On This Day — March 23
4467 noted people were born and 2062 died on March 23 in our archive, including Hassler Whitney, Ludvig Faddeev and Philip Zimbardo.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on March 23
Hassler Whitney
1907 – 1989
Ludvig Faddeev
1934 – 2017
Philip Zimbardo
1933 – 2024
Pierre-Simon Laplace
1749 – 1827
Alexey Ulyukaev
b. 1956
Ama Ata Aidoo
1942 – 2023
Calouste Gulbenkian
1869 – 1955
Denis Wright
1911 – 2005
Eda Rivas
b. 1952
Ekaterina Kotrikadze
b. 1984
Emmy Noether
1882 – 1935
Frank Lascelles
1841 – 1920
Franklin Henry Giddings
1855 – 1931
Frederick Vernon Coville
1867 – 1937
George Cunningham
1888 – 1963
George Head Barclay
1862 – 1921
Giovanni Conso
1922 – 2015
Glynnis Cropp
b. 1938
Hans Thirring
1888 – 1976
Howard William Kennard
1878 – 1955
Hugo Christiaan Hamaker
1905 – 1993
Israel Eliraz
1936 – 2016
Joanne Simpson
1923 – 2010
Johan Christian Heuch
1838 – 1904
John Lighton Synge
1897 – 1995
Judith D. Sally
1937 – 2024
Józef Zych
b. 1938
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
b. 1953
Lea Grundig
1906 – 1977
Leif Tronstad
1903 – 1945
Louis-Émile Bertin
1840 – 1924
Ludwig Quidde
1858 – 1941
Moriba Jah
b. 1971
Motono Ichirō
1862 – 1918
Nancy Stanton
b. 1948
Rein Müllerson
b. 1944
René Jeannel
1879 – 1965
Rex Tillerson
b. 1952
Robert Gallo
b. 1937
Roger Bannister
1929 – 2018
Sergey Zhuk
1892 – 1957
Thomas Chapais
1858 – 1946
Viktor Orlov
1940 – 2021
Véronique De Keyser
b. 1945
Wernher von Braun
1912 – 1977
Édouard Husson
b. 1969
Abdelwaheb Maatar
b. 1952
Alan Baddeley
b. 1934
Albert Algoud
b. 1950
Alberto Bertoni
b. 1955
Alejandra Costamagna
b. 1970
Aleksander Bobko
b. 1960
Alexander S. Kechris
b. 1946
Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol
1847 – 1920
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
1854 – 1925
Allan Hubbard
1928 – 2011
Anatoly Grigoryev
1943 – 2023
Anders Edvard Ramsay
1799 – 1877
Anders Ljungstedt
1759 – 1835
Angel Cruchaga Santa María
1893 – 1964
Anna Nikulina
b. 1985
Antoine Claire Thibaudeau
1763 – 1854
Apirat Kongsompong
b. 1960
Archil Gomiashvili
1926 – 2005
Ashok Das (physicist)
b. 1953
Bernt Michael Holmboe
1795 – 1850
Bruce Bastian
1948 – 2024
Béla Hamvas
1897 – 1968
Carmine Di Sibio
b. 1963
Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy
1911 – 1993
Charles Lathrop Parsons
1867 – 1954
Charles Marr
1880 – 1960
Claus-Christian Carbon
b. 1971
Clemens Herschel
1842 – 1930
Crawford Howell Toy
1836 – 1919
César Roux
1857 – 1934
Daniel Bovet
1907 – 1992
Daniel Sazonov
b. 1993
Darnella Frazier
b. 2003
David Anthony Durham
b. 1969
David Milch
b. 1945
Denis Robert Pack-Beresford
1864 – 1942
Dexter Lehtinen
b. 1946
Dmitri Sytyi
b. 1989
Dmitry Kostomarov
1929 – 2014
Don Eigler
b. 1953
Eduard Study
1862 – 1930
Edward Caird
1835 – 1908
Erich Fromm
1900 – 1980
Florence Ellinwood Allen
1884 – 1966
Florence Portelli
b. 1978
Frank Swaelen
1930 – 2007
Franz Josef Ritter von Buß
1803 – 1878
Gagik Harutyunyan
b. 1948
Gennady Semigin
b. 1964
Geno Auriemma
b. 1954
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
b. 1953
George Fairbairn
