Famous Personalities Born In April - 23
Friday, 13 February 2026
1170 Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23. 

1185 On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) 

1464 On April - 23 birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France 

1464 Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23. 

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

1500 On this day in history birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician 

1500 On April - 23 birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) 

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

1598 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander was born on April - 23. 

1621 William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670) was born on April - 23. 

1623 On April - 23 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 On this day in history birth of andreas Kneller, composer 

1676 On April - 23 birth of king Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) 

1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer was born on April - 23. 

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

1715 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer was born on April - 23. 

1720 Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) was born on April - 23. 

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 Ildephons Haas, composer was born on April - 23. 

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

1747 Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer was born on April - 23. 

1756 Alexander Reinagle, composer was born on this day in history. 

1775 Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) was born on April - 23. 

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

1791 On April - 23 birth of w Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist 

1792 John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) was born on April - 23. 

1794 Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856) was born on this day in history. 

1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice was born on April - 23. 

1804 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) was born on April - 23. 

1809 On April - 23 birth of eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer 

1810 On April - 23 birth of thomas Wright, historian 

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