Famous Personalities Born In May - 23
Friday, 18 July 2025
1100 Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.
1598 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.
1606 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.
1617 On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary
1620 On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
1644 On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer
1696 On May - 23 birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer
1707 Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on May - 23.
1707 Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on May - 23.
1710 On May - 23 birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
1718 On May - 23 birth of william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer
1729 On May - 23 birth of giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno)
1734 Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) was born on May - 23.
1735 On May - 23 birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1737 On this day in history birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 On May - 23 birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer
1753 Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on May - 23.
1754 On this day in history birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)
1756 Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on May - 23.
1759 On this day in history birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer
1790 On May - 23 birth of jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842)
1794 On this day in history birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
1795 On May - 23 birth of charles Barry, architect
1799 Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on May - 23.
1812 Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on May - 23.
1813 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on May - 23.
1820 James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on May - 23.
1820 On this day in history birth of lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)
1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 23.
1828 On May - 23 birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College)
1832 On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1834 Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on this day in history.
1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23.
1843 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer was born on May - 23.