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Famous People Who Died in March 1923

  • Mar 1 Ruy Barbosa, Brazilian polymath, writer and politician, dies at 73

Person of interestJohannes van der Waals

Mar 8 Johannes van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85

Physicist/Nobel Laureate Johannes van der Waals
Physicist/Nobel Laureate
Johannes van der Waals
  • Mar 8 Krišjānis Barons, Latvian writer, dies at 87
  • Mar 22 Theophile Delcasse, French statesman, dies at 71

Person of interestSarah Bernhardt

Mar 26 Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (Camille, Queen Elizabeth), dies of uremia at 78

Stage and Film Actress Sarah Bernhardt
Stage and Film Actress
Sarah Bernhardt
  • Mar 27 James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet), dies at 80

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