Famous Personalities Born In May - 23
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
1100 Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history. 

1598 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23. 

1606 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on May - 23. 

1617 On this day in history birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary 

1620 On May - 23 birth of pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized 

1644 Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on this day in history. 

1696 On this day in history birth of johann Caspar Vogler, composer 

1707 Carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier was born on this day in history. 

1707 On May - 23 birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) 

1710 On May - 23 birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) 

1718 On May - 23 birth of william Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer 

1729 On May - 23 birth of giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) 

1734 On May - 23 birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) 

1735 On this day in history birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author 

1737 On May - 23 birth of louis Francois Chambray, composer 

1741 On this day in history birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer 

1753 On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer 

1754 On this day in history birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon) 

1756 Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on May - 23. 

1759 On this day in history birth of antoinio da Silva Leite, composer 

1790 Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on this day in history. 

1794 On May - 23 birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer 

1795 On this day in history birth of charles Barry, architect 

1799 On this day in history birth of thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) 

1812 Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on this day in history. 

1813 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history. 

1820 On this day in history birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) 

1820 On May - 23 birth of lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) 

1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 23. 

1828 On this day in history birth of edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) 

1832 On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer 

1834 On this day in history birth of carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) 

1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23. 

1843 On this day in history birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer 

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