In the year 1923
142 Notable deaths
Fusakichi Ōmori
Japanese seismologist.
Born October 30th, 1868 in Fukui.
Died November 8th, 1923 at 55 years old in Tokyo.
Louis Ganne
French composer (1862-1923).
Born April 5th, 1862 in Buxières-les-Mines. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1923 at 61 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Juana Romani
Italian painter (1867-1923).
Born April 30th, 1867 in Casalvieri. [ref]
Died June 13th, 1923 at 56 years old in Suresnes. [ref]
Józef Bilczewski
Catholic archbishop and professor of theology (1850-1923).
Born April 26th, 1860 in Wilamowice.
Died March 20th, 1923 at 62 years old in Lviv (pernicious anemia).
Jan Kotěra
Czech architect, designer, painter and university educator (1871-1923).
Born December 18th, 1871 in Brno. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1923 at 51 years old in Prague. [ref]
Salvador Seguí
Catalan anarchist (1887-1923).
Born September 22nd, 1887 in Lleida.
Died March 10th, 1923 at 35 years old in Barcelona.
Diego Manuel Chamorro
President of nicaragua (1861-1923).
Born August 9th, 1861 in Nandaime.
Died October 12th, 1923 at 62 years old in Managua.
Ernst Otto Beckmann
German chemist.
Born July 4th, 1853 in Solingen.
Died July 12th, 1923 at 70 years old in Berlin.
Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa
Japanese prince (1887-1923).
Born April 18th, 1887 in Tokyo.
Died June 8th, 1923 at 36 years old in Perriers-la-Campagne (traffic collision).
Morris Rosenfeld
American poet writing in yiddish.
Born December 28th, 1862 in Suwałki. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1923 at 60 years old in New York City. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 142
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs