Famous Personalities Born In May - 23
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1100 Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.
1598 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on this day in history.
1606 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.
1617 Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.
1620 On this day in history birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized
1644 On this day in history birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer
1696 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.
1707 On May - 23 birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier
1707 Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on this day in history.
1710 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
1735 On this day in history birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1737 On May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer
1741 On this day in history birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer
1753 On May - 23 birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer
1754 Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) was born on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history birth of nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer
1759 On this day in history birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer
1790 Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history.
1794 Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on May - 23.
1795 On this day in history birth of charles Barry, architect
1799 On May - 23 birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt)
1812 On May - 23 birth of henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles)
1813 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.
1820 James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) was born on this day in history.
1820 On May - 23 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 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on May - 23.
1832 On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1834 On May - 23 birth of carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890)
1837 On this day in history birth of james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1843 On this day in history birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer