In the year 1923
158 Notable deaths
Hans Goldschmidt
German chemist & entrepreneur (1861–1923).
Born January 18th, 1861 in Berlin.
Died May 21st, 1923 at 62 years old in Baden-Baden.
Warren G. Harding
President of the united states from 1921 to 1923.
Born November 2nd, 1865 in Blooming Grove.
Died August 2nd, 1923 at 57 years old in Palace Hotel (myocardial infarction).
Pancho Villa
Mexican revolutionary (1878-1923).
Born June 5th, 1878 in San Juan del Río, Durango.
Died July 20th, 1923 at 45 years old in Hidalgo del Parral (ballistic trauma).
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923).
Born December 15th, 1832 in Dijon. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1923 at 91 years old in Paris.
Constantine I of Greece
King of greece (1868-1923).
Born August 2nd, 1868 in Athens.
Died January 11th, 1923 at 54 years old in Palermo (cerebral hemorrhage).
Katherine Mansfield
New zealand author (1888–1923).
Born October 14th, 1888 in Wellington.
Died January 9th, 1923 at 34 years old in Avon (tuberculosis).
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866-1923).
Born June 26th, 1866 in Highclere Castle.
Died April 6th, 1923 at 56 years old in Cairo (pneumonia).
Bonar Law
Former prime minister of the united kingdom (1858-1923).
Born September 16th, 1858 in Rexton.
Died October 30th, 1923 at 65 years old in London (esophageal cancer).
Kadambini Ganguly
Indian physician.
Born July 18th, 1862 in Bhagalpur.
Died October 3rd, 1923 at 61 years old in Kolkata.
Dietrich Eckart
German journalist and politician (1868-1923).
Born March 23rd, 1868 in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz.
Died December 26th, 1923 at 55 years old in Berchtesgaden (myocardial infarction).
Joaquín Sorolla
Spanish painter (1863-1923).
Born February 27th, 1863 in Valencia.
Died August 10th, 1923 at 60 years old in Cercedilla, Madrid.
Sukumar Ray
Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and editor (1887-1923).
Born October 30th, 1887 in Kolkata.
Died September 10th, 1923 at 35 years old in Kolkata (leishmaniasis).
Mansfield Smith-Cumming
Chief of the secret intelligence service (1859–1923).
Born April 1st, 1859 in South London.
Died June 14th, 1923 at 64 years old in London. [ref]
Yuly Martov
Russian politician (1873–1923).
Born November 24th, 1873 in Constantinople.
Died April 4th, 1923 at 49 years old in Schömberg.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Prussian-american mathematician, electrical engineer (1865–1923).
Born April 9th, 1865 in Wrocław.
Died October 26th, 1923 at 58 years old in Schenectady.
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet
British surgeon and writer (1853-1923).
Born February 15th, 1853 in Dorchester.
Died December 7th, 1923 at 70 years old in Lausanne (peritonitis).
Wallace Reid
American actor (1891–1923).
Born April 15th, 1891 in St. Louis.
Died January 18th, 1923 at 31 years old in Los Angeles (influenza).
Jaroslav Hašek
Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist.
Born April 30th, 1883 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1923 at 39 years old in Lipnice nad Sázavou (tuberculosis). [ref]
Liam Lynch
Irish general (1893-1923).
Born November 20th, 1893 in County Limerick.
Died April 10th, 1923 at 29 years old in County Tipperary.
Pierre Loti
French writer (1850-1923).
Born January 14th, 1850 in Rochefort. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1923 at 73 years old in Hendaye. [ref]
Damdin Sükhbaatar
Mongolian military leader (1893-1923).
Born February 2nd, 1893 in Ulaanbaatar.
Died February 20th, 1923 at 30 years old in Ulaanbaatar.
Boris Sidis
American psychiatrist (1867-1923).
Born October 12th, 1867 in Berdychiv.
Died October 24th, 1923 at 56 years old in Portsmouth.
Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter
Nazi leader (1884-1923).
Born January 21st, 1884 in Riga.
Died November 9th, 1923 at 39 years old in Munich (gunshot wound).
Martha Mansfield
American actress (1899-1923).
Born July 14th, 1899 in New York City.
Died November 30th, 1923 at 24 years old in San Antonio.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson