Birthday: 23 January
Famous people born on 23 January
37 of the best-known people in our data were born on 23 January, including David Hilbert, Stendhal and Édouard Manet. The longest life among them was Gottfried Böhm's, at 101 years.
- David HilbertGerman mathematician · 1862–194381 yrs
- StendhalFrench writer · 1783–184259 yrs
- Édouard ManetFrench painter · 1832–188351 yrs
- Derek WalcottSaint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright · 1930–201787 yrs
- Gertrude B. ElionAmerican biochemist and pharmacologist · 1918–199981 yrs
- Jeanne MoreauFrench actress, singer, screenwriter and director · 1928–201789 yrs
- Subhas Chandra BoseIndian nationalist leader · 1897–194548 yrs
- Otto DielsGerman chemist · 1876–195478 yrs
- Rutger HauerDutch actor · 1944–201975 yrs
- XXXTentacionAmerican rapper · 1998–201820 yrs
- Ernst AbbeGerman physicist · 1840–190564 yrs
- Django Reinhardt ↗Romani-Belgian /French jazz musician · 1910–195343 yrs
- Marija Gimbutas ↗Lithuanian-American archaeologist · 1921–199473 yrs
- Paul Langevin ↗French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue · 1872–194674 yrs
- Boris Berezovsky ↗Russian oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician · 1946–201367 yrs
- Arthur Lewis ↗Saint Lucian economist · 1915–199176 yrs
- Ulrika Eleonora I of Sweden ↗Queen regnant of Sweden from 1718 to 1720 · 1688–174153 yrs
- François Mansart ↗French architect · 1598–166668 yrs
- Saigō Takamori ↗Samurai of the Satsuma domain, supreme commander of Japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration · 1828–187749 yrs
- John Browning ↗Firearms designer of the United States · 1855–192671 yrs
- Randolph Scott ↗American actor · 1898–198789 yrs
- Muzio Clementi ↗Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer · 1752–183280 yrs
- John Hancock ↗American Patriot and statesman during the American Revolution · 1737–179356 yrs
- Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg ↗Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964 · 1896–198589 yrs
- Bob Paisley ↗English footballer and manager · 1919–199677 yrs
- Alexander Cunningham ↗British army engineer and amateur archaeologist · 1814–189379 yrs
- Jože Plečnik ↗Slovenian architect · 1872–195784 yrs
- Naim Süleymanoğlu ↗Turkish weightlifter · 1967–201750 yrs
- Sergei Belov ↗Soviet professional basketball player · 1944–201369 yrs
- William G. Morgan ↗Inventor of volleyball · 1870–194272 yrs
- Andrija Mohorovičić ↗Croatian seismologist · 1857–193679 yrs
- Rob Garrison ↗American actor · 1960–201959 yrs
- Gottfried Böhm ↗German architect · 1920–2021101 yrs
- Grigori Aleksandrov ↗Soviet film director · 1903–198380 yrs
- Pavlo Tychyna ↗Soviet Ukrainian poet, translator, publicist, public activist, academician, and statesman · 1891–196776 yrs
- Carl Adolph Agardh ↗Swedish cleric and botanist · 1785–185974 yrs
- Władysław Raczkiewicz ↗Polish politician, president of Poland from 1939 to 1947 · 1885–194762 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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