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Famous People Who Died in February 1923

  • Feb 6 E. E. [Edward Emerson] Barnard, American astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65

Person of interestWilhelm Röntgen

Feb 10 Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist who discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901), dies of cancer at 77

Physicist and Nobel Laureate Wilhelm Röntgen
Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Wilhelm Röntgen
  • Feb 11 Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)
  • Feb 15 Josephine Beall Bruce, African-American activist (NACW), dies at 69
  • Feb 19 Gerónimo Giménez, Spanish composer, dies at 68
  • Feb 27 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67

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