Famous Personalities Born In April - 23
Friday, 23 January 2026
1170 On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) 

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

1464 On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France 

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

1484 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23. 

1500 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on this day in history. 

1500 Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23. 

1516 Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on April - 23. 

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

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

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 this day in history birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam) 

1649 On April - 23 birth of andreas Kneller, composer 

1676 On this day in history birth of king Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) 

1697 On April - 23 birth of george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer 

1708 Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) was born on April - 23. 

1715 On April - 23 birth of johann Friedrich Doles, composer 

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 Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) was born on April - 23. 

1735 On this day in history birth of ildephons Haas, composer 

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

1747 On April - 23 birth of alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer 

1756 On this day in history birth of alexander Reinagle, composer 

1775 Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) was born on this day in history. 

1791 James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) was born on April - 23. 

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

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

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 On April - 23 birth of guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) 

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

1810 On this day in history birth of thomas Wright, historian 

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