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The following notable deaths occurred in 2023. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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- Bruno Astorre, 59, Italian politician, senator (since 2013), suicide.[1]
- Barbara Everitt Bryant, 96, American market researcher, director of the United States Census Bureau (1989–1993).[2]
- Sasthipada Chattopadhyay, 81, Indian novelist (Pandab Goenda), stroke.[3]
- Hiroshi Imai, 81, Japanese politician, MP (1993–2000, 2003–2009), aspiration pneumonia.[4]
- Lee San Choon, 87, Malaysian politician, MP (1959–1983), minister of labour (1974–1978) and transport (1979–1983).[5]
- David Lindley, 78, American musician (Kaleidoscope).[6]
- Jaak Lipso, 82, Estonian basketball player (CSKA Moscow), Olympic silver (1964) and bronze (1968) medallist.[7]
- Julien Manzano [fr], 85, French footballer (Forbach, Red Star, Boulogne).[8]
- Argentina Menis, 74, Romanian discus thrower, Olympic silver medallist (1972).[9]
- Satyabrata Mookherjee, 90, Indian politician, MP (1999–2004).[10]
- Eileen Ramsay, 82, British author.[11] (death announced on this date)
- Camille Souter, 93, British-born Irish artist.[12]
- Rafael Viñoly, 78, Uruguayan architect.[13]
- Alex Ziloni [he], 107, Israeli army colonel.[14]
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- Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi, 90, Indian jurist, chief justice (1994–1997), chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (2003–2010).[15]
- Mary Bauermeister, 88, German visual artist.[16]
- Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, 82, Indian diplomat.[17]
- Vladimir Fateev [ru], 71, Russian painter, stage and graphic artist.[18]
- Christopher Fowler, 69, English novelist, cancer.[19] (death announced on this date)
- Olga Kennard, 98, Hungarian-born British crystallographer, founder of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre.[20] (death announced on this date)
- Bassma Kodmani, 64, Syrian academic and political dissident, cancer.[21]
- Steve Mackey, 56, English bassist (Pulp) and record producer.[22]
- José Molíns, 90, Spanish Olympic long-distance runner ([[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics