Famous people born on 23 October

• Sarah BernhardtFrench stage actress, painter and sculptor · 1844–1923
  78 yrs
• PeléBrazilian footballer · 1940–2022
  82 yrs
• Michael CrichtonAmerican author, screenwriter, film director · 1942–2008
  66 yrs
• Felix BlochSwiss physicist · 1905–1983
  77 yrs
• Ilya FrankSoviet physicist · 1908–1990
  81 yrs
• Peter II of RussiaEmperor of Russia · 1715–1730
  14 yrs
• Gilbert N. Lewis ↗American physical chemist · 1875–1946
  70 yrs
• Gianni Rodari ↗Italian writer and journalist · 1920–1980
  59 yrs
• Tomás de Torquemada ↗Grand Inquisitor of Spain · 1420–1498
  77 yrs
• Johnny Carson ↗American talk show host and comedian · 1925–2005
  79 yrs
• Leszek Kołakowski ↗Philosopher, historian of ideas · 1927–2009
  81 yrs
• Adlai Stevenson I ↗American politician (1835–1914); Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897 · 1835–1914
  78 yrs
• Adalbert Stifter ↗Austrian painter, pacifist and writer · 1805–1868
  62 yrs
• Kazimierz Deyna ↗Polish footballer · 1947–1989
  41 yrs
• Randy Pausch ↗American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design · 1960–2008
  47 yrs
• Marie of Anjou ↗Queen consort of France · 1404–1463
  59 yrs
• Saionji Kinmochi ↗Japanese politician · 1849–1940
  91 yrs
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi ↗Palestinian political leader · 1947–2004
  56 yrs
• Pierre Larousse ↗French grammarian, lexicographer and encyclopaedist · 1817–1875
  57 yrs
• Gertrude Ederle ↗American swimmer · 1905–2003
  98 yrs
• Nicolas-Edme Rétif ↗French writer · 1734–1806
  71 yrs
• Albert Lortzing ↗German opera composer · 1801–1851
  49 yrs
• Diana Dors ↗English actress · 1931–1984
  52 yrs
• Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy ↗French general and marshal · 1766–1847
  80 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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