Famous Personalities Born In February - 23
Thursday, 24 April 2025
1417 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71) was born on February - 23.
1417 Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on February - 23.
1583 On February - 23 birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)
1614 On February - 23 birth of jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter
1615 Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised was born on February - 23.
1633 Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs) was born on February - 23.
1646 On February - 23 birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
1648 On this day in history birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)
1649 On this day in history birth of john Blow, composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized)
1685 On this day in history birth of george Friedrich Handel, Halle Germany, organist/composer (Messiah)
1700 On February - 23 birth of wilhelmus Schortinghuis, Dutch theologist (Profound Christianity)
1723 Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (d. 1791) was born on February - 23.
1729 On this day in history birth of josiah Hornblower, American statesman (d. 1809)
1730 Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer was born on February - 23.
1734 On this day in history birth of mayer Amschel Rothschild, Frankfurt, founder (House of Rothschild)
1743 On this day in history birth of mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)
1776 John Walter II, London, chief proprietor (The Times, 1812-47) was born on this day in history.
1787 Emma Willard, US, opens school for young ladies (Hall of Fame) was born on February - 23.
1792 On February - 23 birth of istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor
1811 On February - 23 birth of george Washington Hewitt, composer
1817 On February - 23 birth of george Watts, London, painter
1818 On this day in history birth of jeremy F Gilmer, Maj Gen/Chief Engineer Confederate War Dept
1824 On February - 23 birth of herman N van der Tuuk, Dutch philologist (Tobasch' Grammar)
1824 On February - 23 birth of lewis Cass Hunt, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1831 On February - 23 birth of hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)
1834 Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis was born on February - 23.
1838 Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.
1840 Carl Menger, Austrian economist was born on this day in history.
1842 On February - 23 birth of karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d. 1906)
1848 Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer was born on February - 23.
1850 César Ritz, Swiss hotelier (d. 1918) was born on February - 23.
1863 On this day in history birth of franz von Stuck, German painter (Der Krieg)
1865 Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner (Pitts Pirates) was born on this day in history.
1868 On this day in history birth of william E B Du Bois, Mass, civil rights writer (Souls of Black Folk)