The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people who died on December 23rd

Thomas Robert Malthus

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766 - 1834)

English economist and scholar
Joan Didion

Joan Didion (1934 - 2021)

American author
Jack Webb

Jack Webb (1920 - 1982)

American actor, director, and producer
Noor Jehan

Noor Jehan (1926 - 2000)

Pakistani actress and singer
Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson (1925 - 2007)

Canadian pianist and composer
Victor Borge

Victor Borge (1909 - 2000)

Danish-American pianist and comedian
Charles Atlas

Charles Atlas (1892 - 1972)

Italian bodybuilder
Hideki Tōjō

Hideki Tōjō (1884 - 1948)

Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan
Peggy Guggenheim

Peggy Guggenheim (1898 - 1979)

American art collector
Effie Gray

Effie Gray (1828 - 1897)

Scottish painter
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919 - 2013)

Russian general and inventor of the AK-47
Walton Walker

Walton Walker (1889 - 1950)

United States Army general
Lawrence Sperry

Lawrence Sperry (1892 - 1923)

American aviation pioneer
Billy Barty

Billy Barty (1924 - 2000)

American actor
Dirk Stikker

Dirk Stikker (1897 - 1979)

Dutch politician
Clint Ballard Jr.

Clint Ballard Jr. (1931 - 2008)

American songwriter
Wade Haislip

Wade Haislip (1889 - 1971)

Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1949 to 1951
Sarah Grimke

Sarah Grimke (1792 - 1873)

American abolitionist
Norman Vaughan

Norman Vaughan (1905 - 2005)

American Dogsled Driver and Explorer