Famous Birthdays for April 23rd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1141 (probable)^[9] – Malcolm IV of Scotland (d. 1165)
• 1185 – Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)^[10]
• 1408 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (d. 1462)^[11]
• 1420 – George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (d. 1471)
• 1464 – Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1505)
• 1464 – Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (d. 1521)
• 1484 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)
• 1500 – Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian and academic (d. 1565)
• 1500 – Johann Stumpf, Swiss writer (d. 1576)
• 1512 – Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel, Chancellor of the University of Oxford (d. 1580)
• 1516 – Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571)
• 1598 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1653)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1621 – William Penn, English admiral and politician (d. 1670)
• 1628 – Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1704)
• 1661 – Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (d. 1730)
• 1715 – Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer and conductor (d. 1797)
• 1720 – Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and author (d. 1797)
• 1744 – Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1770)
• 1748 – Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
• 1791 – James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868)
• 1792 – Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
• 1794 – Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author (d. 1856)
• 1805 – Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)
• 1812 – Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1891)
• 1813 – Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State (d. 1861)
• 1813 – Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar (d. 1853)
• 1818 – James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (d. 1894)
• 1819 – Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1901)
• 1853 – Winthrop M. Crane, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1920)
• 1856 – Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer (d. 1910)
• 1857 – Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (d. 1919)
• 1858 – Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
• 1860 – Justinian Oxenham, Australian public servant (d. 1932)
• 1861 – Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (d. 1936)
• 1861 – John Peltz, American baseball player and manager (d. 1906)
• 1865 – Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Russian-Azerbaijani general (d. 1943)
• 1867 – Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
• 1876 – Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (d. 1925)
• 1880 – Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1942)
• 1882 – Albert Coates, English composer and conductor (d. 1953)
• 1888 – Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)
• 1889 – Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (d. 1942)
• 1893 – Frank Borzage, American actor and director (d. 1952)
• 1895 – Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director (d. 1982)^[12]
• 1897 – Folke Jansson, American general (d. 1965)
• 1897 – Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1898 – Lucius D. Clay, American general (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (d. 1982)
• 1900 – Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1959)^[13]
• 1900 – Joseph Green, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1996)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist (d. 1988)
• 1902 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1903 – Guy Simonds, English-Canadian general (d. 1974)
• 1904 – Clifford Bricker, Canadian long-distance runner (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2001)
• 1904 – Duncan Renaldo, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Lee Miller, American model and photographer (d. 1977)
• 1907 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (d. 1975)
• 1908 – Myron Waldman, American animator and director (d. 2006)
• 1910 – Sheila Scott Macintyre, Scottish mathematician (d. 1960)^[14]
• 1910 – Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)^[15]
• 1911 – Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer and club owner (d. 2013)
• 1915 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (d. 2000)
• 1916 – Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist (d. 1982)
• 1917 – Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter (d. 2009)^[16]
• 1919 – Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel (d. 1963)
• 1920 – Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman (d. 2018)
• 1921 – Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States (d. 2012)^[17]
• 1921 – Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Janet Blair, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Dolph Briscoe, American lieutenant and politician, 41st Governor of Texas (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (d. 1993)
• 1924 – Chuck Harmon, American baseball player and scout (d. 2019)
• 1924 – Bobby Rosengarden, American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007)
• 1926 – J.P. Donleavy, American-Irish novelist and playwright (d. 2017)
• 1926 – Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (d. 1990)
• 1928 – Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (d. 2014)^[18]
• 1929 – George Steiner, French-American philosopher, author, and critic (d. 2020)^[19]
• 1932 – Halston, American fashion designer (d. 1990)
• 1932 – Jim Fixx, American runner and author (d. 1984)
• 1933 – Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (d. 2011)
• 1934 – George Canseco, Filipino composer and producer (d. 2004)
• 1936 – Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
• 1937 – Victoria Glendinning, English author and critic
• 1937 – David Mills, English cricketer (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Barry Shepherd, Australian cricketer (d. 2001)
• 1939 – Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter
• 1939 – Bill Hagerty, English journalist
• 1939 – Lee Majors, American actor
• 1939 – Ray Peterson, American pop singer (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Michael Copps, American academic and politician
• 1940 – Dale Houston, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1940 – Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress
• 1941 – Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (d. 2018)
• 1941 – Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland
• 1941 – Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema
• 1941 – Ed Stewart, English radio and television host (d. 2016)
• 1941 – Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (d. 2016)
• 1942 – Sandra Dee, American model and actress (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
• 1943 – Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2021)
• 1943 – Frans Koppelaar, Dutch painter
• 1943 – Hervé Villechaize, French actor (d. 1993)
• 1944 – Jean-François Stévenin, French actor and director (d. 2021)
• 1946 – Blair Brown, American actress
• 1946 – Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic
• 1947 – Glenn Cornick, English bass player (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician
• 1948 – Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter
• 1948 – Serge Thériault, Canadian actor
• 1949 – Paul Collier, English economist and academic
• 1949 – David Cross, English violinist
• 1949 – John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• 1950 – Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
• 1950 – Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
• 1951 – Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
• 1952 – Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1953 – James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
• 1954 – Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
• 1955 – Judy Davis, Australian actress
• 1955 – Tony Miles, English chess player (d. 2001)
• 1955 – Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2008)
• 1957 – Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
• 1957 – Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
• 1958 – Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
• 1958 – Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 – Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist^[20]
• 1960 – Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
• 1960 – Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 1991)
• 1960 – Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
• 1960 – Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1960 – Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – George Lopez, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
• 1961 – Pierluigi Martini, Italian race car driver
• 1962 – John Hannah, Scottish actor and producer
• 1962 – Shaun Spiers, English businessman and politician
• 1963 – Paul Belmondo, French race car driver
• 1963 – Robby Naish, American windsurfer
• 1964 – Gianandrea Noseda, Italian pianist and conductor
• 1965 – Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
• 1966 – Jörg Deisinger, German bass player
• 1966 – Matt Freeman, American bass player
• 1966 – Lembit Oll, Estonian chess Grandmaster (d. 1999)
• 1967 – Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (d. 2021)
• 1967 – Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
• 1968 – Bas Haring, Dutch philosopher, writer, television presenter and professor.
• 1968 – Ken McRae, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, Oklahoma City bombing co-perpetrator (d. 2001)
• 1969 – Martín López-Zubero, American-Spanish swimmer and coach
• 1969 – Yelena Shushunova, Russian gymnast
• 1970 – Egemen Bağış, Turkish politician, 1st Minister of European Union Affairs
• 1970 – Dennis Culp, American singer-songwriter and trombonist
• 1970 – Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league player and manager
• 1970 – Hans Välimäki, Finnish chef and author
• 1970 – Tayfur Havutçu, Turkish international footballer and manager
• 1971 – Uli Herzner, German-American fashion designer
• 1972 – Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
• 1972 – Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
• 1972 – Amira Medunjanin, Bosnian singer
• 1973 – Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Carlos Dengler, American bass player
• 1974 – Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
• 1975 – Bobby Shaw, American football player
• 1976 – Gabriel Damon, American actor^[21]
• 1976 – Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1977 – John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
• 1977 – Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player^[22]
• 1977 – David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
• 1977 – Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 – Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
• 1977 – Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
• 1977 – Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer^[23]
• 1978 – Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner
• 1979 – Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
• 1979 – Jaime King, American actress and model
• 1979 – Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality
• 1979 – Samppa Lajunen, Finnish skier
• 1980 – Nicole den Dulk, Dutch Paralympic equestrian^[24]
• 1982 – Kyle Beckerman, American footballer^[25]
• 1982 – Tony Sunshine, American singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer^[26]
• 1983 – Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player
• 1983 – Ian Henderson, English rugby league player
• 1984 – Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
• 1984 – Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
• 1985 – Angel Locsin, Filipino actress, producer, and fashion designer
• 1986 – Sven Kramer, Dutch speed skater
• 1986 – Alysia Montaño, American runner
• 1986 – Rafael Fernandes, Brazilian baseball player
• 1987 – Michael Arroyo, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1987 – John Boye, Ghanaian footballer
• 1987 – Emily Fox, American basketball player
• 1988 – Victor Anichebe, Nigerian footballer
• 1988 – Alistair Brownlee, English triathlete
• 1988 – Signe Ronka, Canadian figure skater
• 1988 – Lenka Wienerová, Slovak tennis player
• 1989 – Nicole Vaidišová, Czech tennis player
• 1990 – Rui Fonte, Portuguese footballer^[27]
• 1990 – Dev Patel, English actor
• 1991 – Nathan Baker, English footballer
• 1991 – Caleb Johnson, American singer-songwriter
• 1991 – Paul Vaughan, Australian-Italian rugby league player
• 1994 – Patrick Olsen, Danish footballer
• 1994 – Song Kang, South Korean actor
• 1995 – Gigi Hadid, American fashion model and television personality
• 1996 – Carolina Alves, Brazilian tennis player^[28]
• 1997 – Zach Apple, American swimmer^[29]
• 1999 – Son Chaeyoung, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter^[30]
• 2018 – Prince Louis, member of the British royal family