On This Day — April 23
4204 noted people were born and 1990 died on April 23 in our archive, including Ajdar Ismayilov, Johannes Fibiger and Andrew Lawrence.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on April 23
Ajdar Ismayilov
1938 – 2022
Johannes Fibiger
1867 – 1928
Andrew Lawrence
b. 1954
André Gaudreault
b. 1952
Archibald Nye
1895 – 1967
Augustus Addison Gould
1805 – 1866
Ben van Beurden
b. 1958
Bernard Cottret
1951 – 2020
Bertil Ohlin
1899 – 1979
Daniel Choquet
b. 1962
Danilo Astori
1940 – 2023
Erling Eidem
1880 – 1972
Fer
1949 – 2020
Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda
1892 – 1979
George Steiner
1929 – 2020
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto
1751 – 1814
Gjergj Pekmezi
1872 – 1938
Gordon Hirabayashi
1918 – 2012
Gulchohra Mammadova
b. 1953
Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel
1512 – 1580
Jerzy Bahr
1944 – 2016
Jordi Carbonell i de Ballester
1924 – 2016
Joseph Georges Bouchard
1888 – 1956
Jules Sylvain Zeller
1820 – 1900
Kees Staf
1905 – 1973
Lester B. Pearson
1897 – 1972
María Luz Morales
1890 – 1980
Max Planck
1858 – 1947
Mongi Hamdi
b. 1959
Nikolay Ilminsky
1822 – 1891
Nikolay Slavyanov
1854 – 1897
Radosław Gruk
b. 1971
Raymond Tomlinson
1941 – 2016
Rossana Rossanda
1924 – 2020
Solomon Mikhlin
1908 – 1990
Stanisław Wielgus
b. 1939
Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet
1943 – 2008
Timothy Garden, Baron Garden
1944 – 2007
Vladimir Kulakov
b. 1944
Vladimir Lebedev
1962 – 2023
Wilhelm Wackernagel
1806 – 1869
Abderrashid Ibrahim
1857 – 1944
Ahmed Majdalani
b. 1955
Albert I of Saxony
1828 – 1902
Aleksandr Burkov
b. 1967
Algirdas Šemeta
b. 1962
Ali-Agha Shikhlinski
1865 – 1943
Anda Rottenberg
b. 1944
André Lassagne
1911 – 1953
Annette Sawade
b. 1953
Archibald James Murray
1860 – 1945
Arnold van Gennep
1873 – 1957
Arthur Robinson
1872 – 1945
Arthur Twining Hadley
1856 – 1930
Auguste Vallet de Viriville
1815 – 1868
Aviv Kochavi
b. 1964
Bailey Aldrich
1907 – 2002
Barry Douglas
b. 1960
Bas Haring
b. 1968
Benjamin de Rolland
1773 – 1855
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
b. 1947
Bernhard Stengele
b. 1963
Bob Wright
b. 1943
Boris Yakovlevich Zel'dovich
1944 – 2018
C. Fred Bergsten
b. 1941
Carl Ferdinand Allen
1811 – 1871
Carter Harrison IV
1860 – 1953
Charles Fouqueray
1869 – 1956
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
1675 – 1722
Charles Welche
1828 – 1902
Chris Hegedus
b. 1952
Chris Williams
b. 1968
Christian Jambet
b. 1949
Cindy Rosenwald
b. 1954
Dan Meridor
b. 1947
Dawn Arnold
b. 1966
Didier Opertti
b. 1937
E. J. Dionne
b. 1952
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
1861 – 1936
Edward Leong
b. 1939
Edward Stafford
1819 – 1901
Edwin Lankester
1814 – 1874
Elisabeth Bronfen
b. 1958
Emil Welti
1825 – 1899
Eugenia Malinnikova
b. 1974
Eugène Belgrand
1810 – 1878
Everton Blair
b. 1992
Felice Carlo Besostri
1944 – 2024
Francis Austen
1774 – 1865
Fred Upton
b. 1953
Frederick Andrew Inderwick
1836 – 1904
Frederick R. Goff
1916 – 1982
Fridtjov Søiland Birkeli
1906 – 1983
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr
1748 – 1794
Gaetano Quagliariello
b. 1960
Gaspard Nemius
1587 – 1667
Geoffrey Marshall
1887 – 1982
Georges Vanier
1888 – 1967
Gianandrea Noseda
b. 1964
Gillian Whitehead
b. 1941
Gino Casassa
b. 1958
Gleb Skorokhodov
1930 – 2012
Glyn Daniel
1914 – 1986
Hal Daub
b. 1941
Helio Jaguaribe
1923 – 2018
Henrik Steffens Hagerup
1806 – 1859
Henry Young
1803 – 1870
Herman Z. Cummins
1933 – 2010
Howard Markel
b. 1960
Hurşit Güneş
b. 1957
Ian Brossat
b. 1980
Ivan Snegiryov
1793 – 1868
J. P. Donleavy
1926 – 2017
Jack Silver
1942 – 2016
James Anthony Froude
1818 – 1894
James Kirkup
1918 – 2009
Janne Wallenius
b. 1968
Jeremy D. Safran
1952 – 2018
Jerzy Perzanowski
1943 – 2009
Jnanendra Nath Mukherjee
1893 – 1983
Johann Friedrich von Schulte
1827 – 1914
Johann Georg Anton Geuther
1833 – 1889
Johann Georg Liebknecht
1679 – 1749
Johannes Hudde
1628 – 1704
John Cena
b. 1977
John Cullberg
1895 – 1983
John Oliver
b. 1977
José Jorge Loureiro
1791 – 1860
Józef Cyrankiewicz
1911 – 1989
Lee Majors
b. 1939
Leni Robredo
b. 1965
Lev Prygunov
b. 1939
Llucia Ramis i Laloux
b. 1977
Loek Hermans
b. 1951
Lucius D. Clay
1897 – 1978
Lukáš M. Vytlačil
b. 1985
Mahmood Mamdani
b. 1946
Marcel L'Herbier
1888 – 1979
Mary E. Brunkow
b. 1961
Maurice Druon
1918 – 2009
Max Margules
1856 – 1920
Mesfin Woldemariam
1930 – 2020
Mihaela Zavolan
b. 1968
Minoru Shirota
1899 – 1982
Nathan Philemon Bryan
1872 – 1935
Nikolay Voronov
1899 – 1968
Nikolay Zheludev
b. 1955
Noppadon Pattama
b. 1961
Oleg Malov
b. 1947
Olga Kern
b. 1975
Paavo Lipponen
b. 1941
Park Sung-joon
b. 1969
Paul Boundoukou-Latha
1952 – 2020
Paul Collier
b. 1949
Paul J. McAuley
b. 1955
Pierre du Buat
1734 – 1809
Richard M. Blatchford
1798 – 1875
Richard Mottram
b. 1946
Risto Hyvärinen
1926 – 2018
Robert Ajayi Boroffice
b. 1949
Robert Burgess
1947 – 2022
Ron Robin
b. 1951
Ronald MacDonald
b. 1955
Sandra Dee
1942 – 2005
Selman Akbulut
b. 1949
Sharman Stone
b. 1951
Shirley Temple
1928 – 2014
Shlomo Hillel
1923 – 2021
Simon Picken
b. 1966
Sir William Waterlow, 1st Baronet
1871 – 1931
Stanley Price Weir
1866 – 1944
Stephen Dalton
b. 1954
Steve Thull
b. 1967
Sultan Sosnaliyev
1942 – 2008
Svyatoslav Gabuda
1936 – 2015
Terence O'Brien
1830 – 1903
Thomas Dalling
1892 – 1982
Tim Maudlin
b. 1958
Tina Andrews
b. 1951
Tom Doherty
b. 1936
Unity Dow
b. 1959
Valentin Brück
1911 – 1980
Valentín Paz-Andrade
1898 – 1987
W. Hugh Woodin
b. 1955
W. W. Herenton
b. 1940
Walter Cooper
1888 – 1973
Weldon B. Gibson
1917 – 2001
William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton
1851 – 1913
William William
1731 – 1811
Étienne Balibar
b. 1942
Ōki Takatō
1832 – 1899
Adah Louise Killion Jenkins
1901 – 1973
Adolf Hedin
1834 – 1905
Akhlaq Ur-Rahman Choudhury
b. 1967
Akua Dansua
b. 1958
Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni
b. 1972
Alan Broadbent
b. 1947
Alan N. Shapiro
b. 1956
Alejandro Hales
1923 – 2001
Alexander Cochrane
1758 – 1832
… and 4,004 more
Died on April 23
Aleksey Pimanov
1962 – 2026
Carl Ludwig
1816 – 1895
Frank Shu
1943 – 2023
Frank W. J. Olver
1924 – 2013
Giovanni Galloni
1927 – 2018
Guido Carli
1914 – 1993
Johan Witteveen
1921 – 2019
Juan de Contreras y López de Ayala
1893 – 1978
Katsutada Sezawa
1895 – 1944
Luis González Seara
1936 – 2016
Maurice Clavel
1920 – 1979
Max van der Stoel
1924 – 2011
Michael Ramsey
1904 – 1988
Robert H. Dennard
1932 – 2024
Stefan Korboński
1901 – 1989
Émile Ripert
1882 – 1948
Abram Bergson
1914 – 2003
Albert Ruskin Cook
1870 – 1951
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov
1777 – 1861
Alexander von Güldenstubbe
1801 – 1884
Antonio Maccanico
1924 – 2013
Auguste Laurent
1807 – 1853
Austin Wright
1922 – 2003
Benjamin Harshav
1928 – 2015
Boris Yeltsin
1931 – 2007
Camillo Ripamonti
1919 – 1997
Charles Braibant
1889 – 1976
Charles D. Herron
1877 – 1977
Charles Francis Greville
1749 – 1809
Charles G. Dawes
1865 – 1951
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg
1778 – 1866
Charles Lorin
1866 – 1940
Cornelis Jan Bakker
1904 – 1960
Cyril Falls
1888 – 1971
Dan Kaminsky
1979 – 2021
Daniel Chipman
1765 – 1850
David Halberstam
1934 – 2007
David M. Walker
1944 – 2001
Diego de Argumosa
1792 – 1865
Dimitar Rizov
1862 – 1918
Dorothy Hill
1907 – 1997
Dudley Marjoribanks, 3rd Baron Tweedmouth
1874 – 1935
Edward Samuel Corwin
1878 – 1963
Erik Gustaf Geijer
1783 – 1847
Eugen Huber
1849 – 1923
Fouad Mebazaa
1933 – 2025
Frank Field
1942 – 2024
Friedrich Preller the Elder
1804 – 1878
Gabriel Jönsson
1892 – 1984
George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex
1757 – 1839
Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera
1899 – 1973
Gédéon Ouimet
1823 – 1905
Haddon Donald
1917 – 2018
Harry Bolton Seed
1922 – 1989
Hein Vos
1903 – 1972
Heinrich Müller-Breslau
1851 – 1925
Heitarō Inagaki
1888 – 1976
Igor Chueshov
1951 – 2016
Isaac Witkin
1936 – 2006
Jacques Rueff
1896 – 1978
James Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe
1816 – 1879
James M. Beggs
1926 – 2020
Janusz Symonides
1938 – 2020
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1921 – 2019
Jerome Lettvin
1920 – 2011
Jerrold Meinwald
1927 – 2018
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
1911 – 2005
Johann Rudolf Czernin von und zu Chudenic
1757 – 1845
Johannes Canuti Lenaeus
1573 – 1669
John A. Osborn
1939 – 2000
John Mills
1908 – 2005
Julian Abele
1881 – 1950
Karel Zahradník
1848 – 1916
Karl Ludwig von Bruck
1798 – 1860
Karl Theodor Helfferich
1872 – 1924
Konstantinos Karamanlis
1907 – 1998
Lalith Athulathmudali
1936 – 1993
LeRoy T. Walker
1918 – 2012
Malcolm Robertson
1877 – 1951
Manfred T. Reetz
1943 – 2026
Maurice of Nassau
1567 – 1625
Mei Ju-ao
1904 – 1973
Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington
1877 – 1916
Michael Patrick Walsh
1912 – 1982
Michael Williams
1949 – 2017
Nancy Cox
1949 – 2026
Nikolay Bortsov
1945 – 2023
Nils John Nilsson
1933 – 2019
Oleksandr Markevych
1905 – 1999
Orator Fuller Cook
1867 – 1949
Orrin Hatch
1934 – 2022
P. P. Lazarev
1878 – 1942
Park Jung-yang
1872 – 1959
Pavel Novgorodtsev
1866 – 1924
Periklis Kallidopoulos
1872 – 1950
Peter Porter
1929 – 2010
Reinhold Seeberg
1859 – 1935
Sam Ervin
1896 – 1985
Sarah T. Hughes
1896 – 1985
Scott Sloan
1954 – 2019
Victor Augagneur
1855 – 1931
William Frederick King
1854 – 1916
William H. Stewart
1921 – 2008
William Thrift
1870 – 1942
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
1884 – 1963
Yuri Gulyayev
1930 – 1986
Al Grassby
1926 – 2005
Alan G. Thomas
1927 – 2019
Albrecht Haushofer
1903 – 1945
Alexander Contee Hanson
1786 – 1819
Alfred Burgemeister
1906 – 1970
Anatoly Akentyev
1942 – 2023
André Theuriet
1833 – 1907
Anton Ghon
1866 – 1936
Armond Seidler
1919 – 2017
Arno
1949 – 2022
Arthur Leyland Harrison
1886 – 1918
Asano Nagayuki
1864 – 1947
August F. Foerste
1862 – 1936
Auguste Pierre Louis Couvreur
1827 – 1894
Banhan Sinlapa-acha
1932 – 2016
Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear
1913 – 1997
Bertus Aafjes
1914 – 1993
Bill Barnes
1917 – 2009
Bob Dorough
1923 – 2018
Buster Crabbe
1908 – 1983
Camille Mauclair
1872 – 1945
Carlo Arnaudi
1899 – 1970
Carlo Maria Maggi
1630 – 1699
Catherine Langeais
1923 – 1998
Cedric C. Smith
1895 – 1969
Charles Edward Russell
1860 – 1941
Charles George Tottenham
1835 – 1918
Charles Hepburn Johnston
1912 – 1986
Charles Keck
1875 – 1951
Claude Bessy
1932 – 2026
Daniel P. Ward
1918 – 1995
David Marquand
1934 – 2024
Davidge Gould
1758 – 1847
Delaine Eastin
1947 – 2024
Detta O'Cathain, Baroness O'Cathain
1938 – 2021
Diori Hamani
1916 – 1989
Doxie Moore
1911 – 1986
Edgar Burgess
1891 – 1952
Edward Travis
1888 – 1956
Elijah Embree Hoss
1849 – 1919
Emilie Desjeux
1861 – 1957
Enoch Kelly Haney
1940 – 2022
Eugene Frederick Ladd
1859 – 1927
Eugenio Aguilar
1804 – 1879
F. Michael Rogers
1921 – 2014
Frank Arthur Brock
1888 – 1918
Frank C. Moore
1896 – 1978
Frank Justus Miller
1858 – 1938
Franklin Bartlett
1847 – 1909
Frederick Fisher
1894 – 1915
Fuad El-Hibri
1958 – 2022
George Munro
1825 – 1896
Gerhard vom Rath
1830 – 1888
Ghafar Baba
1925 – 2006
Gustav Schwalbe
1844 – 1916
Gyula Károlyi
1871 – 1947
Haagen Ringnes
1928 – 2008
Harold Arlen
1905 – 1986
Heinrich Konietzny
1910 – 1983
Henry B. Guppy
1854 – 1926
Henry William Wilberforce
1807 – 1873
Horace Griggs Prall
1881 – 1951
Howard Cosell
1918 – 1995
Ignaz von Olfers
1793 – 1871
Inge King
1915 – 2016
Inge Viermetz
1908 – 1997
Ivan Pereverzev
1914 – 1978
Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin
1768 – 1839
Jacques Perry
1921 – 2016
James Chalgren
1951 – 2000
James Hall Huling
1844 – 1918
James Wood
1760 – 1839
Jan Balabán
1961 – 2010
Jean Victor Allard
1913 – 1996
Jean-Armand de Bessuéjouls Roquelaure
1721 – 1818
Jeremy Joyner White
1938 – 1990
Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa
1935 – 2022
Johan Storjohann
1832 – 1914
John C. Stennis
1901 – 1995
John Jeremie
1795 – 1841
John M. Stotsenburg
1858 – 1899
John McDonald
1898 – 1977
John Pott
1919 – 2005
John Stephen Bazin
1796 – 1848
John Williams Walker
1783 – 1823
John Wurts
1792 – 1861
John Young
1802 – 1852
Johnny Checketts
1912 – 2006
Johnny Neumann
1951 – 2019
Jonnie Boer
1965 – 2025
Josep Pla
1897 – 1981
Joseph Stewart
1822 – 1904
José Luis Comellas
1928 – 2021
José Rizo Castellón
1944 – 2019
… and 1,790 more