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In the year 1923
277 Notable deaths
Carl Flügge
German bacteriologist and hygienist (1847–1923).
Born September 12th, 1847 in Hanover.
Died December 10th, 1923 at 76 years old in Berlin.
Jules Violle
French physicist (1841-1923).
Born November 16th, 1841 in Langres.
Died September 12th, 1923 at 81 years old in Fixin.
Tommaso Salvadori
Italian ornithologist (1835–1923).
Born September 30th, 1835 in Porto San Giorgio.
Died October 9th, 1923 at 88 years old in Turin.
Guido Herzfeld
German actor (1870-1923).
Born November 22nd, 1870 in Karlín.
Died November 16th, 1923 at 52 years old in Berlin.
Henry Hoyle Howorth
British politician and historian (1842-1923).
Born July 1st, 1842 in Lisbon.
Died July 15th, 1923 at 81 years old
Theodor Rosetti
Prime minister of romania (1837-1923).
Died July 17th, 1923 at 86 years old in Bucharest.
Thomas George Bonney
English geologist (1833-1923).
Born July 27th, 1833 in Rugeley.
Died December 10th, 1923 at 90 years old in Cambridge.
Ernst Otto Beckmann
German chemist (1853–1923).
Born July 4th, 1853 in Solingen.
Died July 12th, 1923 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Evelyn Nelson
American actress (1899-1923).
Born November 13th, 1899 in Arizona.
Died June 16th, 1923 at 23 years old in Los Angeles.
Meggie Albanesi
British actress (1899-1923).
Born October 8th, 1899 in London.
Died December 9th, 1923 at 24 years old in Broadstairs.
Karl Nordström
Swedish painter (1855–1923).
Died August 16th, 1923 at 68 years old in Drottningholm Palace. [ref]
Włodzimierz Tetmajer
Polish artist (1862-1923).
Born December 31st, 1862 in Harklowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Died December 26th, 1923 at 60 years old in Kraków.
Charles Kent
British-american actor and film director (1852-1923).
Born June 18th, 1852 in London.
Died May 21st, 1923 at 70 years old in Brooklyn.
Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher
German classical philologist (1845–1923).
Born February 12th, 1845 in Göttingen.
Died March 9th, 1923 at 78 years old in Dresden.
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra
President of costa rica (1844-1923).
Died April 15th, 1923 at 78 years old in San José.
Diego Manuel Chamorro
President of nicaragua (1861-1923).
Born August 9th, 1861 in Nandaime.
Died October 12th, 1923 at 62 years old in Managua.
Pedro José Escalón
President of el salvador (1847-1923).
Born March 25th, 1847 in Santa Ana.
Died September 6th, 1923 at 76 years old in Santa Ana.
Devan Udayawongse, Prince Devawongse Varoprakar
Thai prince (1858-1923).
Born November 27th, 1858 in Bangkok.
Died June 28th, 1923 at 64 years old in Bangkok.
Amalia Eriksson
Swedish business person and candycane maker (1824-1923).
Born November 18th, 1824 in Jönköpings Kristina församling.
Died January 25th, 1923 at 98 years old in Gränna cityparish. [ref]
George Clement Perkins
Governor of california (1839-1923).
Born August 23rd, 1839 in Kennebunkport.
Died February 26th, 1923 at 83 years old in Oakland.
Jacoba van Heemskerck
Dutch painter (1876-1923).
Born April 1st, 1876 in The Hague.
Died August 13th, 1923 at 47 years old in Domburg (arteriosclerosis).
Tage Reedtz-Thott
Danish politician (1839-1923).
Born March 13th, 1839 in Gavnø Castle. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1923 at 84 years old in Gavnø Castle. [ref]
Ricardo Velázquez Bosco
Spanish architect (1843–1923).
Born March 21st, 1843 in Burgos.
Died July 31st, 1923 at 80 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Otto Bahr Halvorsen
14th prime minister of norway (1872–1923).
Born May 28th, 1872 in Christiania.
Died May 23rd, 1923 at 50 years old in Christiania.
Béla Gerster
Hungarian architect (1850–1923).
Born October 20th, 1850 in Košice.
Died August 3rd, 1923 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 277
Life is hard. After all, it kills you. Katharine Hepburn