On this day: February 23
Born on this day
Paul IIFebruary 23, 1417 – July 26, 1471 · World History
George Frideric HandelFebruary 23, 1685 – April 14, 1759 · Music
Richard PriceFebruary 23, 1723 – April 19, 1791 · Science
William ChambersFebruary 23, 1723 – March 8, 1796 · Culture
George Frederic WattsFebruary 23, 1817 – 1904 · Art
Hendrik Willem MesdagFebruary 23, 1831 – July 10, 1915 · Art
Zacharie AstrucFebruary 23, 1833 – May 24, 1907 · Art
Gustav Hermann NachtigalFebruary 23, 1834 – April 20, 1885 · Exploration
Eduard von HartmannFebruary 23, 1842 – June 5, 1906 · Culture
Luigi DenzaFebruary 23, 1846 – January 1922 · Music
Franz von StuckFebruary 23, 1863 – August 30, 1928 · Culture
W. E. B. Du BoisFebruary 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963 · Culture
Liang Chi-chaoFebruary 23, 1873 – January 19, 1929 · Culture
Boris KustodievFebruary 23, 1878 – May 28, 1927 · Art
Karl JaspersFebruary 23, 1883 – February 26, 1969 · Culture
Casimir FunkFebruary 23, 1884 – November 1967 · Science
Victor FlemingFebruary 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949 · Film
MusidoraFebruary 23, 1889 – December 7, 1957 · Film
Norman TaurogFebruary 23, 1899 – April 7, 1981 · Film- Terence FisherFebruary 23, 1904 – June 18, 1980 · Film
Yakov ZeldovichFebruary 23, 1914 – December 2, 1987 · Technology
Allan McLeod CormackFebruary 23, 1924 – May 7, 1998 · Science
Claude SautetFebruary 23, 1924 – July 22, 2000 · Film
Vasily LazarevFebruary 23, 1928 – December 31, 1990 · Space- Gorō ShimuraFebruary 23, 1930 – May 3, 2019 · Science
- Tom WesselmannFebruary 23, 1931 – December 17, 2004 · Art
Federico LuppiFebruary 23, 1936 – October 20, 2017 · Film
Jiří MenzelFebruary 23, 1938 – September 5, 2020 · Film
Paul MorrisseyFebruary 23, 1938 – October 28, 2024 · Film
Peter FondaFebruary 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019 · Film
Oleg YankovskyFebruary 23, 1944 – May 20, 2009 · Film
Svetlana GerasimenkoFebruary 23, 1945 – April 8, 2025 · Science
Marc GarneauFebruary 23, 1949 – June 4, 2025 · Space
Rebecca GoldsteinFebruary 23, 1950 – present · Culture
Shigefumi MoriFebruary 23, 1951 – present · Science
David SylvianFebruary 23, 1958 – present · Music
Clayton AndersonFebruary 23, 1959 – present · Space
Gloria, Princess of Thurn and TaxisFebruary 23, 1960 – present · Art
John NorumFebruary 23, 1964 – present · Music
Didier QuelozFebruary 23, 1966 – present · Science
Anupama ChopraFebruary 23, 1967 – present · Film
Bhagyashree PatwardhanFebruary 23, 1969 – present · Film
Robert LopezFebruary 23, 1975 – present · Music
Lorne BalfeFebruary 23, 1976 – present · Music
Aziz AnsariFebruary 23, 1983 – present · Film
Skylar GreyFebruary 23, 1986 – present · Music
Samara WeavingFebruary 23, 1992 – present · Film
Dakota FanningFebruary 23, 1994 – present · Film
1950 United Kingdom general electionFebruary 23, 1950 · Politics
Launch of TEDFebruary 23, 1984 · Internet
Release of Napoleon: Total WarFebruary 23, 2010 · Gaming
Launch of Circle ChartFebruary 23, 2010 · Internet
2025 German federal electionFebruary 23, 2025 · Politics