Did you know
Bhagat Singh was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 in what was intended to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist.
Notable Deaths on March 23
1931 — Bhagat Singh
Indian activist (born 1907)
March 23 has 113 recorded notable deaths across history, from 59 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
113 source records
59 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on March 23
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1965 NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). Source
- 1868 The University of California is founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act is signed into law. Source
- 1862 American Civil War: The First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marks the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Although a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracts Federal efforts to capture Richmond. Source
- 1848 The ship John Wickliffe arrives at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province is founded. Source
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Hayek shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal for work on money and economic fluctuations, and the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena.
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Lil' Chris came to prominence in 2006 after appearing on the Channel 4 series Rock School, which saw Kiss vocalist and bassist Gene Simmons make a rock band at Lil' Chris' school.
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Lewis also researched on relativity and quantum physics, and in 1926 he coined the term "photon" for the smallest unit of radiant energy.
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Peter Oakley was an English pensioner and Internet personality, who posted YouTube videos under the Internet pseudonym geriatric1927.
More major people who died on March 23
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1992
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian-German economist, philosopher, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
Friedrich August von Hayek was an Austrian economist and philosopher. He is known for his contributions to political economy, political philosophy and intellectual history.
2015
Lil' Chris
English singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality (born 1990)
Christopher James Hardman, known professionally as Lil' Chris, was an English singer-songwriter, actor, and television personality.
1946
Gilbert N. Lewis
American chemist (born 1875)
Gilbert Newton Lewis was an American physical chemist and a dean of the college of chemistry at University of California, Berkeley.
2014
Peter Oakley
English YouTuber (born 1927)
Peter Oakley was an English pensioner and Internet personality, who posted YouTube videos under the Internet pseudonym geriatric1927.
1022
Zhen Zong
Chinese emperor (born 968)
Emperor Zhenzong of Song, personal name Zhao Heng, was the third emperor of the Song dynasty of China. He reigned from 997 to his death in 1022.
1955
Artur Bernardes
Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (born 1875)
Artur da Silva Bernardes was a Brazilian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th president of Brazil from 1922 to 1926.
2012
Jim Duffy
American animator, director, and producer (born 1937)
Jim Duffy was an American animator whose credits included more than twenty years at Klasky Csupo creating productions for Nickelodeon, as well as earlier stints as an animator for Hanna-Barbera, TVC Animation in London,…
1978
Halyna Kuzmenko
Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (born 1897)
Agafya "Halyna" Andriivna Kuzmenko was a Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary.
2002
Eileen Farrell
American soprano (born 1920)
Eileen Farrell was an American soprano who had a nearly 60-year-long career performing both classical and popular music in concerts, theatres, on radio and television, and on disc.
1999
Luis María Argaña
Paraguayan judge and politician, Vice President of Paraguay (born 1932)
Luis María del Corazón de Jesús Dionisio Argaña Ferraro was a Paraguayan politician and jurist.
2016
Ken Howard
American actor (born 1944)
Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr. was an American actor. He was known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (1972) and as high school basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the television show The…
2013
Joe Weider
Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (born 1919)
Josef Weider was a Canadian publisher and entrepreneur who co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) alongside his brother Ben Weider. He was also the creator of Mr. Olympia, Ms.
1972
Cristóbal Balenciaga
Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (born 1895)
Cristóbal Balenciaga Eizaguirre was a Spanish fashion designer, and the founder of the Balenciaga clothing brand.
2011
Elizabeth Taylor
American-British actress, socialite and humanitarian (born 1932)
Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was a British and American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s.
1986
Moshe Feinstein
American Orthodox Rabbi and posek (born 1895)
Moshe Feinstein was a Russian-born American Orthodox Jewish rabbi, scholar, and posek.
2014
Dave Brockie
Canadian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1963)
David Murray Brockie was a Canadian-born American singer and musician.
1953
Raoul Dufy
French painter and illustrator (born 1877)
Raoul Dufy was a French painter associated with the Fauvist movement.
2007
Eric Medlen
American race car driver (born 1973)
Eric John Medlen was an American NHRA Fuel Funny Car driver. Medlen drove for John Force Racing in 2004, 2005, and 2006, campaigning in the Castrol Syntec Ford Mustang Fuel Funny Car, and in 2007, campaigning in the…
2013
Onofre Corpuz
Filipino economist, historian, and academic (born 1926)
Onofre Dizon Corpuz ONS was a Filipino academic, economist, and historian.