In the year 1923
277 Notable deaths
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.
John Morley
British statesman, writer and journalist (1838–1923).
Born December 24th, 1838 in Blackburn.
Died September 23rd, 1923 at 84 years old in London.
Wilhelm Ernst I, 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.
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.
Schuyler Wheeler
American inventor of the two-blade electric fan.
Born May 17th, 1860 in Manhattan.
Died April 20th, 1923 at 62 years old
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.
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).
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.
Bernard Bosanquet
English philosopher (1848–1923).
Born July 14th, 1848 in Alnwick. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1923 at 74 years old in London.
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.
Lawrence Sperry
American aviation pioneer.
Born December 22nd, 1892 in Chicago.
Died December 23rd, 1923 at 31 years old in English Channel.
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).
Elihu Vedder
American artist (1836–1923).
Born February 26th, 1836 in New York City.
Died January 29th, 1923 at 86 years old in Rome.
Constance Bulwer-Lytton
Noblewoman; british suffragette.
Born February 12th, 1869 in Vienna.
Died May 2nd, 1923 at 54 years old in London.
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.
Princess Marie of Battenberg
German noble (1852-1923).
Born July 15th, 1852 in Strasbourg.
Died June 20th, 1923 at 70 years old in Schönberg.
Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen
Novelist, poet (1880–1923).
Born February 20th, 1880 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 5th, 1923 at 43 years old in Capri (intoxication).
Knute Nelson
American politician (1842-1923).
Born February 2nd, 1843 in Voss Municipality. [ref]
Died April 28th, 1923 at 80 years old in Timonium.
Gunnar Nordström
Finnish physicist (1881–1923).
Born March 12th, 1881 in Helsinki.
Died December 24th, 1923 at 42 years old in Helsinki (pernicious anemia).
Edith Södergran
Finland swedish poet and writer (1892–1923).
Born April 4th, 1892 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 24th, 1923 at 31 years old in Roshchino (tuberculosis).
Columba Marmion
Irish monk (1858-1923).
Born April 1st, 1858 in Dublin.
Died January 30th, 1923 at 64 years old in Maredsous Abbey.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 277
It’s better to burn out than to fade away. Neil Young