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In the year 1923
277 Notable deaths
Konrad Eubel
German historian (1842–1923).
Born January 19th, 1842 in Sinning.
Died February 5th, 1923 at 81 years old in Würzburg.
Ferdinand Avenarius
German poet (1856-1923).
Born December 20th, 1856 in Berlin.
Died September 22nd, 1923 at 66 years old in Kampen (Sylt).
Ivo Ćipiko
Serbian writer (1869–1923).
Born January 13th, 1869 in Kaštel Novi.
Died September 24th, 1923 at 54 years old in Kaštel Novi.
Aloisius Variara
Italian missionary (1875–1923).
Born January 15th, 1875 in Viarigi.
Died February 1st, 1923 at 48 years old in Cúcuta.
Gaston Eugene Marie Bonnier
French botanist (1853-1922).
Born April 9th, 1853 in former 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 2nd, 1923 at 69 years old in Paris. [ref]
Josip Stritar
Slovenian writer (1836-1923).
Born March 6th, 1836 in Velike Lašče.
Died November 25th, 1923 at 87 years old in Rogaška Slatina.
Thomas Frederick Cheeseman
English-born new zealand botanist (1846-1923).
Born June 8th, 1846 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died October 6th, 1923 at 77 years old in Auckland.
Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco
Catholic cardinal (1833–1923).
Born September 8th, 1833 in Boscotrecase.
Died February 4th, 1923 at 89 years old in Naples.
Alexander Opekushin
Russian sculptor (1838–1923).
Born November 28th, 1838 in Danilovsky Uyezd.
Died March 4th, 1923 at 84 years old in Rybnitsy.
Ernst Leopold Salkowski
German biochemist and university lecturer (1844-1923).
Born October 11th, 1844 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1923 at 78 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Gustaf Eneström
Swedish mathematician (1852-1923).
Born September 5th, 1852 in Nora city parish.
Died June 10th, 1923 at 70 years old in Hedvig Eleonora parish. [ref]
Georg Lunge
German chemist (1839-1923).
Born September 15th, 1839 in Wrocław.
Died January 3rd, 1923 at 83 years old in Zurich.
Théophile Deyrolle
French artist (1844-1923).
Born December 16th, 1844 in Paris.
Died December 14th, 1923 at 78 years old in Concarneau.
Ernst Hartwig
German astronomer (1851-1923).
Born January 14th, 1851 in Frankfurt.
Died May 3rd, 1923 at 72 years old in Bamberg.
Charles Frederick Millspaugh
American botanist, botanical collector, scientific artist and journalist (1854-1923).
Born June 20th, 1854 in Ithaca.
Died September 16th, 1923 at 69 years old in Chicago.
Rosario de Acuña
Spanish writer, poet and playwright (1851–1923).
Born November 1st, 1850 in Madrid. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1923 at 72 years old in Gijón.
August Adler
Czech astronomist, surveyor and mathematician (1863–1923).
Born January 24th, 1863 in Opava.
Died October 17th, 1923 at 60 years old in Vienna.
Ralph McKittrick
American golfer and tennis player (1877-1923).
Born August 17th, 1877 in St. Louis.
Died May 4th, 1923 at 45 years old in St. Louis.
Alexander Neverov
Russian and soviet writer (1886–1923).
Born December 24th, 1886 in Samara.
Died December 24th, 1923 at 37 years old in Moscow.
Lilli Suburg
Estonian journalist (1841-1923).
Born August 1st, 1841 in Rõusa. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1923 at 81 years old in Valga.
Nikolai Tagantsev
Russian legal scholar (1843–1923).
Born March 3rd, 1843 in Penza.
Died March 22nd, 1923 at 80 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Louis Richardet
Swiss sports shooter (1864–1923).
Born May 17th, 1864 in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Died January 14th, 1923 at 58 years old in Geneva.
Maximilian Bern
German editor (1849–1923).
Born November 11th, 1849 in Kherson.
Died September 10th, 1923 at 73 years old in Berlin.
Frans De Haes
Belgian weightlifter.
Born July 28th, 1899 in Antwerp.
Died November 4th, 1923 at 24 years old (influenza).
Niccolò Marini
Catholic cardinal (1843–1923).
Born August 20th, 1843 in Rome.
Died July 27th, 1923 at 79 years old in Rome.
Deaths 226 to 250 of 277
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