František Douda

Czechoslovak shot putter (1908–1990).

Born October 23rd, 1908 in Planá nad Lužnicí.

Died January 15th, 1990 at 81 years old in Prague.

Piers Bohl

Baltic german mathematician (1865-1921).

Born October 23rd, 1865 in Walk.

Died December 25th, 1921 at 56 years old in Riga.

Nikolay Olyunin

Russian snowboarder.

Born October 23rd, 1991 (age 34 years) in Krasnoyarsk.

Lajos Werkner

Hungarian fencer (1883–1943).

Born October 23rd, 1883 in Budapest.

Died November 12th, 1943 at 60 years old in Budapest.

Erast Parmasto

Estonian mycologist (1928-2012).

Born October 23rd, 1928 in Nõmme.

Died April 24th, 2012 at 83 years old ^[ref]

Miklós Németh

(1946–) hungarian javelin thrower.

Born October 23rd, 1946 (age 79 years) in Budapest. ^[ref]

Mirosław Bulzacki

Polish footballer.

Born October 23rd, 1951 (age 74 years) in Łódź.

Robert Dinesen

Danish film director (1874-1972).

Born October 23rd, 1874 in Copenhagen.

Died March 8th, 1972 at 97 years old in Berlin.

Julián Coronel

Paraguayan footballer.

Born October 23rd, 1958 (age 67 years) in Paraguay.

Yana Dementieva

Ukrainian rower.

Born October 23rd, 1978 (age 47 years) in Kharkiv.

Georg Klebs

German botanist and university teacher (1857-1918).

Born October 23rd, 1857 in Nidzica.

Died October 15th, 1918 at 60 years old in Heidelberg (1918–1920 flu pandemic).

Atanas Komchev

Olympic wrestler (1959-1994).

Born October 23rd, 1959 in Devetintsi.

Died November 12th, 1994 at 35 years old in Sofia (traffic collision).

Jörg Peter

Athletics competitor.

Born October 23rd, 1955 (age 70 years) in Dresden.

Dušan Zinaja

Yugoslavian footballer (1893-1948).

Born October 23rd, 1893 in Budapest.

Died September 26th, 1948 at 54 years old in Zagreb (traffic collision).

Rodolfo Dantas Bispo

Brazilian footballer.

Born October 23rd, 1982 (age 43 years) in Santos.

Masatora Kawano

Japanese racewalker.

Born October 23rd, 1998 (age 27 years) in Hyuga. ^[ref]

Simo Puupponen

Finnish writer and journalist.

Born October 23rd, 1915 in Kuopio.

Died October 11th, 1967 at 51 years old in Helsinki.

Yevgeny Gabrilovich

Soviet writer, playwright, screenwriter (1899–1993).

Born October 23rd, 1899 in Voronezh.

Died December 5th, 1993 at 94 years old in Moscow.

Klaus Bittner

West german rower.

Born October 23rd, 1938 (age 87 years) in Görlitz.

Gaël Touya

Fencer.

Born October 23rd, 1973 (age 52 years) in Metz. ^[ref]

Charles Armstrong

American rower (1881–1952).

Born October 23rd, 1881 in Philadelphia.

Died March 12th, 1952 at 70 years old in West Point.

Nariyuki Masuda

Japanese cyclist.

Born October 23rd, 1983 (age 42 years) in Sendai.

Kristmann Guðmundsson

Icelandic writer (1901–1983).

Born October 23rd, 1901 in Borgarfjörður.

Died November 20th, 1983 at 82 years old in Reykjavík.

Joaquín Ventura

Salvadoran footballer.

Born October 23rd, 1956 (age 69 years) in El Salvador.

David Mathers

Scottish footballer (1931-2014).

Born October 23rd, 1931 in Glasgow.

Died August 22nd, 2014 at 82 years old in Southport. ^[ref]