Famous Personalities Born In August - 23
Saturday, 29 March 2025
0686 On this day in history birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)
1486 On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat
1524 On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)
1593 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on August - 23.
1623 Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675) was born on August - 23.
1724 On August - 23 birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)
1727 On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer
1740 On August - 23 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)
1741 Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788) was born on August - 23.
1751 Louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer was born on August - 23.
1754 On this day in history birth of louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined
1769 Georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832) was born on this day in history.
1773 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher was born on this day in history.
1783 On this day in history birth of william Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852)
1805 Anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893) was born on August - 23.
1809 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land) was born on August - 23.
1814 James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877) was born on August - 23.
1818 Rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893 was born on August - 23.
1829 Moritz B Cantor, German math historian was born on this day in history.
1832 Alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 was born on August - 23.
1836 On August - 23 birth of marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)
1843 On this day in history birth of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)
1846 Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923) was born on August - 23.
1847 On August - 23 birth of sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
1849 William Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.
1852 Arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (d. 1883) was born on August - 23.
1852 On August - 23 birth of clÃmaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913)
1854 On this day in history birth of moritz Moszkowski, composer
1864 Eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32) was born on this day in history.
1867 Marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants) was born on August - 23.
1869 On August - 23 birth of edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23]
1869 James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer was born on this day in history.
1875 On this day in history birth of william Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966)
1875 Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.