Famous Personalities Born In May - 23
Saturday, 14 June 2025
1100 Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on this day in history.
1598 On May - 23 birth of claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized
1606 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682) was born on this day in history.
1617 On May - 23 birth of elias Ashmole, antiquary
1620 Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on May - 23.
1644 On May - 23 birth of thomas Eisenhut, composer
1696 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on this day in history.
1707 On May - 23 birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier
1707 Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778) was born on May - 23.
1710 Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) was born on this day in history.
1718 William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on this day in history.
1729 Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on this day in history.
1734 Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism) was born on May - 23.
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 Andrea Lucchesi, composer was born on this day in history.
1753 On May - 23 birth of giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer
1754 On May - 23 birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)
1756 Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer was born on this day in history.
1795 On this day in history birth of charles Barry, architect
1799 On May - 23 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 May - 23.
1820 On May - 23 birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1820 Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891) was born on May - 23.
1824 Ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 23.
1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on May - 23.
1832 On May - 23 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 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer was born on May - 23.