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February 23 birthdays

293 notable historical figures were born on February 23, and 202 died on this day. Everyone born on February 23 is a Pisces.

18% of February 23 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (60) than any other country.

Born on February 23

• Emily Blunt (born 1983. English actress (born 1983))
• Naruhito (born 1960. Emperor of Japan since 2019)
• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 to 1963. American sociologist and activist (1868–1963))
• George Frideric Handel (1685 to 1759. German-British composer (1685–1759))
• Viktor Yushchenko (born 1954. President of Ukraine from 2005 to 2010)
• William McMahon (1908 to 1988. Prime Minister of Australia from 1971 to 1972)
• Paul Tibbets (1915 to 2007. United States Air Force general (1915–2007))
• Radosław Sikorski (born 1963. Polish politician and journalist (born 1963))
• Robert Lopez (born 1975. American songwriter of musicals (born 1975))
• Bernard Cornwell (born 1944. British writer (born 1944))
• Paul II (1417 to 1471. Head of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471)
• Karl Jaspers (1883 to 1969. German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969))
• William L. Shirer (1904 to 1993. American journalist, war correspondent, and author (1904–1993))
• Anupama Chopra (born 1967. Indian author, journalist, film critic)
• Erich Kästner (1899 to 1974. German author, poet and satirist (1899–1974))
• Konstantin Päts (1874 to 1956. Estonian statesman and president (1874–1956))
• Franz von Stuck (1863 to 1928. German painter (1863–1928))
• Carl Menger (1840 to 1921. Founder of the Austrian School of economics (1840–1921))
• Rebecca Goldstein (born 1950. American philosopher and novelist (born 1950))
• Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646 to 1709. Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military leader of Japan from 1680 to 1709)
• Liang Chi-chao (1873 to 1929. Chinese politician, activist and journalist (1873–1929))
• Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka (1923 to 2014. Polish-American philosopher (1923–2014))
• Manjari Makijany (born 1987. Indian film director, writer and producer)
• George Frederic Watts (1817 to 1904. English painter (1817–1904))
• Yakov Zeldovich (1914 to 1987. Soviet physicist, physical chemist and cosmologist (1914–1987))
• Stephen Devassy (born 1981. Indian musician (born 1981))
• Paul O'Neill (producer) (1956 to 2017. American composer, musician, and record producer (1956–2017))
• Didier Queloz (born 1966. Swiss astronomer (born 1966))
• Liu Thai Ker (1938 to 2026. Singaporean architect and urban planner (1938–2026))
• Hiroshi Sugimoto (born 1948. Japanese artist and photographer)
• Richard Price (1723 to 1791. British philosopher, preacher and mathematician (1723–1791))
• Casimir Funk (1884 to 1967. Polish-American biochemist (1884–1967))
• Rosalía de Castro (1837 to 1885. Spanish Galician poet, writer (1837–1885))
• Casemiro (born 1992. Brazilian footballer (born 1992))
• Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924 to 1998. South African and American physicist)
• Senjūrō Hayashi (1876 to 1943. Prime Minister of Japan in 1937)
• Prince Octavius of Great Britain (1779 to 1783. British prince (1779–1783))
• Eduard von Hartmann (1842 to 1906. German philosopher (1842–1906))
• Dakota Fanning (born 1994. American actress (born 1994))
• Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil (1845 to 1847. Heir apparent to the Brazilian throne (1845–1847))
• Emma Willard (1787 to 1870. American women's rights activist)
• Joseph Sobran (1946 to 2010. American political commentator (1946–2010))
• José Joaquín de Herrera (1792 to 1854. President of Mexico in 1844, from 1844 to 1845, from 1848 to 1851)
• Alexandrine of Prussia, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1803 to 1892. Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1837 to 1842)
• Shigefumi Mori (born 1951. Japanese mathematician (born 1951))
• Mamang Dai (born 1957. Indian poet, novelist and journalist (born 1957))
• al-Zafir (1133 to 1154. Fatimid Caliph from 1149 to 1154)
• Prince Adolf II (1883 to 1936. Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe)
• Florian Fricke (1944 to 2001. German musician (1944–2001))
• Svetlana Gerasimenko (1945 to 2025. Soviet and Tajikistani astronomer (1945–2025))
• Christopher Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat (born 1937. British politician, life peer (born 1937))
• Peter Fonda (1940 to 2019. American actor and filmmaker (1940–2019))
• Louis IX the Rich (1417 to 1479. Duke of Bavaria-Landshut from 1450 to 1479)
• Franz Delitzsch (1813 to 1890. German Lutheran theologian and hebraist)
• Benyoucef Benkhedda (1920 to 2003. Algerian politician (1920–2003))
• Agnes Arber (1879 to 1960. British botanist (1879–1960))
• Rafael Addiego Bruno (1923 to 2014. Uruguayan jurist and political figure (1923–2014))
• William Morgan Shuster (1877 to 1960. American lawyer)
• Alexandrine de Bleschamp (1778 to 1855. French-Italian princess)
• Ronald K. Hoeflin (born 1944. American philosopher)

Died on February 23

• John Quincy Adams (1767 to 1848. President of the United States from 1825 to 1829)
• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 to 1855. German scholar (1777–1855))
• John Keats (1795 to 1821. English Romantic poet (1795–1821))
• Stefan Zweig (1881 to 1942. Austrian writer (1881–1942))
• Saud of Saudi Arabia (1902 to 1969. King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964)
• Edward Elgar (1857 to 1934. English composer (1857–1934))
• Polycarp (69 to 155. Christian bishop of Smyrna (69–155))
• Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511 to 1511. Heir apparent of Henry VIII (1511))
• Joshua Reynolds (1723 to 1792. English painter (1723–1792))
• Pope Eugene IV (1383 to 1447. Head of the Catholic Church from 1431 to 1447)
• Hussein Kamel al-Majid (1954 to 1996. Iraqi politician (1954–1996))
• Al-Walid I (668 to 715. Umayyad caliph from 705 to 715)
• Yingzong (1427 to 1464. Emperor of China (1435–1449, 1457–1464))
• James M. Gavin (1907 to 1990. US Army general (1907–1990))
• Nellie Melba (1861 to 1931. Australian opera singer (1861–1931))
• Stanislaus I (1677 to 1766. King of Poland (1704–1709, 1733–1736))
• Pope Gregory V (972 to 999. Head of the Catholic Church from 996 to 999)
• Muhammad Asad (1900 to 1992. Austro-Hungarian-born Pakistani Muslim polymath (1900–1992))
• Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1882 to 1945. Russian and Soviet writer (1883–1945))
• Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390 to 1447. Lord Protector of England from 1422 to 1437)
• Leo Baekeland (1863 to 1944. Belgian chemist (1863–1944); inventor of Bakelite)
• Nirmala Srivastava (1923 to 2011. Indian spiritual teacher)
• Edward Lansdale (1908 to 1987. United States Air Force and CIA officer)
• 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517 to 1554. English nobleman)
• Annamacharya (1408 to 1503. Indian musician and composer (1408–1503))
• Janez Drnovšek (1950 to 2008. Former President and Prime Minister of Slovenia)
• Abdul Rehman Malik (1951 to 2022. Pakistani politician (1951–2022))
• José Napoleón Duarte (1925 to 1990. President of El Salvador from 1984 to 1989)
• Jack Churchill (1880 to 1947. British military officer (1880–1947))
• Gentile Bellini (1429 to 1507. Venetian painter)

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