Famous Personalities Born In April - 23
Sunday, 14 December 2025
1170 On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) 

1185 King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23. 

1464 Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on April - 23. 

1464 Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on this day in history. 

1484 On this day in history birth of julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) 

1500 On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician 

1500 Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on this day in history. 

1516 On this day in history birth of georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) 

1598 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander was born on April - 23. 

1621 On April - 23 birth of william Penn, English admiral (d. 1670) 

1623 Jan Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 23. 

1628 Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704) was born on this day in history. 

1629 On April - 23 birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam) 

1649 On April - 23 birth of andreas Kneller, composer 

1676 On this day in history birth of king Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) 

1697 On this day in history birth of george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer 

1708 Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) was born on this day in history. 

1715 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer was born on April - 23. 

1720 On this day in history birth of vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) 

1725 On this day in history birth of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755) 

1728 On this day in history birth of samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) 

1735 Ildephons Haas, composer was born on this day in history. 

1746 On April - 23 birth of félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794) 

1747 On this day in history birth of alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer 

1756 On April - 23 birth of alexander Reinagle, composer 

1775 On this day in history birth of joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) 

1791 On this day in history birth of james Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) 

1791 W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist was born on April - 23. 

1792 John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) was born on this day in history. 

1794 Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856) was born on April - 23. 

1803 On April - 23 birth of jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice 

1804 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium) was born on this day in history. 

1809 Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer was born on this day in history. 

1810 On April - 23 birth of thomas Wright, historian 

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