Famous Deaths Happened In 1923

Jan 02 Sam Carter, black resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched by KKK died on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1923 jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39  

Jan 09 In the year 1923 katherine Mansfield, NZ/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34  

Jan 11 Constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54 in the year 1923.  

Jan 14 Zübeyde Hanım, Mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857) died in the year 1923.  

Jan 18 Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31 on this day in history.  

Jan 23 Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849) died in the year 1923.  

Feb 06 In the year 1923 edward E Barnard, US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65  

Feb 10 Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Feb 11 In the year 1923 death of wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)  

Feb 15 On this day in history josephine B Willson Bruce, US black theorist, dies at 69  

Feb 19 On this day in history jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68  

Feb 27 On this day in history charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 08 Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Mar 22 Theophile Delcasse, French statesman, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 26 Sarah Bernhardt, [Henriette], actress (Qn Elizabeth), dies at 77 in the year 1923.  

Mar 27 Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842) died in the year 1923.  

Apr 04 L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Apr 05 George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866) died in the year 1923.  

Apr 09 Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 19 Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1923.  

Apr 25 Louis-Olivier Taillon, Quebec politician (b. 1840) died on this day in history.  

May 10 On this day in history death of vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated  

May 14 In the year 1923 death of charles de Freycinet, French prime minister (b. 1828)  

May 20 In the year 1923 hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies  

May 30 Camille Chevillard, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1923.  

Jun 05 In the year 1923 george H Breitner, impressionist painter, dies at 65  

Jun 10 Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies in the year 1923.  

Jun 15 In the year 1923 alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies  

Jun 20 On this day in history joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85  

Jun 26 Edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 29 Fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73 in the year 1923.  

Jun 30 In the year 1923 claude Antoine Terrasse, composer, dies at 56  

Jul 04 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1923 birth of chalmers Goodlin, US test pilot (XS-1)  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of milton Jackson, US, vibraphonist (Milt of Bags)  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)  

Jan 03 In the year 1923 birth of dragutin Gostuski, composer  

Jan 03 Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1923 birth of charles Tingwell, Australian actor  

Jan 04 Flavio Testi, composer was born in the year 1923.  

Jan 05 Robert L Bernstein, NYC, publisher (Random House) was born in the year 1923.