Famous Personalities Born In February - 23
Monday, 30 June 2025
1417 On this day in history birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)
1417 On this day in history birth of pope Paul II (d. 1471)
1583 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)
1614 Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter was born on this day in history.
1615 On February - 23 birth of cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised
1633 On February - 23 birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)
1646 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) was born on this day in history.
1648 On this day in history birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)
1649 On February - 23 birth of john Blow, composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized)
1685 On this day in history birth of george Friedrich Handel, Halle Germany, organist/composer (Messiah)
1700 Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, Dutch theologist (Profound Christianity) was born on this day in history.
1723 On February - 23 birth of richard Price, Welsh philosopher (d. 1791)
1729 Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (d. 1809) was born on February - 23.
1730 Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer was born on February - 23.
1734 On February - 23 birth of mayer Amschel Rothschild, Frankfurt, founder (House of Rothschild)
1743 On February - 23 birth of mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)
1776 John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) was born on February - 23.
1787 Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame) was born on February - 23.
1792 On this day in history birth of istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor
1811 On this day in history birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer
1817 George Watts, London, painter was born on this day in history.
1818 On this day in history birth of jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept
1824 Herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar) was born on this day in history.
1824 Lewis Cass Hunt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 was born on February - 23.
1831 On this day in history birth of hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)
1834 Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis was born on February - 23.
1838 On February - 23 birth of gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1840 On this day in history birth of carl Menger, Austrian economist
1842 Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d. 1906) was born on February - 23.
1848 On this day in history birth of thomas Paine Westendorf, composer
1850 On February - 23 birth of césar Ritz, Swiss hotelier (d. 1918)
1863 On this day in history birth of franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg)
1865 Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner (Pitts Pirates) was born on February - 23.
1868 On February - 23 birth of william E B Du Bois, Mass, civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)