Famous Birthdays for March 23rd

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1338 – Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374)
• 1430 – Margaret of Anjou (d. 1482)^[10]
• 1514 – Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin (d. 1548)
• 1599 – Thomas Selle, German composer (d. 1663)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1614 – Jahanara Begum, Mughal princess (d. 1681)^[11]
• 1643 – Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic (d. 1731)
• 1699 – John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (d. 1777)
• 1732 – Princess Marie Adélaïde of France (d. 1800)
• 1749 – Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)
• 1750 – Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer (d. 1812)
• 1754 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (d. 1802)
• 1769 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat (d. 1832)
• 1769 – William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)
• 1823 – Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
• 1826 – Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1917)
• 1834 – Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (d. 1858)
• 1838 – Marie Adam-Doerrer, Swiss women's rights activist and unionist (d. 1908)
• 1842 – Friedrich Amelung, Estonian-German historian, businessman and composer (d. 1909)
• 1842 – Susan Jane Cunningham, American mathematician (d. 1921)
• 1858 – Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)
• 1860 – Horatio Bottomley, British politician and businessman (d. 1933)^[12]
• 1862 – Nathaniel Reed, American criminal (d. 1950)
• 1868 – Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (d. 1923)
• 1869 – Calouste Gulbenkian, Turkish-Armenian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1955)
• 1872 – Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1940)
• 1874 – Grantley Goulding, English hurdler (d. 1947)
• 1874 – J. C. Leyendecker, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)
• 1876 – Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet and activist (d. 1924)
• 1876 – Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader (d. 1964)
• 1878 – Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1934)
• 1880 – Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician, Finnish Minister of the Interior (d. 1922)
• 1881 – Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (d. 1969)
• 1881 – Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 1881 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Emmy Noether, Jewish German-American mathematician, physicist and academic (d. 1935)^[13]
• 1884 – Joseph Boxhall, English sailor (d. 1967)
• 1885 – Platt Adams, American jumper and politician (d. 1961)
• 1885 – Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) (d. 1962)^[14]
• 1886 – Frank Irons, American long jumper (d. 1942)
• 1887 – Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet (d. 1945)
• 1887 – Rudolf Kinau, German author (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1927)
• 1887 – Sidney Hillman, Lithuanian-born American labor leader (d. 1946)
• 1891 – Po Kya, Burmese author and educationist (d. 1942)
• 1893 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer (d. 1960)
• 1893 – Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (d. 1974)
• 1894 – Arthur Grimsdell, English international footballer and cricketer (d. 1963)^[15]
• 1895 – Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (d. 2001)
• 1895 – Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, author and composer (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Louis Adamic, Slovenian-American author, translator and politician (d. 1951)
• 1898 – Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (d. 1984)
• 1899 – Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)
• 1900 – Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Bon Maharaja, Indian guru and religious writer (d. 1982)
• 1903 – Frank Sargeson, New Zealand author (d. 1982)
• 1904 – Joan Crawford, American film actress (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Lale Andersen, German chanson singer-songwriter (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Charles Werner, American cartoonist (d. 1997)
• 1910 – Jerry Cornes, English runner, colonial officer and educator (d. 2001)
• 1910 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996)^[16]
• 1912 – Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013)
• 1912 – Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977)
• 1913 – Abidin Dino, Turko-French painter and illustrator (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Milbourne Christopher, American magician and author (d. 1984)
• 1915 – Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (d. 2014)
• 1915 – Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (d. 1991)
• 1917 – Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998)
• 1918 – Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (d. 1992)
• 1918 – Helene Hale, American politician (d. 2013)^[17]
• 1918 – Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (d.1940s)
• 1919 – Carl Graffunder, American architect and educator (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Subhadra Joshi, Indian freedom activist and politician (d. 2003)^[18]
• 1920 – Neal Edward Smith, American pilot, lawyer and politician (d. 2021)
• 1920 – Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Donald Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1967)
• 1921 – Peter Lawler, Australian public servant (d. 2017)
• 1922 – Marty Allen, American comedian and actor (d. 2018)
• 1922 – Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (d. 1990)
• 1923 – Angelo Ingrassia, American soldier and judge (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor, invented Liquid Paper (d. 1980)^[19]
• 1924 – Olga Kennard, English crystallographer and academic^[20]
• 1924 – John Madin, English architect (d. 2012)
• 1925 – David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Roger Bannister, English runner, neurologist and academic (d. 2018)
• 1929 – Michael Manser, English architect and engineer (d. 2016)
• 1929 – Mark Rydell, American actor, director and producer
• 1931 – Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)
• 1931 – Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player and author (d. 2016)
• 1931 – Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian skier (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1933 – Norman Bailey, English opera singer and educator (d. 2021)
• 1933 – Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic
• 1934 – Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 2017)
• 1935 – Barry Cryer, English comedian, actor and screenwriter (d. 2022)
• 1936 – Jannis Kounellis, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 2017)
• 1937 – Craig Breedlove, American race car driver
• 1937 – Tony Burton, American actor, comedian, boxer and football player (d. 2016)
• 1937 – Robert Gallo, American physician and academic
• 1938 – Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1942 – Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician (d. 1994)
• 1942 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar and activist (d. 1980)
