In the year 1923
277 Notable deaths
Hans Goldschmidt
German chemist & entrepreneur (1861–1923).
Born January 18th, 1861 in Berlin.
Died May 21st, 1923 at 62 years old in Baden-Baden.
Warren G. Harding
President of the united states from 1921 to 1923.
Born November 2nd, 1865 in Blooming Grove.
Died August 2nd, 1923 at 57 years old in Palace Hotel (myocardial infarction).
Pancho Villa
Mexican revolutionary (1878-1923).
Born June 5th, 1878 in San Juan del Río del Centauro del Norte.
Died July 20th, 1923 at 45 years old (gunshot wound).
Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect (1832–1923).
Born December 15th, 1832 in Dijon. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1923 at 91 years old in Paris.
Constantine I of Greece
King of greece (r. 1913–17; 1920–22).
Born August 2nd, 1868 in Athens.
Died January 11th, 1923 at 54 years old in Palermo (cerebral hemorrhage).
Sarah Bernhardt
French stage actress, painter and sculptor (1844–1923).
Born October 22nd, 1844 in Paris. [ref]
Died March 26th, 1923 at 78 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris (kidney failure, uremia). [ref]
Wilhelm Röntgen
German physicist (1845–1923).
Born March 27th, 1845 in Lennep. [ref]
Died February 10th, 1923 at 77 years old in Munich (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
Member of the house of schleswig-holstein-sonderburg-augustenburg (1846–1923).
Born May 25th, 1846 in Buckingham Palace, London.
Died June 9th, 1923 at 77 years old in Schomberg House, London.
Katherine Mansfield
New zealand author (1888–1923).
Born October 14th, 1888 in Wellington.
Died January 9th, 1923 at 34 years old in Avon (tuberculosis).
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon
British aristocrat (1866-1923).
Born June 26th, 1866 in Highclere Castle.
Died April 5th, 1923 at 56 years old in Cairo (pneumonia).
Bonar Law
Prime minister of the united kingdom from 1922 to 1923.
Born September 16th, 1858 in Rexton.
Died October 30th, 1923 at 65 years old in London (esophageal cancer).
Vilfredo Pareto
Italian economist and sociologist (1848-1923).
Born July 15th, 1848 in Paris.
Died August 20th, 1923 at 75 years old in Céligny.
Kadambini Ganguly
Indian physician (1862–1923).
Born July 18th, 1862 in Bhagalpur.
Died October 3rd, 1923 at 61 years old in Kolkata.
Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird
Scottish footballer (1847–1923).
Born February 16th, 1847 in Kensington.
Died January 30th, 1923 at 75 years old in London.
Dietrich Eckart
German journalist and politician (1868-1923).
Born March 23rd, 1868 in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz.
Died December 26th, 1923 at 55 years old in Berchtesgaden (myocardial infarction).
Joaquín Sorolla
Spanish painter (1863-1923).
Born February 27th, 1863 in Valencia.
Died August 10th, 1923 at 60 years old in Madrid, Cercedilla.
Sukumar Ray
Bengali poet, story writer, playwright and editor (1887-1923).
Born October 30th, 1887 in Kolkata.
Died September 10th, 1923 at 35 years old in Kolkata (leishmaniasis).
Mansfield Smith-Cumming
Chief of the secret intelligence service (1859–1923).
Born April 1st, 1859 in South London.
Died June 14th, 1923 at 64 years old in London. [ref]
Ernst August, Crown Prince of Hanover
Head of the house of hanover (1845–1923).
Born September 21st, 1845 in Hanover.
Died November 14th, 1923 at 78 years old in Gmunden (stroke).
Yuly Martov
Russian politician (1873–1923).
Born November 24th, 1873 in Constantinople.
Died April 4th, 1923 at 49 years old in Schömberg.
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Prussian-american mathematician, electrical engineer (1865–1923).
Born April 9th, 1865 in Wrocław.
Died October 26th, 1923 at 58 years old in Schenectady.
John Venn
British logician and philosopher (1834-1923).
Born August 4th, 1834 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died April 4th, 1923 at 88 years old in Cambridge.
Satyendranath Tagore
First civil servant of india.
Born June 1st, 1842 in Kolkata.
Died January 9th, 1923 at 80 years old in Kolkata.
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy
French army officer (1847-1923).
Born December 16th, 1847 in Paris.
Died May 21st, 1923 at 75 years old in Harpenden.
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet
British surgeon and writer (1853-1923).
Born February 15th, 1853 in Dorchester.
Died December 7th, 1923 at 70 years old in Lausanne (peritonitis).
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What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. Helen Keller