In the year 1923
158 Notable deaths
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).
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).
Louis Couperus
Dutch novelist and poet (1863 – 1923).
Born June 10th, 1863 in The Hague. [ref]
Died July 16th, 1923 at 60 years old in Rheden (sepsis). [ref]
Kate Douglas Wiggin
American writer (1856-1923).
Born September 28th, 1856 in Philadelphia.
Died August 24th, 1923 at 66 years old in Harrow.
Karekin Pastermadjian
Armenian nationalist activist and politician (1872–1923).
Born February 9th, 1872 in Erzurum. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1923 at 51 years old in Geneva.
George Hendrik Breitner
Dutch painter and photographer (1857–1923).
Born September 12th, 1857 in Rotterdam.
Died June 5th, 1923 at 65 years old in Amsterdam (myocardial infarction).
Columba Marmion
Irish monk (1858-1923).
Born April 1st, 1858 in Dublin.
Died January 30th, 1923 at 64 years old in Maredsous Abbey.
Eligiusz Niewiadomski
Polish artist and assassin of gabriel narutowicz (1869-1923).
Born December 1st, 1869 in Warsaw.
Died January 31st, 1923 at 53 years old in Warsaw (gunshot wound).
Théophile Delcassé
French statesman (1852-1923).
Born March 1st, 1852 in Pamiers.
Died February 22nd, 1923 at 70 years old in Nice.
Katō Tomosaburō
Japanese admiral (1861-1923).
Born April 1st, 1861 in Ōtemachi.
Died August 24th, 1923 at 62 years old in Aoyama (colorectal cancer).
Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
President of brazil (1855-1923).
Born May 12th, 1855 in São Gabriel.
Died September 9th, 1923 at 68 years old in Petrópolis.
Ricciotto Canudo
French writer (1877–1923).
Born January 2nd, 1877 in Gioia del Colle. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1923 at 46 years old in Paris.
Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia
Prussian princess (1890-1923).
Born April 17th, 1890 in Potsdam.
Died September 9th, 1923 at 33 years old in Klein Glienicke (influenza).
Charlotte Garrigue
First lady of czechoslovakia.
Born November 20th, 1850 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1923 at 72 years old in Lány Castle. [ref]
Zhou Ziqi
Chinese educator and politician (1869–1923).
Born November 17th, 1869 in Chao'an District.
Died October 21st, 1923 at 53 years old in Beijing.
Walther Penck
German geographer (1888-1923).
Born August 30th, 1888 in Vienna.
Died September 29th, 1923 at 35 years old in Stuttgart.
Noe Itō
Japanese anarchist, social critic, author and feminist.
Born January 21st, 1895 in Fukuoka.
Died September 16th, 1923 at 28 years old in Tokyo.
Takeo Arishima
Japanese writer (1878-1923).
Born March 4th, 1878 in Koishikawa-ku, Tokyo.
Died June 9th, 1923 at 45 years old in Karuizawa (hanging to death).
Urmuz
Romanian writer (1883–1923).
Born March 17th, 1883 in Curtea de Argeș.
Died November 23rd, 1923 at 40 years old in Bucharest (shooting).
Vatslav Vorovsky
Soviet diplomat (1871-1923).
Born October 27th, 1871 in Moscow.
Died May 10th, 1923 at 51 years old in Lausanne.
Charles Dupuy
French politician (1851-1923).
Born November 5th, 1851 in Le Puy-en-Velay.
Died July 23rd, 1923 at 71 years old in Ille-sur-Têt.
Rudolf Havenstein
German central bank president (1857-1923).
Born March 10th, 1857 in Międzyrzecz.
Died November 20th, 1923 at 66 years old in Berlin.
Michel de Klerk
Dutch architect (1884–1923).
Born November 24th, 1884 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1923 at 39 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Flora Murray
Scottish doctor.
Born May 8th, 1869 in Dumfries. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1923 at 54 years old in Hampstead.
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Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn