Famous Birthdays for February 23rd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1133 – Al-Zafir, Fatimid caliph (d. 1154)^[19]
• 1417 – Pope Paul II (d. 1471)^[20]
• 1417 – Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1479)
• 1443 – Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian king (d. 1490)
• 1529 – Onofrio Panvinio, Italian historian (d. 1568)
• 1539 – Henry XI of Legnica, thrice Duke of Legnica (d. 1588)
• 1539 – Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (d. 1612)
• 1583 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (d. 1656)
• 1592 – Balthazar Gerbier, Dutch painter (d. 1663)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1606 – George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen, officer in the Dutch Army (d. 1674)^[21]
• 1633 – Samuel Pepys, English diarist and politician (d. 1703)^[22]
• 1646 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shōgun (d. 1709)
• 1680 – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (d. 1767)
• 1685 – George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (d. 1759)
• 1723 – Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher (d. 1791)
• 1744 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker and businessman (d. 1812)
• 1792 – José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general (d. 1854)^[23]
• 1805 – Johan Jakob Nervander, Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist (d. 1848)^[24]
• 1831 – Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (d. 1915)
• 1842 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (d. 1906)
• 1850 – César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz Hotel, London and Hôtel Ritz Paris (d. 1918)
• 1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (d. 1963)
• 1868 – Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director (d. 1947)
• 1873 – Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1929)
• 1874 – Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (d. 1956)
• 1878 – Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist (d. 1935)
• 1883 – Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (d. 1969)
• 1883 – Guy C. Wiggins, American painter (d. 1962)
• 1889 – Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)
• 1889 – Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer (d. 1949)
• 1889 – John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1947)
• 1892 – Kathleen Harrison, English actress (d. 1995)
• 1892 – Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer (d. 1950)^[25]
• 1894 – Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Erich Kästner, German author and poet (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (d. 1981)

1901–present[edit]

• 1904 – Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1904 – William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (d. 1993)
• 1908 – William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)
• 1915 – Jon Hall, American actor and director (d. 1979)
• 1915 – Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2018)
• 1923 – Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Harry Clarke, English international footballer (d. 2000)^[26]
• 1923 – Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Dante Lavelli, American football player (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986)
• 1923 – Mary Francis Shura, American author (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1925 – Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Jessica Huntley, Guyanese activist and publisher (d. 2013)^[27]
• 1928 – Hans Herrmann, German racing driver
• 1928 – Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (d. 1990)
• 1929 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (d. 1980)
• 1930 – Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (d. 2008)
• 1937 – Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician
• 1938 – Sylvia Chase, American broadcast journalist (d. 2019)^[28]
• 1938 – Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 – Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1940 – Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
• 1940 – Jackie Smith, American football player
• 1941 – Ron Hunt, American baseball player
• 1943 – Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
• 1943 – Bobby Mitchell, American golfer (d. 2018)
• 1944 – Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator
• 1944 – Florian Fricke, German keyboard player and composer (d. 2001)
• 1944 – Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician
• 1946 – Rusty Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
• 1947 – Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician, Speaker of the Danish Parliament^[29]
• 1947 – Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author^[30]
• 1948 – Bill Alexander, English director and producer
• 1948 – Trevor Cherry, English footballer (d. 2020)
• 1948 – Steve Priest, English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2020)
• 1949 – César Aira, Argentinian author and translator
• 1949 – Marc Garneau, Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician
• 1950 – Rebecca Goldstein, American philosopher and author
• 1950 – John Greaves, British bass guitarist and composer^[31]
• 1951 – Eddie Dibbs, American tennis player
• 1951 – Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter of Jewish melodies (d. 2011)^[32]
• 1951 – Ed "Too Tall" Jones, American football player and boxer
• 1951 – Patricia Richardson, American actress
• 1952 – Brad Whitford, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 – Kenny Bee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1953 – Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
• 1954 – Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 1989)
• 1954 – Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian captain and politician, 3rd President of Ukraine
• 1955 – Howard Jones, English singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1956 – Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician
• 1958 – David Sylvian, English singer-songwriter
• 1959 – Clayton Anderson, American engineer and astronaut
• 1959 – Nick de Bois, English politician
• 1959 – Ian Liddell-Grainger, Scottish soldier and politician
• 1959 – Linda Nolan, Irish singer and actress
• 1960 – Naruhito, Emperor of Japan
• 1962 – Michael Wilton, American guitarist
• 1963 – Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player
• 1963 – Radosław Sikorski, Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
• 1964 – John Norum, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter
• 1965 – Michael Dell, American businessman
• 1965 – Helena Suková, Czech-Monacan tennis player
• 1967 – Steve Stricker, American golfer
• 1967 – Chris Vrenna, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1969 – Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer
• 1969 – Martine Croxall, English journalist and television news presenter
• 1969 – Daymond John, American fashion designer and businessman, founded FUBU
• 1970 – Niecy Nash, American actress and producer
• 1971 – Carin Koch, Swedish golfer
• 1971 – Melinda Messenger, English model and television host
• 1971 – Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player
• 1972 – Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer
• 1972 – Rondell White, American baseball player
• 1973 – Jeff Nordgaard, American-Polish basketball player
• 1974 – Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer
• 1974 – Robbi Kempson, South African rugby player
• 1975 – Michael Cornacchia, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress^[33]
• 1977 – Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier
• 1978 – Residente, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
• 1981 – Gareth Barry, English footballer^[34]
• 1981 – Josh Gad, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1983 – Mido, Egyptian footballer, manager and sportscaster^[35]
• 1983 – Aziz Ansari, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1983 – Emily Blunt, English actress
• 1986 – Emerson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter
• 1986 – Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1986 – Jerod Mayo, American football player
• 1986 – Ola Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Ab-Soul, American rapper
• 1987 – Theophilus London, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1987 – Zak Kirkup, Member of the Parliament of Western Australia
• 1988 – Nicolás Gaitán, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 – Evan Bates, American ice dancer
• 1989 – Jérémy Pied, French footballer
• 1990 – Kevin Connauton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Marco Scandella, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 – Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1993 – Chris Grevsmuhl, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 – Dakota Fanning, American actress
• 1995 – Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player^[36]
• 1996 – D'Angelo Russell, American basketball player^[37]
• 1997 – Jamal Murray, Canadian basketball player^[38]