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• 1923–2024Glynis JohnsBritish actressOctober 5
• 1923–1981Gloria GrahameAmerican actressNovember 28
• 1923–1998Alan ShepardAmerican astronautNovember 18
• 1923–2021Bob DoleAmerican politician and attorneyJuly 22
• 1923–2011Cliff RobertsonAmerican actorSeptember 9
• 1923–1985Italo CalvinoItalian authorOctober 15
• 1923–2020Chuck YeagerAmerican flying ace and test pilotFebruary 13
• 1923–2003Heydar AliyevPresident of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003May 10
• 1923–2013Conrad BainCanadian-American actorFebruary 4
• 1923–2011Dev AnandIndian actor and filmmakerSeptember 26
• 1923–1970Peter II of YugoslaviaKing of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1945September 6
• 1923–2020Freeman DysonBritish theoretical physicist and mathematicianDecember 15
• 1923–1997Roy LichtensteinAmerican pop artistOctober 27
• 1923–1991Robert MaxwellBritish media proprietorJune 10
• 1923–2019Franco ZeffirelliItalian filmmakerFebruary 12
• 1923–2008Estelle GettyAmerican actressJuly 25
• 1923–1945Irma GreseGerman war criminal and Holocaust perpetratorOctober 7
• 1923–2014Wojciech JaruzelskiLeader of Poland from 1981 to 1989July 6
• 1923–1984Peter LawfordBritish actorSeptember 7
• 1923–2017Rose MarieAmerican actress, singer, and comedianAugust 15
• 1923–2008Bettie PageAmerican pin-up modelApril 22
• 1923–2001Nguyễn Văn ThiệuPresident of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975April 5
• 1923–2013Jean StapletonAmerican actressJanuary 19
• 1923–1999Joseph HellerAmerican writerMay 1
• 1923–2012Carroll ShelbyAmerican racing driver and automotive designerJanuary 11
• 1923–2011James ArnessAmerican actorMay 26
• 1923–2006Aaron SpellingAmerican film and television producerApril 22
• 1923–1965Linda DarnellAmerican actressOctober 16
• 1923–2015René GirardFrench anthropologist and philosopherDecember 25
• 1923–1996N. T. Rama RaoIndian actor and former Chief Minister of Andhra PradeshMay 28
• 1923–2014Nadine GordimerSouth African writerNovember 20
• 1923–2020Lee Teng-huiPresident of the Republic of China from 1988 to 2000January 15
• 1923–1971Diane ArbusAmerican photographerMarch 14
• 1923–2016Peter VaughanEnglish actorApril 4
• 1923–2008Daniel Carleton GajdusekAmerican medical researcherSeptember 9
• 1923–2005Don AdamsAmerican actorApril 13
• 1923–2012Wisława SzymborskaPolish poet and Nobel laureateJuly 2
• 1923–2013Bert TrautmannGerman footballer and coachOctober 22
• 1923–2004Ann MillerAmerican actress and dancerApril 12
• 1923–2000Tito PuenteAmerican Latin jazz and mambo musicianApril 20
• 1923–2006György LigetiHungarian composerMay 28
• 1923–2007Wally SchirraAmerican astronautMarch 12
• 1923–2005Jack KilbyAmerican electrical engineerNovember 8
• 1923–1986V. C. AndrewsAmerican novelistJune 6
• 1923–2010Irvin KershnerAmerican film directorApril 29
• 1923–1992Albert KingAmerican blues musicianApril 25
• 1923–2020Rhonda FlemingAmerican actress and singerAugust 10
• 1923–2009Betsy BlairAmerican actressDecember 11
• 1923–1990Dexter GordonAmerican jazz saxophonistFebruary 27
• 1923–2014Stephanie KwolekAmerican chemist who invented KevlarJuly 31
• 1923–2006Ahmet ErtegunTurkish-American businessmanJuly 31
• 1923–2012Pope Shenouda III of AlexandriaHead of the Coptic Church from 1971 to 2012August 3
• 1923–1964Brendan BehanIrish poet and writerFebruary 9
• 1923–1964Jim ReevesAmerican singerAugust 20
• 1923–2013Dale RobertsonAmerican actorJuly 14
• 1923–2005Rainier III of MonacoPrince of Monaco from 1949 to 2005May 31
• 1923–2017Dina MerrillAmerican actressDecember 29
• 1923–1968Wes MontgomeryAmerican jazz guitaristMarch 6
• 1923–2012Patrick MooreEnglish astronomer, broadcaster and writerMarch 4
• 1923–1981Paddy ChayefskyAmerican playwright, screenwriter and novelistJanuary 29