History Births on January 23

Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)

#Gertrude_B._Elion

Gelete Burka, Ethiopian runner

#Gelete_Burka

Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2003)

#Pierre_Bourgault

Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player

#Wily_Mo_Peña

Tomas Holmström, Swedish ice hockey player

#Tomas_Holmström

Andrija Mohorovi?i?, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (d. 1936)

#Andrija_Mohorovi?i?

Jeff Samardzija, American baseball player

#Jeff_Samardzija

Chesley Sullenberger, American captain and pilot

#Chesley_Sullenberger

Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager

#Andrei_Kanchelskis

Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (d. 2015)

#Alan_Cheuse

Auguste de Montferrand, French-Russian architect, designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Alexander Column (d. 1858)

#Auguste_de_Montferrand

Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1915)

#Nikolay_Umov

Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (d. 1895)

#Camilla_Collett

Horace Ashenfelter, American runner (d. 2018)

#Horace_Ashenfelter

John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (d. 1790)

#John_Landen

Robin Zander, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Robin_Zander

Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (d. 1905)

#Ernst_Abbe

Sandro Viletta, Swiss skier

#Sandro_Viletta

John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (d. 1926)

#John_Browning

Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player and coach

#Juan_Rincón

Haywoode Workman, American basketball player and referee

#Haywoode_Workman

Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013)

#Hans_Hass

Louis III, Elector Palatine (d. 1436)

#Louis_III,_Elector_Palatine

Martyn Waghorn, English footballer

#Martyn_Waghorn

Anne Margrethe Hausken, Norwegian orienteering competitor

#Anne_Margrethe_Hausken

Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (d. 1827)

#Georgios_Karaiskakis

Alf Hall, English-South African cricketer (d. 1964)

#Alf_Hall

Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model and actress

#Doutzen_Kroes

Gary Burton, American vibraphone player and composer

#Gary_Burton

Filaret, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan

#Filaret_(Denysenko)

Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (d. 1945)

#Subhas_Chandra_Bose

Tom Carper, American captain and politician, 71st Governor of Delaware

#Tom_Carper

Frank Shuman, American inventor and engineer (d. 1918)

#Frank_Shuman

Jeanne Moreau, French actress (d. 2017)

#Jeanne_Moreau

Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (d. 2017)

#Mervyn_Rose

Aselefech Mergia, Ethiopian runner

#Aselefech_Mergia

Brendan Shanahan, Canadian ice hockey player and actor

#Brendan_Shanahan

Jonatha Brooke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jonatha_Brooke

Jože Ple?nik, Slovenian architect, designed Ple?nik Parliament (d. 1957)

#Jože_Ple?nik

Chita Rivera, American actress, singer, and dancer

#Chita_Rivera

Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer

#Arjen_Robben

Robbie Farah, Australian rugby league player

#Robbie_Farah

Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (d. 2016)

#Mike_Agostini

João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (d. 2014)

#João_Ubaldo_Ribeiro

Arnoldo Alemán, Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, President of Nicaragua

#Arnoldo_Alemán

Stendhal, French novelist (d. 1842)

#Stendhal

Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player and scout

#Brandon_Duckworth

Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, producer, and composer

#Richard_Dean_Anderson

Tiffani Thiessen, American actress

#Tiffani_Thiessen

Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (d. 2007)

#Wally_Parks

Surendra Sai, Indian activist (d. 1884)

#Surendra_Sai

Alister McGrath, Irish priest, historian, and theologian

#Alister_McGrath

Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (d. 2012)

#Luis_Alberto_Spinetta

Luke Bateman, Australian rugby league player

#Luke_Bateman

Mariska Hargitay, American actress and producer

#Mariska_Hargitay

Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (d. 1946)

#Paul_Langevin

Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987)

#Randolph_Scott

Larry Hughes, American basketball player

#Larry_Hughes

Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper

#Irving_Saladino

Glen Chapple, English cricketer

#Glen_Chapple

Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player

#Shaun_Kenny-Dowall

John Greaves, Welsh bass player and songwriter

#John_Greaves_(musician)

Hai Rui, Chinese politician (d. 1587)

#Hai_Rui

Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer (d. 2019)

#Rutger_Hauer

Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (d. 2000)

#Henry_Eriksson

Phil Dawson, American football player

#Phil_Dawson

Gottfried Böhm, German architect

#Gottfried_Böhm

Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (d. 1962)

#Ernie_Kovacs

David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1943)

#David_Hilbert

Zvonko Buši?, Croatian terrorist, hijacker of TWA Flight 355 (d. 2013)

#Zvonko_Buši?

?ener Özbayrakl?, Turkish footballer

#?ener_Özbayrakl?

Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (d. 1996)

#Bob_Paisley

Richard T. Slone, English painter

#Richard_T._Slone

Saig? Takamori, Japanese samurai (d. 1877)

#Saig?_Takamori

Alois Negrelli, Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (d. 1858)

#Alois_Negrelli

Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch judge and politician

#Herman_Tjeenk_Willink

Rob Friend, Canadian soccer player

#Rob_Friend

John Hancock, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1793)

#John_Hancock

Tom Lewis, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 2016)

#Tom_Lewis_(Australian_politician)

Marianne Cope, German-American nun and saint (d. 1918)

#Marianne_Cope

Antonio Villaraigosa, American politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles

#Antonio_Villaraigosa

William Jessop, English engineer, built the Cromford Canal (d. 1814)

#William_Jessop

Mary Ward, English Catholic Religious Sister (d. 1645)

#Mary_Ward_(nun)

Leo Komarov, Finnish ice hockey player

#Leo_Komarov

Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter

#Yevgeny_Lukyanenko

Addison Russell, American baseball player

#Addison_Russell

Nick Harmer, German musician

#Nick_Harmer

Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)

