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Died in 1923
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Hertha Ayrton |
Physicist |
28-Apr-1854 |
26-Aug-1923 |
Electric arc |
| Edward Barnard |
Astronomer |
16-Dec-1857 |
16-Feb-1923 |
Self-taught scientist |
| Maurice Barrès |
Novelist |
19-Aug-1862 |
4-Dec-1923 |
Cult of the Self |
| Sarah Bernhardt |
Actor |
22-Oct-1844 |
26-Mar-1923 |
French theatre actress |
| Joseph R. Burton |
Politician |
16-Nov-1852 |
27-Feb-1923 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1901-06 |
| Constantine I |
Royalty |
2-Aug-1868 |
11-Jan-1923 |
King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-22 |
| William R. Day |
Judge |
17-Apr-1849 |
9-Jul-1923 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1903-22 |
| James Dewar |
Physicist |
20-Sep-1842 |
27-Mar-1923 |
Researcher of low temperatures |
| Dietrich Eckart |
Playwright |
23-Mar-1868 |
25-Dec-1923 |
Nazi intellectual, Hitler's best friend |
| Gustave Eiffel |
Architect |
15-Dec-1832 |
27-Dec-1923 |
Designer of Eiffel Tower |
| Joseph W. Folk |
Politician |
29-Oct-1869 |
29-May-1923 |
Governor of Missouri, 1905-09 |
| Warren G. Harding |
Head of State |
2-Nov-1865 |
2-Aug-1923 |
29th US President, 1921-23 |
| Jaroslav Hasek |
Author |
30-Apr-1883 |
3-Jan-1923 |
The Good Soldier Svejk |
| Gottlob Honold |
Engineer |
26-Aug-1876 |
17-Mar-1923 |
Invented the spark plug |
| Claude Kitchin |
Politician |
24-Mar-1869 |
31-May-1923 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1901-23 |
| Andrew Bonar Law |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1858 |
30-Oct-1923 |
UK Prime Minister, 1922-23 |
| Georg Luger |
Inventor |
6-Mar-1849 |
22-Dec-1923 |
Invented the Luger pistol |
| Katherine Mansfield |
Author |
14-Oct-1888 |
9-Jan-1923 |
Bliss |
| Max Nordau |
Critic |
29-Jul-1849 |
23-Jan-1923 |
Zionist and cultural critic, Degeneration |
| Raymond Radiguet |
Novelist |
18-Jun-1903 |
12-Dec-1923 |
Le Diable au Corps |
| Wallace Reid |
Actor |
15-Apr-1891 |
18-Jan-1923 |
Silent film actor and director |
| Theodor Reuss |
Religion |
28-Jun-1855 |
28-Oct-1923 |
Founded the Ordo Templi Orientis |
| Henry M. Robert |
Administrator |
2-May-1837 |
11-May-1923 |
Robert's Rules of Order |
| Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen |
Physicist |
27-Mar-1845 |
10-Feb-1923 |
Discovered X-Rays |
| Lawrence B. Sperry |
Inventor |
22-Dec-1892 |
13-Dec-1923 |
Invented the autopilot |
| John Venn |
Mathematician |
4-Aug-1834 |
4-Apr-1923 |
Venn diagrams |
| Pancho Villa |
Military |
5-Jun-1878 |
20-Jul-1923 |
Revolutionary, invaded United States |
| Johannes Diderik van der Waals |
Physicist |
23-Nov-1837 |
9-Mar-1923 |
Investigated states of matter |
| Kate Douglas Wiggin |
Novelist |
28-Sep-1856 |
24-Aug-1923 |
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
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