On This Day — August 23
4006 noted people were born and 1837 died on August 23 in our archive, including Georges Cuvier, John Dugard and Osborne Reynolds.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 23
Georges Cuvier
1769 – 1832
John Dugard
b. 1936
Osborne Reynolds
1842 – 1912
Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant
1797 – 1886
Agnese Lāce
b. 1987
Aleksandr Verkhovsky
b. 1956
Aleksey Dmitriyenko
b. 1972
Alexander Novak
b. 1971
Alvin Hansen
1887 – 1975
Anatoly Kucherena
b. 1960
Andrei Pleșu
b. 1948
Andrew Pocock
b. 1955
Anthony R. Hunter
b. 1943
Anton von Schmerling
1805 – 1893
Auguste Bravais
1811 – 1863
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
b. 1980
Brooke Claxton
1898 – 1960
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
b. 1982
Conrad Longmire
1921 – 2010
Diana Baumrind
1927 – 2018
Friedrich Tiedemann
1781 – 1861
Galina Khovanskaya
b. 1943
Gilles-Éric Séralini
b. 1960
Giovanni Capellini
1833 – 1922
Greg Pak
b. 1968
Grigory Karasin
b. 1949
Gustaaf Wappers
1803 – 1874
H. V. R. Iengar
1902 – 1978
Halimah Yacob
b. 1954
Hamilton Smith
1931 – 2025
Heberto Castillo
1928 – 1997
Henry Tizard
1885 – 1959
Hozumi Nobushige
1855 – 1926
James Geikie
1839 – 1915
John Cockburn
1850 – 1929
Jules Bara
1835 – 1900
Julius Ashkin
1920 – 1982
Konstantin Novoselov
b. 1974
Marian Krzaklewski
b. 1950
Michel Rocard
1930 – 2016
Michel Wieviorka
b. 1946
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi
b. 1965
Mori Arinori
1847 – 1889
Onora O'Neill
b. 1941
Robert Curl
1933 – 2022
Roger Cukierman
b. 1936
Roza Otunbayeva
b. 1950
Sami Nair
b. 1946
Valentina Petrenko
b. 1955
Yurii Yekhanurov
b. 1948
Zofia Posmysz
1923 – 2022
Abdollah Ramezanzadeh
b. 1954
Abul Kalam Abdul Momen
b. 1947
Adrian Molina
b. 1985
Akhmad Kadyrov
1951 – 2004
Albert Benedict Wolfe
1876 – 1967
Alexandre Desplat
b. 1961
Alexei Besprozvannykh
b. 1979
Alla Dzhioyeva
b. 1949
Allan Kaprow
1927 – 2006
Alois Jirásek
1851 – 1930
Andreas Floer
1956 – 1991
Andrew Rannells
b. 1978
Andrzej Grzyb
b. 1956
Antoni Mężydło
b. 1954
Antonia Coello-Novello
b. 1944
Antonio Innocenti
1915 – 2008
Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia
1843 – 1927
Artūras Paulauskas
b. 1953
Ashok Chavda
b. 1978
Astley Cooper
1768 – 1841
August Ames
1994 – 2017
Bah Ndaw
b. 1950
Bengt Westerberg
b. 1943
Bernard Fisher
1918 – 2019
Bobby Watson
b. 1953
Borys Deich
1938 – 2022
Bożena Żelazowska
b. 1970
Charles Langelier
1850 – 1920
Christian Kettel Thomsen
b. 1959
Christian Pfister
b. 1944
Clark Blanchard Millikan
1903 – 1966
Clemens Fuest
b. 1968
Clifford Geertz
1926 – 2006
David Dodd
1895 – 1988
David Wolf
b. 1956
Dmitry Shparo
b. 1941
Donald J. Harris
b. 1938
E. Barrett Prettyman
1891 – 1971
Eero Lehti
b. 1944
Eitan Cabel
b. 1959
Eleftherios Venizelos
1864 – 1936
Elizabeth Grant
1963 – 2022
Erik Solem
1877 – 1949
Erling Selvig
b. 1931
Eva Hajičová
b. 1935
Felix Maria von Exner-Ewarten
1876 – 1930
François Fages
b. 1959
Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
1883 – 1964
Friedrich Zander
1887 – 1933
Frédéric Valletoux
b. 1966
G. Venkatasubbaiah
1913 – 2021
Gabriel von Max
1840 – 1915
Gene Kelly
1912 – 1996
Gretchen Whitmer
b. 1971
Hadja Idrissa Bah
b. 1999
Halina Abramczyk
b. 1951
Hannu Hoskonen
b. 1957
Harry Frank Guggenheim
1890 – 1971
Henry Acland
1815 – 1900
Henry Z. Steinway
1915 – 2008
Houari Boumédiène
1932 – 1978
Héctor García Cobo
1923 – 2015
Israel Gohberg
1928 – 2009
Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka
1950 – 2010
J. A. Todd
1908 – 1994
Jacques Rueff
1896 – 1978
Jakob Friedrich Fries
1773 – 1843
James Albert Bray
1870 – 1944
James Roosevelt Bayley
1814 – 1877
Jarbas Vasconcelos
b. 1942
Jay K. Katzen
1936 – 2020
Jehangir Sabavala
1922 – 2011
Joaquín Bau Nolla
1897 – 1973
Joaquín Fermandois Huerta
b. 1948
Joaquín Manglano Cucaló de Montull
1892 – 1985
John Chambers
b. 1949
John F. Hawley
1958 – 2021
John Fairclough
1930 – 2003
John J. Sheehan
b. 1940
John Nesbitt
1910 – 1960
John Sherman Cooper
1901 – 1991
Jon Woods
b. 1977
Jonathan Wartiovaara
1875 – 1937
Joseph Gilbert Totten
1788 – 1864
Julio Óscar Trelles Montes
1904 – 1990
János Simor
1813 – 1891
Karen S. Montgomery
b. 1935
Karl Theodor von Heigel
1842 – 1915
Kenneth Arrow
1921 – 2017
Kim Schrier
b. 1968
Lan-Bo Chen
b. 1943
Louise Rosenblatt
1904 – 2005
Lyubov Nepop
b. 1971
Manfred Donike
1933 – 1995
Marcello Alencar
1925 – 2014
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
b. 1952
Marian Seldes
1928 – 2014
Markus Müller
b. 1967
Martin Eichenbaum
b. 1954
María Consuelo Porras
b. 1953
Mats Svegfors
b. 1948
Matthew Donovan
b. 1958
Maurice G. Burnside
1902 – 1991
Max von Bonsdorff
1882 – 1967
Małgorzata Lebda
b. 1985
Mechthild Heil
b. 1961
Michael Young
b. 1966
Mikhail Ivanovich Ulyanov
b. 1958
Mikola Dziadok
b. 1988
Mohamed Abd-el-Kader Salem
b. 1948
Moritz Cantor
1829 – 1920
Muhwezi Jim Katugugu
b. 1950
Nik Ranieri
b. 1961
Nils Ahnlund
1889 – 1957
Ogden L. Mills
1884 – 1937
Olga Perepechina
b. 1967
Park Chan-wook
b. 1963
Patrick John Keeling
b. 1969
Philippe Mestre
1927 – 2017
Queen Noor of Jordan
b. 1951
Ram Dayal Munda
1939 – 2011
Rathvon M. Tompkins
1912 – 1999
Rem Viakhirev
1934 – 2013
René de Chambrun
1906 – 2002
Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow
1876 – 1945
Robert Knox Ross
1893 – 1951
Robert Solow
1924 – 2023
Roberta L. Rudnick
b. 1958
Roland Dumas
1922 – 2024
Roy Strong
b. 1935
Sarah Parker
b. 1942
Shelley Long
b. 1949
Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Baronet
1751 – 1804
Sofie van den Enk
b. 1980
Stanisław Stabro
b. 1948
Tatsuji Miyoshi
1900 – 1964
Thomas A. Steitz
1940 – 2018
Tom Koutsantonis
b. 1971
Vera Miles
b. 1930
Viktor Heikel
1842 – 1927
Viktor Zimin
1962 – 2020
Vyacheslav Stepanov
1889 – 1950
Wayne R. Dynes
1934 – 2021
William Eccles
1875 – 1966
William Lane Craig
b. 1949
William Primrose
1904 – 1982
Włodzimierz Brus
1921 – 2007
Włodzimierz Kotoński
1925 – 2014
Yair Tzaban
b. 1930
… and 3,806 more
Died on August 23
Reinhard Selten
1930 – 2016
Anthony Stafford Beer
1926 – 2002
Antonín Baudyš
1946 – 2010
Augustus George Vernon Harcourt
1834 – 1919
Ayyappa Paniker
1930 – 2006
Boris Ebzeyev
1950 – 2026
Carl Frederik Bricka
1845 – 1903
Eva Adams
1908 – 1991
Florence Barbara Seibert
1897 – 1991
Frederic G. Kenyon
1863 – 1952
Hans Lewy
1904 – 1988
Hellmuth Kneser
1898 – 1973
Henriette Bie Lorentzen
1911 – 2001
John Kendrew
1917 – 1997
Leopold Schmetterer
1919 – 2004
Luigi Arialdo Radicati di Brozolo
1919 – 2019
Naum Gabo
1890 – 1977
Robert Mertens
1894 – 1975
Rudolf Kochendörffer
1911 – 1980
Takeuchi Seihō
1864 – 1942
Thomas Huckle Weller
1915 – 2008
Viktor Orlov
1940 – 2021
Yevgeny Prigozhin
1961 – 2023
A. Starker Leopold
1913 – 1983
Alexander Duncker
1813 – 1897
Alfred S. Bloomingdale
1916 – 1982
Anders Fredrik Skjöldebrand
1757 – 1834
Archibald Church
1886 – 1954
Augusta Chiwy
1921 – 2015
Balys Dvarionas
1904 – 1972
Brian Coyle
1944 – 1991
Bruno Trentin
1926 – 2007
Carl Fredrik Meinander
1916 – 2004
Charles Rafter
1860 – 1935
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
1736 – 1806
Colin Hall Simpson
1894 – 1964
David Warnock
1865 – 1932
Deodoro da Fonseca
1827 – 1892
Dionisio Anzilotti
1867 – 1950
Edvard Ravnikar
1907 – 1993
Egi Kazuyuki
1853 – 1932
Eugène Schueller
1881 – 1957
Fiona Richardson
1966 – 2017
Francisco Dornelles
1935 – 2023
François de Joyeuse
1562 – 1615
George Walker
1922 – 2018
Giovanni Mercati
1866 – 1957
Gustave Paul Cluseret
1823 – 1900
Hans Hoff
1897 – 1969
Hans Julius Wolff
1902 – 1983
Harry W. Colmery
1890 – 1979
Henry Bilson-Legge
1708 – 1764
Henry Rogers Seager
1870 – 1930
Henryk Siemiradzki
1843 – 1902
Henryk Sławik
1894 – 1944
Hertha Ayrton
1854 – 1923
Hugh H. Young
1870 – 1945
Israel Sieff, Baron Sieff
1889 – 1972
Jaan Sarv
1877 – 1954
Jean-Luc Nancy
1940 – 2021
Jiřina Šejbalová
1905 – 1981
Johann Georg Anton Geuther
1833 – 1889
John Nicholas Luff
1860 – 1938
Justus Henning Böhmer
1674 – 1749
Kihachirō Kawamoto
1925 – 2010
Klaus-Michael Kühne
1937 – 2026
Konstantin Totsky
1950 – 2018
Konstanty Miodowicz
1951 – 2013
Kozo Watanabe
1932 – 2020
Kuldip Nayar
1923 – 2018
Kyrylo Wyshynsky
1967 – 2025
Louise Noun
1908 – 2002
Ludwig von Hofmann
1861 – 1945
Manuel Rico Avello
1886 – 1936
Maria Janion
1926 – 2020
Marie Tharp
1920 – 2006
Martha Rountree
1911 – 1999
Martti Pokela
1924 – 2007
Paolo Volponi
1924 – 1994
Philippa Strachey
1872 – 1968
Pierre Dangeard
1895 – 1970
Pierre Deval
1757 – 1829
Predrag Matić
1962 – 2024
Reinhold Bocklet
1943 – 2025
Rhoda Erdmann
1870 – 1935
Robert Edmond Grant
1793 – 1874
Rolando Cubela Secades
1932 – 2022
Rufus Edward Foster
1871 – 1942
Shlomo Sternberg
1936 – 2024
Tatiana Zaslavskaya
1927 – 2013
Terry Funk
1944 – 2023
Tofig Bakikhanov
1930 – 2026
Viktor Kaplan
1876 – 1934
Viktor Zaretsky
1925 – 1990
Walter Anderson
1885 – 1962
Walter Thiel
1949 – 2019
William Glasser
1925 – 2013
Witold Nowacki
1911 – 1986
Ahti Pekkala
1924 – 2014
Alan Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland
1880 – 1930
Albert J. Hopkins
1846 – 1922
Albert Roussel
1869 – 1937
Aleksander Augustynowicz
1865 – 1944
Alexandre Hay
1919 – 1991
Alexey Andreevich Anselm
1934 – 1998
Alexis Irénée du Pont
1816 – 1857
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1898 – 1995
André Melançon
1942 – 2016
Anna Tõrvand-Tellmann
1880 – 1953
Anna-Maria Müller
1949 – 2009
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
1760 – 1831
Benjamin M. Rosen
1933 – 2026
Bernard Lieder
1923 – 2020
Bernhard Linde
1886 – 1954
Bert M. Fernald
1858 – 1926
Bette Bourne
1939 – 2024
Brock Peters
1927 – 2005
Carl H. Milam
1884 – 1963
Cecil Hoare
1892 – 1984
Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, Viscount Newark
1805 – 1850
Charles Laceille Gifford
1871 – 1947
Charles-Joseph Natoire
1700 – 1777
Charlton Reid Beattie
1869 – 1925
Chester D. Hubbard
1814 – 1891
Chu Minyi
1884 – 1946
Clarence J. Brown
1893 – 1965
Daniel Farhi
1941 – 2021
Daniel Mérillon
1852 – 1925
David Jardine Jardine
1847 – 1922
David Koch
1940 – 2019
Dean Meminger
1948 – 2013
Dieter Thomas Heck
1937 – 2018
Duke Ferdinand I, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen
1769 – 1830
Dušan Třeštík
1933 – 2007
Edme-Jean Baptiste Bouillon-Lagrange
1764 – 1844
Eduardo Angeloz
1931 – 2017
Eduardo Luiz Barros Barbosa
1958 – 2023
Eduardo Quisumbing
1895 – 1986
Edzo Toxopeus
1918 – 2009
Einar Dahl
1880 – 1956
Elizabeth Blackadder
1931 – 2021
Enoch Chase
1809 – 1892
Enoch Louis Lowe
1820 – 1892
Eric Gairy
1922 – 1997
Eugenio Méndez Docurro
1923 – 2015
Federico Kurtz
1854 – 1920
Francesco Minerva
1904 – 2004
Francis Jayne
1845 – 1921
Francisco Pacheco de Toledo
1508 – 1579
Franck Venaille
1936 – 2018
Franz Xaver von Neveu
1749 – 1828
Fray Mocho
1858 – 1903
Frederic Hughes
1858 – 1944
Fulco Ruffo di Calabria
1884 – 1946
George A. Keyworth, II
1939 – 2017
George Agnew Reid
1860 – 1947
George R. C. Stuart
1924 – 2008
George Sheldon
1947 – 2018
George T. Smith
1916 – 2010
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
1592 – 1628
Georges Holvoet
1874 – 1967
Gerald Potterton
1931 – 2022
Gerhard Hanappi
1929 – 1980
Gheorghe Bengescu
1848 – 1921
Gil Álvarez de Albornoz
1310 – 1367
Giora Yoseftal
1912 – 1962
Giovanni Inchindi
1798 – 1876
Giovanni Minzoni
1885 – 1923
Glen Gray
1906 – 1963
Gnaeus Julius Agricola
AD 40 – AD 93
Gotthard Sachsenberg
1891 – 1961
Gunilla Bergström
1942 – 2021
Hajo Meyer
1924 – 2014
Harold Cressy
1889 – 1916
Harry Benjamin Jepson
1870 – 1952
Hasmik
1879 – 1947
Hayne D. Boyden
1897 – 1978
Henning Voscherau
1941 – 2016
Henry C. Mustin
1874 – 1923
Henry Harris
1856 – 1941
Henry de Vilmorin
1843 – 1899
Henry le Despenser
1341 – 1406
Hugo, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen
1816 – 1897
Hunt Stromberg
1894 – 1968
Increase Mather
1639 – 1723
Ion Clopoțel
1892 – 1986
Ivan Kraskovsky
1880 – 1955
Jack Dyer
1913 – 2003
Jack Rosenthal
1935 – 2017
Jakša Račić
1868 – 1943
James Arthur Mathewson
1890 – 1963
James Bowen Everhart
1821 – 1888
James H. Cassidy
1869 – 1926
James Hageman
1930 – 2006
James Serrin
1926 – 2012
Jan Sedivka
1917 – 2009
Jaume Vallcorba Plana
1949 – 2014
Jean-Antoine de Mesmes
1661 – 1723
Jeannie Rousseau
1919 – 2017
John Byron, 1st Baron Byron
1598 – 1652
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