#Vincent_Ferrer

David Douglas Duncan, American photographer and journalist (d. 2018)

#David_Douglas_Duncan

Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (d. 1968)

#Dan_Duryea

Tuimoala Lolohea, New Zealand rugby league player

#Tuimoala_Lolohea

Abraham Diepraam, Dutch painter (d. 1670)

#Abraham_Diepraam

Freda Utley, English scholar and author (d. 1978)

#Freda_Utley

Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2005)

#Chico_Carrasquel

Anita Pointer, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter

#Anita_Pointer

Potter Stewart, American lawyer and judge (d. 1985)

#Potter_Stewart

Mike Harris, Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Ontario

#Mike_Harris

Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (d. 1953)

#Django_Reinhardt

José Enrique, Spanish footballer

#José_Enrique_(footballer)

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Minister of National Education of Colombia (d. 1948)

#Jorge_Eliécer_Gaitán

Bal Thackeray, Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician (d. 2012)

#Bal_Thackeray

Caroline, Princess of Hanover

#Caroline,_Princess_of_Hanover

Édouard Manet, French painter (d. 1883)

#Édouard_Manet

John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#John_Polanyi

John Luther Adams, American composer

#John_Luther_Adams

Rutland Boughton, English composer (d. 1960)

#Rutland_Boughton

Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyanese economist and politician, 7th President of Guyana

#Bharrat_Jagdeo

Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor

#Georg_Baselitz

William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (d. 1989)

#William_Stephenson

San E, South Korean rapper

#San_E

Neil Henry, Australian rugby league player and coach

#Neil_Henry

Brian Howe, Australian minister and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

#Brian_Howe_(politician)

Don Whittington, American race car driver

#Don_Whittington

Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)

#Muzio_Clementi

Teresa ?ylis-Gara, Polish operatic soprano

#Teresa_?ylis-Gara

Gil Gerard, American actor and producer

#Gil_Gerard

Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Mexican politician (d. 1967)

#Antonio_Díaz_Soto_y_Gama

Frank Lautenberg, American soldier, businessman, and politician (d. 2013)

#Frank_Lautenberg

Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer

#Dong_Fangzhuo

Tai Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 649)

#Emperor_Taizong_of_Tang

Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)

#Otto_Diels

Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor

#Ewen_Bremner

Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (d. 2010)

#Walter_Frederick_Morrison

Jerry Kramer, American football player and sportscaster

#Jerry_Kramer

Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian politician, 5th President of Indonesia

#Megawati_Sukarnoputri

Michael Stevens, American YouTuber and educator

#Michael_Stevens_(educator)

Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

#Hideki_Yukawa

XXXTentacion, American rapper (d. 2018)

#XXXTentacion

Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)

#Derek_Walcott

Kevin Mawae, American football player and coach

#Kevin_Mawae

Steven Taylor, English footballer

#Steven_Taylor_(footballer)

Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia

#Bill_Hayden

William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor (d. 1988)

#William_Ifor_Jones

David Arnold, English composer

#David_Arnold

Reina Triendl, Japanese model and actress

Alex Silva, Canadian wrestler

Marc Laird, Scottish footballer

Andrew Rock, American sprinter

Oceana Mahlmann, German singer and songwriter

Dawn O'Porter, Scottish-English fashion designer and journalist

Alex Shaffer, American skier

Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player

Rebekah Elmaloglou, Australian actress

Lisa Snowdon, English television and radio presenter and fashion model

Claire Rankin, Canadian actress

Adam Parore, New Zealand cricketer and mountaineer

Marc Nelson, American singer-songwriter

Scott Gibbs, Welsh-South African rugby player and sportscaster

Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper

Susen Tiedtke, German long jumper

Petr Korda, Czech-Monacan tennis player

Taro Hakase, Japanese violinist and composer

Owen Cunningham, Australian rugby league player

Damien Hardman, Australian surfer

Louie Clemente, American drummer

Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player

Elvira Lindo, Spanish journalist and author

Aivar Lillevere, Estonian footballer and coach

Yelena Sinchukova, Russian long jumper

Greg Ritchie, Australian cricketer

Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player

Clive Bull, English radio host

Sergey Litvinov, Russian hammer thrower (d. 2018)

Trevor Hohns, Australian cricketer

Omar Henry, South African cricketer

Margaret Bailes, American sprinter

Suzanne Scotchmer, American economist and academic (d. 2014)

Guida Maria, Portuguese actress (d. 2018)

Bill Cunningham, American bass and keyboard player

Boris Berezovsky, Russian-English businessman and mathematician (d. 2013)

Özhan Canayd?n, Turkish basketball player and businessman (d. 2010)

Laurie Mayne, Australian cricketer

Jock R. Anderson, Australian economist and academic

Joe Dowell, American pop singer (d. 2016)

Ed Roberts, American disability rights activist (d. 1995)

Giant Baba, Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (d. 1999)

Cécile Ousset, French pianist

Tom Reamy, American author (d. 1977)

Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (d. 2013)

George Allen, English footballer (d. 2016)

Phillip Knightley, Australian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2016)

Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)

Fred Williams, Australian painter (d. 1982)

Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (d. 1994)

Marty Paich, American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1995)

Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (d. 1996)

Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

Leon Golub, American painter and academic (d. 2004)

Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (d. 2011)

Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (d. 2008)

Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 1979)

W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (d. 2003)

Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter (d. 1960)

Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager (d. 2009)

Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000)

Arthur Wirtz, American businessman (d. 1983)

Glen Kidston, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1931)

Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist (d. 1948)

Ieva Simonaityt?, Lithuanian author (d. 1978)

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000)

Alf Blair, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1944)

Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian author (d. 1988)

Muthu Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1879)