History Births on August 23

Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)

#Ogden_L._Mills

Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer

#Lil_Yachty

Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic

#Athena_Farrokhzad

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran

#Mohammad_Bagher_Ghalibaf

Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)

#Eugene_Lanceray

Fiona Onasanya, British Labour Party politician and criminal

#Fiona_Onasanya

Vera Miles, American actress

#Vera_Miles

Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician

#Tasos_Mitropoulos

Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic (d. 1832)

#Georges_Cuvier

Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver

#Bruno_Spengler

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)

#Jean-François_de_Galaup,_comte_de_Lapérouse

Luigi Delneri, Italian footballer and manager

#Luigi_Delneri

Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948)

#Edgar_de_Wahl

Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)

#Moritz_Cantor

Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor

#Alexandre_Desplat

Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th Canadian Minister of Justice

#Martin_Cauchon

Pete Wilson, American commander and politician, 36th Governor of California

#Pete_Wilson

Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster

#Sonny_Jurgensen

Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Julian_Casablancas

Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Robert_Solow

Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2014)

#Jimi_Jamison

Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (d. 2018)

#Peter_Thomson_(golfer)

Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2005)

#Ephraim_Kishon

Rowena Wallace, English-Australian actress

#Rowena_Wallace

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture

#Valgerd_Svarstad_Haugland

Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (d. 1957)

#Tanguturi_Prakasam

John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (d. 1991)

#John_Sherman_Cooper

Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Edwyn_Collins

Queen Noor of Jordan

#Queen_Noor_of_Jordan

Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008)

#Robert_Mulligan

Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992)

#Atef_Bseiso

Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (d. 2012)

#Cristian_Tudor

Rex Grossman, American football player

#Rex_Grossman

Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach

#Lawrence_Frank

Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player

#Olga_Govortsova

Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)

#Guy_Bush

Ray Park, Scottish actor and stuntman

#Ray_Park

Robert Curl, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Robert_Curl

Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)

#Kenneth_Arrow

Eliza Carthy, English folk musician

#Eliza_Carthy

Valeria Lukyanova, Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer

#Valeria_Lukyanova

Jay Mohr, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Jay_Mohr

Glen Johnson, English footballer

#Glen_Johnson

Mark Hudson, American musician, songwriter, and producer

#Mark_Hudson_(musician)

Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer and manager

#Douglas_Sequeira

Lexi Alexander, American film and television director

#Lexi_Alexander

Roy Strong, English historian, curator, and author

#Roy_Strong

Santillana, Spanish footballer

#Santillana_(footballer)

Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)

#Andreas_Floer

Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire

#Richard_Illingworth

Martin Grainger, English footballer and manager

#Martin_Grainger

James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (d. 1877)

#James_Roosevelt_Bayley

Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer

#Pino_Presti

Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (d. 2016)

#Michel_Rocard

Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017)

#Dick_Bruna

Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe

#Jim_Murphy

Gary Mabbutt, English footballer

#Gary_Mabbutt

Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician

#Vicky_Leandros

Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer

#Édgar_Sosa_(boxer)

Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Konstantin_Novoselov

Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (d. 1979)

#Giuseppe_Meazza

Jared Fogle, former spokesperson for chain restaurant Subway

#Jared_Fogle

William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (d. 1852)

#William_Tierney_Clark

Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager

#Julio_Franco

Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (d. 1951)

#Constant_Lambert

Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer

#Stephan_Loboué

Shelley Long, American actress

#Shelley_Long

Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player

#Carl_Hagelin

Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player

#Jessica_Bibby

George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)

#George_Kell

Casey Blake, American baseball player

#Casey_Blake

Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player

#Brett_Morris

James Collins, Welsh footballer

#James_Collins_(footballer,_born_1983)

Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)

#Alexander_Milne_Calder

Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier (d. 2009)

#Lonny_Frey

Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager

#Manuel_Vidrio

Marian Seldes, American actress (d. 2014)

#Marian_Seldes

François Hotman, French lawyer and jurist (d. 1590)

#François_Hotman

Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971)

#Harry_Frank_Guggenheim

Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author (d. 1932)

#Alexander_Grin

Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (d. 1819)

#Oliver_Hazard_Perry

Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer

#Carlos_Cuéllar

Andrei Ple?u, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Andrei_Ple?u

August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017)

#August_Ames

Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian (d. 1625)

#Thomas_Dempster

Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984)

#Vladimir_Abramovich_Rokhlin

Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)

#Sarah_Frances_Whiting

Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (d. 1500)

#Miguel_da_Paz,_Prince_of_Portugal

Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (d. 1993)

#Bob_Crosby

William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic (d. 1903)

#William_Ernest_Henley

Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Gary_Hoey

Saskia Clark, English sailor

#Saskia_Clark

Stanis?aw Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)

