On This Day — January 23
4100 noted people were born and 2115 died on January 23 in our archive, including Arthur Lewis, Barbara Holland and Carl Adolph Agardh.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on January 23
Arthur Lewis
1915 – 1991
Barbara Holland
b. 1976
Carl Adolph Agardh
1785 – 1859
Ernst Abbe
1840 – 1905
Marija Gimbutas
1921 – 1994
Paul Langevin
1872 – 1946
Alfred Denning, Baron Denning
1899 – 1999
András Bozóki
b. 1959
André Choulika
b. 1965
Armen Darbinyan
b. 1965
Bo Lidegaard
b. 1958
Boris Berezovsky
1946 – 2013
Britta Thomsen
b. 1954
Catherine Guillouard
b. 1965
Christian Masset
b. 1957
David Hilbert
1862 – 1943
Edvard Hagerup Bull
1855 – 1938
Elisa Loncon
b. 1963
Frederick Hilgendorf
1874 – 1942
Fritz Baade
1893 – 1974
Glenn Stevens
b. 1958
Gloria Begué Cantón
1931 – 2016
Hans Wallmark
b. 1965
Henryk Samsonowicz
1930 – 2021
Herman Tjeenk Willink
b. 1942
Ieke Moerdijk
b. 1958
Jan Maria Jackowski
b. 1958
Johannes Martin Bijvoet
1892 – 1980
John Polanyi
b. 1929
Ludwig Hahn
1908 – 1986
Mait Klaassen
b. 1955
Michel Pébereau
b. 1942
Nicholas Andrew Rey
1938 – 2009
Oswald Balzer
1858 – 1933
Otto Diels
1876 – 1954
Paul Peter Ewald
1888 – 1985
Philaret
1929 – 2026
Pitirim Sorokin
1889 – 1968
Princess Caroline of Monaco
b. 1957
Ray Jackendoff
b. 1945
Richard Dearlove
b. 1945
Richard Livingstone
1880 – 1960
Rob Hulls
b. 1957
Robert Parris Moses
1935 – 2021
Salim Ahmed Salim
b. 1942
Sonny Chiba
1939 – 2021
Tim Whitmarsh
b. 1970
Vladimir Fortov
1946 – 2020
Yan Jici
1901 – 1996
Yueh-Lin Loo
b. 1974
Adam Mosseri
b. 1983
Ahmad Syaikhu
b. 1965
Airey Neave
1916 – 1979
Alastair Compston
b. 1948
Aline Abboud
b. 1988
Alister McGrath
b. 1953
Alois Negrelli
1799 – 1858
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 – 1936
André Morizet
1876 – 1942
Anton Vladimirovich Dolin
b. 1976
Antonio Villaraigosa
b. 1953
Benjamin Arthur Quarles
1904 – 1996
Benno Ndulu
1950 – 2021
Bharrat Jagdeo
b. 1964
Bill Hayden
1933 – 2023
Brian Howe
b. 1936
Carlo Sforza
1872 – 1952
Chesley Sullenberger
b. 1951
Christophe Dechavanne
b. 1958
Christopher Nugee
b. 1959
Daniel Hoeffel
1929 – 2025
David Wallach
b. 1946
Derek Walcott
1930 – 2017
Eduard Friedrich Eversmann
1794 – 1860
Edward C. Stone
1936 – 2024
Edwin Plimpton Adams
1878 – 1956
Elmer S. Riggs
1869 – 1963
Emil Källström
b. 1987
Emma J. Cole
1845 – 1910
Eugenio González Rojas
1903 – 1976
Eva Lohse
b. 1956
Frank Lautenberg
1924 – 2013
František Čuba
1936 – 2019
Françoise Vergès
b. 1952
Gary Burton
b. 1943
Gavin Barwell
b. 1972
Georgios C. Papanicolaou
b. 1943
Georgy Golitsyn
1935 – 2026
Gertrude B. Elion
1918 – 1999
Gifty Anti
b. 1970
Gil Gerard
1943 – 2025
Gonzalo Capellán
b. 1972
Gottfried Böhm
1920 – 2021
Grigory Petrovsky
1878 – 1958
Heinrich Brunn
1822 – 1894
Herbert Dixon, 1st Baron Glentoran
1880 – 1950
Howard Douglas
1776 – 1861
Hugo Achugar
b. 1944
Ichizō Kobayashi
1873 – 1957
Jack D. Fischer
b. 1974
James Lighthill
1924 – 1998
Jan Keller
b. 1955
Jan Willem de Pous
1920 – 1996
Jang Do-young
1923 – 2012
Jean Sabbagh
1917 – 2006
Jeanne Moreau
1928 – 2017
Jeheskel Shoshani
1943 – 2008
John Hancock
1737 – 1793
John Symonds
1730 – 1807
Jordan Eftimov
b. 1971
Joseph François Dupleix
1697 – 1763
Joseph Hewes
1730 – 1779
Jože Plečnik
1872 – 1957
Juan Vicente Herrera Campo
b. 1956
Jérôme Faist
b. 1962
Keigo Ōuchi
1930 – 2016
Kjell Lindgren
b. 1973
Kliment Voroshilov
1881 – 1969
Klyment Kvitka
1880 – 1953
Ksenia Razumova
b. 1931
Lajos Fülep
1885 – 1970
Lars Johan Hierta
1801 – 1872
Lasse Lehtinen
b. 1947
Lena Kreck
b. 1981
Linda K. Kerber
b. 1940
Lise-Lotte Rebel
b. 1951
Lode Vereeck
b. 1965
Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof
1925 – 2019
Luc Hoffmann
1923 – 2016
Maddalen Iriarte
b. 1963
Magdalena Andersson
b. 1967
Marco Antonio de la Parra
b. 1952
Mari Uusküla
b. 1980
Marie C. Malaro
1933 – 2018
Mariska Hargitay
b. 1964
Martti Pokela
1924 – 2007
Mary Arden
b. 1947
Maximilian Haider
b. 1950
Megawati Soekarnoputri
b. 1947
Michael Stevens
b. 1986
Miguel Ángel Revilla
b. 1943
Mitoji Yabunaka
b. 1948
Nancy Broadfield Parkinson
1904 – 1974
Nestor Buinitsky
1863 – 1914
Nikolai Ashlapov
b. 1962
Nikolai Korndorf
1947 – 2001
Nikolay Umov
1846 – 1915
Noé Jitrik
1928 – 2022
Patriarch Sergius of Moscow
1867 – 1944
Paul Gallagher
b. 1954
Paul Mason
b. 1960
Paul Slack
b. 1943
Pavlo Lazarenko
b. 1953
Peary Charan Sircar
1823 – 1875
Peter Cameron
b. 1947
Peter Millett
b. 1955
Peter von Rittinger
1811 – 1872
Philippe Michel
b. 1969
Pietro Krohn
1840 – 1905
Prem Anand
b. 1975
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
1942 – 2025
Raffaele Fornari
1787 – 1854
Ramón Lobo
1955 – 2023
Raúl Diez Canseco
b. 1948
Rikard Long
1889 – 1977
Robert D. Cabana
b. 1949
Rosa Devés
b. 1950
Rune Wenneberg
b. 1969
Sergei Nikolaevič Nikitin
1851 – 1909
Shawn Brixey
b. 1961
Sir Arthur Charles
1839 – 1921
Sir Richard Storey, 2nd Baronet
b. 1937
Sir William Cusack-Smith, 2nd Baronet
1766 – 1836
Sohn Hye-won
b. 1955
Subhas Chandra Bose
1897 – 1945
Surya Subedi
b. 1958
Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann
b. 1955
Tatiana Proskouriakoff
1909 – 1985
Tenkoko Sonoda
1919 – 2015
Teresa Żylis-Gara
1935 – 2021
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
1540 – 1617
Thomas Todd
1765 – 1826
Tom Lewis
1922 – 2016
Tomáš Sedláček
b. 1977
Trish Fraser
1966 – 2025
Vitaly Valentinovich Milonov
b. 1974
Vladimir Zotikov
1887 – 1970
William R. Pogue
1930 – 2014
Zbigniew Jagiełło
b. 1964
Zentarō Kosaka
1912 – 2000
Édouard Corniglion-Molinier
1898 – 1963
Abraham Coates Fitzgibbon
1823 – 1887
Achal Kumar Jyoti
b. 1953
Adam Miller
b. 2002
Adelina de Lara
1872 – 1961
Alan Cheuse
1940 – 2015
Albert C. Thompson
1842 – 1910
Alexander Cunningham
1814 – 1893
Alfonso Sánchez Anaya
1941 – 2026
Andy Gardiner
b. 1969
… and 3,900 more
Died on January 23
Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz
1836 – 1921
Robert Christison
1797 – 1882
Anton von Störck
1731 – 1803
Charles Fried
1935 – 2024
Clayton Christensen
1952 – 2020
Dmitry Shirkov
1928 – 2016
Désiré Mercier
1851 – 1926
Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile
1949 – 2022
Francisco Rubio Llorente
1930 – 2016
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel
1811 – 1871
Friedrich von Schmidt
1825 – 1891
Helen Leach
1945 – 2026
Janno Reiljan
1951 – 2018
Jean-Pierre Wintenberger
1954 – 2019
Jeanne Quint Benoliel
1919 – 2012
Johann Lukas Schönlein
1793 – 1864
Kazimierz Żórawski
1866 – 1953
Marcolino Gomes Candau
1911 – 1983
Orso Mario Corbino
1876 – 1937
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
1584 – 1650
Pierre Bourdieu
1930 – 2002
Pierre de Montgolfier-Verpilleux
1831 – 1913
Stefan Ignar
1908 – 1992
W. B. R. King
1889 – 1963
Willem Hendrik de Vriese
1806 – 1862
William Lawvere
1937 – 2023
Yuri Izrael
1930 – 2014
Alexandre Cabanel
1823 – 1889
André-Albert Blais
1842 – 1919
Antonio de Benavides y Fernández de Navarrete
1807 – 1884
Armando Uribe
1933 – 2020
Arseny Zakrevsky
1783 – 1865
Charles Aubrey Eaton
1868 – 1953
Charles Kingsley
1819 – 1875
Charles Terlinden
1878 – 1972
Chas Brownlow
1861 – 1924
Chow Shouson
1861 – 1959
Cândido José de Araújo Viana, Marquis of Sapucaí
1793 – 1875
Dick Dolman
1935 – 2019
Domenico Alberto Azuni
1749 – 1827
E. Howard Hunt
1918 – 2007
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
1757 – 1833
Erik Olin Wright
1947 – 2019
Ernst Seidler von Feuchtenegg
1862 – 1931
Esther Jansma
1958 – 2025
Eugène Labiche
1815 – 1888
Faik Haddad
1914 – 2001
Ferenc Finkey
1870 – 1949
Frank Douglas MacKinnon
1871 – 1946
Fred van der Poel
1902 – 1980
Frederick Ballantyne
1936 – 2020
Fritz Feigl
1891 – 1971
George Clymer
1739 – 1813
George Crabtree
1944 – 2023
German von Bohn
1812 – 1899
Gustave Doré
1832 – 1883
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
1907 – 1945
Henri Gradis
1823 – 1905
Henry Francis Blanford
1834 – 1893
Henry Maudsley
1835 – 1918
Herbert E. Gregory
1869 – 1952
Hippolyte Sebert
1839 – 1930
Ignacy Domeyko
1802 – 1889
Jacques-Eugène Armengaud
1810 – 1891
James Pilkington
1520 – 1576
Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Charras
1810 – 1865
Johann Wilhelm Ritter
1776 – 1810
Josef Pekař
1870 – 1937
Joseph Beuys
1921 – 1986
Joseph-Désiré Court
1797 – 1865
János Simor
1813 – 1891
Józef Glemp
1929 – 2013
Karl Cäsar von Leonhard
1779 – 1862
Kenes Aukhadiev
1937 – 2022
Klaus Hemmerle
1929 – 1994
Larry King
1933 – 2021
Lee Alvin DuBridge
1901 – 1994
Lee Lawrie
1877 – 1963
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
1825 – 1893
Maria Schaumayer
1931 – 2013
Matthew Stewart
1717 – 1785
Nell Carter
1948 – 2003
Nicanor Parra
1914 – 2018
Nicholas Hobbs
1915 – 1983
Nikolai Ogarkov
1917 – 1994
Norman MacCaig
1910 – 1996
Northrop Frye
1912 – 1991
Ole Peder Arvesen
1895 – 1991
Olin Earl Teague
1910 – 1981
Omeo Kumar Das
1895 – 1975
Otto August Rosenberger
1800 – 1890
Paul A. David
1935 – 2023
Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana
1761 – 1811
Robert Nozick
1938 – 2002
Robert W. Scott
1929 – 2009
Roy Geiger
1885 – 1947
Samuel W. Koster
1919 – 2006
Sergei Chernikov
1912 – 1987
Tatsuo Sato
1937 – 2013
Thomas C. Mann
1912 – 1999
Vasil Kolarov
1877 – 1950
Vincent Ellis McKelvey
1916 – 1987
William Alexander Sutton
1917 – 2000
William Field, 1st Baron Field
1813 – 1907
William Lowther
1821 – 1912
Yakov Frenkel
1894 – 1952
Yevgeny Trubetskoy
1863 – 1920
Zsófia Dénes
1885 – 1987
Álvaro Colom
1951 – 2023
A.C. Jose
1937 – 2016
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
1924 – 2015
Abraham Lesieur Desaulniers
1822 – 1883
Achille-Louis-Joseph Sirouy
1834 – 1904
Adam Watson
1930 – 2019
Adolf Holl
1930 – 2020
Alan A. Stone
1929 – 2022
Albert David Baumhart, Jr.
1908 – 2001
Albertis Harrison
1907 – 1995
Alexander Boxwell
1852 – 1923
Alexander Kaye Butterworth
1854 – 1946
Alexander von Siebold
1846 – 1911
Alfred Hardy
1811 – 1893
Alfred William Bennett
1833 – 1902
Allan Vougt
1895 – 1953
Andreas Schott
1552 – 1629
Andrew Telegdi
1946 – 2017
Anna Pavlova
1882 – 1931
Anthelme Richerand
1779 – 1840
Anton Friedrich Hohl
1789 – 1862
Arnold Gohr
1896 – 1983
Arthur Nikisch
1855 – 1922
August Rohling
1839 – 1931
Barbara Krafftówna
1928 – 2022
Barry Brickell
1935 – 2016
Batir Zakirov
1936 – 1985
Benjamin Widom
1927 – 2025
Bernard O'Reilly
1803 – 1856
Blake Ragsdale Van Leer
1893 – 1956
Bob Keeshan
1927 – 2004
Bob Walsh
1940 – 2017
Bradnee Chambers
1966 – 2019
Brian Crowley
1964 – 2026
Brian Rotman
1938 – 2026
Béla Harkányi
1869 – 1932
Charles Augustus Strong
1862 – 1940
Charles Cleveland Nutting
1858 – 1927
Charles Delano
1820 – 1883
Charles F. B. Price
1881 – 1954
Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway
1850 – 1934
Charles Osgood
1933 – 2024
Charley Eugene Johns
1905 – 1990
Clara Butt
1872 – 1936
Clarkson Nott Potter
1825 – 1882
Dan Daniel
1914 – 1988
Daniel Swarovski
1862 – 1956
David Atkinson
1940 – 2012
David Kahn
1930 – 2024
Decoroso Rosales
1907 – 1987
Duncan Clinch Heyward
1864 – 1943
Edgar S. Cahn
1935 – 2022
Edvard Munch
1863 – 1944
Edward MacDowell
1860 – 1908
Edward Rutledge
1749 – 1800
Edward Shils
1910 – 1995
Elisabeta Polihroniade
1935 – 2016
Elmira Nəzirova
1928 – 2014
Emma Gillett
1852 – 1927
Ensign Hosmer Kellogg
1812 – 1882
Ernest Carroll Moore
1871 – 1955
Ernest Edward Tyzzer
1875 – 1965
Ernie Banks
1931 – 2015
Erwin Planck
1893 – 1945
Eugen Bolz
1881 – 1945
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1452 – 1516
Ferdinand Schichau
1814 – 1896
Fernand Daoust
1926 – 2020
Francis Harvey Green
1861 – 1951
Franjo Hanaman
1878 – 1941
Frank Dewey Allen
1850 – 1910
Frank E. Garretson
1918 – 2006
Frank L. Anders
1875 – 1966
Franklin Wills Hancock, Jr.
1894 – 1969
Franz Mazura
1924 – 2020
Freddie Bartholomew
1924 – 1992
George Campbell
1759 – 1821
George E. Brewer
1832 – 1922
George H. Christopher
1888 – 1959
George Ronald Cole
1908 – 1969
Gertrudis de la Fuente
1921 – 2017
Giambattista Vico
1668 – 1744
Giuseppe Motta
1871 – 1940
Gottschalk von Ahlefeldt
1475 – 1541
Greta Ferušić
1924 – 2022
Gu Dachun
1915 – 2007
Gustav Frederik Holck-Winterfeldt
1733 – 1776
Hal Holbrook
1925 – 2021
Hans Ramel
1867 – 1957
Harold D. Smith
1898 – 1947
Heinrich Mataja
1877 – 1937
Heinrich Morf
1854 – 1921
… and 1,915 more