In the year 1923
277 Notable deaths
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Dutch physicist (1837–1923).
Born November 23rd, 1837 in Leiden.
Died March 8th, 1923 at 85 years old in Amsterdam.
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).
Charlotte Mason
Welsh educator, editor.
Born January 1st, 1842 in Bangor. [ref]
Died January 16th, 1923 at 81 years old in Ambleside. [ref]
Georg Luger
Austrian firearm designer (1849–1923).
Born March 6th, 1849 in Steinach am Brenner.
Died December 22nd, 1923 at 74 years old in Schöneiche bei Berlin.
Princess Louise of Prussia
Prussian princess (1838-1923).
Born December 3rd, 1838 in Berlin.
Died April 23rd, 1923 at 84 years old in Baden-Baden.
Jaroslav Hašek
Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923).
Born April 30th, 1883 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1923 at 39 years old in Lipnice nad Sázavou (tuberculosis). [ref]
James Dewar
Scottish chemist and physicist (1842–1923).
Born September 20th, 1842 in Kincardine. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1923 at 80 years old in London. [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.
Died June 10th, 1923 at 73 years old in Hendaye.
Damdin Sükhbaatar
Mongolian military leader (1893-1923).
Born February 2nd, 1893 in Ulaanbaatar.
Died February 20th, 1923 at 30 years old in Ulaanbaatar.
Max Nordau
Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923).
Died January 23rd, 1923 at 73 years old in Paris.
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.
Théophile Steinlen
Painter (1859-1923).
Born November 10th, 1859 in Lausanne.
Died December 14th, 1923 at 64 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Willie Keeler
American baseball player (1872–1923).
Born March 3rd, 1872 in Brooklyn.
Died January 1st, 1923 at 50 years old in Brooklyn (endocarditis).
Walther Kadow
German murder victim (1860-1923).
Born January 29th, 1860 in Hagenow.
Died May 31st, 1923 at 63 years old in Parchim (blunt trauma).
William R. Day
Us supreme court justice from 1903 to 1922.
Born April 17th, 1849 in Ravenna.
Died July 9th, 1923 at 74 years old in Mackinac Island.
John Maclean
Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist (1879-1923).
Born August 24th, 1879 in Glasgow.
Died November 30th, 1923 at 44 years old in Glasgow (pneumonia).
Maurice Barrès
French novelist (1862-1923).
Born August 19th, 1862 in Charmes.
Died December 4th, 1923 at 61 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (myocardial infarction).
Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Catalan architect (1850–1923).
Born December 21st, 1850 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1923 at 73 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Zhang Xun
Chinese general (1854-1923).
Born September 16th, 1854 in Fengxin County.
Died September 11th, 1923 at 68 years old in Tianjin.
Raymond Radiguet
French writer (1903–1923).
Born June 18th, 1903 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés.
Died December 12th, 1923 at 20 years old in rue Piccini (typhoid fever).
Albert Leo Schlageter
German soldier (1894–1923).
Born August 12th, 1894 in Schönau im Schwarzwald.
Died May 26th, 1923 at 28 years old in Golzheim (gunshot wound).
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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel