Famous Personalities Born In August - 23
Thursday, 10 July 2025
0686 Charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741) was born on this day in history.
1486 Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on August - 23.
1524 Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on this day in history.
1593 On this day in history birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)
1623 On August - 23 birth of stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)
1724 On August - 23 birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)
1727 On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer
1740 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.
1741 On August - 23 birth of jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788)
1751 On August - 23 birth of louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer
1754 On this day in history birth of louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined
1769 On this day in history birth of georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832)
1773 On August - 23 birth of jakob F Fries, German philosopher
1783 On this day in history birth of william Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852)
1805 On August - 23 birth of anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893)
1809 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) was born on August - 23.
1814 James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877) was born on August - 23.
1818 Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 was born on August - 23.
1829 On August - 23 birth of moritz B Cantor, German math historian
1832 On this day in history birth of alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
1836 Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902) was born on this day in history.
1843 William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932) was born on August - 23.
1846 On this day in history birth of alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923)
1847 On this day in history birth of sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
1849 On this day in history birth of william Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903)
1852 On August - 23 birth of arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (d. 1883)
1852 On August - 23 birth of clÃmaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913)
1854 On August - 23 birth of moritz Moszkowski, composer
1864 Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32) was born on August - 23.
1867 On August - 23 birth of marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants)
1869 Edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23] was born on August - 23.
1869 On August - 23 birth of james (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer
1875 William Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966) was born on this day in history.
1875 On August - 23 birth of eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946)