Notable deaths on August 23

German billionaire and businessman (1937–2026)

Russian military officer (1970–2023)

American wrestler (1944–2023)

Russian oligarch and mercenary leader (1961–2023)

Scottish painter and printmaker (1931–2021)

Belgian nurse (1921–2015)

Honduran footballer (1971-2015)

French racing driver (1930–2015)

Australian airman

Cameroonian footballer (1989-2014)

Dutch cyclist and mountain biker (1994–2014)

Swedish author, translator and illustrator (1932–2014)

Spanish philologist

American production designer

Polish politician

U.S. railroad services company founder

Russian sociologist and economist (1927–2013)

Slovenian chess player (1987–2013)

American psychiatrist

American puppeteer (1934–2012)

American novelist

English art critic and journalist (1919–2008)

Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1928–2006)

American actor (1927–2005)