In the year 1923
158 Notable deaths
Théophile Steinlen
Painter (1859-1923).
Born November 20th, 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).
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. [ref]
Died December 4th, 1923 at 61 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Spanish architect.
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.
Born June 18th, 1903 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1923 at 20 years old in Paris (typhoid fever). [ref]
Albert Leo Schlageter
German soldier.
Born August 12th, 1894 in Schönau im Schwarzwald.
Died May 26th, 1923 at 28 years old in Golzheim (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Hovhannes Tumanyan
Armenian writer and public activist (1869–1923).
Born February 19th, 1869 in Dsegh.
Died March 23rd, 1923 at 54 years old in Moscow.
Schuyler Wheeler
American inventor of the two-blade electric fan.
Born May 17th, 1860 in New York City. [ref]
Died April 20th, 1923 at 62 years old [ref]
William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Grand duke of saxe-weimar-eisenach.
Born June 10th, 1876 in Weimar.
Died April 24th, 1923 at 46 years old in Henryków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
Hertha Ayrton
English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923).
Born April 28th, 1854 in Portsea Island.
Died August 23rd, 1923 at 69 years old in Lancing.
Sayyid Darwish
Egyptian musician and composer (1892–1923).
Born March 17th, 1892 in Kom El-Dikka.
Died September 15th, 1923 at 31 years old in Alexandria (asphyxia).
Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark
American-born heiress and member of the greek royal family.
Born January 20th, 1883 in Zanesville.
Died August 29th, 1923 at 40 years old in Spencer House.
Aleksandar Stamboliyski
Bulgarian prime minister (14 october 1919 – 9 june 1923).
Born March 1st, 1879 in Slavovitsa.
Died June 14th, 1923 at 44 years old in Slavovitsa (decapitation). [ref]
Ernst Troeltsch
German philosopher and theologian (1865-1923).
Born February 17th, 1865 in Augsburg-Haunstetten.
Died February 1st, 1923 at 57 years old in Berlin.
Ahmad Dahlan
Indonesian islamic revivalist (1868-1923).
Born August 1st, 1868 in Yogyakarta. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1923 at 54 years old in Yogyakarta.
Karl von Müller
German naval officer and politician (1873-1923).
Born June 13th, 1873 in Hanover.
Died March 11th, 1923 at 49 years old in Brunswick (malaria).
Lawrence Sperry
American aviation pioneer.
Born December 22nd, 1892 in Chicago.
Died December 23rd, 1923 at 31 years old in English Channel.
Dora Pejačević
Croatian composer (1885–1923).
Born September 10th, 1885 in Budapest.
Died March 5th, 1923 at 37 years old in Munich (puerperal disorders).
Theodor Reuss
German singer.
Born June 28th, 1855 in Augsburg.
Died October 28th, 1923 at 68 years old in Munich.
Edward Emerson Barnard
American astronomer and astronomical photographer (1857-1923).
Born December 16th, 1857 in Nashville.
Died February 6th, 1923 at 65 years old in Williams Bay.
Constance Bulwer-Lytton
Noblewoman; british suffragette.
Born February 12th, 1869 in Vienna.
Died May 2nd, 1923 at 54 years old in London.
Princess Marie of Battenberg
German noble (1852-1923).
Born February 15th, 1852 in Strasbourg.
Died June 20th, 1923 at 71 years old in Schönberg.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. Jean de La Fontaine