Famous Personalities Born In February - 23

1417  Paul ii: [pietro barbo], italy, pope (1464-71)   

1417  Pope paul ii: Pope paul ii (d. 1471)   

1583  Jean-baptiste morin: French scientist   

1614  Jacob colijn(s): Dutch coat of arms painter   

1615  Cornelis galle ii: Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  Samuel pepys: London england, navy expert/composer (diary, memoirs)   

1646  Tokugawa tsunayoshi: Japanese shogun   

1648  Arabella churchill: English mistress of james ii of england   

1649  John blow: Composer of 1st english opera (venus & adonis) (baptized)   

1685  George friedrich handel: Halle germany, organist/composer (messiah)   

1700  Wilhelmus schortinghuis: Dutch theologist (profound christianity)   

1723  Richard price: Welsh philosopher   

1729  Josiah hornblower: American statesman   

1730  Christian joseph lidarti: Composer   

1734  Mayer amschel rothschild: Frankfurt, founder (house of rothschild)   

1743  Mayer amschel rothschild: German-born banker   

1776  John walter ii: London, chief proprietor (the times, 1812-47)   

1787  Emma willard: Us, opens school for young ladies (hall of fame)   

1792  Istvan ferenczi: Hungarian sculptor   

1811  George washington hewitt: Composer   

1817  George watts: London, painter   

1818  Jeremy f gilmer: Maj gen/chief engineer confederate war dept   

1824  Herman n van der tuuk: Dutch philologist (tobasch' grammar)   

1824  Lewis cass hunt: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1886   

1831  Hendrik w mesdag: Dutch painter (panorama mesdag)   

1834  Gustav hermann nachtigal: German physician/colonizer/consul in tunis   

1838  Gilbert moxley sorrel: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1901   

1840  Carl menger: Austrian economist   

1842  Karl robert eduard von hartmann: German philosopher   

1848  Thomas paine westendorf: Composer   

1850  César ritz: Swiss hotelier   

1863  Franz von stuck: German painter (der krieg)   

1865  Barney dreyfuss: Baseball owner (pitts pirates)   

1868  William e b du bois: Mass, civil rights writer (souls of black folk)   

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0155  Polycarp: Disciple of apostle john, arrested & burned at stake   

0943  Herbert ii: Count of vermandois, (b. 884)   

1011  Willigis: Archbishop of mainz   

1100  Emperor zhezong of china: Emperor zhezong of china (b. 1076)   

1447  Eugene iv: [gabriele condulmer], italian pope (1431-47),   

1464  Zhengtong: Emperor of china (b. 1427)   

1468  John gutenberg: German inventor (boekdrukkunst),   

1526  Diego colón: Spanish viceroy of the in