History Births on March 23

Robin Herd, English engineer and businessman

#Robin_Herd

Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater (d. 2005)

#Yevgeny_Grishin_(speed_skater)

Michael Haneke, Austrian director, producer and screenwriter

#Michael_Haneke

Platt Adams, American jumper and politician (d. 1961)

#Platt_Adams

Kyle Lovett, Australian rugby league player

#Kyle_Lovett

Helmi Johannes, Indonesian journalist and producer

#Helmi_Johannes

Tolga Ci?erci, German-Turkish footballer

#Tolga_Ci?erci

Friedrich Amelung, Estonian-German historian, businessman and composer (d. 1909)

#Friedrich_Amelung

Calouste Gulbenkian, Turkish-Armenian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1955)

#Calouste_Gulbenkian

Giuseppe Sculli, Italian footballer

#Giuseppe_Sculli

Lorenzino de' Medici, Italian writer and assassin (d. 1548)

#Lorenzino_de'_Medici

Dellin Betances, American baseball player

#Dellin_Betances

Kyrie Irving, Australian-American basketball player

#Kyrie_Irving

Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1977)

#Wernher_von_Braun

Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish race car driver

#Jaime_Alguersuari

Craig Breedlove, American race car driver

#Craig_Breedlove

Ozan Tufan, Turkish footballer

#Ozan_Tufan

Dietrich Eckart, German journalist and politician (d. 1923)

#Dietrich_Eckart

Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 2013)

#Tetsuharu_Kawakami

Jan Lisiecki, Canadian pianist

#Jan_Lisiecki

Arthur Grimsdell, English footballer and cricketer (d. 1963)

#Arthur_Grimsdell

Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)

#Roger_Martin_du_Gard

Mo Farah, Somali-English runner

#Mo_Farah

Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tony_McPhee

J. C. Leyendecker, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)

#J._C._Leyendecker

Roger Bannister, English runner, neurologist and academic (d. 2018)

#Roger_Bannister

Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1940)

#Michael_Joseph_Savage

Pierre Palmade, French actor and screenwriter

#Pierre_Palmade

Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter

#Chaka_Khan

Dougie Lampkin, English motorcycle racer

#Dougie_Lampkin

Patrick Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player

#Patrick_Bordeleau

Rudolf Kinau, German author (d. 1975)

#Rudolf_Kinau

Gregg Wylde, Scottish footballer

#Gregg_Wylde

Juan Ramón López Caro, Spanish footballer and manager

#Juan_Ramón_López_Caro

Jerome Thomas, English footballer

#Jerome_Thomas

Frank Irons, American long jumper (d. 1942)

#Frank_Irons

Joe Calzaghe, Welsh boxer

#Joe_Calzaghe

Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic (d. 1731)

#Mary_of_Jesus_de_León_y_Delgado

Ayesha Curry, Canadian-American chef, author and television personality

#Ayesha_Curry

Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1934)

#Franz_Schreker

Jason Kidd, American basketball player and coach

#Jason_Kidd

Joan Crawford, American film actress (d. 1977)

#Joan_Crawford

Barry Cryer, English comedian, actor and screenwriter

#Barry_Cryer

Brett Young, American country music singer

#Brett_Young_(singer)

Geno Auriemma, Italian-American basketball player and coach

#Geno_Auriemma

Fernando Hierro, Spanish footballer and manager

#Fernando_Hierro

Smriti Irani, Indian actress, producer and politician, Indian Minister of Human Resource Development

#Smriti_Irani

Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)

#Schuyler_Colfax

John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (d. 1777)

#John_Bartram

Joel Peralta, Dominican baseball player

#Joel_Peralta

Carl Graffunder, American architect and educator (d. 2013)

#Carl_Graffunder

Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author and translator

#Ahdaf_Soueif

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese wrestler

#Hiroyoshi_Tenzan

Michelle Monaghan, American actress

#Michelle_Monaghan

Milbourne Christopher, American magician and author (d. 1984)

#Milbourne_Christopher

Robbie James, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 1998)

#Robbie_James

Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general and diplomat (d. 1832)

#Augustin_Daniel_Belliard

Abidin Dino, Turko-French painter and illustrator (d. 1993)

#Abidin_Dino

Sharon Presley, American author and academic

#Sharon_Presley

Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player

#Don_Marshall

Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer

#Jerzy_Dudek

Marty Allen, American comedian and actor (d. 2018)

#Marty_Allen

Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist (d. 1980)

#Erich_Fromm

Kangana Ranaut, Indian actress

#Kangana_Ranaut

Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (d. 1943)

#Dora_Gerson

Russell Howard, English comedian

#Russell_Howard

Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1917)

#Ludwig_Minkus

Nikola Gulan, Serbian footballer

#Nikola_Gulan

Ryan Araña, Filipino basketball player

#Ryan_Araña

Burak Gürp?nar, Turkish drummer

#Burak_Gürp?nar

Lacey Hearn, American sprinter (d. 1969)

#Lacey_Hearn

Andrew Mitchell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for International Development

#Andrew_Mitchell

Thomas Selle, German composer (d. 1663)

#Thomas_Selle

Alan Toovey, Australian footballer

#Alan_Toovey

Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician, Finnish Minister of the Interior (d. 1922)

#Heikki_Ritavuori

Gail Porter, Scottish model and television host

#Gail_Porter

Rex Tillerson, American businessman, engineer and diplomat; 69th United States Secretary of State

#Rex_Tillerson

Emperor Go-K?gon of Japan (d. 1374)

#Emperor_Go-K?gon

Chris Hoy, Scottish cyclist and race car driver

#Chris_Hoy

Andrea Dovizioso, Italian motorcycle racer

#Andrea_Dovizioso

Jason Kenny, English cyclist

#Jason_Kenny

Margaret of Anjou (d. 1482)

#Margaret_of_Anjou

Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader (d. 1964)

#Thakin_Kodaw_Hmaing

Hugh Grant, Scottish business executive

#Hugh_Grant_(business_executive)

Keri Russell, American actress

#Keri_Russell

Amanda Plummer, American actress

#Amanda_Plummer

Joseph Boxhall, English sailor (d. 1967)

#Joseph_Boxhall

Jannis Kounellis, Greek painter and sculptor

#Jannis_Kounellis

Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) (d. 1962)

#Roque_González_Garza

Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director

#Franco_Battiato

William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)

#William_Smith_(geologist)

Ron Jaworski, American football player and sportscaster

#Ron_Jaworski

Brett Eldredge, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Brett_Eldredge

John Madin, English architect (d. 2012)

#John_Madin

Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador

#Lucio_Gutiérrez

Jonas Björkman, Swedish-Monégasque tennis player and coach

#Jonas_Björkman

Walter Samuel, Argentinian footballer

#Walter_Samuel

Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player and author (d. 2016)

#Viktor_Korchnoi

Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (d. 1964)

#Emilio_Aguinaldo

Mark Buehrle, American baseball player

#Mark_Buehrle

Shelley Rudman, English bobsledder

#Shelley_Rudman

Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer, founded Kenneth Cole Productions

#Kenneth_Cole_(designer)

Jeremy Wade, English biologist and author

#Jeremy_Wade

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian zoologist and businesswoman

#Kiran_Mazumdar-Shaw

Simon Gärdenfors, Swedish illustrator

#Simon_Gärdenfors

Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer (d. 1960)

#Cedric_Gibbons

Aytaç Kara, Turkish footballer

#Aytaç_Kara

Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (d. 1990)

#Ugo_Tognazzi

Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician and physicist

#Ludvig_Faddeev

Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist

#Etienne_De_Wilde

Damon Albarn, English singer-songwriter, producer and actor

#Damon_Albarn

Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic

#Philip_Zimbardo

Bethanie Mattek-Sands, American tennis player

#Bethanie_Mattek-Sands

Emmy Noether, Jewish German-American mathematician, physicist and academic (d. 1935)

#Emmy_Noether

Steve Redgrave, English rower

#Steve_Redgrave

Neal Edward Smith, American pilot, lawyer and politician

#Neal_Edward_Smith

Sidney Hillman, Lithuanian-born American labor leader (d. 1946)

#Sidney_Hillman

Brandon Marshall, American football player

#Brandon_Marshall

Hakan Balta, Turkish footballer

#Hakan_Balta

Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (d. 1802)

#Jurij_Vega

Ludwig Quidde, German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941)

#Ludwig_Quidde

Ric Ocasek, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

#Ric_Ocasek

Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter (d. 1998)

#Akira_Kurosawa

Francesco Clemente, Italian painter and illustrator

#Francesco_Clemente

Mark Rydell, American actor, director and producer

#Mark_Rydell

Lale Andersen, German chanson singer-songwriter (d. 1972)

#Lale_Andersen

Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

#Hermann_Staudinger

Frank Sargeson, New Zealand's foremost short story writers (d. 1982)

#Frank_Sargeson

Grantley Goulding, English hurdler (d. 1947)

#Grantley_Goulding

Jahanara Begum, Mughal princess (d. 1681)

#Jahanara_Begum

Hope Davis, American actress

#Hope_Davis

Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player

#Alexander_Selivanov

Nick Powell, English footballer

#Nick_Powell

Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)

#Pierre-Simon_Laplace

Maurice Jones-Drew, American football player

#Maurice_Jones-Drew

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish singer, author and director (d. 2001)

#Nils-Aslak_Valkeapää

Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach

#Bengt-Åke_Gustafsson

Lee May, American baseball player and coach

#Lee_May

Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)

#Moses_Malone

Catherine Keener, American actress

#Catherine_Keener

Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (d. 1991)

#Vasily_Zaitsev_(sniper)

Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)

#Daniel_Bovet

Po Kya, Burmese author and educationist (d. 1942)

#Po_Kya

Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet and activist (d. 1924)

#Ziya_Gökalp

Erin Crocker, American race car driver

#Erin_Crocker

José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese academic and politician, 115th Prime Minister of Portugal

#José_Manuel_Barroso

Kim Stanley Robinson, American author

#Kim_Stanley_Robinson

Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian race car driver

#Ricardo_Zonta

Josef ?apek, Czech painter and poet (d. 1945)

#Josef_?apek

David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer

#David_Grisman

Robert Gallo, American physician and academic

#Robert_Gallo

Sascha Riether, German footballer

#Sascha_Riether

Michael Nyman, English composer of minimalist music and pianist

#Michael_Nyman

Louis Adamic, Slovenian-American author, translator and politician (d. 1951)

#Louis_Adamic

Donncha O'Callaghan, Irish rugby player

#Donncha_O'Callaghan

Julius Reubke, German pianist and composer (d. 1858)

#Julius_Reubke

Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (d. 1984)

#Madeleine_de_Bourbon-Busset

Judith Godrèche, French actress and author

#Judith_Godrèche

Randall Park, American actor, director and screenwriter

#Randall_Park

Michal Neuvirth, Czech ice hockey player

#Michal_Neuvirth

Alexander Albon, Thai-British racing driver

Kevin Kauber, Estonian footballer

Morgan Evans, Welsh rugby league player

Robert Zickert, German footballer

Luis Fernando Silva, Mexican footballer

Evgeni Striganov, Estonian ice dancer

Andrea Musacco, Italian footballer

José Contreras Arrau, Chilean footballer

Tony Peña, Jr., Dominican baseball player

Miklos Perlus, Canadian actor and screenwriter

Sa Beining, Chinese host

Jeremy Newberry, American football player

Jayson Blair, American journalist and author

Wim Eyckmans, Belgian race car driver

Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model

Mitch Cullin, American author

Mike Atherton, English cricketer and journalist

Vasilis Vouzas, Greek footballer and manager

Lorenzo Daniel, American sprinter

Gary Whitehead, American poet and painter

Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuban runner

Míchel, Spanish footballer and manager

Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player

Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic

Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland

Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)

Kent Lambert, New Zealand rugby player

Adrian Reynard, English businessman, founded Reynard Motorsport

Phil Lanzon, English keyboard player and songwriter

Corinne Cléry, French actress

Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician

Wasim Bari, Pakistani cricketer

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author

Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer

B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player (d. 2006)

Andrew Crockett, Scottish-English economist and banker (d. 2012)

Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian, scholar and activist (d. 1980)

Jimmy Miller, American record producer and musician (d. 1994)

Terry Paine, English footballer

Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)

Tony Burton, American actor, comedian, boxer and American football player (d. 2016)

Norman Bailey, English opera singer and educator

Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian skier (d. 2013)

Michael Manser, English architect and engineer (d. 2016)

David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)

Olga Kennard, English crystallographer and academic

Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor, invented Liquid Paper (d. 1980)

Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (d. 2013)

Angelo Ingrassia, American soldier and judge (d. 2013)

Peter Lawler, Australian public servant (d. 2017)

Donald Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1967)

Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (d.1940s)

Helene Hale, American politician (d. 2013)

Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant (d. 1992)

Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian (d. 1998)

Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe (d. 2014)

Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach (d. 2013)

Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (d. 1996)

Jerry Cornes, English runner, colonial officer and educator (d. 2001)

Charles Werner, American cartoonist (d. 1997)

Bon Maharaja, Indian guru and religious writer (d. 1982)

Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, author and composer (d. 1985)

Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (d. 2001)

Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman (d. 1974)

Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1927)

Nathaniel Reed, American criminal (d. 1950)

Susan Jane Cunningham, American mathematician (d. 1921)

Marie Adam-Doerrer, Swiss women's rights activist and unionist. (d. 1908)

Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer (d. 1812)

Princess Marie Adélaïde of France (d. 1800)