Birthday: 23 February
Famous people born on 23 February
31 of the best-known people in our data were born on 23 February, including Babur, Harun al-Rashid and Karl Jaspers. The longest life among them was W. E. B. Du Bois's, at 95 years.
- BaburFounder of the Mughal Empire · 1483–153147 yrs
- Harun al-Rashid5th Abbasid caliph · AD 766–80943 yrs
- Karl JaspersGerman-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher · 1883–196986 yrs
- Leon Battista AlbertiItalian architect and writer · 1404–147268 yrs
- Kazimir MalevichRussian avant-garde artist of Polish ancestry. Founder of the Suprematist movement · 1879–193556 yrs
- W. E. B. Du BoisAmerican sociologist and activist · 1868–196395 yrs
- Erich KästnerGerman children's writer · 1899–197475 yrs
- Peter FondaAmerican actor and filmmaker · 1940–201979 yrs
- Allan McLeod Cormack ↗American physicist · 1924–199874 yrs
- Casimir Funk ↗Polish-American biochemist · 1884–196783 yrs
- Carl Menger ↗Founder of the Austrian School of economics · 1840–192181 yrs
- Rosalía de Castro ↗Galician poet and writer · 1837–188548 yrs
- Samuel Pepys ↗English diarist and administrator · 1633–170370 yrs
- Patriarch Alexius II ↗15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church · 1929–200879 yrs
- Victor Fleming ↗American film director, cinematographer, and producer · 1889–194959 yrs
- Julius Fučík ↗Czech journalist and revolutionary · 1903–194340 yrs
- Jiří Menzel ↗Czech film director, actor, director, scriptwriter, writer and university educator · 1938–202082 yrs
- Boris Kustodiev ↗Russian painter and stage designer · 1878–192749 yrs
- Mayer Amschel Rothschild ↗Jewish German banker · 1744–181268 yrs
- Nichiren ↗Founder of Nichiren Buddhism in Japan · 1222–128260 yrs
- Eduard von Hartmann ↗German philosopher · 1842–190664 yrs
- Norman Taurog ↗American film director · 1899–198182 yrs
- Oleg Yankovsky ↗Soviet and Russian actor · 1944–200965 yrs
- William McMahon ↗Australian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia · 1908–198880 yrs
- Claude Sautet ↗French film director and screenwriter · 1924–200076 yrs
- Svetlana Gerasimenko ↗Ukrainian soviet and Tajik astronomer · 1945–202580 yrs
- Paul Tibbets ↗United States Air Force pilot · 1915–200792 yrs
- William L. Shirer ↗American journalist · 1904–199389 yrs
- Majel Barrett ↗American actress · 1932–200876 yrs
- Agnes Arber ↗British botanist · 1879–196081 yrs
- Johnny Winter ↗American blues guitarist and singer · 1944–201470 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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