On This Day — December 23
3798 noted people were born and 2080 died on December 23 in our archive, including Andrea Prader, Anna J. Harrison and Bill Kristol.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 23
Andrea Prader
1919 – 2001
Anna J. Harrison
1912 – 1998
Bill Kristol
b. 1952
Butler Lampson
b. 1943
Carol Ann Duffy
b. 1955
Charles Harvey Brown
1875 – 1960
Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve
1804 – 1869
David Davis
b. 1948
Emil Brunner
1889 – 1966
Francisco José Ynduráin
1940 – 2008
Fredrik Vogt
1892 – 1970
Gertrud Schubart-Fikentscher
1896 – 1985
Harold Masursky
1922 – 1990
Henri Pirenne
1862 – 1935
Hugh Allen
1869 – 1946
Jean-François Champollion
1790 – 1832
Jesús Huerta de Soto
b. 1956
Julien Guadet
1834 – 1908
Karl Richard Lepsius
1810 – 1884
Lucien Szpiro
1941 – 2020
Mikhail Gromov
b. 1943
Natalya Narochnitskaya
b. 1948
Niels Kaj Jerne
1911 – 1994
Pedro Calmon
1902 – 1985
Peter Ramsey
b. 1962
Peter Westmacott
b. 1950
Quentin Bryce
b. 1942
Richard Overy
b. 1947
Rifat Shaykhutdinov
b. 1963
Robert Clive
1877 – 1948
Roger-Maurice Bonnet
1937 – 2026
Roz Savage
b. 1967
Sidney Shapiro
1915 – 2014
Simon Wessely
b. 1956
Tatsuo Morito
1888 – 1984
Tillie K. Fowler
1942 – 2005
Wael Ghonim
b. 1980
Yoshishige Abe
1883 – 1966
Adrien-Henri de Jussieu
1797 – 1853
Akihito
b. 1933
Albert Jacquard
1925 – 2013
Alexander Tkachyov
b. 1960
Alexey Likhachev
b. 1962
Allen Forte
1926 – 2014
Alpheus Spring Packard, Sr.
1798 – 1884
Andrew R. Wheeler
b. 1964
Anthony Mary Claret
1807 – 1870
Arpenik Nalbandyan
1916 – 1964
Bill Spooner
1897 – 1966
Bob Kahn
b. 1938
Camilo Ospina Bernal
b. 1959
Carl Otto Løvenskiold
1839 – 1916
Carla Bruni
b. 1967
Cecil Clementi Smith
1840 – 1916
Charles R. Bentley
1929 – 2017
Charles Sedgwick Minot
1852 – 1914
Chen Chi-mai
b. 1964
Christoph Wölfflin
1625 – 1688
Claudia Gamon
b. 1988
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė
b. 1965
Dan Angel
b. 1939
David E. Nichols
b. 1944
Donald A. Ritchie
b. 1945
Edith Irby Jones
1927 – 2019
Eisaku Wada
1874 – 1959
Elizabeth Quat
b. 1967
Feliks Undusk
b. 1948
Friedrich Wolf
1888 – 1953
Gabriel Maugas
1866 – 1931
Georg Herbert zu Münster
1820 – 1902
George Howard Parker
1864 – 1955
Gerrit W. Gong
b. 1953
Goran Sudžuka
b. 1969
Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia
b. 1953
Gunnar Sträng
1906 – 1992
Gustave Ador
1845 – 1928
Halima Ismail Ibrahim
b. 1956
Handley Moule
1841 – 1920
Hans Abrahamsen
b. 1952
Harry Oakes
1874 – 1943
Helena Roseta
b. 1947
Helmut Schmidt
1918 – 2015
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham
1621 – 1682
Henri Rouvière
1876 – 1958
Henri Wallon
1812 – 1904
Henry Moncrieff Smith
1873 – 1951
Hermann zu Solms-Laubach
1842 – 1915
Hubert Pierlot
1883 – 1963
Hugues Doneau
1527 – 1591
Ishmael Beah
b. 1980
James Roosevelt
1907 – 1991
Jan Parys
b. 1950
Jane Anderson
b. 1952
Janet Hesketh
1934 – 2018
Jean-Noël Rey
1949 – 2016
Jenny Jones
b. 1949
Jens Lieblein
1827 – 1911
Jeremy Butterfield
b. 1954
Jim Bankoff
b. 1969
Jo-Anne McArthur
b. 1976
John Bryce McLeod
1929 – 2014
John White Brockenbrough
1806 – 1877
Joseph E. Atkinson
1865 – 1948
Joseph H. Boardman
1948 – 2019
Joseph Henry Lumpkin
1799 – 1867
José Greco
1918 – 2000
Joëlle Kapompole
b. 1971
Juan Ramón Jiménez
1881 – 1958
Julio Alonso Ortega
b. 2000
Karol J. Bobko
1937 – 2023
Kelly DeVries
b. 1956
Ken Paxton
b. 1962
Ketan Jayakrishna Patel
b. 1961
Kevin Quinn
b. 1955
Kwon Yang-sook
b. 1947
Lev Durov
1931 – 2015
Louise Reed Stowell
1850 – 1931
Maja Komorowska
b. 1937
Malcolm Gillies
b. 1954
Margaret D. Lowman
b. 1953
Margaret MacMillan
b. 1943
Metakse
1926 – 2014
Michael Briggs
b. 1954
Michael C. Burgess
b. 1950
Michael Diekmann
b. 1953
Michael M. May
1925 – 2026
Mikhail Belyaev
1863 – 1918
Mikhail Kapustin
1847 – 1919
Mikheil Tsereteli
1878 – 1965
Mohamed Mzali
1925 – 2010
Nicholas Dirks
b. 1950
Nikolai Rynin
1877 – 1942
Nina Herasymova-Persydska
1927 – 2020
Ohannes Çekiçyan
b. 1928
Pamela Liversidge
b. 1949
Paul Caraway
1905 – 1985
Paul Schützenberger
1829 – 1897
Paula-Mae Weekes
b. 1958
Peter L. Hammer
1936 – 2006
Philip Wong
1938 – 2021
Pierre Bérégovoy
1925 – 1993
Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan
b. 1975
Queen Silvia of Sweden
b. 1943
Raheem Beyah
b. 1976
Raivo Järvi
1954 – 2012
Raj Gupta
b. 1945
Rashbihari Ghosh
1845 – 1921
Richard Clark Barkley
1932 – 2015
Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt
b. 1950
Robert Bly
1926 – 2021
Robert Romer
1840 – 1918
Ruperto Long
b. 1952
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
1920 – 2016
Santiago Alba y Bonifaz
1872 – 1949
Sarah Hanson-Young
b. 1981
Scott Lilienfeld
1960 – 2020
Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside
1893 – 1969
Sigurd Ibsen
1859 – 1930
Steve Silberman
1957 – 2024
Susan Lucci
b. 1946
Svend Brinkmann
b. 1975
Taki Fujita
1898 – 1993
Talat Ahmad
b. 1955
Thomas Smith
1513 – 1577
Ugo Zampetti
b. 1949
Ulrike Beisiegel
b. 1952
Vilém Kurz
1872 – 1945
Viorica Dumbrăveanu
b. 1976
Wesley Clark
b. 1944
William Alanson Bryan
1875 – 1942
William Chaney
1922 – 2013
William Henry Clinton
1769 – 1846
William Leggatt
1894 – 1968
Xavier Vallat
1891 – 1972
Yadira Caraveo
b. 1980
Yemima Ben-Menahem
b. 1946
Abdelhadi Boutaleb
1923 – 2009
Abraham Sharir
1932 – 2017
Adam Szelągowski
1873 – 1961
Agus Suparmanto
b. 1965
Akello Rose Lilly
b. 1971
Albert Kingsbury
1863 – 1943
Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
1865 – 1939
Aldo Capitini
1899 – 1968
Alexander Eichenwald
1863 – 1944
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
1814 – 1904
Alexander Lowen
1910 – 2008
Alice L. Pérez Sánchez
b. 1963
Ana Julia Carepa
b. 1957
Anastasios Orlandos
1887 – 1979
Andrew Gurr
b. 1936
Andrew W. Marlowe
b. 1966
André-Napoléon Fontainas
1807 – 1863
Anne M. Gannon
b. 1947
Anthony Hallam
1933 – 2017
Antonina Seredina
1929 – 2016
Antons Kūkojs
1940 – 2007
Ants Viires
1918 – 2015
Antwaine Wiggins
b. 1988
Archibald B. Darragh
1840 – 1927
… and 3,598 more
Died on December 23
Louis Leprince-Ringuet
1901 – 2000
Mikhail Kalashnikov
1919 – 2013
Ziauddin Ahmad
1878 – 1947
Alfred G. Gilman
1941 – 2015
Andrei Tupolev
1888 – 1972
Eddie August Schneider
1911 – 1940
Edward Sang
1805 – 1890
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
1881 – 1959
Elias M. Stein
1931 – 2018
František Salzer
1902 – 1974
Fujisawa Rikitarō
1861 – 1933
Georg-Maria Schwab
1899 – 1984
Jelle Zijlstra
1918 – 2001
Joan Sardà i Dexeus
1910 – 1995
John Aitchison
1926 – 2016
Josep Puig i Cadafalch
1867 – 1956
Katie Allen
1966 – 2025
Luther H. Evans
1902 – 1981
Okano Keijirō
1865 – 1925
Paul Herman Buck
1899 – 1978
Pierre Varignon
1654 – 1722
Richard Rado
1906 – 1989
Roman Krutsyk
1945 – 2023
Sergo Goglidze
1901 – 1953
Volli Kalm
1953 – 2017
Abraham Joshua Heschel
1907 – 1972
Achille Jubinal
1810 – 1875
Adnan Kapau Gani
1905 – 1968
Ahmed Qaid Saleh
1940 – 2019
Aleksander Warma
1890 – 1970
Alfred Bader
1924 – 2018
Alfred Brauer
1894 – 1985
Antoine Dominique Magaud
1817 – 1899
Aram Karamanoukian
1910 – 1996
Blanca Renée Arrillaga
1917 – 2011
Claire McLintock
1965 – 2022
Desi Bouterse
1945 – 2024
Dirk Stikker
1897 – 1979
Edward Schillebeeckx
1914 – 2009
Emmett Leith
1927 – 2005
Evelyn Gandy
1920 – 2007
Evgeny Abramyan
1930 – 2014
Foy D. Kohler
1908 – 1990
Frank Swaelen
1930 – 2007
Frank Walker Caldwell
1889 – 1974
Fred Page
1915 – 1997
Frederic Fisher
1851 – 1943
Frederick Temple
1821 – 1902
Friedrich von Thiersch
1852 – 1921
Grigory Baklanov
1923 – 2009
Gwilym Williams
1913 – 1990
Helmut Schlesinger
1924 – 2024
Hideki Tojo
1884 – 1948
Izabella Cywińska
1935 – 2023
James Goldsmith
1933 – 2019
James Gunn
1923 – 2020
James Walker
1794 – 1874
Jaques Bagratuni
1879 – 1943
Jean Bourgknecht
1902 – 1964
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
1785 – 1874
John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly
1802 – 1874
John Russell Hind
1823 – 1895
Jonas Königswarter
1807 – 1871
Joseph Henry Gilbert
1817 – 1901
José Giral
1879 – 1962
Józef Użycki
1932 – 2022
Kriangsak Chamanan
1917 – 2003
Kōki Hirota
1878 – 1948
Lavrentiy Beria
1899 – 1953
Lincoln Clark Andrews
1867 – 1940
Luba Skořepová
1923 – 2016
Maria Pavlova
1854 – 1938
Mark Pinsker
1925 – 2003
Mary Louise Prather
1913 – 1996
Maurice De Wulf
1867 – 1947
Maxime Laubeuf
1864 – 1939
Michael Radulescu
1943 – 2023
Michel d'Herbigny
1880 – 1957
Modesto López Otero
1885 – 1962
Murad Kajlayev
1931 – 2023
Nigel Priestley
1943 – 2014
Nikolai Izmerov
1927 – 2016
Olof Rydbeck
1913 – 1995
Perceval de Loriol
1828 – 1908
Philip Francis
1740 – 1818
Pierre Dupong
1885 – 1953
Pierre Janssen
1824 – 1907
Piers Sellers
1955 – 2016
Ratnappa Kumbhar
1909 – 1998
Ricardo Krebs
1918 – 2011
Robert Herrick
1868 – 1938
Robert Marshak
1916 – 1992
Roberto Gerlein Echeverría
1938 – 2021
Rustom K. S. Ghandhi
1924 – 2014
Seishirō Itagaki
1885 – 1948
Sergey Tolstoy
1863 – 1947
Shapoor Ji Reporter
1921 – 2013
Shyam Benegal
1934 – 2024
Takashi Tanihata
1947 – 2025
Theodoor Gerard van Lidth de Jeude
1788 – 1863
Thomas J. Mabry
1884 – 1962
Truman Gibson
1912 – 2005
Tsvetko Boboshevski
1884 – 1952
Vladimir Dekanozov
1898 – 1953
Vsevolod Merkulov
1895 – 1953
Wade H. Haislip
1889 – 1971
William Pope.L
1955 – 2023
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
1843 – 1928
Yoshikatsu Takeiri
1926 – 2023
Yusef Lateef
1920 – 2013
A. B. Walawalkar
1897 – 1970
Abdur Razzaq
1942 – 2011
Achille Devéria
1800 – 1857
Achille Leclère
1785 – 1853
Adrianus de Jong
1882 – 1966
Akira Mutō
1892 – 1948
Alan Stevenson
1807 – 1865
Albert Enoch Pillsbury
1849 – 1930
Albert R. Buehman
1886 – 1967
Alexander Graves
1844 – 1916
Alfred Victor Smith
1891 – 1915
Alfrēds Kalniņš
1879 – 1951
Alphonso Hart
1830 – 1910
Ambrose Reeves
1899 – 1980
Amédée Willot
1755 – 1823
Anatolii Bondarchuk
1940 – 2025
Annibale Brandolin
1829 – 1901
Antoine Christophe Saliceti
1757 – 1809
Aram Andonian
1875 – 1951
Archibald Cameron Macdonell
1864 – 1941
Arsène Arnaud Claretie
1840 – 1913
Arthur Ramsay, 14th Earl of Dalhousie
1878 – 1928
Arto Sipinen
1936 – 2017
Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
1724 – 1779
Aydın Menderes
1946 – 2011
Bernhard Fischer-Wasels
1877 – 1941
Bill Uhl
1933 – 2022
Billy Barty
1924 – 2000
Bob Mattick
1933 – 2018
Caesar, duc de Choiseul
1598 – 1675
Carl Marstrander
1883 – 1965
Carlo Gaetano Stampa
1667 – 1742
Carlo Scorza
1897 – 1988
Carlos Astrada
1894 – 1970
Cayetano Arellano
1847 – 1920
Charles Dana Gibson
1867 – 1944
Chester Victor Clifton, Jr.
1913 – 1991
Christopher Whall
1849 – 1924
Chryssa
1933 – 2013
Cornelius Hendricksen Kortright
1817 – 1897
Cyril Walters
1905 – 1992
Dalmacio Negro Pavón
1931 – 2024
Daniel Waterland
1683 – 1740
David Dalton
1934 – 2022
Dennis Carpenter
1928 – 2003
Domingo Godoy Matte
1922 – 2013
Edward H. Martin
1931 – 2014
Egbert Kankeleit
1929 – 2022
Eli Heckscher
1879 – 1952
Elizabeth Denio
1842 – 1922
Eric Charles Twelves Wilson
1912 – 2008
Erik Lönnroth
1883 – 1971
Eugen Botezat
1871 – 1964
Fermín Toro
1806 – 1865
Francis Gurdon
1861 – 1929
Francis H. Dodds
1858 – 1940
Frank Headlam
1914 – 1976
Franklin Ellsworth
1879 – 1942
Franz Xaver von Ballestrem
1834 – 1910
Fred B. Rooney
1925 – 2019
Fredrik Thoresen
1926 – 2012
Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg
1732 – 1797
Garry Abelev
1928 – 2013
Georg Elias Müller
1850 – 1934
George Eustis, Sr.
1796 – 1858
George R. Stobbs
1877 – 1966
George Sheldon
1818 – 1916
Georges Daux
1899 – 1988
Gerard van Groesbeeck
1517 – 1580
Giovanni Battista Bussi
1657 – 1726
Grahame Donald
1891 – 1976
Gregory N. Minh
1836 – 1896
Grégoire Haddad
1924 – 2015
Harmodio Arias Madrid
1886 – 1962
Harris Isbell
1910 – 1994
Heimito von Doderer
1896 – 1966
Henry Clinton
1730 – 1795
Henry Gee
1857 – 1938
Herbert Benjamin Edwardes
1819 – 1868
Hessel Rienks
1932 – 2014
Hisham N. Ashkouri
1948 – 2025
Hocine Aït Ahmed
1926 – 2015
Ike Aronowicz
1923 – 2009
Ingemar Düring
1903 – 1984
Ivan Lappo
1869 – 1944
Ivo of Chartres
1040 – 1115
Iwane Matsui
1878 – 1948
Jack Webb
1920 – 1982
Jahanshah Saleh
1904 – 1996
James Cowles Prichard
1786 – 1848
… and 1,880 more