1956

Boris Vian

French author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)

Boris Vian was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their…

1959

Hidir Lutfi

Iraqi poet. (born 1880)

Hidir Lutfi was an Iraqi poet. Born in Kirkuk in a Konyan Turkish family, he studied Arabic, Persian and Turkish. He has an unprinted Diwan of poetry, many literary researches, and a book on the history of Kirkuk. He…

1959

Volmari Iso-Hollo

Finnish runner (born 1907)

Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo was a Finnish runner. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics in the 3000 m steeplechase and 10000 m and won two gold, one silver and one bronze medals. Iso-Hollo was one of the last…

1969

Roscoe Turner

American soldier and pilot (born 1895)

Roscoe Turner was a record-breaking American aviator who was a three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race and widely recognized by his flamboyant style and his pet, Gilmore the Lion. He also founded a US domestic…

1970

Gerry Birrell

Scottish race car driver (born 1944)

Gerald Hussey Buchanan Birrell was a British racing driver from Scotland, who was killed in a wreck during practice for a Formula Two race at Rouen-Les-Essarts.

1973

Sanjay Gandhi

Indian engineer and politician (born 1946)

Sanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Lok Sabha and was the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi.

1980

Clyfford Still

American painter and academic (born 1904)

Clyfford Still was an American painter, and one of the leading figures in the first generation of abstract expressionists, who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War…

1980

Werner Best

German police officer and jurist (born 1903)

Karl Rudolf Werner Best was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret police,…

1989

Harindranath Chattopadhyay

Indian poet, actor, and politician (born 1898)

Harindranath Chattopadhyay was an Indian English poet, dramatist, actor, musician, and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu, the second woman President…

1990

Eric Andolsek

American football player (born 1966)

Eric Thomas Andolsek was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers.

1992

Roger Grimsby

American journalist (born 1928)

Roger Olin Grimsby was an American journalist, television news anchor and actor. Grimsby, who for eighteen years was seen on ABC's flagship station WABC in New York City, is known as one of the pioneers of local…

1995

Jonas Salk

American biologist and physician (born 1914)

Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York…

1995

Anatoli Tarasov

Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1918)

Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian ice hockey" and established the Soviet Union national team as "the dominant force in international…

1995

Andreas Papandreou

Greek economist and politician, 174th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)

Andreas Georgiou Papandreou was a Greek academic and economist who was prime minister of Greece from 1981 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 1996. He founded PASOK, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement.

1996

Ray Lindwall

Australian cricketer and rugby player (born 1921)

Raymond Russell Lindwall was an Australian cricketer who played 61 Test matches for Australia between 1946 and 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in cricket history. In addition to his…

1996

Betty Shabazz

American educator and activist (born 1936)

Betty Shabazz, also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate who was married to Malcolm X.

1997

Maureen O'Sullivan

Irish-American actress (born 1911)

Maureen Paula O'Sullivan was an Irish-American actress who played Jane in the Tarzan series of films during the era of Johnny Weissmuller. She starred in dozens of feature films across a span of more than half a century…

1998

Peter Dubovský

Slovak footballer (born 1972)

Peter Dubovský was a Slovak professional footballer who played as a forward.

2000

Pedro Alcázar

Panamanian boxer (born 1975)

Guillermo Gonzalez, better known as Pedro "El Rockero" Alcázar was a Panamanian boxer who won the WBO Super flyweight championship, and then sustained fatal injuries in the ring.

2002

Shana Alexander

American journalist and author (born 1926)

Shana Alexander was an American journalist. Although she became the first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine, she was best known for her participation in the "Point-Counterpoint" debate segments of 60…

2005

Manolis Anagnostakis

Greek poet and critic (born 1925)

Manolis Anagnostakis was a Greek poet and critic at the forefront of the Marxist and existentialist poetry movements arising during and after the Greek Civil War in the late 1940s. Anagnostakis was a leader amongst his…

2005

Aaron Spelling

American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Spelling Television (born 1923)

Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer and occasional actor. His productions included the television series Family (1976–1980); Charlie's Angels (1976–1981); The Love Boat (1977–1986); Hart to Hart…

2006

Harriet

Western Santa Cruz tortoise (born c. 1830)

Harriet was a Galápagos tortoise who had an estimated age of 175 years at the time of her death in Australia. At the time of her death, she lived at the Australia Zoo which was owned by Steve and Terri Irwin. Harriet…

2006

Rod Beck

American baseball player (born 1968)

Rodney Roy Beck, nicknamed "Shooter", was an American professional baseball relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants (1991–1997), Chicago Cubs (1998–1999), Boston Red Sox…

2007

Claudio Capone

Italian-Scottish actor (born 1952)

Claudio Capone was an Italian actor, voice actor and narrator.

2008

Arthur Chung

Guyanese surveyor and politician, 1st President of Guyana (born 1918)

Arthur Raymond Chung was President of Guyana from 17 March 1970 to 6 October 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese president and head of state of a non-Asian country. A leader in Guyana's fight for independence during…

2008

Marian Glinka

Polish actor and bodybuilder (born 1943)

Marian Witold Glinka was a Polish actor and bodybuilder. He appeared in many Polish movies.

2008

Raymond Berthiaume

Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1931)

Raymond Berthiaume was a Canadian jazz singer, musician, producer and composer from Quebec, Canada.

2009

Ed McMahon

American game show host and announcer (born 1923)

Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. was an American announcer, game show host, comedian, actor, singer, and combat aviator. McMahon and Johnny Carson began their association in their first TV series, the ABC game show Who Do…

2009

Jerri Nielsen

American physician and explorer (born 1952)

Jerri Lin Nielsen was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she could be safely…

2009

John Burton

Australian public servant and diplomat (born 1915)

John Wear Burton was an Australian public servant, high commissioner and academic.

2010

Peter Falk

American actor (born 1927)

Peter Michael Falk was an American actor. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo on the NBC/ABC series Columbo, for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award (1973). In 1996, TV Guide…

2011

Dennis Marshall

Costa Rican footballer (born 1985)

Dennis Amos Marshall Maxwell was a Costa Rica professional footballer who played as a left-back. He made 19 appearances for the Costa Rica national team, scoring once.

2011

Fred Steiner

American composer and conductor (born 1923)

Frederick Steiner was an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, radio and film. Steiner wrote the theme music for The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show and Perry Mason. While…

2011

James Durbin

English economist and statistician (born 1923)

James Durbin FBA was a British statistician and econometrician, known particularly for his work on time series analysis and serial correlation.

2012

Brigitte Engerer

French pianist and educator (born 1952)

Brigitte Engerer was a French pianist.

2012

Alan McDonald

Northern Ireland footballer and manager (born 1963)

Alan McDonald was a Northern Irish football manager and former professional footballer.

2012

Frank Chee Willeto

American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation (born 1925)

Frank Chee Willeto was an American politician and Navajo code talker during World War II. Willeto served as the vice president of the Navajo Nation under President Milton Bluehouse, Sr. from his appointment in August…

2012

Walter J. Zable

American football player and businessman, founded the Cubic Corporation (born 1915)

Walter Joseph Zable was an American businessman, entrepreneur, semi-professional football player and college athlete. He was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Cubic Corporation, a public…

2012

Bobby Bland

American singer-songwriter (born 1930)

Robert Calvin Bland, known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. He was described as "among the great storytellers of blues…

2013

Gary David Goldberg

American screenwriter and producer (born 1944)

Gary David Goldberg was an American writer and producer for television and film. Goldberg was best known for his work on Family Ties (1982–89), Spin City (1996–2002), and his semi-autobiographical television series…

2013

Frank Kelso

American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1933)

Frank Benton Kelso II was an admiral of the United States Navy, who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1990 to 1994.

2013

Kurt Leichtweiss

German mathematician and academic (born 1927)

Kurt Leichtweiß was a mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry.

2013

Richard Matheson

American author and screenwriter (born 1926)

Richard Burton Matheson was an American author and screenwriter, who worked primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.

2013

Darryl Read

English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor (born 1951)

Darryl Michael Roy Read was a British singer, guitarist, drummer, actor, poet and writer. In the late 1960s, Read was a member of Crushed Butler, considered by some to be amongst the forerunners of proto punk and punk…

2013

Sharon Stouder

American swimmer (born 1948)

Sharon Marie Stouder, also known by her married name Sharon Stouder Clark, was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in four events.

2013

Nancy Garden

American author (born 1938)

Nancy Garden was an American writer of fiction for children and young adults, best known for the lesbian novel Annie on My Mind. She received the 2003 Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association…

2014

Euros Lewis

Welsh cricketer (born 1942)

Euros John Lewis was a Welsh cricketer. Lewis was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.

2014

Paula Kent Meehan

American businesswoman, co-founded Redken (born 1931)

Paula Jane Meehan was an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She co-founded the Redken hair care products company. She briefly worked as an actress and fashion model.

2014

Nirmala Joshi

Indian nun, lawyer, and social worker (born 1934)

Maria Nirmala Joshi was an Indian religious sister who succeeded Nobel laureate Mother Teresa as the head of the Missionaries of Charity and expanded the movement overseas. After taking over the charity following Mother…

2015

Dick Van Patten

American actor (born 1928)

Richard Vincent Van Patten was an American actor, comedian, businessman, and animal welfare advocate whose career spanned seven decades of television. He was best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the…

2015

Ralph Stanley

American singer and banjo player (born 1927)

Ralph Edmund Stanley was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of the Stanley…

2016

John McAfee

British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (born 1945)

John David McAfee was a British and American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time U.S. presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in…

2021

Rebekah Del Rio

American singer-songwriter (born 1967)

Rebekah Del Rio was an American singer-songwriter and actress from Chula Vista, California.

2025

John Clark

Scottish Footballer and Lisbon Lion (born 1941)

John Clark was a Scottish football player and coach. He was employed by Celtic for fifty years over eight decades, as a player from 1958 to 1971, then having spells as a coach, assistant manager and then kit manager.

2025

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