In the year 1923
277 Notable deaths
Edward W. Morley
American physical chemist.
Born January 29th, 1838 in Newark.
Died February 24th, 1923 at 85 years old in West Hartford.
Ruy Barbosa
Brazilian politician, writer and jurist (1849-1923).
Born November 5th, 1849 in Salvador.
Died March 1st, 1923 at 73 years old in Petrópolis.
Kate Douglas Wiggin
American writer (1856-1923).
Born September 28th, 1856 in Philadelphia.
Died August 24th, 1923 at 66 years old in Harrow.
Louis Couperus
Dutch novelist and poet (1863–1923).
Born June 10th, 1863 in Mauritskade 43.
Died July 16th, 1923 at 60 years old in Rheden (sepsis).
Alexandre Ribot
French politician (1842-1923).
Born February 7th, 1842 in Saint-Omer.
Died January 13th, 1923 at 80 years old in Paris. [ref]
Júlia da Silva Bruhns
Wife of german politician (1851-1923).
Born August 14th, 1851 in Paraty.
Died March 11th, 1923 at 71 years old in Weßling.
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.
Tennessee Claflin
American suffragist (1844-1923).
Born October 26th, 1844 in Homer.
Died January 18th, 1923 at 78 years old in England.
George Hendrik Breitner
Dutch painter (1857–1923).
Born September 12th, 1857 in Rotterdam.
Died June 5th, 1923 at 65 years old in Amsterdam (myocardial infarction).
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).
Andrés Avelino Cáceres
Peruvian politician, military (1836-1923).
Born February 4th, 1833 in Ayacucho. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1923 at 90 years old in Lima. [ref]
Fritz Mauthner
Austrian philosopher, writer and opinion journalist (1849-1923).
Born November 22nd, 1849 in Hořice. [ref]
Died June 29th, 1923 at 73 years old in Meersburg. [ref]
Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen
English geologist, topographer and surveyor (1834–1923).
Born July 6th, 1834 in Teignmouth. [ref]
Died December 2nd, 1923 at 89 years old in Teignmouth. [ref]
Katō Tomosaburō
Japanese admiral (1861-1923).
Born April 1st, 1861 in Ōtemachi.
Died August 24th, 1923 at 62 years old in Aoyama (colorectal cancer).
Ernst Ziller
German architect, active in greece.
Born June 22nd, 1837 in Serkowitz.
Died November 4th, 1923 at 86 years old in Athens.
Kuno von Moltke
German general (1847–1923).
Born December 13th, 1847 in Neustrelitz.
Died March 19th, 1923 at 75 years old in Wrocław.
Hermes da Fonseca
President of brazil (1855-1923).
Born May 12th, 1855 in São Gabriel.
Died September 9th, 1923 at 68 years old in Petrópolis.
Théophile Delcassé
French statesman (1852-1923).
Born March 1st, 1852 in Pamiers.
Died February 22nd, 1923 at 70 years old in Nice.
Kuroki Tamemoto
Japanese general (1844-1923).
Born May 3rd, 1844 in Kajiya-chō.
Died February 3rd, 1923 at 78 years old in Minami-Aoyama (pneumonia).
Wilhelm Killing
German mathematician (1847–1923).
Born May 10th, 1847 in Burbach.
Died February 11th, 1923 at 75 years old in Münster.
Alexander Lodygin
Russian noble (1847-1923).
Born October 18th, 1847 in Sten'shino.
Died March 16th, 1923 at 75 years old in Brooklyn.
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).
Frank D. Baldwin
Double recipient of the united states army medal of honor (1842–1923).
Born June 26th, 1842 in Manchester.
Died April 22nd, 1923 at 80 years old in Denver.
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.
Charlotte Garrigue
First lady of czechoslovakia (1850–1923).
Born May 13th, 1850 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1923 at 73 years old in Lány Castle. [ref]
Deaths 76 to 100 of 277
What would life be worth if there were no death? Who would enjoy the sun if it never rained? Who would yearn for the day if there were no night? Glenn Ringtved