1855 – 1943
George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
1877 – 1953
George Parrish
1897 – 1971
Giovanni Battista Amici
1786 – 1863
Gotfried Coenraad Ernst van Daalen
1863 – 1930
Graham T. Allison
b. 1940
Graham Watson
b. 1956
Guido De Ruggiero
1888 – 1948
Gustaf Nyblæus
1816 – 1902
Gustav Halmhuber
1862 – 1936
Gwilym Williams
1913 – 1990
Hanna Zdanowska
b. 1959
Hans von Kaltenborn-Stachau
1836 – 1898
Hayashi Gonsuke
1860 – 1939
Helge Jung
1886 – 1978
Henderson M. Somerville
1837 – 1915
Henrique Cymerman
b. 1959
Henry Metzger
1932 – 2018
Hippolyte Flandrin
1809 – 1864
Hugh Grant
b. 1958
Hōjō Tokiyuki
1858 – 1929
Iemasa Tokugawa
1884 – 1963
Jaanus Marrandi
b. 1963
Jacob Oulanyah
1965 – 2022
Jagtar
1935 – 2010
Jan Harold Brunvand
b. 1933
Jan Lisiecki
b. 1995
Jan Šverma
1901 – 1944
Jane Caplan
b. 1945
Jean E. Sammet
1928 – 2017
Jean de Tinguy du Pouët
1875 – 1951
Jerzy Hoppen
1891 – 1969
Jimmy Edwards
1920 – 1988
John C. B. Simpson
b. 1958
John Edward Fogarty
1913 – 1967
John Robert Cartwright
1895 – 1979
Jonathan Ames
b. 1964
José Norton de Matos
1867 – 1955
José Victorino Lastarria
1817 – 1888
Julius von Hann
1839 – 1921
Jurij Vega
1754 – 1802
Jóvito Villalba
1908 – 1989
Katerina Gordeeva
b. 1977
Kazimierz Petrusewicz
1906 – 1982
Kirill Mazurov
1914 – 1989
Konrád Burchard-Bélaváry
1837 – 1916
Konstantin Batygin
b. 1986
Kurt Semm
1927 – 2003
Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury
1817 – 1892
Marcin Czarnik
b. 1976
Marek Hilšer
b. 1976
Marek Maďarič
b. 1966
Margaret Goodell
b. 1965
Maria Malmer Stenergard
b. 1981
Marie-Claire Carrère-Gée
b. 1963
Mark Charnock
b. 1968
Martin Hewitt
b. 1966
Matías Rodríguez Inciarte
b. 1948
Max Stadler
1949 – 2013
Michael Bakalis
b. 1938
Michael Haneke
b. 1942
Michael Kevin Powell
b. 1963
Michel Aupetit
b. 1951
Michel Hansenne
b. 1940
Monique Adolphe
1932 – 2022
Neal Edward Smith
1920 – 2021
Niels Christian Frederiksen
1840 – 1905
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
1943 – 2001
Numan Kurtulmuş
b. 1959
Olof Fåhræus
1796 – 1884
Otto Stapf
1857 – 1933
Paul Hymans
1865 – 1941
Pekka Haavisto
b. 1958
Peter Khalil
b. 1973
Peter Simons
b. 1950
Peter W. Chiarelli
b. 1950
Plantu
b. 1951
Pongpol Adireksarn
b. 1942
Princess Eugenie of York
b. 1990
Pēteris Juraševskis
1872 – 1945
Raffaele Cappelli
1848 – 1921
Ram Samudrala
b. 1972
Raoul Bricard
1870 – 1943
Raúl Porras Barrenechea
1897 – 1960
Richard Deth
b. 1945
Robert E. W. Hancock
b. 1949
Robert M. Patterson
1787 – 1854
Roza Tamarkina
1920 – 1950
Ryan Grim
b. 1978
Sahachiro Hata
1873 – 1938
Sarah Maslin Nir
b. 1983
Shang Yue
1902 – 1982
Shizuka Terata
b. 1975
Stafford LeRoy Irwin
1893 – 1955
Susan Jane Cunningham
1842 – 1921
Teno Roncalio
1916 – 2003
Thomas R. Berger
1933 – 2021
Thorold Rogers
1823 – 1890
Tony Vaughan
b. 1982
Ulrich Reimers
b. 1952
Vasko Simoniti
b. 1951
Viktor Korchnoi
1931 – 2016
Walter Rodney
1942 – 1980
… and 4,267 more
Died on March 23
Florian Znaniecki
1882 – 1958
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall
1841 – 1924
Arthur D. Hasler
1908 – 2001
Boris Berezovsky
1946 – 2013
Chen Zhongwei
1929 – 2004
Friedrich Hayek
1899 – 1992
Gabriel Compayré
1843 – 1913
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann
1826 – 1899
James Earl Rudder
1910 – 1970
Josef van Schaik
1882 – 1962
José Folgado
1944 – 2020
Juliusz Kleiner
1886 – 1957
Kuan Yew Lee
1923 – 2015
Léon Rosenfeld
1904 – 1974
Madeleine Albright
1937 – 2022
Napier Shaw
1854 – 1945
Nicolae Manolescu
1939 – 2024
Patricia Harris
1924 – 1985
Paul Fredericq
1850 – 1920
Paulo Duarte
1899 – 1984
Thoralf Skolem
1887 – 1963
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
1934 – 2012
Alex Tizon
1959 – 2017
Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu
1582 – 1653
Andrés Manuel del Río
1764 – 1849
Anton Constandse
1899 – 1985
Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
1871 – 1946
August Bach
1897 – 1966
Bernadotte Everly Schmitt
1886 – 1969
Bertram Stevens
1889 – 1973
Bhupinder Singh of Patiala
1891 – 1938
Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
1799 – 1864
Blanche Thebom
1915 – 2010
Daniel Chwolson
1819 – 1911
Denis Parsons Burkitt
1911 – 1993
Denis Voronenkov
1971 – 2017
Dimitar Stanchov
1863 – 1940
Doak Sheridan Campbell
1888 – 1973
Edmund Ezra Day
1883 – 1951
Eduard Reichenow
1883 – 1960
Elisaveta Bagryana
1893 – 1991
Elizabeth Taylor
1932 – 2011
Ferdinand von Arnim
1814 – 1866
Filaret Scriban
1811 – 1873
Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland
1580 – 1629
Franz Walter Stahlecker
1900 – 1942
Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham
1866 – 1958
George Milne, 1st Baron Milne
1866 – 1948
George Stuart Fullerton
1859 – 1925
Ghukas Chubaryan
1923 – 2009
Haim Ernst Wertheimer
1893 – 1978
Harold Elliott
1878 – 1931
Heinrich Rau
1899 – 1961
Igor Ozim
1931 – 2024
Ingeborg Rapoport
1912 – 2017
Ivo Lah
1896 – 1979
James Harithas
1932 – 2023
Jean Bartik
1924 – 2011
Jean Prouvé
1901 – 1984
Jean-Bernard Racine
1940 – 2026
Jean-Paul Laurens
1838 – 1921
Johann Georg von Lori
1723 – 1787
Joseph A. Canning
1882 – 1951
Joseph H. Silverman
1924 – 1989
José Bengoa
1945 – 2026
Jukka Mikkola
1943 – 2018
Justus Lipsius
1547 – 1606
Karekin Pastermadjian
1872 – 1923
Karl Hürthle
1860 – 1945
Karl Theodor von Heigel
1842 – 1915
Ken Howard
1944 – 2016
Kenji Tomita
1897 – 1977
Konstantin Stoilov
1853 – 1901
Leszek Długosz
1941 – 2024
Lev Pisarzhevsky
1874 – 1938
Lloyd Evans
1927 – 2015
Lora Lamm
1928 – 2025
Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein
1855 – 1936
Luis Donaldo Colosio
1950 – 1994
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear
1868 – 1942
Margaret Atwood Judson
1899 – 1991
Marie-Elisabeth Lüders
1878 – 1966
Marie-Jean-Lucien Lacaze
1860 – 1955
Mario Praz
1896 – 1982
Maurice Berger
1956 – 2020
Maurice Sarrail
1856 – 1929
Maurizio Pollini
1942 – 2024
Max Mason
1877 – 1961
Maximo Kalaw
1891 – 1955
Midge Costanza
1932 – 2010
Mikael Anckarsvärd
1742 – 1838
Miroslava Breach Velducea
1962 – 2017
Morris Dickstein
1940 – 2021
Neal E. Miller
1909 – 2002
Nicolas Fouquet
1615 – 1680
Nikolaus Dumba
1830 – 1900
Otto Lanz
1865 – 1935
Patrick Abercrombie
1879 – 1957
