Famous Personalities Born In March - 23
Monday, 16 June 2025
1429 Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI of England (d. 1482) was born on March - 23.
1599 Thomas Selle, composer was born on March - 23.
1638 On March - 23 birth of frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist
1645 William Kidd, Pirate Legend From Scotland (d. 1701) was born on March - 23.
1699 John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany was born on this day in history.
1723 On this day in history birth of agha Mohammad Khan Ghajar, King of Iran (d. 1771)
1732 On this day in history birth of marie Adélaïde of France, daughter of Louis XV (d. 1800)
1736 On this day in history birth of iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)
1749 On March - 23 birth of hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer
1749 On this day in history birth of pierre-Simon Laplace, mathematician/astronomer/physicist
1750 Johannes Matthias Sperger, composer was born on this day in history.
1754 Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802) was born on March - 23.
1761 On this day in history birth of john W de Winter, Dutch vice-admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
1769 William Smith, geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils) was born on March - 23.
1769 Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832) was born on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history birth of leopold Jansa, composer
1801 On this day in history birth of peterus D Regout, Dutch industrialist (Sphinx, Maastricht)
1808 Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook) was born on March - 23.
1811 On this day in history birth of camille Marie Stamaty, composer
1811 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer was born on this day in history.
1818 Don Carlos Buell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.
1821 On this day in history birth of aleksej F Pisemski, Russian writer (Clodhopper)
1823 On this day in history birth of schuyler Colfax, (R) 17th VP (1869-73)
1825 On March - 23 birth of edward Lloyd Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1898
1826 Leon Minkus, composer was born on this day in history.
1831 On March - 23 birth of eduard Schlagintweit, German writer (d. 1866)
1834 Julius Reubke, composer was born on March - 23.
1837 Joseph Wieniawski, composer was born on this day in history.
1844 On March - 23 birth of eugene Gigout, composer
1847 On March - 23 birth of alexandru D Xenopol, Romania, historian
1854 Alfred Milner, Giessen Germany, British governor (Cape colony) was born on March - 23.
1857 On this day in history birth of fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)
1858 On this day in history birth of ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)
1862 On March - 23 birth of nathaniel Reed, American outlaw turned evangelist (d.1950)