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 Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39 in the year 1923.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14 Zübeyde Hanım, Mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857) died on this day in history.  

Jan 18 Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31 in the year 1923.  

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

Feb 06 Edward E Barnard, US astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65 in the year 1923.  

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 In the year 1923 jeronimo Gimenez y Bellido, composer, dies at 68  

Feb 27 In the year 1923 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 08 Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 in the year 1923.  

Mar 22 In the year 1923 theophile Delcasse, French statesman, dies at 71  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 04 L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49 in the year 1923.  

Apr 05 In the year 1923 death of george Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866)  

Apr 09 On this day in history mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies  

Apr 19 Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Apr 25 Louis-Olivier Taillon, Quebec politician (b. 1840) died in the year 1923.  

May 10 Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated died in the year 1923.  

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

May 20 Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies on this day in history.  

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

Jun 05 George H Breitner, impressionist painter, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jun 10 Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 15 Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 20 In the year 1923 joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85  

Jun 26 In the year 1923 edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies  

Jun 29 In the year 1923 fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73  

Jun 30 Claude Antoine Terrasse, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1923.  

Jul 04 In the year 1923 florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67  

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Jan 01 Chalmers Goodlin, US test pilot (XS-1) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 In the year 1923 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 On this day in history birth of jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk)  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of charles Tingwell, Australian actor  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of flavio Testi, composer  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of robert L Bernstein, NYC, publisher (Random House)