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June 23 birthdays

277 notable historical figures were born on June 23, and 152 died on this day. Everyone born on June 23 is a Cancer.

20% of June 23 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (59) than any other country.

Born on June 23

• Zinedine Zidane (born 1972. French football player and manager (born 1972))
• Edward VIII (1894 to 1972. King of the United Kingdom in 1936)
• Alan Turing (1912 to 1954. English computer scientist (1912–1954))
• Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763 to 1814. Empress of the French from 1804 to 1810)
• Jason Mraz (born 1977. American singer-songwriter (born 1977))
• Alfred Kinsey (1894 to 1956. American scientist (1894–1956))
• Maria Leszczynska of Poland-Lithuania (1703 to 1768. Queen of France from 1725 to 1768)
• Oda Nobunaga (1534 to 1582. Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582))
• Martti Ahtisaari (1937 to 2023. Finnish politician and diplomat, President of Finland (1937–2023))
• Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908 to 1975. Spanish infante (1908–1975))
• Gordon B. Hinckley (1910 to 2008. American religious leader and author (1910–2008))
• John Garang (1946 to 2005. Sudanese politician (1945–2005))
• Giambattista Vico (1668 to 1744. Italian philosopher (1668–1744))
• Li Xiannian (1909 to 1992. President of China from 1983 to 1988)
• Yann Tiersen (born 1970. French musician and composer (born 1970))
• Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924 to 1993. President of Sri Lanka from 1989 to 1993)
• Martin Rees (born 1942. British astrophysicist (born 1942))
• Armen Sarkissian (born 1953. President of Armenia from 2018 to 2022)
• Dennis Price (1915 to 1973. English actor (1915–1973))
• Mohamed Boudiaf (1919 to 1992. Algerian politician (1919–1992))
• Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (1456 to 1486. Queen of Scots from 1469 to 1486)
• Patrick Vieira (born 1976. French football player and manager (born 1976))
• Shah Shuja (Mughal prince) (1616 to 1661. Mughal prince and Subahdar of Bengal (1616–1661))
• Maggie Philbin (born 1955. English television presenter)
• Samia Nkrumah (born 1960. Ghanaian politician (born 1960))
• Huda Sha'arawi (1879 to 1947. Egyptian feminist leader (1879–1947))
• Irene Worth (1916 to 2002. American actress (1916–2002))
• Farhat Ishtiaq (born 1980. Pakistani writer, author and screenwriter)
• Frances McDormand (born 1957. American actor and producer (born 1957))
• Angelina Beloff (1879 to 1969. Russian-Mexican artist (1879–1969))
• Carl Reinecke (1824 to 1910. German composer, conductor and pianist (1824–1910))
• Cristóbal Mendoza (1772 to 1829. Venezuelan lawyer, politician, and writer (1772–1829))
• John Shepherd-Barron (1925 to 2010. British inventor)
• Nabarun Bhattacharya (1948 to 2014. Indian writer and poet (1948–2014))
• Joss Whedon (born 1964. American director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1964))
• John Cantius (1390 to 1473. Polish priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian)
• Peter G. Schultz (born 1956. American biosynthetic chemist)
• Oliver Smithies (1925 to 2017. British-American geneticist (1925–2017))
• Rajendra Lahiri (1901 to 1927. Indian revolutionary (1901–1927))
• David Leavitt (born 1961. American writer (born 1961))
• Ola Ullsten (1931 to 2018. Swedish politician and diplomat (1931–2018))
• Peter Bieri (author) (1944 to 2023. Swiss writer and philosopher (1944–2023))
• Stephen of Simmern- Zweibrücken (1385 to 1459. German noble (1385–1459))
• Selma Blair (born 1972. American actress (born 1972))
• Richard P. Stanley (born 1944. American mathematician (born 1944))
• Charles II, Duke of Savoy (1489 to 1496. Duke of Savoy from 1490 to 1496)
• Clarence Thomas (born 1948. US Supreme Court justice since 1991)
• Louise Anne de Bourbon (1695 to 1758. Mademoiselle de Charolais)
• Johannes Goropius Becanus (1519 to 1572. Dutch physician, linguist, and humanist)
• Kang Kon (1918 to 1950. Korean military leader (1918–1950))
• Lesley Barber (born 1968. Canadian composer)
• Daniel, Margrave of Meissen (born 1975. German entrepreneur and politician)
• Rafik Schami (born 1946. Syrian-German author, storyteller and critic)
• William Eldridge Odom (1932 to 2008. United States Army general (1932–2008))
• Alan Haselhurst (1937 to 2026. British Conservative politician and life peer (born 1937))
• Duffy (born 1984. Welsh singer (born 1984))
• Harold Barrowclough (1894 to 1972. New Zealand general and judge)
• Samson Kisekka (1912 to 1999. Vice President of Uganda from 1991–1994)
• Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860 to 1929. British-Australian biologist (1860–1929))
• John F. Seitz (1892 to 1979. American cinematographer and inventor (1892–1979))

Died on June 23

• Vespasian (9 to 79. Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79)
• Jonas Salk (1914 to 1995. American inventor of the polio vaccine (1914–1995))
• V. V. Giri (1894 to 1980. President of India from 1969 to 1974)
• Michel Aflaq (1910 to 1989. Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist (1910–1989))
• Koxinga (1624 to 1662. Founder of the Tungning Kingdom of Taiwan)
• James Mill (1773 to 1836. Scottish intellectual (1773–1836))
• Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919 to 1983. President of Cuba from 1959 to 1976)
• Pete Quaife (1943 to 2010. English musician (1943–2010))
• Arthur Chung (1918 to 2008. President of Guyana from 1970 to 1980)
• Philippe Chatrier (1928 to 2000. French tennis player)
• Æthelthryth (636 to 679. East Anglian princess, queen, and abbess (c. 636–679))
• Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845 to 1904. Kazakh poet and composer (1845–1904))
• Reinhold Glière (1874 to 1956. Russian and Soviet composer (1875–1956))
• Cesare Maria De Vecchi (1884 to 1959. Italian politician (1884–1959))
• Mark of Ephesus (1392 to 1444. Archbishop of Ephesus and Eastern Orthodox saint)
• Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753 to 1821. Mother of Louis Philippe I, King of the French)
• Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804 to 1891. German physicist (1804–1891))
• Sheldon Harnick (1924 to 2023. American lyricist and songwriter (1924–2023))
• Constance of Aragon (1179 to 1222. Holy Roman Empress from 1220 to 1222)
• Kim Jong-pil (1926 to 2018. Prime Minister of South Korea (1971–1975, 1998–2000))
• Harindranath Chattopadhyay (1898 to 1990. Indian poet (1898–1990))
• Donald Hall (1928 to 2018. American writer (1928–2018))
• Bhaktivinoda Thakur (1838 to 1914. Indian spiritual leader (1838–1914))
• Sophia Stuart (1606 to 1606. English princess (1606–1606))
• Moses Finley (1912 to 1986. American-born British academic (1912–1986))
• Jerri Nielsen (1952 to 2009. American ER physician (1952–2009))
• Peter Falk (1927 to 2011. American actor (1927–2011))
• Margaret II, Countess of Holland-Hainaut (1311 to 1356. Holy Roman Empress (1328–1347) and Countess of Hainaut (r. 1345–1356))
• Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (1776 to 1848. Countess von Arco)
• Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723 to 1806. French zoologist and natural philosopher)

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