List of Famous people who died in 1923

Nancy Green

First Name Nancy
Last Name Green
Born on March 4, 1834
Died on August 30, 1923 (aged 89)

Nancy Green was a former slave, nanny, cook, activist, and the first of many African-American models hired to promote a corporate trademark as "Aunt Jemima". The Aunt Jemima recipe was not her recipe, but she became the advertising world's first living trademark.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Warren G. Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding
First Name Warren
Last Name Harding
Born on November 2, 1865
Died on August 2, 1923 (aged 57)

Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular U.S. presidents to that point. After his death, a number of scandals, including Teapot Dome, came to light, as did his extramarital affair with Nan Britton; each eroded his popular regard.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird

First Name Arthur
Last Name Kinnaird
Born on February 16, 1847
Died on January 30, 1923 (aged 75)

Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird was a British principal of The Football Association and a leading footballer, considered by some journalists as the first football star. He played in nine FA Cup Finals, a record that stands to this day. His record of five wins in the competition stood until 2010, when it was broken by Ashley Cole.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon

First Name George
Last Name Carnarvon
Born on June 26, 1866
Died on April 6, 1923 (aged 56)

George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, DL, styled Lord Porchester until 1890, was an English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Princess Helena of the United Kingdom

First Name Princess
Last Name Kingdom
Died on June 9, 1923

Princess Helena of the United Kingdom was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Pancho Villa

José Doroteo Arango Arámbula
First Name Pancho
Last Name Villa
Born on June 5, 1878
Died on July 20, 1923 (aged 45)
Born in Mexico, Durango

Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Jack Trice

First Name Jack
Last Name Trice
Born on January 1, 1902
Died on October 8, 1923 (aged 21)

John G. "Jack" Trice was a football player who became the first African-American athlete for Iowa State College. Trice died due to injuries suffered during a college football game against the University of Minnesota on October 6, 1923. He is the namesake for Jack Trice Stadium, Iowa State's football stadium.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Frank Hayes

First Name Frank
Last Name Hayes
Born on November 30, 1900
Died on June 4, 1923 (aged 22)

Frank Hayes was a jockey who, on June 4, 1923, won a steeplechase despite suffering a fatal heart attack in the later part of the race at Belmont Park in New York State, US.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Maurice Wilder-Neligan

First Name Maurice
Last Name Wilder-Neligan
Born on October 4, 1882
Died on January 10, 1923 (aged 40)

Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Wilder-Neligan,, born Maurice Neligan, was an Australian soldier who commanded the South Australian-raised 10th Battalion during the latter stages of World War I. Raised and educated in the United Kingdom, he was briefly a soldier with the Royal Horse Artillery in London, after which he travelled to Australia where he worked in Queensland. He enlisted as a private in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 20 August 1914 at Townsville, under the name Maurice Wilder, giving Auckland, New Zealand, as his place of birth. A sergeant in the 9th Battalion by the time of the Gallipoli landings of April 1915, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the second highest award for acts of gallantry by other ranks. He was quickly commissioned, reaching the rank of temporary captain before the end of the Gallipoli campaign. During his time at Gallipoli he was wounded once, and formally changed his name to Wilder-Neligan.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

David Hillhouse Buel

First Name David
Last Name Buel
Born on July 19, 1862
Died on May 23, 1923 (aged 60)

David Hillhouse Buel Jr. was an American priest who served as the president of Georgetown University. He was a Catholic priest and Jesuit for much of his life, but later left the Jesuit order to marry, and subsequently left the Catholic Church to become an Episcopal priest. Born at Watervliet, New York, he was the son of David Hillhouse Buel, a distinguished Union Army officer, and descended from numerous prominent New England families who were among the earliest colonial settlers of the United States. While studying at Yale University, he was introduced to Michael J. McGivney, a priest at St. Mary's Church, and converted to Catholicism, entering the Society of Jesus after graduation.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.044410228729248s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.035578966140747s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.03551197052002s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.025020837783813s
t_/blocks/person-card: 10x 0.02418065071106s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.0080239772796631s
router_page: 1x 0.0054481029510498s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.0045130252838135s
headline: 2x 0.0028128623962402s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00043201446533203s
head-facts: 1x 0.00040507316589355s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00036215782165527s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 7.0095062255859E-5s
related: 1x 8.1062316894531E-6s
qids: 1.5x 6.9141387939453E-6s
using-file-qids-cache: 1x 2.1457672119141E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2024-03-28 14:12:03)  -----