Notable deaths on December 23

Leader of Suriname (1980–1987; 1990–1991; 2010–2020)

Indian director and screenwriter (1934–2024)

Swiss snowboarder (1998–2024)

American visual artist (1955–2023)

American comedian (1979–2022)

American writer (1934–2021)

American musician (1945–2020)

Irish public servant and later politician (1927–2017)

American pharmacologist (1941–2015)

Prime Minister of Turkey from 1980 to 1983

English footballer, coach, manager, and pundit

French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (born 1933)

Canadian lawyer and author

American statistician and academic (1924–2014)

Greek-American artist (1933–2013)

Indian poet (1926–2013)

Russian firearms designer (1919–2013)

American drummer (1954–2013)

American hedge fund manager, philanthropist and art collector (1926–2013)

American jazz musician (1920–2013)

Brazilian kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter

Headmistress; convicted celebrity murderer (1923–2012)

Turkish politician (1946–2011)

American pilot and philanthropist