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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 23rd of December 0962 | EVENT | Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo |
| 23rd of December 1493 | EVENT | Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published. |
| 23rd of December 1688 | EVENT | As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees England to Paris after being deposed in favour of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary. |
| 23rd of December 1783 | EVENT | George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland. |
| 23rd of December 1793 | EVENT | The Battle of Savenay, decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in Revolt in the Vendee during the French Revolution. |
| 23rd of December 1823 | EVENT | A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published anonymously. |
| 23rd of December 1893 | EVENT | The opera Hansel und Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed. |
| 23rd of December 1913 | EVENT | The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve. |
| 23rd of December 1914 | EVENT | World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt. |
| 23rd of December 1916 | EVENT | World War I: Battle of Magdhaba : Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. |
| 23rd of December 1919 | EVENT | Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the UK. |
| 23rd of December 1921 | EVENT | Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated. |
| 23rd of December 1936 | EVENT | Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. |
| 23rd of December 1937 | EVENT | First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber. |
| 23rd of December 1938 | EVENT | Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa. |
| 23rd of December 1940 | EVENT | World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (?-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta. |
| 23rd of December 1941 | EVENT | World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Japanese Imperial Army occupies Wake Island. |
| 23rd of December 1947 | EVENT | The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories. |
| 23rd of December 1948 | EVENT | Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo. |
| 23rd of December 1958 | EVENT | Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world's highest self-supporting iron tower. |
| 23rd of December 1968 | EVENT | The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea. |
| 23rd of December 1970 | EVENT | The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world. |
| 23rd of December 1972 | EVENT | The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism. |
| 23rd of December 1972 | EVENT | A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000. |
| 23rd of December 1979 | EVENT | Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital. |
| 23rd of December 1982 | EVENT | The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri. |
| 23rd of December 1986 | EVENT | Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling. |
| 23rd of December 1990 | EVENT | History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88% of Slovenia's population vote for independence from Yugoslavia. |
| 23rd of December 2002 | EVENT | A MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25, making it the first time in history that an aircraft and an unmanned drone had engaged in combat. |
| 23rd of December 2003 | EVENT | PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234. |
| 23rd of December 2005 | EVENT | Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adre, which left about 100 people dead. |
| 23rd of December 0245 | BIRTHDAY | Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra |
| 23rd of December 1173 | BIRTHDAY | Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231) |
| 23rd of December 1513 | BIRTHDAY | Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577) |
| 23rd of December 1582 | BIRTHDAY | Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663) |
| 23rd of December 1597 | BIRTHDAY | Martin Opitz von Boberfeld, German poet (d. 1639) |
| 23rd of December 1613 | BIRTHDAY | Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish soldier (d. 1676) |
| 23rd of December 1621 | BIRTHDAY | Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678) |
| 23rd of December 1621 | BIRTHDAY | Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682) |
| 23rd of December 1689 | BIRTHDAY | Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755) |
| 23rd of December 1713 | BIRTHDAY | Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (d. 1749) |
| 23rd of December 1732 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (d. 1792) |
| 23rd of December 1743 | BIRTHDAY | Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803) |
| 23rd of December 1750 | BIRTHDAY | King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827) |
| 23rd of December 1758 | BIRTHDAY | Nathan Wilson U.S. Representative from New York (d. 1834) |
| 23rd of December 1777 | BIRTHDAY | Tsar Alexander I of Russia (d. 1825) |
| 23rd of December 1790 | BIRTHDAY | Jean Francois Champollion, French Egyptologist (d. 1832) |
| 23rd of December 1804 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French literary critic (d. 1869) |
| 23rd of December 1805 | BIRTHDAY | Joseph Smith, Jr., American religious leader (d. 1844) |
| 23rd of December 1819 | BIRTHDAY | Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889) |
| 23rd of December 1822 | BIRTHDAY | Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (d. 1875) |
| 23rd of December 1843 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1924) |
| 23rd of December 1854 | BIRTHDAY | Henry B. Guppy, British botanist (d. 1926) |
| 23rd of December 1864 | BIRTHDAY | Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (d. 1890) |
| 23rd of December 1867 | BIRTHDAY | Madam C.J. Walker, American philanthropist and tycoon (d. 1919) |
| 23rd of December 1878 | BIRTHDAY | Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972) |
| 23rd of December 1885 | BIRTHDAY | Pierre Brissaud, French artist (d. 1964) |
| 23rd of December 1891 | BIRTHDAY | Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (d. 1956) |
| 23rd of December 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (d. 1957) |
| 23rd of December 1900 | BIRTHDAY | Otto Soglow, American comics artist (d. 1975) |
| 23rd of December 1902 | BIRTHDAY | Norman Maclean, American author (d. 1990) |
| 23rd of December 1907 | BIRTHDAY | Avraham Stern, Polish-born Zionist leader (d. 1942) |
| 23rd of December 1907 | BIRTHDAY | Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (d. 2005) |
| 23rd of December 1908 | BIRTHDAY | Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born, Canadian portrait photographer (d. 2002) |
| 23rd of December 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (d. 1961) |
| 23rd of December 1911 | BIRTHDAY | Niels Kaj Jerne, English-born immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994) |
| 23rd of December 1911 | BIRTHDAY | James Gregory, American actor (d. 2002) |
| 23rd of December 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 2008) |
| 23rd of December 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of Germany |
| 23rd of December 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Jose Greco, Italian-born flamenco dancer (d. 2001) |
| 23rd of December 1918 | BIRTHDAY | Kumar Pallana, Indian-born American actor |
| 23rd of December 1919 | BIRTHDAY | Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (d. 2006) |
| 23rd of December 1921 | BIRTHDAY | Guy Beaulne, French Canadian actor and theatre director (d. 2001) |
| 23rd of December 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (d. 2001) |
| 23rd of December 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Onofre Marimon, Argentine racing driver (d. 1954) |
| 23rd of December 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Gunther Schifter, Austrian music journalist (d. 2008) |
| 23rd of December 1923 | BIRTHDAY | James Stockdale, American admiral and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005) |
| 23rd of December 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor |
| 23rd of December 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Duncan Hallas, British political figure (d. 2002) |
| 23rd of December 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Rayner Unwin, British book publisher (d. 2000) |
| 23rd of December 1926 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Bly, American poet |
| 23rd of December 1928 | BIRTHDAY | Chronis Aidonidis, Greek singer |
| 23rd of December 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1988) |
| 23rd of December 1929 | BIRTHDAY | Dick Weber, American professional tenpin bowler (d. 2005) |
| 23rd of December 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Ronnie Schell, American actor |
| 23rd of December 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Akihito, Emperor of Japan |
| 23rd of December 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Esther Phillips, American singer (d. 1984) |
| 23rd of December 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Hornung, American football player |
| 23rd of December 1936 | BIRTHDAY | Frederic Forrest, American actor |
| 23rd of December 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Edward Irving Wortis, American author |
| 23rd of December 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Barney Rosenzweig, American television producer |
| 23rd of December 1938 | BIRTHDAY | Bob Kahn, American Internet pioneer |
| 23rd of December 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Jorma Kaukonen, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) |
| 23rd of December 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Labine, French-Canadian politician |
| 23rd of December 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Eugene Record, American singer (The Chi-Lites) (d. 2005) |
| 23rd of December 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Tim Hardin, American musician (d. 1980) |
| 23rd of December 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (d. 1975) |
| 23rd of December 1942 | BIRTHDAY | Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of Australia |
| 23rd of December 1942 | BIRTHDAY | John Peterman, American fashion designer |
| 23rd of December 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Mikhail Gromov, Russian-born mathematician |
