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In the year 1923
958 Notable birthdays
Saul Leiter
American photographer (1923-2013).
Born December 3rd, 1923 in Pittsburgh.
Died November 26th, 2013 at 89 years old in New York City.
John Cooper
Co-founder of the cooper car company.
Born July 17th, 1923 in Surbiton.
Died December 24th, 2000 at 77 years old in Worthing.
Moira Lister
Actress (1923-2007).
Born August 6th, 1923 in Cape Town. [ref]
Died October 27th, 2007 at 84 years old in Cape Town (cancer). [ref]
Keene Curtis
American actor (1923-2002).
Born February 15th, 1923 in Salt Lake City.
Died October 13th, 2002 at 79 years old in Bountiful (Alzheimer's disease).
Mary Ann Jackson
American actress (1923-2003).
Born January 14th, 1923 in Los Angeles.
Died December 17th, 2003 at 80 years old in San Fernando (myocardial infarction).
Carl Djerassi
American chemistry professor, inventor, author, playwright (1923–2015).
Born October 29th, 1923 in Vienna.
Died January 30th, 2015 at 91 years old in San Francisco (cancer).
André Courrèges
French fashion designer (1923-2016).
Died January 7th, 2016 at 92 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Parkinson's disease).
Peter Hilton
British mathematician (1923-2010).
Born April 7th, 1923 in London.
Died November 6th, 2010 at 87 years old in Binghamton. [ref]
Harry Seidler
Austrian-born australian architect.
Born June 25th, 1923 in Vienna. [ref]
Died March 9th, 2006 at 82 years old in Sydney (stroke). [ref]
Vic Seixas
American tennis player (1923–2024).
Born October 30th, 1923 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died July 5th, 2024 at 100 years old in Mill Valley. [ref]
John Pulman
English snooker player (1923–1998).
Born December 12th, 1923 in Devon.
Died December 25th, 1998 at 75 years old in Northampton (falling from height).
Basil Hume
British roman-catholic benedictine monk and prelate, archbishop of westminster, cardinal (1923-1999).
Born March 2nd, 1923 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died June 17th, 1999 at 76 years old in Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth (cancer).
Dimitrios Ioannidis
Greek soldier and dictator (1923-2010).
Born March 13th, 1923 in Athens.
Died August 16th, 2010 at 87 years old in Athens. [ref]
Jean Paul Riopelle
Canadian artist (1923-2002).
Born October 7th, 1923 in Montreal. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2002 at 78 years old in Saint-Antoine-de-l'Isle-aux-Grues. [ref]
Hwang Jang-yop
North korean politician and defector (1923-2010).
Born February 17th, 1923 in Kangdong County.
Died October 10th, 2010 at 87 years old in Seoul (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Peggy Knudsen
American actress (1923–1980).
Born April 22nd, 1923 in Duluth.
Died July 11th, 1980 at 57 years old in Encino (cancer).
Antoni Tàpies
Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist (1923-2012).
Born December 13th, 1923 in Barcelona.
Died February 6th, 2012 at 88 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Norman Kirk
Prime minister of new zealand, politician (1923–1974).
Born January 6th, 1923 in Waimate.
Died August 31st, 1974 at 51 years old in Wellington (pulmonary embolism).
Carlos Thompson
Argentine actor (1923-1990).
Born June 7th, 1923 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died October 10th, 1990 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Ralph Hall
American politician, attorney (1923-2019).
Died March 7th, 2019 at 95 years old in Rockwall (cardiac arrest).
Horst Tappert
German actor (1923–2008).
Born May 26th, 1923 in Elberfeld. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2008 at 85 years old in Planegg (diabetes). [ref]
Walter Pitts
American logician and computational neuroscientist (1923-1969).
Born April 23rd, 1923 in Detroit.
Died May 14th, 1969 at 46 years old in Cambridge.
Stjepan Bobek
Croatian footballer (1923-2010).
Born December 3rd, 1923 in Zagreb.
Died August 22nd, 2010 at 86 years old in Belgrade (disease). [ref]
Ernest Mandel
Belgian economist and marxist philosopher (1923–1995).
Born April 5th, 1923 in Frankfurt.
Died July 20th, 1995 at 72 years old in Brussels metropolitan area (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle