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In the year 1923
277 Notable deaths
Mary Treat
American biologist, botanist and entomologist (1830-1923).
Born September 7th, 1830 in Trumansburg.
Died April 11th, 1923 at 92 years old in Pembroke.
Charles de Freycinet
Politician of the french third republic (1828-1923).
Born November 14th, 1828 in Foix.
Died May 14th, 1923 at 94 years old in Paris.
Georg von Rosen
Swedish painter (1843-1923).
Born February 13th, 1843 in Paris.
Died March 3rd, 1923 at 80 years old in Klara Church Parish. [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.
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.
Alice Cunningham Fletcher
American ethnologist.
Born March 15th, 1838 in Havana. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1923 at 85 years old in Washington, D.C..
Walther Penck
German geographer (1888-1923).
Born August 30th, 1888 in Vienna.
Died September 29th, 1923 at 35 years old in Stuttgart.
Takeo Arishima
Japanese writer (1878-1923).
Born March 4th, 1878 in Tokyo, Koishikawa-ku.
Died June 9th, 1923 at 45 years old in Karuizawa (hanging to death).
Vatslav Vorovsky
Soviet diplomat (1871-1923).
Born October 27th, 1871 in Moscow.
Died May 10th, 1923 at 51 years old in Lausanne.
Urmuz
Romanian writer (1883–1923).
Born March 17th, 1883 in Curtea de Argeș.
Died November 23rd, 1923 at 40 years old in Bucharest (shooting).
Rudolf Havenstein
German central bank president (1857-1923).
Born March 10th, 1857 in Międzyrzecz.
Died November 20th, 1923 at 66 years old in Berlin.
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.
François C. Antoine Simon
President of haiti (1843-1923).
Born October 10th, 1843 in Les Cayes.
Died March 10th, 1923 at 79 years old in Les Cayes.
Jamshedji Framji Madan
Indian film producer.
Born April 27th, 1857 in Mumbai.
Died June 28th, 1923 at 66 years old in Kolkata.
Flora Murray
Scottish doctor.
Born May 8th, 1869 in Dumfries. [ref]
Died July 28th, 1923 at 54 years old in Hampstead.
Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
Japanese prince (1858–1923).
Died February 4th, 1923 at 64 years old in Chōshi (influenza).
Siegmund Lubin
American businessman and motion picture pioneer (1851–1923).
Born April 20th, 1851 in Wrocław.
Died September 11th, 1923 at 72 years old in Ventnor City.
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]
Edward Martyn
Irish nationalist and cultural activist (1859-1923).
Born January 30th, 1859 in County Galway.
Died December 15th, 1923 at 64 years old in County Galway (brain cancer).
Henry Bradley
British philologist and lexicographer (1845–1923).
Born December 3rd, 1845 in Manchester.
Died May 23rd, 1923 at 77 years old in Oxford.
Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess of saxe-meiningen.
Born September 23rd, 1853 in Potsdam.
Died February 22nd, 1923 at 69 years old in Munich.
Krišjānis Barons
Latvian writer and folklorist (1835–1923).
Born October 31st, 1835 in Struteles muiža.
Died March 8th, 1923 at 87 years old in Riga.
Frederic Harrison
British historian (1831-1923).
Born October 18th, 1831 in London.
Died January 14th, 1923 at 91 years old
Michel-Joseph Maunoury
French general, marshal of france (posthume) (1847-1923).
Born December 17th, 1847 in Maintenon.
Died March 28th, 1923 at 75 years old in Gare des Aubrais-Orléans.
Stojan Protić
Yugoslav politician (1857-1923).
Born January 28th, 1857 in Kruševac.
Died October 28th, 1923 at 66 years old in Belgrade.
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