| 23rd of December 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Harry Shearer, American actor |
| 23rd of December 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (d. 1987) |
| 23rd of December 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Ron Allen, American baseball player |
| 23rd of December 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Silvia Sommerlath, Queen of Sweden |
| 23rd of December 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Wesley Clark, American military officer |
| 23rd of December 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Ron Bushy, American drummer (Iron Butterfly) |
| 23rd of December 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano |
| 23rd of December 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Susan Lucci, American actress |
| 23rd of December 1946 | BIRTHDAY | John Sullivan, British screenwriter (d. 2011) |
| 23rd of December 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Graham Bonnet, English musician |
| 23rd of December 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, educator, author, and music journalist |
| 23rd of December 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Leslie Moonves, American television executive |
| 23rd of December 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Jack Ham, American football player |
| 23rd of December 1949 | BIRTHDAY | Adrian Belew, American musician |
| 23rd of December 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Vicente del Bosque, Spanish football manager |
| 23rd of December 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Michael C. Burgess, American politician |
| 23rd of December 1950 | BIRTHDAY | Ilchi Lee, Korean educator and author |
| 23rd of December 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Anthony Phillips, British musician (Genesis) |
| 23rd of December 1952 | BIRTHDAY | William Kristol, American political commentator |
| 23rd of December 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia |
| 23rd of December 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom |
| 23rd of December 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Michele Alboreto, Italian Formula one driver (d. 2001) |
| 23rd of December 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Dave Murray, English musician (Iron Maiden) |
| 23rd of December 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Dan Bigras, Canadian singer |
| 23rd of December 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Trisha Goddard, English television presenter |
| 23rd of December 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Joan Severance, American actress |
| 23rd of December 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Victoria Williams, American singer |
| 23rd of December 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Geoff Willis, British engineer |
| 23rd of December 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Carol Smillie, British television personality |
| 23rd of December 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian novelist. |
| 23rd of December 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Bertrand Gachot, Belgian racing driver |
| 23rd of December 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Great Muta, Japanese professional wrestler |
| 23rd of December 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Kang Je-gyu, South Korean film director |
| 23rd of December 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Jim Harbaugh, American football player |
| 23rd of December 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Donna Tartt, American author |
| 23rd of December 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Eddie Vedder, American musician (Pearl Jam) |
| 23rd of December 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Carla Bruni, Italian-French model and singer |
| 23rd of December 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Otis Grant, Jamaican-Canadian Professional Boxer |
| 23rd of December 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Tim Fountain, British playwright |
| 23rd of December 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Quincy Jones III, Swedish-American musician |
| 23rd of December 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, American photographer |
| 23rd of December 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Martha Byrne, American actress |
| 23rd of December 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Rob Pelinka, American sports agent |
| 23rd of December 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Catriona LeMay Doan, Canadian speed skater |
| 23rd of December 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Karine Polwart, Scottish folk singer-songwriter |
| 23rd of December 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Holly Samos, British radio presenter |
| 23rd of December 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Raymont Harris, American football player |
| 23rd of December 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010) |
| 23rd of December 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter |
| 23rd of December 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite |
| 23rd of December 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer |
| 23rd of December 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist |
| 23rd of December 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Agustin Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer |
| 23rd of December 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player |
| 23rd of December 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Sky Lopez, American actress |
| 23rd of December 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Brad Lidge, American baseball player |
| 23rd of December 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Dimitris Mavrogenidis, Greek footballer |
| 23rd of December 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Jamie Noble, American professional wrestler |
| 23rd of December 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Alge Crumpler, American football player |
| 23rd of December 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Shirley, American basketball player |
| 23rd of December 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Baker, British television presenter |
| 23rd of December 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Jari Maenpaa, Finnish guitarist and singer |
| 23rd of December 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Esthero, Canadian musician and singer |
| 23rd of December 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Jodie Marsh, British glamour model |
| 23rd of December 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Andra Davis, American football player |
| 23rd of December 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Victor Martinez, Venezuelan baseball player |
| 23rd of December 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Estella Warren, Canadian model and actress |
| 23rd of December 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Summer Altice, American model and actress |
| 23rd of December 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Holly Madison, American model |
| 23rd of December 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Scott Gomez, American ice hockey player |
| 23rd of December 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Kenny Miller, Scottish football player |
| 23rd of December 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Cody Ross, American baseball player |
| 23rd of December 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Elvin Ng, Singaporean actor |
| 23rd of December 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Beth, Spanish singer |
| 23rd of December 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer |
| 23rd of December 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Maritza Correia, American swimmer |
| 23rd of December 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Brad Nelson, American baseball player |
| 23rd of December 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Hanley Ramirez, Dominican baseball player |
| 23rd of December 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Chopra, English footballer |
| 23rd of December 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Carlos Jimenez, Spanish ice hockey player |
| 23rd of December 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Joseph Stacey, British actor |
| 23rd of December 1984 | BIRTHDAY | Sebastian Werle, German rugby player |
| 23rd of December 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Harry Judd, British drummer (McFly) |
| 23rd of December 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Luke O'Loughlin, Australian actor |
| 23rd of December 1986 | BIRTHDAY | TJ Oshie, American ice hockey player |
| 23rd of December 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer |
| 23rd of December 1987 | BIRTHDAY | Owen Franks, New Zealand All Black rugby player |
| 23rd of December 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Eri Kamei, Japanese singer |
| 23rd of December 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress, model, and singer |
| 23rd of December 1992 | BIRTHDAY | Jeffrey Schlupp, German footballer |
| 23rd of December 0668 | DEATH | Mor Gabriel, Syriac Orthodox Saint (Born 594) |
| 23rd of December 0679 | DEATH | King Dagobert II of Austrasia (Born c. 650) |
| 23rd of December 0910 | DEATH | Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar |
| 23rd of December 0918 | DEATH | Conrad I of Germany |
| 23rd of December 1230 | DEATH | Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England |
| 23rd of December 1556 | DEATH | Nicholas Udall, English playwright (Born 1504) |
| 23rd of December 1568 | DEATH | Roger Ascham, tutor of Elizabeth I of England |
| 23rd of December 1575 | DEATH | Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese military commander (Born 1531) |
| 23rd of December 1588 | DEATH | Henry I, Duke of Guise, French Catholic leader (Born 1550) |
| 23rd of December 1631 | DEATH | Michael Drayton, English poet (Born 1563) |
| 23rd of December 1646 | DEATH | Francois Maynard, French poet (Born 1582) |
| 23rd of December 1652 | DEATH | John Cotton, English-born American minister (Born 1585) |
| 23rd of December 1675 | DEATH | Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (Born 1602) |