Paul Demiéville
1894 – 1979
Peter Kolosimo
1922 – 1984
Pier Luigi Romita
1924 – 2003
Piero Martinetti
1872 – 1943
Pierre Marraud
1861 – 1958
Pyotr Lysenko
1931 – 2020
Rafi Eitan
1926 – 2019
Raoul Dufy
1877 – 1953
René de Cornulier
1811 – 1886
Richard Leacock
1921 – 2011
Robert F. Chandler
1907 – 1991
Roberta Karmel
1937 – 2024
Rodolfo Acuña
1932 – 2026
Rupert Hamer
1916 – 2004
Sarah Bernhardt
1844 – 1923
Saul Lieberman
1898 – 1983
Serge Doubrovsky
1928 – 2017
Shahryar Khan
1934 – 2024
Shobha Ram Kumawat
1914 – 1984
Stefan Tytus Dąbrowski
1877 – 1947
Tadeusz Romer
1894 – 1978
Tadeusz Tański
1892 – 1941
Theodore Fred Abel
1896 – 1988
Thomas Brown
1861 – 1934
Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds
1713 – 1789
Torsten Rapp
1905 – 1993
Turibius of Mongrovejo
1538 – 1606
Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland
1940 – 2025
Victor J. Dowling
1866 – 1934
Vladimir Ivashov
1939 – 1995
Wayne Huizenga
1937 – 2018
Wilfrid Heighington
1897 – 1945
William Henry Keeler
1931 – 2017
Yuri Shvytkin
1965 – 2026
Zell Miller
1932 – 2018
Álvaro del Portillo
1914 – 1994
Évariste Lévi-Provençal
1894 – 1956
Abd-Al-Minaam Khaleel
1921 – 2022
Adolf Fischhof
1816 – 1893
Aharon Megged
1920 – 2016
Alberto Ongaro
1925 – 2018
Alexander Comstock Kirk
1888 – 1979
Alexey Razumovsky
1748 – 1822
Alfred Cadman
1847 – 1905
Alfred O. P. Nicholson
1808 – 1876
Alois Vojtěch Šembera
1807 – 1882
Alson S. Clark
1876 – 1949
Ana de Castro Osório
1872 – 1935
Anastasia Zuyeva
1896 – 1986
Andrzej Cwojdziński
1928 – 2022
André Lichtenberger
1870 – 1940
Anne Ancelin Schützenberger
1919 – 2018
Anton Lutskevich
1884 – 1942
Antony Padiyara
1921 – 2000
Aquilla Smith
1806 – 1890
Arnaud Beltrame
1973 – 2018
Arthur Lismer
1885 – 1969
Arthur Macalister
1818 – 1883
Arthur Melvin Okun
1928 – 1980
Artur Bernardes
1875 – 1955
Ashoka Mitran
1931 – 2017
Asta Nørregaard
1853 – 1933
Attila Kaszás
1960 – 2007
August von Kotzebue
1761 – 1819
Auguste Isaac
1849 – 1938
Azizul Haque
1892 – 1947
Basrief Arief
1947 – 2021
Beatrice Tinsley
1941 – 1981
Benimadhab Barua
1888 – 1948
Butler B. Miltonberger
1897 – 1977
C. K. Chandrappan
1935 – 2012
Charles Broad
1882 – 1976
Charles Carroll
1723 – 1783
Charles G. Boyd
1938 – 2022
Charles Lucas
1808 – 1869
Charles Spofford
1902 – 1991
Charles Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan
1945 – 2025
Chase Nielsen
1917 – 2007
Chico Anysio
1931 – 2012
Christopher Numar of Forli
Clarence W. Turner
1866 – 1939
Claude Auchinleck
1884 – 1981
Claudio Tolomei
1492 – 1556
Clement Davies
1884 – 1962
Coy Privette
1933 – 2015
César Lévano
1926 – 2019
Daniel Estrada
1947 – 2003
David Henshaw
1939 – 2014
David McTaggart
1932 – 2001
Dietrich Barfurth
1849 – 1927
Edmund Gettier
1927 – 2021
Eduardo Avaroa
1837 – 1879
Edward Bolton King
1801 – 1878
Edward M. Lewis
1872 – 1936
Edward Wentworth Beatty
1877 – 1943
Elizabeth A. Wood
1912 – 2006
Emily Barnelia Woodward
1885 – 1970
Ephraim Stern
1934 – 2018
Erich Neumann
1892 – 1951
Eugène-Ferdinand Buttura
1812 – 1852
Ferenc Wesselényi
1605 – 1667
Fernando Solana
1931 – 2016
… and 1,862 more