• 1943 – Andrew Crockett, Scottish-English economist and banker (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish singer, author and director (d. 2001)
• 1944 – B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 – Michael Nyman, English composer of minimalist music and pianist
• 1944 – Ric Ocasek, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (d. 2019)^[21][22]
• 1945 – Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director (d. 2021)
• 1945 – David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer
• 1946 – Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer
• 1947 – Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author
• 1948 – Wasim Bari, Pakistani cricketer
• 1948 – Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician
• 1950 – Corinne Cléry, French actress
• 1950 – Phil Lanzon, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1950 – Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author and translator
• 1951 – Ron Jaworski, American football player and sportscaster
• 1951 – Adrian Reynard, English businessman, founded Reynard Motorsport
• 1952 – Francesco Clemente, Italian painter and illustrator
• 1952 – Kent Lambert, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 – Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
• 1952 – Rex Tillerson, American businessman, engineer and diplomat; 69th United States Secretary of State
• 1953 – Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)
• 1953 – Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter
• 1953 – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian zoologist and businesswoman^[23]
• 1954 – Geno Auriemma, Italian-American basketball player and coach
• 1954 – Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer, founded Kenneth Cole Productions
• 1954 – Mary Fee, Scottish Labour Party politician^[24]
• 1954 – Paul Price, English born, Welsh international footballer and manager^[25]
• 1955 – Moses Malone, American basketball player (d. 2015)
• 1956 – José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese academic and politician, 115th Prime Minister of Portugal^[26]
• 1957 – Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
• 1957 – Robbie James, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 1998)
• 1957 – Amanda Plummer, American actress
• 1958 – Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
• 1958 – Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Hugh Grant, Scottish business executive
• 1959 – Catherine Keener, American actress
• 1960 – Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• 1960 – Haris Romas, Greek actor, screenwriter, and lyricist ^[27][28]
• 1961 – Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic
• 1961 – Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 – Helmi Johannes, Indonesian journalist and producer
• 1962 – Steve Redgrave, English rower^[29]
• 1963 – Míchel, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1963 – Juan Ramón López Caro, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1963 – Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuban runner
• 1964 – Hope Davis, American actress
• 1965 – Gary Whitehead, American poet and painter
• 1966 – Lorenzo Daniel, American sprinter
• 1966 – Vasilis Vouzas, Greek footballer and manager
• 1968 – Damon Albarn, English singer-songwriter, producer and actor
• 1968 – Mike Atherton, English cricketer and journalist
• 1968 – Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1968 – Pierre Palmade, French actor and screenwriter
• 1971 – Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model
• 1971 – Gail Porter, Scottish model and television host
• 1971 – Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1971 – Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese wrestler
• 1972 – Jonas Björkman, Swedish-Monégasque tennis player and coach
• 1972 – Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer
• 1972 – Judith Godrèche, French actress and author
• 1973 – Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer
• 1973 – Wim Eyckmans, Belgian race car driver
• 1973 – Jason Kidd, American basketball player and coach
• 1974 – Randall Park, American actor, director and screenwriter
• 1975 – Burak Gürpınar, Turkish drummer
• 1975 – Andy Turner, English footballer and manager^[30]
• 1976 – Chris Hoy, Scottish cyclist^[31]
• 1976 – Smriti Irani, Indian actress, producer and politician, Indian Minister of Human Resource Development
• 1976 – Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle racer
• 1976 – Michelle Monaghan, American actress^[32]
• 1976 – Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player^[33]
• 1976 – Keri Russell, American actress
• 1976 – Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver
• 1976 – Sa Beining, Chinese host
• 1977 – Miklos Perlus, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1978 – Simon Gärdenfors, Swedish illustrator
• 1978 – Liu Ye, Chinese actor^[34]
• 1978 – Walter Samuel, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 – Mark Buehrle, American baseball player
• 1979 – Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish rugby player
• 1981 – Erin Crocker, American race car driver
• 1981 – Tony Peña Jr., Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – Shelley Rudman, English bobsledder
• 1981 – Giuseppe Sculli, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Brett Young, American country music singer
• 1982 – José Contreras Arrau, Chilean footballer
• 1982 – Andrea Musacco, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Evgeni Striganov, Estonian ice dancer
• 1983 – Hakan Balta, Turkish footballer
• 1983 – Mo Farah, Somali-English runner
• 1983 – Sascha Riether, German international footballer^[35]
• 1983 – Jerome Thomas, English footballer
• 1984 – Ryan Araña, Filipino basketball player
• 1984 – Brandon Marshall, American football player
• 1985 – Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player
• 1985 – Bethanie Mattek-Sands, American tennis player
• 1986 – Patrick Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer
• 1986 – Brett Eldredge, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 – Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress
• 1987 – Alan Toovey, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Dellin Betances, American baseball player
• 1988 – Jason Kenny, English cyclist
• 1988 – Michal Neuvirth, Czech ice hockey player
• 1989 – Ayesha Curry, Canadian-American chef, author and television personality
• 1989 – Nikola Gulan, Serbian footballer
• 1989 – Sarah McKenna, English rugby player^[36]
• 1989 – Luis Fernando Silva, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish race car driver
• 1990 – Robert Zickert, German footballer
• 1991 – Linline Matauatu, Vanuatuan beach volleyball player^[37]
• 1991 – Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer
• 1992 – Tolga Ciğerci, German-Turkish footballer
• 1992 – Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player
• 1993 – Kyle Lovett, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer
• 1994 – Nick Powell, English footballer
• 1995 – Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer
• 1995 – Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist
• 1995 – Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer
• 1996 – Alexander Albon, Thai-British race car driver
• 1996 – Joel Kiviranta, Finnish ice hockey player^[38]