Famous Personalities Born In April - 23
Thursday, 30 October 2025
1170 Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23. 

1185 King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23. 

1464 Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23. 

1464 On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer 

1484 On April - 23 birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) 

1500 On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician 

1500 Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history. 

1516 On April - 23 birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) 

1598 On April - 23 birth of maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander 

1621 On April - 23 birth of william Penn, English admiral (d. 1670) 

1623 On this day in history birth of jan Adam Reincken, composer 

1628 On this day in history birth of johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704) 

1629 On April - 23 birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam) 

1649 Andreas Kneller, composer was born on April - 23. 

1676 King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) was born on this day in history. 

1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer was born on this day in history. 

1708 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) 

1715 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Doles, composer 

1720 On this day in history birth of vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) 

1725 Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755) was born on April - 23. 

1728 On April - 23 birth of samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) 

1735 On April - 23 birth of ildephons Haas, composer 

1746 On April - 23 birth of félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794) 

1747 Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer was born on this day in history. 

1756 Alexander Reinagle, composer was born on April - 23. 

1775 On this day in history birth of joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) 

1791 James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) was born on this day in history. 

1791 W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist was born on April - 23. 

1792 On April - 23 birth of john Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) 

1794 On this day in history birth of wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856) 

1803 On this day in history birth of jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice 

1804 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) was born on this day in history. 

1809 On this day in history birth of eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer 

1810 Thomas Wright, historian was born on April - 23. 

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