On This Day — May 23
4039 noted people were born and 1895 died on May 23 in our archive, including Célestin Port, John Bardeen and Alexander Chuprian.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on May 23
Célestin Port
1828 – 1901
John Bardeen
1908 – 1991
Alexander Chuprian
b. 1958
Anatoly Karpov
b. 1951
Antje Huber
1924 – 2015
Arthur Smith Woodward
1864 – 1944
Carl Linnaeus
1707 – 1778
Christine Antorini
b. 1965
Corrado Gini
1884 – 1965
David George Hogarth
1862 – 1927
Dina Titus
b. 1950
Edem Kodjo
1938 – 2020
Eduardo Hernández-Pacheco y Estevan
1872 – 1965
Elman Nasirov
b. 1968
Franz Anton Mesmer
1734 – 1815
George N. Parks
1953 – 2010
Hermann Gunkel
1862 – 1932
Hilary Lappin-Scott
b. 1955
Isabel Celaá
b. 1949
Janet Thornton
b. 1949
John Rust
b. 1955
Jordi Solé Tura
1930 – 2009
Leo Baeck
1873 – 1956
Michael Ashburner
1942 – 2023
Paul Mayer
1911 – 2010
Paul Vixie
b. 1963
Philippe Van Parijs
b. 1951
Robert Harbold McDowell
1894 – 1980
Roger Evans Howe
b. 1945
Rupert Scholz
b. 1937
Thoralf Skolem
1887 – 1963
Ursula Plassnik
b. 1956
Vladimir Poletayev
b. 1975
Vyacheslav Shtyrov
b. 1953
William Barr
b. 1950
William H. Press
b. 1948
Adelbert Althouse
1869 – 1954
Aharon Lichtenstein
1933 – 2015
Alan García
1949 – 2019
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer
1892 – 1975
Alfred Espinas
1844 – 1922
Alfred P. Sloan
1875 – 1966
Alupo Jessica Rose Epel
b. 1974
Angas Parsons
1872 – 1945
Annette Huber-Klawitter
b. 1967
Anthony M. Johnson
b. 1954
Antoine Triller
b. 1952
Antoni Kalina
1846 – 1906
Antonis Manitakis
1944 – 2026
Arabella Mansfield
1846 – 1911
Barbara Ward
1914 – 1981
Bernard W. Kearney
1889 – 1976
Béla Ternovszky
b. 1943
Carl Bloch
1834 – 1890
Carlos Alberto Barbosa Dantas
b. 1936
Clare Cavanagh
b. 1956
Claudia Hammond
b. 1971
Claudia Klüppelberg
b. 1953
Cora Sadosky
1940 – 2010
Dado Banatao
1946 – 2025
Damià Calvet i Valera
b. 1968
Dana Priest
b. 1957
Daniel DiNardo
b. 1949
Darcy James Argue
b. 1975
Dariusz Wieczorek
b. 1965
Davyd Arakhamia
b. 1979
Dennis Robertson
1890 – 1963
Dottie Lamm
b. 1937
Douglas Fairbanks
1883 – 1939
Drago Prgomet
b. 1965
Edgar Fahs Smith
1854 – 1928
Eduardo Lourenço
1923 – 2020
Edward Norton Lorenz
1917 – 2008
Egon Bretscher
1901 – 1973
Elizabeth Gunn
1879 – 1963
Ephraim Moses Lilien
1874 – 1925
Epitácio Pessoa
1865 – 1942
Ernest Kennaway
1881 – 1958
Ernst Niekisch
1889 – 1967
Esther Dweck
b. 1977
Esther M. Conwell
1922 – 2014
Federico Trillo
b. 1952
Francis Kelsey
1858 – 1927
François Dubet
b. 1946
Friedrich Achleitner
1930 – 2019
Friedrich Wilken
1777 – 1840
Gabi Burgstaller
b. 1963
Gabriel Liiceanu
b. 1942
Gary Barnett
b. 1946
George Osborne
b. 1971
George R. Dekle, Sr.
b. 1948
Gerhard Riege
1930 – 1992
Gerrit Braks
1933 – 2017
Grigori Chukhrai
1921 – 2001
Guinevere Turner
b. 1968
Hans Frank
1900 – 1946
Hermann Sahli
1856 – 1933
Hideo Saito
1902 – 1974
Ihor Tenyukh
b. 1958
Inger Andersen
b. 1958
Jared Mansfield
1759 – 1830
Jean Françaix
1912 – 1997
Jean-François Jacqueminot
1787 – 1865
Jean-François Jalkh
b. 1957
Jean-Luc Brédas
b. 1954
Jerzy Bralczyk
b. 1947
Jim Chamberlin
1915 – 1981
Joe Slovo
1926 – 1995
Johannes Fried
1942 – 2026
John Miller
1938 – 2017
John Payne
1912 – 1989
Josef Nadler
1884 – 1963
Josef Terboven
1898 – 1945
Josh Cooley
b. 1979
Joshua Lederberg
1925 – 2008
José Avelino Bettencourt
b. 1962
José de Salamanca, 1st Count of los Llanos
1811 – 1883
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz
1606 – 1682
Juan Grabois
b. 1983
Jules Lair
1836 – 1907
Károly Khuen-Héderváry
1849 – 1918
Lars Sponheim
b. 1957
Laurent Stocker
b. 1973
Liina Tennosaar
b. 1965
Lindsay Falvey
b. 1950
Ludwig Kaas
1881 – 1952
Ludwig Schwarz
1822 – 1894
Malay Ghosh
b. 1937
Malcolm MacLeod
1882 – 1969
Manuel Antonio Garretón
b. 1943
Manuel García Pelayo
1909 – 1991
Manuela Schwesig
b. 1974
Marc Jongen
b. 1968
Marek Wikiński
b. 1966
Martin Puryear
b. 1941
Mehdi Nawaz Jung
1894 – 1967
Menardo Guevarra
b. 1954
Michael Porter
b. 1947
Michael Shackleford
b. 1965
Michel Deguy
1930 – 2022
Michel-Édouard Leclerc
b. 1952
Mirjam Sterk
b. 1973
Mitch Albom
b. 1958
Nana Ama Browne Klutse
b. 1981
Nidhi Eoseewong
1940 – 2023
Nikodem Caro
1871 – 1935
Ole Richter
1829 – 1888
Pablo Muñoz Vega
1903 – 1994
Palden Thondup Namgyal
1923 – 1982
Pamela Nasiyo Kamugo
b. 1984
Pascal Soriot
b. 1959
Pavlo Sheremeta
b. 1971
Peter Schwartze
b. 1931
Philippe Verdier
b. 1968
Prahalad Chunnilal Vaidya
1918 – 2010
Preda Mihăilescu
b. 1955
Pär Lagerkvist
1891 – 1974
René-Nicolas Dufriche Desgenettes
1762 – 1837
Rex Austin
1931 – 2022
Richard Harrison
1921 – 2003
Rob Rogers
b. 1959
Robert A. M. Stern
1939 – 2025
Romulus Whitaker
b. 1943
Rosemary Clooney
1928 – 2002
Rudolf Criegee
1902 – 1975
Ryan Walters
b. 1985
Samuel Warren
1807 – 1877
Sanaul Huq
1924 – 1993
Serhii Plokhy
b. 1957
Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet
1810 – 1855
Stefan Ingves
b. 1953
Tambet Tuisk
b. 1976
Thomas Reiter
b. 1958
Tom Corcoran
b. 1939
Uriel Weinreich
1926 – 1967
Villu Reiljan
b. 1953
Vitaly Vulf
1930 – 2011
Viviane Baladi
b. 1963
Warner R. Schilling
1925 – 2013
William Collis Meredith
1812 – 1894
William Sheat
1899 – 1982
William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle
1909 – 1991
Youba Sokona
b. 1950
Zandaakhüügiin Enkhbold
b. 1966
Abdul Zahir
1910 – 1982
Adam Hofman
b. 1980
Adam Zabner
b. 1999
Adolf Pilar von Pilchau
1851 – 1925
Aime Forand
1895 – 1972
Alan Lees
1895 – 1973
Albert Sidney McLemore
1869 – 1921
Aleksey Obolensky
1819 – 1884
Alessia Mosca
b. 1975
Alex Renfroe
b. 1986
Alexander Goldfarb
b. 1947
Alexander Subotsin
b. 1976
Alexander Vyssotsky
1888 – 1973
Alfred Coit
1835 – 1879
Alfred Kirchhoff
1838 – 1907
Alfredo Cantu Gonzalez
1946 – 1968
… and 3,839 more
Died on May 23
Leopold von Ranke
1795 – 1886
Makoto Nagao
1936 – 2021
Abdias do Nascimento
1914 – 2011
Alfred Lagerheim
1843 – 1924
André Piganiol
1883 – 1968
Anton von Schmerling
1805 – 1893
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
1789 – 1857
David H. Frisch
1918 – 1991
Eric Carle
1929 – 2021
Franz Ernst Neumann
1798 – 1895
George John Romanes
1848 – 1894
Georges Claude
1870 – 1960
Heinrich Himmler
1900 – 1945
Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer
1801 – 1872
Homer Neal
1942 – 2018
Jean Van Houtte
1907 – 1991
John Forbes Nash
1928 – 2015
Lloyd Bentsen
1921 – 2006
Maria Velho da Costa
1938 – 2020
Mary K. Gaillard
1939 – 2025
René Capitant
1901 – 1970
Robert Zimmer
1947 – 2023
Roger Moore
1927 – 2017
Sir Percy Loraine, 12th Baronet
1880 – 1961
Tatsukichi Minobe
1873 – 1948
Telford Taylor
1908 – 1998
Åke Sundborg
1921 – 2007
Adela Pankhurst
1885 – 1961
Adolph Kupffer
1798 – 1865
Alberto Alesina
1957 – 2020
Alejandro Roces
1924 – 2011
Alessandro Natta
1918 – 2001
Alex Salaueu
1926 – 2021
Andrew James Louis Brennan
1877 – 1956
Antin Lukashevych
1873 – 1936
Arleen Schloss
1943 – 2026
August Jakobson
1904 – 1963
Augustin Joseph Schulte
1856 – 1937
Bertrand Collomb
1942 – 2019
Brian Houghton Hodgson
1800 – 1894
Camille Lefèvre
1853 – 1933
Charles Burton Gulick
1868 – 1962
Charles Edward Keyser
1847 – 1929
Clifford Antone
1949 – 2006
Constance Mabel Winchell
1896 – 1983
David Hillhouse Buel
1862 – 1923
David Lewis
1909 – 1981
Denis Pritt
1887 – 1972
Edward Malm
1899 – 1983
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy
1939 – 2026
Emil Kapaun
1916 – 1951
Ernst Niekisch
1889 – 1967
Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann
1801 – 1871
Fausto Lopo de Carvalho
1890 – 1970
Felix Eugen Fritsch
1879 – 1954
Fereydun Ebrahimi
1919 – 1947
Florence Violet McKenzie
1890 – 1982
Francesca Morvillo
1945 – 1992
Frank W. Clarke
1847 – 1931
François Coppée
1842 – 1908
Fred Forbát
1897 – 1972
Gaston Billotte
1875 – 1940
George Bruns
1914 – 1983
George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
1712 – 1790
George de Godzinsky
1914 – 1994
Giovanni Falcone
1939 – 1992
Gordon Browning
1889 – 1976
Grigory Broydo
1883 – 1956
Gustav Suits
1883 – 1956
Hamish Watson
1923 – 2001
Harald Bergström
1908 – 2001
Heinrich Hörlein
1882 – 1954
Heinrich Luden
1778 – 1847
Henri de Régnier
1864 – 1936
Henry Duncan McLaren
1879 – 1953
Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin
1866 – 1941
Hosei Norota
1929 – 2019
Ignacio Villamor
1863 – 1933
Ilkka Suominen
1939 – 2022
Ioan Buteanu
1821 – 1849
Ivan Sarailiev
1887 – 1969
James Mackay, 1st Earl of Inchcape
1852 – 1932
Jean Yanne
1933 – 2003
Jean-François Parot
1946 – 2018
Jean-Jacques Chevallier
1900 – 1983
Johan Richard Danielson-Kalmari
1853 – 1933
Johann Weber
1927 – 2020
John D. Rockefeller
1839 – 1937
John Francis Walker
1839 – 1907
John Michel
1804 – 1886
John T. Hayward
1908 – 1999
Jon Bilbao
1914 – 1994
Joseph-Enoil Michaud
1888 – 1967
Julian de Ajuriaguerra
1911 – 1993
Karel Otčenášek
1920 – 2011
Kronid Lyubarsky
1934 – 1996
Lionel Groulx
1878 – 1967
Lloyd Hulbert
1918 – 1987
Marion McCarrell Scott
1843 – 1922
Marjatta Rasi
1945 – 2021
Max Mosley
1940 – 2021
Maxime Maufra
1861 – 1918
Maxime Rodinson
1915 – 2004
Mikhail Alekseyev
1949 – 2014
Minute Alapati Taupo
1962 – 2022
Mykola Skorodynskyi
1757 – 1805
Oleksandr Mychajlovyč Kolessa
1867 – 1945
Otto Bahr Halvorsen
1872 – 1923
Paul Dubois
1829 – 1905
Paul Fussell
1924 – 2012
Paul Legentilhomme
1884 – 1975
Paul Nizan
1905 – 1940
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
1928 – 2021
Paweł Nowacki
1905 – 1979
Peter Dusek
1945 – 2024
Peter Landau
1935 – 2019
Peter von Köppen
1793 – 1864
Philip Henry Pye-Smith
1839 – 1914
Ramon Margalef
1919 – 2004
Rezső Bálint
1874 – 1929
Richard Lalor Sheil
1791 – 1851
Robert Macalister
1890 – 1967
Roh Moo-hyun
1946 – 2009
Sebastião Salgado
1944 – 2025
Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet
1792 – 1867
Srikumar Banerjee
1946 – 2021
Sylvain Van de Weyer
1802 – 1874
Thomas Dalling
1892 – 1982
William Aberhart
1878 – 1943
William Grant
1752 – 1832
Yen Hsi-shan
1883 – 1960
Adlay Stenroth
1896 – 1931
Ahmed Mestiri
1925 – 2021
Albert Jesse Bowley, Sr.
1875 – 1945
Albert Wolsky
1930 – 2026
Alexander Maxwell
1650 – 1730
Alexander O. Anderson
1794 – 1869
Alfred Cox
1825 – 1911
Alicja Simon
1879 – 1957
Alojz Tkáč
1934 – 2023
Altiero Spinelli
1907 – 1986
Amolak Chand Jain
1928 – 2021
Andrzej Zebrzydowski
1496 – 1560
Anita Gradin
1933 – 2022
Anne Meara
1929 – 2015
Antonio Horvath
1950 – 2018
Antranig Dzarugian
1913 – 1989
Arno Mohr
1910 – 2001
Arseny Vorozheykin
1914 – 2001
Arthur A'Beckett
1812 – 1871
Auguste III Blanchard
1819 – 1898
Baron Rodolphe Hottinguer
1835 – 1920
Benedict XIII
1328 – 1423
Benjamin Fillon
1819 – 1881
Betsy Bakker-Nort
1874 – 1946
Carl Nesjar
1920 – 2015
Carlos Lozano Guillén
1948 – 2018
Celestyn Czaplic
1723 – 1804
Charles Brand
1871 – 1966
Charles D. Cook
1935 – 2001
Charles DeKay
1848 – 1935
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
1878 – 1947
Charles R. Boutin
1942 – 2021
Charlie Douglas
1840 – 1916
Claud Alexander
1831 – 1899
Cotton Nash
1942 – 2023
Demchugdongrub
1902 – 1966
Diana Collins
1917 – 2003
Dimitrios Geraniotis
1871 – 1960
Domenico Pacini
1878 – 1934
Eddie Sutton
1936 – 2020
Eddy Blondeel
1906 – 2000
Eddy Howard
1914 – 1963
Edmund Różycki
1827 – 1893
Edward D. Anderson
1868 – 1940
Edward Livingston
1764 – 1836
Elena Žalinkevičaitė
1900 – 1986
Elias Solomon
1839 – 1909
Elmer Burkett
1867 – 1935
Fernando Primo de Rivera y Sobremonte
1831 – 1921
Franciscus van der Burch
1567 – 1644
Franco Anelli
1963 – 2024
Frank Haak Lattin
1861 – 1937
Frank Leander Sundstrom
1901 – 1980
Frank S. Petersen
1922 – 2011
Franklin Littel
1917 – 2009
Georg Schumann
1866 – 1952
George M. Eckels
1857 – 1916
Georgy Tovstonogov
1915 – 1989
Gerald O'Leary
1933 – 2014
Gerard Noel
1845 – 1918
Gerd Lüdemann
1946 – 2021
Girolamo Savonarola
1452 – 1498
Gustav Hamel
1889 – 1914
Géraud Duroc
1772 – 1813
Hans Streuli
1892 – 1970
Harry Lane
1855 – 1917
Hasan Hayri Tan
1880 – 1942
Heinrich Auspitz
1835 – 1886
Helen Hartness Flanders
1890 – 1972
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