Notable deaths on May 23

American military historian and author (1955–2024)

American filmmaker (1970–2024)

American author and illustrator (1929–2021)

British long-distance runner (1938–2021)

Japanese joshi puroresu wrestler (1997–2020)

English actor (1927–2017)

Pro-Russian rebel and warlord in Eastern Ukraine

Salvadoran-American physicist (1933–2015)

American comedian and actress (1929–2015)

American mathematician and Nobel Laureate (1928–2015)

Indian cricketer (1921–2014)

Russian linguist and academic (born 1949)

Dominican baseball scout

American basketball player (1941–2013)

Musical artist

Turkish politician

American historian (1924–2012)

Spanish cyclist (1978–2011)

Dominican baseball player (1972–2010)

English screenwriter, film director and producer (1970–2010)

President of South Korea from 2003 to 2008

Spanish mountaineer (1967–2008)

American labor organizer, folk singer, and poet (1935–2008)

Polish footballer (1921–2006)