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September 23 birthdays

305 notable historical figures were born on September 23, and 175 died on this day. Everyone born on September 23 is a Libra.

18% of September 23 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (70) than any other country.

Born on September 23

• Ray Charles (1930 to 2004. American singer, songwriter and pianist (1930–2004))
• Bruce Springsteen (born 1949. American musician and songwriter (born 1949))
• Augustus (63 BC to 14 BC. Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14)
• Shehbaz Sharif (born 1951. Prime Minister of Pakistan (2022–2023; 2024–present))
• Kublai Khan (1215 to 1294. Emperor of Yuan China from 1271 to 1294)
• Mickey Rooney (1920 to 2014. American actor (1920–2014))
• Aldo Moro (1916 to 1978. Prime Minister of Italy (1963–1968; 1974–1976))
• Sean Spicer (born 1971. American political aide (born 1971))
• Michel Temer (born 1940. President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019)
• Ani DiFranco (born 1970. American musician (born 1970))
• Walter Pidgeon (1897 to 1984. Canadian-American actor (1897–1984))
• Umaro Sissoco Embaló (born 1972. President of Guinea-Bissau from 2020 to 2025)
• Yuqi (born 1999. Chinese singer-songwriter (born 1999))
• Omar Ali Saifuddien III (1914 to 1986. Sultan of Brunei from 1950 to 1967)
• Ferdinand VI (1713 to 1759. King of Spain from 1746 to 1759)
• LisaRaye McCoy (born 1967. American actress)
• Kōkaku (1771 to 1840. Emperor of Japan from 1779 to 1817)
• Floella Benjamin (born 1949. British actress, presenter, and peer (born 1949))
• Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908 to 1974. Indian poet (1908–1974))
• Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158 to 1186. Duke of Brittany from 1181 to 1186)
• Elliott Roosevelt (general) (1910 to 1990. American military official and politician (1910–1990))
• Baroness Orczy (1865 to 1947. Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865–1947))
• Go-Sakuramachi (1740 to 1813. Empress of Japan from 1762 to 1771)
• Matt Kemp (born 1984. American baseball player (born 1984))
• Louise Nevelson (1899 to 1988. American sculptor (1899–1988))
• Misuzulu Sinqobile (born 1974. King of the Zulu nation since 2021)
• Mary Church Terrell (1863 to 1954. American educator and activist (1863–1954))
• Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781 to 1860. Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia)
• Anne Desclos (1907 to 1998. French journalist and novelist (1907–1998))
• Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan (1934 to 2024. Afghan prince (1934–2024))
• Adnan Khayr Allah (1941 to 1989. 23rd Iraqi Minister of Defense)
• Asima Chatterjee (1917 to 2006. Indian organic chemist (1917–2006))
• Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931 to 1979. Head of State of Ghana from 1972 to 1978)
• John Coltrane (1926 to 1967. American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967))
• Asaf-ud-Daula (1748 to 1797. Mughal and British era nobleman, Wazir (Minister) of the Nawab of Awadh (1748–1797))
• Rebecca Roanhorse (born 1971. American speculative fiction author (born 1971))
• Emperor Takakura (1161 to 1181. Emperor of Japan from 1168 to 1180)
• Hippolyte Fizeau (1819 to 1896. French physicist)
• Valentín Paniagua (1936 to 2006. Peruvian lawyer and politician (1936–2006))
• Michiru Yamane (born 1963. Japanese music composer (born 1963))
• Ion Gheorghe Maurer (1902 to 2000. Romanian communist politician and lawyer (1902–2000))
• Jaroslav Seifert (1901 to 1986. Czech writer and poet (1901–1986))
• Aleqa Hammond (born 1965. Prime Minister of Greenland from 2013 to 2014)
• Zolita (born 1994. American singer-songwriter (born 1994))
• George C. Wolfe (born 1954. American director, playwright, and producer (born 1954))
• Jane Taylor (poet) (1783 to 1824. English poet and novelist (1783–1824))
• Pierre Amine Gemayel (1972 to 2006. Lebanese politician (1972–2006))
• Wendelin Werner (born 1968. German-born French mathematician)
• John Boyd Orr (1880 to 1971. Scottish teacher (1880–1971))
• Julio Iglesias (born 1943. Spanish singer-songwriter (born 1943))
• Andy Puddicombe (born 1972. British writer and meditation advocate)
• Arjun (singer) (born 1990. Sri Lankan singer)
• Tachibana Ginchiyo (1569 to 1602. Japanese samurai (1569–1602))
• Syed Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari (1892 to 1961. Islamic scholar (1892–1961))
• Ali Fuat Cebesoy (1882 to 1968. 6th Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey (1948))
• Nikolai Bernstein (1896 to 1966. Soviet neurophysiologist (1896–1966))
• Walter Channing (1940 to 2015. American wood sculptor and vinter (1940-2015))
• Yang Xiuqing (1821 to 1856. 19th-century Chinese military leader; commander-in-chief of the Taiping Rebellion)
• Yolande of Valois (1434 to 1478. Duchess consort of Savoy)
• Theodor Körner (author) (1791 to 1813. German poet (1791–1813))

Died on September 23

• Sigmund Freud (1856 to 1939. Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939))
• Claudia Cardinale (1938 to 2025. Italian Tunisian actress (1938–2025))
• Pablo Neruda (1904 to 1973. Chilean poet, diplomat, and politician (1904–1973))
• Feodora of Leiningen (1807 to 1872. German princess (1807–1872))
• Robert Bloch (1917 to 1994. American fiction writer (1917–1994))
• Snorri Sturluson (1179 to 1241. Icelandic historian, poet and politician (1179–1241))
• Wilkie Collins (1824 to 1889. English novelist and playwright (1824–1889))
• Mara Branković (1416 to 1487. 15th century Ottoman-Serbian princess)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801 to 1835. Italian opera composer (1801–1835))
• Chief Dan George (1899 to 1981. Chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, actor (1899–1981))
• Charles K. Kao (1933 to 2018. Hong Kong electrical engineer (1933–2018))
• John Wesley Powell (1834 to 1902. American geologist and explorer (1834–1902))
• Pritilata Waddedar (1911 to 1932. Bengali revolutionary (1911-1932))
• Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (1919 to 1974. Maharaja of Mysore and governor of Mysore and Madras)
• Friedrich Wöhler (1800 to 1882. German chemist (1800–1882))
• Al-Mutanabbi (920 to 965. Arab poet (c. 915 – 965))
• José Gervasio Artigas (1764 to 1850. Uruguayan military leader during the War for Independence)
• James Van Fleet (1892 to 1992. US Army general (1892–1992))
• Malcolm Arnold (1921 to 2006. English composer (1921–2006))
• Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205 to 1253. King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253)
• Bai Juyi (772 to 846. Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty (772-846))
• François Achille Bazaine (1811 to 1888. French marshal (1811–1884))
• Isaac Abarbanel (1437 to 1508. Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, & financier (1437–1508))
• Carl Spitzweg (1808 to 1885. German painter (1808–1885))
• Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir (1848 to 1925. Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir from 1885 to 1925)
• Francisco León de la Barra (1863 to 1939. President of Mexico in 1911)
• François Christophe de Kellermann (1735 to 1820. French Marshal)
• Jim Fouché (1898 to 1980. President of South Africa from 1968 to 1975)
• Kongjian Yu (1963 to 2025. Chinese landscape architect and urban planner (1963–2025))
• Herman Boerhaave (1668 to 1738. Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738))

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