On this day · Aquarius

January 23 birthdays

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

17% of January 23 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (60) than any other country.

Born on January 23

• Arjen Robben (born 1984. Dutch association footballer (born 1984))
• Subhas Chandra Bose (1897 to 1945. Indian nationalist leader and politician (1897–1945))
• David Hilbert (1862 to 1943. German mathematician (1862–1943))
• John Hancock (1737 to 1793. American Founding Father (1737–1793))
• Princess Caroline of Monaco (born 1957. Princess of Monaco (born 1957))
• Édouard Manet (1832 to 1883. French painter (1832–1883))
• Jeanne Moreau (1928 to 2017. French actress, singer, screenwriter and director (1928–2017))
• Boris Berezovsky (businessman) (1946 to 2013. Russian businessman (1946–2013))
• Saigō Takamori (1828 to 1877. Japanese samurai and politician (1828–1877))
• Megawati Sukarnoputri (born 1947. President of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004)
• Pope Boniface VIII (1235 to 1303. Head of the Catholic Church from 1294 to 1303)
• Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896 to 1985. Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964)
• Magdalena Andersson (born 1967. Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022)
• Derek Walcott (1930 to 2017. Saint Lucian poet and playwright (1930–2017))
• Robert Golob (born 1967. Prime Minister of Slovenia since 2022)
• Bharrat Jagdeo (born 1964. President of Guyana from 1999 to 2011)
• Princess Ulrika Eleonora (1688 to 1741. Queen of Sweden from 1718 to 1741)
• late grandfather's (1914 to 1997. Prince Napoléon)
• David Arnold (born 1962. British film composer)
• Marija Gimbutas (1921 to 1994. Lithuanian archaeologist (1921–1994))
• Vincent Ferrer (1350 to 1419. Valencian Dominican friar (1350–1419))
• Paul Langevin (1872 to 1946. French physicist (1872–1946))
• Gertrude B. Elion (1918 to 1999. American biochemist and pharmacologist (1918–1999))
• Hideki Yukawa (1907 to 1981. Japanese theoretical physicist (1907–1981))
• Muzio Clementi (1752 to 1832. Italian composer and pianist (1752–1832))
• William G. Morgan (1870 to 1942. Inventor of the volleyball (1870–1942))
• Pitirim Sorokin (1889 to 1968. Russian sociologist (1889-1968))
• Arzu Aliyeva (born 1989. Azerbaijani public figure (born 1989))
• Georg Baselitz (1938 to 2026. German artist (born 1938))
• Alister McGrath (born 1953. Irish Anglican priest, scientist, and academic (born 1953))
• Alfred Denning, Baron Denning (1899 to 1999. English lawyer and judge (1899–1999))
• Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara (1338 to 1378. Emperor of Northern Yuan from 1370 to 1378)
• John Polanyi (born 1929. Canadian chemist (born 1929))
• Waris Shah (1722 to 1798. Punjabi Sufi Poet (1722–1798))
• Pavlo Lazarenko (born 1953. Prime Minister of Ukraine from 1996 to 1997)
• Jože Plečnik (1872 to 1957. Slovenian architect (1872-1957))
• Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat (1942 to 2025. 1st President of Mongolia from 1990 to 1997)
• Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734 to 1804. Hungarian author and inventor (1734–1804))
• XXXTentacion (1998 to 2018. American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018))
• Bob Moses (activist) (1935 to 2021. American educator and activist (1935–2021))
• Grigory Petrovsky (1878 to 1958. Soviet Ukrainian politician (1878–1958))
• Franco De Vita (born 1954. Venezuelan recording artist; singer-songwriter)
• Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767 to 1820. French politician (1767–1820))
• Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana (born 1949. Indonesian businesswoman and politician)
• Salim Ahmed Salim (born 1942. Tanzanian politician and diplomat)
• Miklós Kállay (1887 to 1967. Hungarian politician (1887–1967))
• Veer Surendra Sai (1809 to 1884. Freedom fighter and revolutionary from Odisha)
• Hugh Fraser (British politician) (1918 to 1984. British politician (1918–1984))
• James Rado (1932 to 2022. American dramatist (1932–2022))
• Kunio Nakagawa (1898 to 1944. Japanese general (1898–1944))
• William Pogue (1930 to 2014. American astronaut (1930–2014))
• Anya Seton (1904 to 1990. American author of historical fiction (1904-1990))
• Edward C. Stone (1936 to 2024. American scientist (1936–2024))
• Andrija Mohorovičić (1857 to 1936. Croatian seismologist and geophysicist)
• Gottfried Böhm (1920 to 2021. German architect and sculptor (1920–2021))
• Louis III of the Palatinate (1378 to 1436. Elector Palatine from 1410 to 1436)
• James Lighthill (1924 to 1998. British applied mathematician (1924–1998))
• Kjell N. Lindgren (born 1973. American astronaut)
• Walter Frederick Morrison (1920 to 2010. American inventor (1920-2010))
• Gavin Barwell (born 1972. British Conservative politician (born 1972))

Died on January 23

• Salvador Dalí (1904 to 1989. Spanish surrealist artist (1904–1989))
• Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924 to 2015. King of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015)
• Edvard Munch (1863 to 1944. Norwegian painter (1863–1944))
• Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767 to 1820. British prince (1767–1820))
• Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452 to 1516. King of Aragon from 1479 to 1516)
• William Pitt the Younger (1759 to 1806. British statesman (1759–1806))
• Paul Robeson (1898 to 1976. American singer, actor, political activist, and athlete (1898–1976))
• Lucius Verus (130 to 169. Roman emperor from 161 to 169)
• Pierre Bourdieu (1930 to 2002. French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002))
• Gustave Doré (1832 to 1883. French illustrator and painter (1832–1883))
• Larry King (1933 to 2021. American TV and radio host (1933–2021))
• Samuel Barber (1910 to 1981. American composer (1910–1981))
• Robert Nozick (1938 to 2002. American political philosopher (1938–2002))
• Ernest Augustus of Hanover (1629 to 1698. Elector of Hanover)
• Giambattista Vico (1668 to 1744. Italian philosopher (1668–1744))
• Pierre Bonnard (1867 to 1947. French painter and printmaker (1867–1947))
• James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531 to 1570. Regent for King James VI of Scotland from 1567–1570)
• Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909 to 1963. Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1953 to 1955)
• Charles Kingsley (1819 to 1875. English clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875))
• Northrop Frye (1912 to 1991. Canadian literary critic (1912–1991))
• John Field (composer) (1782 to 1837. Irish composer (1782–1837))
• Mykola Leontovych (1877 to 1921. Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist and teacher (1877–1921))
• Thomas A. Dorsey (1899 to 1993. American blues and gospel musician and composer (1899–1993))
• Edward Rutledge (1749 to 1800. American Founding Father and politician (1749–1800))
• Abraham ibn Ezra (1089 to 1167. 12th-century Sephardic rabbi and astrologer)
• Vasili Mitrokhin (1922 to 2004. Soviet archivist for the foreign intelligence service (1922–2004))
• Shahryar Mirza (1605 to 1628. De facto Mughal emperor from 1627 to 1628)
• Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762–1770) (1762 to 1770. Member of the House of Habsburg (1762–1770))
• Jafar Khan (1800 to ?. Shah of Iran from 1785 to 1789)
• Võ Thị Sáu (1933 to 1952. Vietnamese schoolgirl and revolutionary (1933–1952))

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