Famous Personalities Born In August - 23
Sunday, 13 July 2025
0686 On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)
1486 Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat was born on this day in history.
1524 Francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien) was born on this day in history.
1593 On August - 23 birth of fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia)
1623 On this day in history birth of stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)
1724 On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)
1727 On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer
1740 On this day in history birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
1741 On this day in history 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 August - 23 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 William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852) was born on August - 23.
1805 Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
1809 On this day in history birth of juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)
1814 On August - 23 birth of james Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877)
1818 On this day in history birth of rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
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 On this day in history birth of marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)
1843 William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932) was born on this day in history.
1846 On August - 23 birth of alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923)
1847 Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927) was born on August - 23.
1849 On August - 23 birth of william Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903)
1852 Arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (d. 1883) was born on August - 23.
1852 ClÃmaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913) was born on August - 23.
1854 Moritz Moszkowski, composer was born on August - 23.
1864 Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32) was born on this day in history.
1867 Marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants) was born on August - 23.
1869 On this day in history birth of edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23]
1869 James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer was born on August - 23.
1875 On this day in history birth of william Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)
1875 On this day in history birth of eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946)