| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 1486 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Sigismund von Herberstein |
Austrian diplomat and historian (d. 1566) |
| 1524 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Francois Hotman |
French lawyer and writer (d. 1590) |
| 1623 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Stanis?aw Lubieniecki |
Polish Socinian theologist (d. 1675) |
| 1724 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Abraham Yates |
American Continental Congressman (d. 1796) |
| 1741 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Jean-Francois de Galaup |
French explorer (d. 1788) |
| 1769 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Georges Cuvier |
French biologist and statesman (d. 1832) |
| 1783 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
William Tierney Clark |
English civil engineer (d. 1852) |
| 1785 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Oliver Hazard Perry |
American naval officer (d. 1819) |
| 1805 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Anton von Schmerling |
Austrian statesman (d. 1893) |
| 1814 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
James Roosevelt Bayley |
American religious leader (d. 1877) |
| 1829 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Moritz Cantor |
German mathematician (d. 1920) |
| 1836 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Marie Henriette of Austria |
Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902) |
| 1843 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
William Southam |
Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932) |
| 1846 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Alexander Milne Calder |
American sculptor (d. 1923) |
| 1847 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Sarah Frances Whiting |
American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927) |
| 1849 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
William Ernest Henley |
British poet‚ critic‚ and editor (d. 1903) |
| 1852 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Arnold Toynbee |
English economist and social reformer (d. 1883) |
| 1852 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Climaco Caldern |
President of Colombia. (d. 1913) |
| 1854 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Moritz Moszkowski |
Polish/German composer (d. 1925) |
| 1864 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Eleftherios Venizelos |
Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936) |
| 1868 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Edgar Lee Masters |
American author (d. 1950) |
| 1875 |
August 23 |
Monday |
William Eccles |
English radio pioneer (d. 1966) |
| 1875 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Eugene Lanceray |
Russian artist (d. 1946) |
| 1880 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Alexander Grin |
Russian writer (d. 1932) |
| 1883 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV |
American general (d. 1953) |
| 1884 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Will Cuppy |
American humorist (d. 1949) |
| 1884 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Ogden L. Mills |
American Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937) |
| 1900 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Ernst Krenek |
Austrian-born composer (d. 1991) |
| 1900 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Malvina Reynolds |
American folk singer/songwriter (d. 1978) |
| 1901 |
August 23 |
Friday |
John Sherman Cooper |
American politician (d. 1991) |
| 1901 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Guy Bush |
Major League Baseball pitcher (d. 1985) |
| 1903 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
William Primrose |
Scottish violist (d. 1982) |
| 1905 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Constant Lambert |
British composer (d. 1951) |
| 1908 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Hannah Frank |
Scottish artist (d. 2008) |
| 1909 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Syd Buller |
English cricketer (d. 1970) |
| 1910 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Giuseppe Meazza |
Italian footballer (d. 1979) |
| 1910 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Lonny Frey |
American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 1911 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Birger Ruud |
Norwegian ski-jumper (d. 1998) |
| 1912 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Gene Kelly |
American dancer and actor (d. 1996) |
| 1917 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Tex Williams |
American singer (d. 1985) |
| 1919 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Vladimir Rokhlin |
Soviet mathematician (d. 1984) |
| 1921 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Kenneth Arrow |
American economist‚ Bank of Sweden Prize winner |
| 1921 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Sam Cook |
England cricketer (d. 1996) |
| 1922 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Jean Darling |
American child actress |
| 1922 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Pierre Gauvreau |
French Canadian painter‚ television writer and producer |
| 1922 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
George Kell |
American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 1923 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Edgar F. Codd |
English computer scientist (d. 2003) |
| 1924 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Ephraim Kishon |
Israeli writer (d. 2005) |
| 1924 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Robert Solow |
American economist‚ Nobel laureate |
| 1925 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Robert Mulligan |
American film director (d. 2008) |
| 1926 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Clifford Geertz |
American anthropologist‚ (d. 2006) |
| 1927 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Dick Bruna |
Dutch illustrator |
| 1927 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Martial Solal |
French jazz pianist and composer |
| 1928 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Marian Seldes |
American actress |
| 1929 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Vera Miles |
American actress |
| 1930 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Michel Rocard |
French politician |
| 1931 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Hamilton O. Smith |
American microbiologist‚ Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| 1932 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Houari Boumedienne |
President of Algeria (d. 1978) |
| 1932 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Mark Russell |
American comedian and political commentator |
| 1933 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Robert Curl |
American chemist‚ Nobel Prize laureate |
| 1933 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Pete Wilson |
American politician |
| 1934 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Barbara Eden |
American actress and singer |
| 1934 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Sonny Jurgensen |
American football player |
| 1936 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Henry Lee Lucas |
American serial killer (d. 2001) |
| 1943 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Nelson DeMille |
American novelist |
| 1944 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Antonia Novello |
former United States Surgeon General |
| 1945 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Rayfield Wright |
American football player |
| 1946 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Keith Moon |
English musician (The Who) (d. 1978) |
| 1947 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Willy Russell |
British playwright |
| 1947 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
David Robb |
British actor |
| 1948 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Andrei Ple?u |
Romanian writer‚ essayist |
| 1948 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Daniel Ruettiger |
American motivational speaker |
| 1949 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Katiana Balanika |
Greek actress and singer |
| 1949 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Geoff Capes |
English strongman |
| 1949 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Shelley Long |
American actress |
| 1949 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Rick Springfield |
Australian singer and actor |
| 1951 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Akhmad Kadyrov |
President of Chechnya (d. 2004) |
| 1951 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Allan Bristow |
American basketball head coach |
| 1951 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Jimi Jamison |
American singer (Survivor) |
| 1952 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Vicky Leandros |
Greek singer and politician |
| 1953 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Bobby G |
British singer (Bucks Fizz) |
| 1954 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Charles Busch |
American director‚ writer‚ actor and drag queen |
| 1956 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Andreas Floer |
German mathematician (d. 1991) |
| 1956 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland |
Norwegian politician |
| 1956 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Skipp Sudduth |
American actor |
| 1957 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Tasos Mitropoulos |
Greek footballer and politician |
| 1958 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Julio Franco |
Dominican baseball player |
| 1959 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
George Kalovelonis |
Greek tennis player |
| 1960 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Rodney Alan Greenblat |
American graphic artist |
| 1960 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Chris Potter |
Canadian actor |
| 1961 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Dean DeLeo |
American musician (Stone Temple Pilots) |
| 1961 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Gary Mabbutt |
English footballer |
| 1962 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Martin Cauchon |
Canadian politician |
| 1962 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Shaun Ryder |
Frontman of Happy Mondays |
| 1963 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Hans-Henning Fastrich |
German field hockey player |
| 1963 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Kenny Wallace |
American race car driver |
| 1963 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Park Chan-wook |
Korean director and screenwriter |
| 1963 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Richard Illingworth |
England cricketer |
| 1964 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Johan Bruyneel |
Belgian cyclist |
| 1964 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Kong Hee |
Singaporean pastor |
| 1964 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Yoshikazu Taru |
Japanese professional wrestler |
| 1964 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Wendy Pepper |
American designer |
| 1965 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Roger Avary |
Canadian screenwriter‚ director‚ and producer |
| 1966 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Rik Smits |
Dutch-American basketball player |
| 1967 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Richard Petrie |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1968 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Chris DiMarco |
American golfer |
| 1968 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Laura Claycomb |
American operatic soprano |
| 1969 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Keith Tyson |
English artist |
| 1969 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Jeremy Schaap |
American sportswriter |
| 1969 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Genevi?ve Brouillette |
Quebec television and film actress |
| 1970 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Jay Mohr |
American actor and comedian |
| 1970 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
River Phoenix |
American actor (d. 1993) |
| 1970 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Lawrence Frank |
American basketball coach |
| 1970 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Brad Mehldau |
American pianist |
| 1971 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Demetrio Albertini |
Italian footballer |
| 1971 |
August 23 |
Monday |
BoneCrusher |
American rapper |
| 1972 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Martin Grainger |
English footballer |
| 1972 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Raul Casanova |
Puerto Rican baseball player |
| 1972 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Mark Butcher |
England cricketer |
| 1973 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Casey Blake |
American baseball player |
| 1973 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Kerry Walmsley |
New Zealand cricketer |
| 1973 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Malaika Arora Khan |
Indian actress and model |
| 1974 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Ray Park |
Scottish actor |
| 1974 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Seth Binzer |
American musician (Crazy Town) |
| 1974 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Benjamin Limo |
Kenyan runner |
| 1974 |
August 23 |
Friday |
Christian Beranek |
American graphic novelist and actor |
| 1975 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Eliza Carthy |
English singer and fiddler |
| 1975 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Sean Marks |
New Zealander-born basketball player |
| 1975 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Jarkko Ruutu |
Finnish ice hockey player |
| 1976 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Scott Caan |
American actor |
| 1976 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Pat Garrity |
American basketball player |
| 1977 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Douglas Sequeira |
Costa Rican footballer |
| 1978 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Kobe Bryant |
American basketball player |
| 1978 |
August 23 |
Wednesday |
Julian Casablancas |
American singer (The Strokes) |
| 1979 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Edgar Sosa |
Mexican boxer |
| 1979 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Ritchie Neville |
British musician |
| 1980 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Denny Bautista |
Dominican baseball player |
| 1980 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Rex Grossman |
American football player |
| 1981 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Stephan Loboue |
Ivorian footballer |
| 1981 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Carmen Luvana |
American pornographic actress. |
| 1981 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Carlos Cuellar |
Spanish footballer |
| 1982 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Natalie Coughlin |
American swimmer |
| 1982 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Scott Palguta |
American soccer player |
| 1982 |
August 23 |
Monday |
Bryce Case‚ Jr. |
American musician and computer hacker |
| 1983 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Sun Ming Ming |
Chinese basketball player |
| 1983 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Tony Moll |
American football player |
| 1984 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Glen Johnson |
English footballer |
| 1986 |
August 23 |
Saturday |
Neil Cicierega |
American cartoonist and musician |
| 1987 |
August 23 |
Sunday |
Nikki Gil |
Filipina actress and host |
| 1988 |
August 23 |
Tuesday |
Jeremy Lin |
American basketball player |
| 2001 |
August 23 |
Thursday |
Zaijian Jaranilla |
Filipino child actor |
