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March 23 birthdays

328 notable historical figures were born on March 23, and 203 died on this day. Everyone born on March 23 is a Aries.

17% of March 23 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (70) than any other country.

Born on March 23

• Wernher von Braun (1912 to 1977. German American aerospace engineer (1912–1977))
• Keri Russell (born 1976. American actress (born 1976))
• Akira Kurosawa (1910 to 1998. Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998))
• Michelle Monaghan (born 1976. American actress (born 1976))
• Joan Crawford (1905 to 1977. American actress (1904?–1977))
• Princess Eugenie (born 1990. British princess (born 1990))
• Emmy Noether (1882 to 1935. German mathematician (1882–1935))
• Chris Hoy (born 1976. British cyclist (born 1976))
• Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749 to 1827. French polymath (1749–1827))
• Margaret of Anjou (1430 to 1482. Queen of England (1445–1461, 1470–1471))
• Erich Fromm (1900 to 1980. German-American psychologist (1900–1980))
• Bassel al-Assad (1962 to 1994. Syrian military officer, engineer and politician (1962–1994))
• Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853 to 1907. Shah of Iran from 1896 to 1907)
• Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952. American science fiction writer (born 1952))
• José Manuel Barroso (born 1956. Portuguese politician (born 1956))
• Dietrich Eckart (1868 to 1923. 19/20th-century German poet, playwright, journalist, and far-right political activist)
• Monét X Change (born 1990. American drag queen (born 1990))
• Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603 to 683. Ajaw of Palenque from 615 to 683)
• Michael Nyman (born 1944. English composer and pianist (born 1944))
• Barry Cryer (1935 to 2022. British writer, comedian and actor (1935–2022))
• Arthur St. Clair (1737 to 1818. Scottish-born American military officer and politician (1737–1818))
• Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner (1854 to 1925. British statesman and colonial administrator (1854–1925))
• Andrew Mitchell (born 1956. British politician (born 1956))
• Ama Ata Aidoo (1942 to 2023. Ghanaian writer, politician, and academic (1942–2023))
• Dmitry Lukashenko (born 1980. Belarusian businessman (born 1980))
• Alain Elkann (born 1950. Italian novelist (born 1950))
• Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1916 to 2008. Indian Communist politician (1916-2008))
• al-Muntasir (838 to 862. 11th Abbasid Caliph (r. 861–862))
• Mana Sakura (born 1993. Japanese AV idol, gravure model, and novelist)
• Adélaïde of France (1732 to 1800. Princess of France (1732–1800))
• Hermann Staudinger (1881 to 1965. German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1881–1965))
• Ludwig Minkus (1826 to 1917. Austrian composer (1826–1917))
• Germán Busch (1903 to 1939. 36th President of Bolivia)
• Lucio Gutiérrez (born 1957. 43rd President of Ecuador (2003–2005))
• Bilal Maqsood (born 1971. Pakistani musical artist)
• Franz Schreker (1878 to 1934. Austrian composer (1878–1934))
• Yongqi, Prince Rong (1741 to 1766. Qing dynasty prince (1741–1766))
• Al-Mustadi (1142 to 1180. Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1170–1180))
• Peter W. Chiarelli (born 1950. Retired United States Army general)
• Charles Champlin (1926 to 2014. American film critic and writer (1926–2014))
• Achmad Soebardjo (1896 to 1978. Indonesian politician and diplomat (1896–1978))
• Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943 to 2001. Sámi writer, musician and artist (1943–2001))
• Marc H. Sasseville (born 1963. United States Air Force lieutenant general)
• Ahdaf Soueif (born 1950. Egyptian novelist (born 1950))
• Bracha L. Ettinger (born 1948. Israeli-French artist, painter, philosopher, theorist, and psychoanalyst)
• Daniel Bovet (1907 to 1992. Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist)
• John Randall (physicist) (1905 to 1984. British physicist (1905–1984))
• Kyrie Irving (born 1992. American basketball player (born 1992))
• Ludvig Faddeev (1934 to 2017. Russian mathematician and physicist (1934–2017))
• Hemu Kalani (1923 to 1943. Indian freedom fighter (1923–1943))
• Khurshid Ahmad (scholar) (1932 to 2025. Pakistani economist, philosopher and politician (1932–2025))
• Dane Rudhyar (1895 to 1985. American astrologer (1895-1985))
• Mo Farah (born 1983. British-Somali track and field athlete (born 1983))
• Jannis Kounellis (1936 to 2017. Greek artist)
• Gianni Infantino (born 1970. Swiss football administrator (born 1970))
• Alexander Albon (born 1996. Thai and British racing driver (born 1996))
• Kangana Ranaut (born 1986. Indian actress and politician (born 1986))
• M. Govinda Pai (1883 to 1963. Kannada poet (1883–1963))
• al-Mustakfi I (1285 to 1340. 3rd Abbasid Caliph in Mamluk Cairo)
• Emperor Go-Kōgon (1338 to 1374. Japanese Northern Emperor from 1352 to 1371)

Died on March 23

• Elizabeth Taylor (1932 to 2011. British and American actress (1932–2011))
• Lee Kuan Yew (1923 to 2015. Prime Minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990)
• Bhagat Singh (1907 to 1931. Indian revolutionary (1907–1931))
• Sarah Bernhardt (1844 to 1923. French stage actress (1844–1923))
• Friedrich Hayek (1899 to 1992. Austrian economist and philosopher (1899–1992))
• Benedict of Nursia (480 to 547. 6th-century Italian Catholic saint and monk)
• Boris Berezovsky (businessman) (1946 to 2013. Russian businessman (1946–2013))
• Harold Harefoot (1016 to 1040. King of England from 1037 to 1040)
• Ken Howard (1944 to 2016. American actor (1944–2016))
• Madeleine Albright (1937 to 2022. American diplomat and political scientist (1937–2022))
• Peter (1334 to 1369. King of Castile and León (1350–1366, 1367–1369))
• Adolfo Suárez (1945 to 2014. Prime Minister of Spain from 1976 to 1981))
• Assia Wevill (1927 to 1969. Jewish poet and partner of Ted Hughes (1927-1969))
• Lola Albright (1924 to 2017. American actress and singer (1924–2017))
• Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (1891 to 1938. Maharaja of Patiala (r. 1900–1938) and cricket player)
• Augusta of Great Britain (1737 to 1813. Duchess of Brunswick from 1780 to 1806)
• Giulia Farnese (1474 to 1524. Mistress to Pope Alexander VI)
• Hugo Martínez (police officer) (1941 to 2020. Colombian police officer (1941–2020))
• Sukhdev Thapar (1907 to 1931. Indian revolutionary (1907–1931))
• Shivaram Rajguru (1908 to 1931. Indian anti-colonial revolutionary and independence activist (1908–1931))
• Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (1934 to 2012. President of Somalia from 2004 to 2008)
• Said Nursi (1877 to 1960. Kurdish scholar of Islam (1877–1960))
• Francisco Largo Caballero (1869 to 1946. 20th-century Spanish politician and trade union leader)
• John of Brienne (1158 to 1237. King of Jerusalem (1210–1225) and Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1229–1237))
• Raoul Dufy (1877 to 1953. French painter (1877-1953))
• Shirkuh (1110 to 1169. Ayyubid statesman (died 1169))
• Paul Cohen (1934 to 2007. American mathematician (1934–2007))
• Zhenzong (968 to 1022. Emperor of Song China from 997 to 1022)
• Justus Lipsius (1547 to 1606. Flemish philologist, philosopher and humanist (1547–1606))
• Archduchess Louise of Austria (1870 to 1947. Crown Princess of Saxony (1870-1947))

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