Deaths in History in 1923

Jan 9 Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand short story writer (The Garden Party), dies of tuberculosis at 34

Jan 11 Constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54
Jan 14 Zübeyde Hanım, Mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (b. 1857)
Jan 23 Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (b. 1849)
Feb 6 E. E. [Edward Emerson] Barnard, American astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65

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

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

Mar 8 Krišjānis Barons, Latvian writer, dies at 87
Mar 22 Theophile Delcasse, French statesman, dies at 71
Mar 27 Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)
Apr 4 L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49
Apr 4 John Venn, English mathematician (Venn Diagram), dies at 88
Apr 5 George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier and Egyptologist who funded the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, dies at 56 after a severe mosquito bite became infected by a razor cut
Apr 25 Louis-Olivier Taillon, Quebec politician (b. 1840)
May 10 Vaslav Vorovsky, Russian delegate, assassinated
May 14 Charles de Freycinet, French prime minister (b. 1828)
May 20 Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies
Jun 5 George H. Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter, dies at 65
Jun 10 Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies
Jun 15 Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies
Jun 29 Fritz Mauthner, German author/philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73
Jun 29 J C Gomez, General/Venezuela's 1st VP, assassinated

Jul 4 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67
Jul 9 William R. Day, American diplomat and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 74
Jul 16 Louis M A Couperus, poet/writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60
Jul 20 Pancho Villa [José Doroteo Arango Arámbula], Mexican revolutionary general and guerrilla leader, , murdered at 55

Aug 2 Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (1921-23), dies of a heart attack at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco F at 57

Aug 5 Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian slavist (b. 1835)
Aug 7 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89
Aug 14 Jacob T Cremer, pres (Dutch Handel-Mij), dies at 76
Aug 19 Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
Aug 24 Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66
Sep 12 Jules Violle, French physicist and inventor (b. 1841)
Sep 22 Marquess of Ripon, game hunter, dies, after shooting 52nd grouse
Oct 14 Marcellus Emants, writer/poet (Refrained from Confession), dies
Oct 26 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American electrical engineer (development of alternating current), dies at 58

Oct 30 Andrew Bonar Law, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1922-23), dies of throat cancer at 64

Nov 5 Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French novelist (b. 1880)
Nov 19 French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59
Nov 23 Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1883)
Nov 24 Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39
Nov 25 Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas), dies at 83
Nov 26 Alexander V Amfiteatrov, Russian/French/Italian writer, dies at 60
Dec 1 Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (b. 1836)
Dec 12 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20
Dec 26 Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)

Dec 27 Gustave Eiffel [Alexandre], engineer (Eiffel Tower), dies at 91