In the year 1923
142 Notable deaths
Lawrence Sperry
American aviation pioneer.
Born December 22nd, 1892 in Chicago.
Died December 23rd, 1923 at 31 years old in English Channel.
Edith Södergran
Finland swedish poet and writer.
Born April 4th, 1892 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1923 at 31 years old in Roshchino (tuberculosis).
Kate Douglas Wiggin
American writer (1856-1923).
Born September 28th, 1856 in Philadelphia.
Died August 24th, 1923 at 66 years old in London Borough of Harrow.
Karekin Pastermadjian
Armenian nationalist activist and politician (1872–1923).
Born February 9th, 1872 in Erzurum.
Died March 23rd, 1923 at 51 years old in Geneva.
Ricciotto Canudo
French writer.
Born January 2nd, 1877 in Gioia del Colle. [ref]
Died November 10th, 1923 at 46 years old in Paris. [ref]
George Hendrik Breitner
Dutch painter and photographer (1857-1923).
Born September 12th, 1857 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died June 5th, 1923 at 65 years old in Amsterdam (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Théophile Delcassé
French statesman (1852-1923).
Born March 1st, 1852 in Pamiers. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 1923 at 70 years old in Nice. [ref]
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 (ballistic trauma).
Walther Penck
German geographer (1888-1923).
Born August 30th, 1888 in Vienna.
Died September 29th, 1923 at 35 years old in Stuttgart.
Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
President of brazil (1855-1923).
Born May 12th, 1855 in São Gabriel.
Died September 9th, 1923 at 68 years old in Petrópolis.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 142
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