#Stanis?aw_Lubieniecki

Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman

#Kobe_Bryant

Anthony Calvillo, Canadian football player

#Anthony_Calvillo

Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004)

#Akhmad_Kadyrov

Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)

#Tex_Williams

Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter

#Dean_DeLeo

Kenny Wallace, American race car driver

#Kenny_Wallace

Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player

#Sun_Mingming

Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager

#Sean_Marks

Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

#Peter_Lilley

Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States

#Antonia_Novello

Gretchen Whitmer, 49th Governor of Michigan

#Gretchen_Whitmer

Barbara Eden, American actress and singer

#Barbara_Eden

Will Cuppy, American author and critic (d. 1949)

#Will_Cuppy

Roger Greenaway, English singer-songwriter and producer

#Roger_Greenaway

Sigismund von Herberstein, Slovenian historian and diplomat (d. 1566)

#Sigismund_von_Herberstein

Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)

#Eleftherios_Venizelos

John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (d. 1929)

#John_Cockburn_(Australian_politician)

Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer and manager

#Demetrio_Albertini

Jeremy Lin, American basketball player

#Jeremy_Lin

Nenad Vu?kovi?, Serbian handball player

#Nenad_Vu?kovi?_(handballer)

Glória Pires, Brazilian actress

#Glória_Pires

Trixie Mattel, American drag queen, actor, and country singer

#Trixie_Mattel

Neil Cicierega, American comedian and musician

#Neil_Cicierega

István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959)

#István_Medgyaszay

Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer

#Natalie_Coughlin

Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Hamilton_O._Smith

Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (d. 1913)

#Clímaco_Calderón

Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1950)

#Edgar_Lee_Masters

Seth Curry, American basketball player

#Seth_Curry

Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Rick_Springfield

Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist (d. 1918)

#Radha_Gobinda_Kar

Lianne La Havas, British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

#Lianne_La_Havas

Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)

#Clifford_Geertz

Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach

#Rayfield_Wright

Pat Garrity, American basketball player

#Pat_Garrity

Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author

#Nelson_DeMille

Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008)

#Igor_Troubetzkoy

Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter

#Charles_Busch

Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author

#Jeremy_Schaap

Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)

#Arnold_Toynbee

Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer

#Martial_Solal

Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893)

#Anton_von_Schmerling

Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer

#Andrew_Rannells

Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter

#Park_Chan-wook

Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (d. 2006)

#Allan_Kaprow

Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)

#Gene_Kelly

Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player

#Rik_Smits

Scott Palguta, American soccer player

#Scott_Palguta

Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)

#Zoltán_Czibor

River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)

#River_Phoenix

Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1978)

#Keith_Moon

Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)

#Moritz_Moszkowski

Willy Russell, English playwright and composer

#Willy_Russell

William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (d. 1982)

#William_Primrose

Halimah Yacob, Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore

#Halimah_Yacob

Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)

#Gyula_Hernádi

Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor

#Shaun_Ryder

Rudy Ruettiger, American football player

#Rudy_Ruettiger

Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player

#Mark_Bellhorn

Nadine Jolie Courtney, American journalist, reality personality and author

#Nadine_Jolie_Courtney

Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

#Roger_Avary

William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)

#William_Southam

Jack Lopresti, English soldier and politician

#Jack_Lopresti

Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1953)

#Jonathan_M._Wainwright_(general)

Mark Butcher, English cricketer and singer

#Mark_Butcher

Iván López, Spanish professional footballer

Heiko Schwarz, German footballer

Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player

Eric Tai, New Zealand rugby player and actor

Tony Moll, American football player

Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player

Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player

Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)

Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner

Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer

Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

Tim Gutberlet, German footballer

Jason Hetherington, Australian rugby league player

Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator

Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach (d. 2014)

Chris DiMarco, American golfer

Laura Claycomb, American soprano

Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer

Kong Hee, Founder & former senior pastor of City Harvest Church

Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese actress

George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach

David Learner, British actor

Bobby G, English singer-songwriter

Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager

Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach

Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic

Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter

Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician

Nancy Richey, American tennis player

Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician

Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter

Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002)

Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014)

Henry Lee Lucas, American murderer (d. 2001)

Rudy Lewis, American R&B singer (d. 1964)

Don Talbot, Australian swim coach and administrator

Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist

Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (d. 2013)

Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (d. 1978)

Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009)

Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist and programmer (d. 2003)

Jean Darling, American actress and singer (d. 2015)

Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007)

Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)

Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)

Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008)

Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master (d. 2017)

Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (d. 1982)

Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)

Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991)

Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001)

Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (d. 1958)

John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959)

Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer (d. 1944)

William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (d. 1966)

Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)

Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)

Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher (d. 1520)