| 23rd of December 1722 | DEATH | Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (Born 1654) |
| 23rd of December 1761 | DEATH | Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy |
| 23rd of December 1771 | DEATH | Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian saint (Born 1701) |
| 23rd of December 1779 | DEATH | Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (Born 1724) |
| 23rd of December 1789 | DEATH | Charles-Michel de l'Epee, French philanthropist (Born 1712) |
| 23rd of December 1793 | DEATH | Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (Born 1699) |
| 23rd of December 1793 | DEATH | Antoine Francois Prevost, French author and novelist (Born 1697) |
| 23rd of December 1795 | DEATH | Henry Clinton, British general (Born 1730) |
| 23rd of December 1805 | DEATH | Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (Born 1723) |
| 23rd of December 1834 | DEATH | Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (Born 1766) |
| 23rd of December 1846 | DEATH | Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (Born 1780) |
| 23rd of December 1902 | DEATH | Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (Born 1821) |
| 23rd of December 1912 | DEATH | Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (Born 1850) |
| 23rd of December 1931 | DEATH | Wilson Bentley, American scientist (Born 1865) |
| 23rd of December 1939 | DEATH | Anthony Fokker, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (Born 1890) |
| 23rd of December 1946 | DEATH | Kiki Preston, American socialite (Born 1898) |
| 23rd of December 1946 | DEATH | John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (Born 1873) |
| 23rd of December 1948 | DEATH | Akira Muto, Japanese army commander (Born 1883) |
| 23rd of December 1948 | DEATH | Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan (Born 1884) |
| 23rd of December 1953 | DEATH | Lavrenty Beria, Soviet politician (Born 1899) |
| 23rd of December 1954 | DEATH | Rene Iche, French sculptor (Born 1897) |
| 23rd of December 1961 | DEATH | Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (Born 1910) |
| 23rd of December 1970 | DEATH | Charles Ruggles, American actor (Born 1886) |
| 23rd of December 1971 | DEATH | Pasha Hristova, Bulgarian singer (Born 1946) |
| 23rd of December 1972 | DEATH | Andrei Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer (Born 1888) |
| 23rd of December 1973 | DEATH | Charles Atlas, Italian-born American bodybuilder (Born 1892) |
| 23rd of December 1973 | DEATH | Irna Phillips, American television writer, director, and producer (Born 1901) |
| 23rd of December 1979 | DEATH | Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (Born 1898) |
| 23rd of December 1982 | DEATH | Jack Webb, American actor, producer, and director (Born 1920) |
| 23rd of December 1983 | DEATH | Colin Middleton, Northern Irish artist (Born 1910) |
| 23rd of December 1984 | DEATH | Joan Lindsay, Australian author (Born 1896) |
| 23rd of December 1992 | DEATH | Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (Born 1934) |
| 23rd of December 1992 | DEATH | Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (Funkadelic) (Born 1950) |
| 23rd of December 1994 | DEATH | Sebastian Shaw, English actor (Born 1905) |
| 23rd of December 1997 | DEATH | Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (Born 1908) |
| 23rd of December 1998 | DEATH | Michelle Thomas, American actress (Born 1968) |
| 23rd of December 2000 | DEATH | Billy Barty, American actor (Born 1924) |
| 23rd of December 2000 | DEATH | Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (Born 1926) |
| 23rd of December 2000 | DEATH | Victor Borge, Danish-born comedian and pianist (Born 1909) |
| 23rd of December 2001 | DEATH | Bola Ige, Nigerian politician (Born 1930) |
| 23rd of December 2004 | DEATH | P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (Born 1921) |
| 23rd of December 2005 | DEATH | Norman D. Vaughan, American polar explorer and musher (Born 1905) |
| 23rd of December 2005 | DEATH | Lajos Baroti, Hungarian footballer and coach (Born 1914) |
| 23rd of December 2006 | DEATH | Johnny Vincent, English footballer (Born 1947) |
| 23rd of December 2006 | DEATH | Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (Born 1952) |
| 23rd of December 2006 | DEATH | Marilyn Waltz, American actress and model (Born 1931) |
| 23rd of December 2006 | DEATH | Charlie Drake, English comedian (Born 1925) |
| 23rd of December 2007 | DEATH | Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (Born 1925) |
| 23rd of December 2007 | DEATH | Michael Kidd, American film and stage choreographer (Born 1915) |
| 23rd of December 2007 | DEATH | William Francis Ganong, American physiologist (Born 1924) |
| 23rd of December 2009 | DEATH | Robert L. Howard, American Vietnam War soldier; Medal of Honor recipient (Born 1939) |
| 23rd of December 2009 | DEATH | Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian Roman Catholic theologian (Born 1914) |
| 23rd of December 2009 | DEATH | Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan official (Born 1910) |
| 23rd of December 2010 | DEATH | K. Karunakaran, Indian politician (Born 1918) |
| 23rd of December 2010 | DEATH | Fred Hargesheimer, American World War II pilot (Born 1916) |