On This Day — November 23
3864 noted people were born and 1997 died on November 23 in our archive, including Gwynne Shotwell, Alexander Dabravolski and Alice Carmichael Harris.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on November 23
Gwynne Shotwell
b. 1963
Alexander Dabravolski
b. 1958
Alice Carmichael Harris
b. 1947
Ankie Broekers-Knol
b. 1946
Anthony E. Siegman
1931 – 2011
Bobby Cummines
1951 – 2026
Daniel David
b. 1972
Debra Elmegreen
b. 1952
Frank Bournois
b. 1962
Franz Bracht
1877 – 1933
Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz
b. 1959
Günter Gaus
1929 – 2004
Henry Morshead
1882 – 1931
Henry Moseley
1887 – 1915
Henry Rousso
b. 1954
Herbert S. Eleuterio
1927 – 2022
Hikaru Matsunaga
1928 – 2022
Hirendranath Mukherjee
1907 – 2004
Ian Hodder
b. 1948
Jakob Yngvason
b. 1945
Joan Fuster
1922 – 1992
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
1837 – 1923
John Wallis
1616 – 1703
Jonas Basanavičius
1851 – 1927
Karol Modzelewski
1937 – 2019
Kipras Petrauskas
1885 – 1968
Laurie Bristow
b. 1963
Lena Dąbkowska-Cichocka
b. 1973
Leonor Beleza
b. 1948
Mamie Till
1921 – 2003
Manuel Fraga
1922 – 2012
Mikhail Artamonov
1898 – 1972
Naokazu Takemoto
b. 1940
Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri
b. 1950
Paik Sun-yup
1920 – 2020
Peter Chalmers Mitchell
1864 – 1945
Rita R. Colwell
b. 1934
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir
1961 – 2020
Santa Ono
b. 1962
Shinichiro Kurimoto
b. 1941
Volodymyr Sabodan
1935 – 2014
William G. Kaelin
b. 1957
Üllar Saaremäe
b. 1969
Aaron Cohen-Gadol
b. 1970
Abraham Baldwin
1754 – 1807
Adi Altschuler
b. 1986
Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
1886 – 1960
Alf Sommerfelt
1892 – 1965
Among Anita Annet
b. 1973
Andrey Moguchy
b. 1961
Andrzej Janikowski
1799 – 1864
Angelo Sodano
1927 – 2022
Antonio Vázquez Romero
b. 1951
Ararat Mirzoyan
b. 1979
Bernard Foccroulle
b. 1953
Bernt Johan Collet
b. 1941
Blanton C. Winship
1869 – 1947
Bård Breivik
1948 – 2016
Carlos Benjamin de Lyra
1927 – 1974
Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd
b. 1965
Chad Mirkin
b. 1963
Charles Cardale Babington
1808 – 1895
Charles Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross
1818 – 1903
Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion
1843 – 1899
Chuck Schumer
b. 1950
Constantine Dzhussoev
b. 1967
Dan Crawford
b. 1953
Daniel Brewster
1923 – 2007
Dawson Bates
1876 – 1949
Doug Morris
b. 1938
Eduard Nazarov
1941 – 2016
Elisa Giustinianovich
b. 1984
Erik Nordenskiöld
1872 – 1933
Ernest King
1878 – 1956
François-Xavier Bustillo
b. 1968
Frederic Vester
1925 – 2003
George B. McClellan Jr.
1865 – 1940
George Bruce Halsted
1853 – 1922
Gil Kerlikowske
b. 1949
Giorgi Chitaia
1890 – 1986
Grete Tartler
b. 1948
Guram Odisharia
b. 1951
Günther Beckstein
b. 1943
Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz
b. 1945
Hanson Edward Ely
1867 – 1958
Hardit Malik
1894 – 1985
Harlow S. Orton
1817 – 1895
Heather Mac Donald
b. 1956
Hein Roethof
1921 – 1996
Heinrich Hansen
1821 – 1890
Hjalmar Branting
1860 – 1925
Isaac Todhunter
1820 – 1884
James Killen
1925 – 2007
Jan Roothaan
1785 – 1853
Jean Chamant
1913 – 2010
Jean-François Zygel
b. 1960
Jean-Pierre Foucault
b. 1947
Jeremy Stone
1935 – 2017
Jochem Douma
1931 – 2020
Johan Frederik van Oordt
1794 – 1852
John Gudenus
1940 – 2016
John Morrow Simms
1854 – 1934
John Treadwell
1745 – 1823
Jon Crowcroft
b. 1957
Joseph O. Prewitt Díaz
b. 1943
Josiah Whitney
1819 – 1896
José Napoleón Duarte
1925 – 1990
Joyce Ackroyd
1918 – 1991
Julius Albert Krug
1907 – 1970
Józef Zawitkowski
1938 – 2020
Karl Gebhardt
1897 – 1948
Karl Heinrich Rau
1792 – 1870
Kaspar von Zumbusch
1830 – 1915
Konstantin Dobrynin
b. 1976
Krzysztof Penderecki
1933 – 2020
Kunie Tanaka
1932 – 2021
Lionginas Šepetys
1927 – 2017
Louis Bols
1867 – 1930
Luigi Luciani
1840 – 1919
Luigi Pernier
1874 – 1937
Marcel Beyer
b. 1965
Marcelle Lafont
1905 – 1982
Martin Hägglund
b. 1976
Mary Landrieu
b. 1955
Matteo Bruni
b. 1976
Maxime Laubeuf
1864 – 1939
Miguel de Icaza
b. 1972
Mikhail Zaitsev
1923 – 2009
Mitch Horowitz
b. 1965
Mohamad Alamin
b. 1972
Nadezhda Shaydenko
1952 – 2024
Natig Aliyev
1947 – 2017
Nikolay Koksharov
1818 – 1892
Nina Gorlanova
b. 1947
Paul Celan
1920 – 1970
Peter J Hansen
b. 1956
Phil De Luna
b. 1991
Pierre Augustin Dangeard
1862 – 1947
Preston Estep
b. 1960
Pyotr Durnovo
1842 – 1915
Rachel Fuller Brown
1898 – 1980
Rafi Eitan
1926 – 2019
Remigio Sabbadini
1850 – 1934
Roger Hilsman
1919 – 2014
Ross Brawn
b. 1954
Simon Bryan
b. 1965
Sir Gilbert Parker, 1st Baronet
1862 – 1932
Sofie Petersen
b. 1955
Stephen Straus
1946 – 2007
Steve Alford
b. 1964
Steven Balbus
b. 1953
Theodore Dwight Weld
1803 – 1895
Theodore Lyman
1874 – 1954
Thomas Birch
1705 – 1766
Thomas M. Storke
1876 – 1971
Thomas Oakland
1939 – 2015
Valdemar Poulsen
1869 – 1942
Valentin Bobyrev
b. 1947
Vincentas Borisevičius
1887 – 1946
Vladimir Markin
1956 – 2021
Vladislav Volkov
1935 – 1971
Václav Kliment Klicpera
1792 – 1859
William Paul Fife
1917 – 2008
William Tebeau
1925 – 2013
Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski
1899 – 1962
Young Boozer
b. 1948
Yukio Okamoto
1945 – 2020
Yūmi Nagashima
b. 1991
Aaron Bank
1902 – 2004
Aavo Pikkuus
b. 1954
Abdel Latif El Zein
1932 – 2019
Abraham Myerson
1881 – 1948
Adrian Chen
b. 1984
Afanasy Fet
1820 – 1892
Akitomo Takeno
b. 1985
Alexander Baranov
1747 – 1819
Alexander Kops
b. 1984
Alexander M. Patch
1889 – 1945
Alexander Trachtenberg
1885 – 1966
Alexander W. Terrell
1827 – 1912
Alfonso X of Castile and Leon
1221 – 1284
Alfred Obeng-Boateng
b. 1973
Ali Shariati
1933 – 1977
Alison Lundergan Grimes
b. 1978
Allegra McEvedy
b. 1970
Alma Fahlstrøm
1863 – 1946
Alphons Orie
b. 1947
Andrea Giacinto Longhin
1863 – 1936
Andrew Frank Schoeppel
1894 – 1962
Andrew Goodman
1943 – 1964
Andrew Toney
b. 1957
Andrzej Trzebicki
1607 – 1679
André Caplet
1878 – 1925
Anna Fernstädt
b. 1996
Anthony Mathis
b. 1996
Anton Coșa
b. 1961
April Yao
b. 1969
Archibald Gowanlock Huntsman
1883 – 1973
Arick Wierson
b. 1971
Arif Virani
b. 1971
… and 3,664 more
Died on November 23
Nikolai Pirogov
1810 – 1881
Stanisław Zaremba
1863 – 1942
Thomas James Henderson
1798 – 1844
Aaro Hellaakoski
1893 – 1952
Adolph Knopf
1882 – 1966
Anna Suvorova
1949 – 2023
Armand Salacrou
1899 – 1989
Charles Peters
1926 – 2023
David Dinkins
1927 – 2020
Edward Lazear
1948 – 2020
Enrique Iturriaga
1918 – 2019
Friedrich von Hermann
1795 – 1868
Gerhard Stoltenberg
1928 – 2001
Jagadish Chandra Bose
1858 – 1937
Kiichi Aichi
1907 – 1973
Nikolai Kondratenko
1940 – 2013
O'dell Owens
1947 – 2022
Otto Erich Deutsch
1883 – 1967
Seán T. O'Kelly
1882 – 1966
Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet
1862 – 1951
Stanisław Saks
1897 – 1942
Tor Nessling
1901 – 1971
Ángel Martín Municio
1923 – 2002
Abe McGregor Goff
1899 – 1984
Aklilu Habte-Wold
1912 – 1974
Aleksandr Khvostov
1857 – 1922
Alexander Montagu, 10th Duke of Manchester
1902 – 1977
Alexei Beketov
1862 – 1941
Alfred Dent
1844 – 1927
Allan Boardman
1937 – 2018
Alphons Huber
1834 – 1898
André Malraux
1901 – 1976
André Marty
1886 – 1956
Anne-Charles Hérisson
1831 – 1893
Anton Gerard van Hamel
1886 – 1945
Arthur Renwick
1837 – 1908
Charles E. Potter
1916 – 1979
Chelva Kanaganayakam
1952 – 2014
Chen-Lu Tsou
1923 – 2006
Chun Doo-hwan
1931 – 2021
Cornelius Ryan
1920 – 1974
Cynthia Zukas
1931 – 2024
Douglass North
1920 – 2015
E. A. Wallis Budge
1857 – 1934
Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons
1790 – 1858
Edwin Guest
1800 – 1880
Elbridge Gerry
1744 – 1814
Erik M. Galimov
1936 – 2020
Ernst Gaupp
1865 – 1916
Franco Ortolani
1943 – 2019
Frank Debenham
1883 – 1965
Fred R. Harris
1930 – 2024
Frederick H. Schultz
1929 – 2009
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve
1793 – 1864
Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff
1673 – 1763
George Albert Boulenger
1858 – 1937
Gerard Unger
1942 – 2018
Grigori Tokaty
1913 – 2003
Guillaume Guizot
1833 – 1892
Gustav Radbruch
1878 – 1949
Hannah Caroline Aase
1883 – 1980
Heinrich Dernburg
1829 – 1907
Heinz Oberhummer
1941 – 2015
Helen Hughes
1929 – 2024
Henry Gantt
1861 – 1919
Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort
1766 – 1835
Hermann Christ
1833 – 1933
Horace Mann Towner
1855 – 1937
Hugh Denison
1865 – 1940
Ihor Duda
1940 – 2025
Irene E. Ryan
1909 – 1997
Jacques Helbronner
1873 – 1943
James Glenie
1750 – 1817
James Mansfield
1733 – 1821
Jean Hyacinthe Vincent
1862 – 1950
Jean de Fabrègues
1906 – 1983
John Burdon-Sanderson
1828 – 1905
John Cameron
1773 – 1844
John Frederick Collins
1919 – 1995
Joseph J. Sisco
1919 – 2004
Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall
1774 – 1856
Katsuzō Toyoda
1882 – 1939
Kerstin Anér
1920 – 1991
Liliya Yudina
1929 – 2025
Louis Malle
1932 – 1995
Louis de Bonald
1754 – 1840
Marion Barry
1936 – 2014
Max Verworn
1863 – 1921
Obrad Stanojević
1934 – 2011
Prince Alfred, 3rd Prince of Windisch-Grätz
1851 – 1927
Ralph David Widdowson
1903 – 1969
Ralph E. Haines, Jr.
1913 – 2011
Raymond H. Fleming
1889 – 1974
Redmond Barry
1813 – 1880
Reidar Aulie
1904 – 1977
Roald Dahl
1916 – 1990
Rudolf Jettel
1903 – 1981
Rômulo Almeida
1914 – 1988
Schomberg Kerr McDonnell
1861 – 1915
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
1938 – 2020
Stafford LeRoy Irwin
1893 – 1955
Stanley Argyle
1867 – 1940
Steve Jurczyk
1962 – 2023
Tarun Gogoi
1936 – 2020
Terence English
1932 – 2025
Uzeyir Hajibeyov
1885 – 1948
Valentina Sharykina
1940 – 2025
Victor Windeyer
1900 – 1987
Viktor Zimin
1962 – 2020
Vladimir Kryuchkov
1924 – 2007
Volker Mahnert
1943 – 2018
William Cavendish, 3rd Earl of Devonshire
1617 – 1684
Yang Xianyi
1915 – 2009
Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
1926 – 2016
Abijah Gilbert
1806 – 1881
Abiye Abebe
1916 – 1974
Albert van Raalte
1890 – 1952
Alexander Bonnyman, Jr.
1910 – 1943
Alexis Boyer
1757 – 1833
Alfred Cluysenaar
1837 – 1902
Aloys Fischer
1880 – 1937
Aman Andom
1924 – 1974
André Thévet
1516 – 1590
Angelo Guillichini
1825 – 1893
Anita O'Day
1919 – 2006
Ants Leemets
1950 – 2019
Art Porter, Jr.
1961 – 1996
Arthur Wing Pinero
1855 – 1934
Asrate Medhin Kassa
1922 – 1974
Asunción Balaguer
1925 – 2019
Augustin de Lespinasse
1737 – 1816
Benjamin Bryant
1905 – 1994
Bernard M. Oliver
1916 – 1995
Betty Bumpers
1925 – 2018
Betty Comden
1917 – 2006
Bill Virdon
1931 – 2021
Bronzino
1503 – 1572
Caio Prado Júnior
1907 – 1990
Carlo Rossetti
1614 – 1681
Carlos Coloma
1567 – 1637
Carlos Moorhead
1922 – 2011
Catherine Small Long
1924 – 2019
Cave Johnson
1793 – 1866
Charles Armijo Woodruff
1884 – 1945
Charles Booth
1840 – 1916
Charles I. Stengle
1869 – 1953
Charles James William Grant
1861 – 1932
Charles Schäffer
1838 – 1903
Charles Sellier
1830 – 1882
Christian Waagepetersen
1787 – 1840
Chu Cheng
1876 – 1951
Colin Cherry
1914 – 1979
Costanzo Preve
1943 – 2013
Daniel Chadwick
1825 – 1884
David A. De Armond
1844 – 1909
David McClintock
1913 – 2001
Della H. Raney
1912 – 1987
Domingo Dulce, 1st Marquis of Castell-Florite
1808 – 1869
Don Ray
1921 – 1998
Donal Creed
1924 – 2017
Dong Zuobin
1895 – 1963
Doris A. Howell
1923 – 2019
Dorothy Cheney
1916 – 2014
Duke Heinrich I, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen
1778 – 1847
Eduardo Barrón
1858 – 1911
Edward Clouston
1849 – 1912
Edward E. Browne
1868 – 1945
Eleanor Duckett
1880 – 1976
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians
1876 – 1965
Eppa Hunton IV
1904 – 1976
Erik Werenskiold
1855 – 1938
Ernest Amory Codman
1869 – 1940
Ernesto Belloni
1883 – 1938
Esther Baker Steele
1835 – 1911
Evelyn Barker
1894 – 1983
Ewart Alan Mackintosh
1893 – 1917
Fathima Beevi
1927 – 2023
Florence Bell
1913 – 2000
Francesc Candel Tortajada
1925 – 2007
Francesco Barozzi
1537 – 1604
Francis Condon
1891 – 1965
Francisco Luna Kan
1925 – 2023
Frank B. Cooper
1855 – 1930
Friedrich Albert Lange
1828 – 1875
Gabe Hudson
1971 – 2023
Gastone Antonio Rasneur
1874 – 1939
George A. White
1880 – 1941
George Harris, 3rd Baron Harris
1810 – 1872
George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford
1818 – 1857
George Ty
1932 – 2018
Georges-Robert Lefort
1875 – 1954
Georgiy Jacobson
1871 – 1926
Gerald Doucet
1937 – 2017
Gevorg Grigoryan
1897 – 1976
Giacomo De Martino
1849 – 1921
Guy K. Bard
1895 – 1953
Günter Rittner
1927 – 2020
Heinrich Bodinus
1814 – 1884
Heinrich Welsch
1888 – 1976
Henry G. Connor
1852 – 1924
… and 1,797 more