February 23 - Births

Births

1417 – Pope Paul II (d. 1471)
1443 – Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary and Croatia (d. 1490)
1583 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)
1633 – Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and man of letters, posthumously famous as a diarist (d. 1703)
1646 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
1648 – Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)
1664 – Georg Dietrich Leyding, German composer and organist (d. 1710)
1680 – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonizer and Governor of Louisiana (d. 1767)
1685 – George Frideric Handel, German/British Baroque composer (d. 1759)
1723 – Richard Price, Welsh philosopher (d. 1791)
1729 – Josiah Hornblower, American statesman (d. 1809)
1730 – Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti, Austrian composer (d. c. 1793)
1744 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-born banker (d. 1812)
1752 – Simon Knéfacz, Croatian writer (d. 1819)
1809 – William Sprague, American minister and politician from Michigan (d. 1868)
1840 – Frederick Wicks, English author and inventor (d. 1910)
1842 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher (d. 1906)
1850 – César Ritz, Swiss hotelier (d. 1918)
1852 – Emperor Duc Duc (pronounced "dzup-duc"), the fifth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (d. 1883)
1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American civil rights leader (d. 1963)
1868 – Anna Hoffman-Uddgren, Swedish director and actress (d. 1947)
1873 – Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (d. 1929)
1874 – Konstantin Päts, 1st President of Estonia (d. 1956)
1878 – Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and art theorist (d. 1935)
1882 – Max Hainle, German swimmer (d. 1961)
1883 – Karl Jaspers, German philosopher (d. 1969)
1886 – Antonio Alice, Argentine portrait painter (d. 1943)
1889 – Victor Fleming, American director (d. 1949)
1889 – Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)
1889 – John Gilbert Winant, American politician (d. 1947)
1891 – Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player (d. 1978)
1899 – Erich Kästner, German writer (d. 1974)
1899 – Norman Taurog, American film director (d. 1981)
1901 – Edgar Ende, German painter (d. 1965)
1904 – Terence Fisher, English film director (d. 1980)
1904 – William L. Shirer, American historian (d. 1993)
1904 – Leopold Trepper, Soviet spy (d. 1982)
1908 – William McMahon, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)
1914 – Theofiel Middelkamp, Dutch cyclist (d. 2005)
1915 – Jon Hall, American actor (d. 1979)
1915 – Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and pilot of B-29 "Enola Gay" over Hiroshima (d. 2007)
1918 – Richard G. Butler, founder of Aryan Nations (d. 2004)
1920 – Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian politician
1923 – Miljenko Smoje, Dalmatian writer and journalist (d. 1995)
1923 – Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan politician
1923 – Yiannis Grivas, Greek judge, 87th Prime Minister of Greece
1923 – Mary Francis Shura, American writer (d. 1991)
1924 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1924 – Claude Sautet, French film director (d. 2000)
1927 – Régine Crespin, French operatic soprano (d. 2007)
1928 – Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
1928 – Vasili Lazarev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1990)
1929 – Alexy II of Moscow, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (d. 2008)
1929 – Elston Howard, American baseball player (d. 1980)
1931 – Tom Wesselmann, American collage artist (d. 2004)
1932 – Majel Barrett, American actress (d. 2008)
1933 – Donna J. Stone, American poet (d. 1994)
1935 – Gerrianne Raphael, American actress and voice actress
1937 – Tom Osborne, American football coach and politician
1938 – Paul Morrissey, American film director
1938 – Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992)
1940 – Peter Fonda, American actor
1940 – Jackie Smith, HOF football player
1941 – Ron Hunt, baseball player
1943 – Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
1943 – Harry Pilling, English cricketer (d. 2012)
1944 – Bernard Cornwell, English author
1944 – John Sandford, American novelist
1944 – Johnny Winter, American musician
1945 – Allan Boesak, South African activist
1946 – Rusty Young, American country-rock guitarist (Poco)
1947 – Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician
1947 – John McWethy, American journalist (d. 2008)
1948 – Doug Moench, American comic book writer
1949 – Marc Garneau, Canadian astronaut and politician
1950 – Maxi, Irish singer and radio personality
1951 – Ed Jones, American football player
1951 – Patricia Richardson, American actress
1952 – Brad Whitford, American musician (Aerosmith)
1953 – Kenny Bee, Hong Kong actor, musician and singer (The Wynners)
1953 – Satoru Nakajima, Japanese racing driver
1954 – Viktor Yushchenko, 3rd President of Ukraine
1955 – Tom Bodett, American voice actor, radio personality, and writer
1955 – Howard Jones, British pop singer
1955 – Flip Saunders, American basketball coach
1957 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (d. 2009)
1958 – Tony Barrell, English writer and journalist
1958 – David Sylvian, English musician (Japan and Nine Horses)
1959 – Clayton Anderson, American astronaut
1959 – Richard Dodds, British field hockey player
1960 – Ivan Vdović, Yugoslavian musician (Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata and Katarina II) (d. 1992)
1960 – Alan Griffin, Australian politician
1960 – Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
1962 – Michael Wilton, American musician (Queensrÿche and Soulbender)
1962 – John David Brown, American illustrator, cartoonist
1963 – Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player
1963 – Radosław Sikorski, Polish politician
1964 – David E. Clemmer, American ion mobility-mass spectrometrist, 2006 recipient of Biemann Medal
1965 – Michael Dell, American computer manufacturer
1965 – Ashok Kamte, Indian additional commissioner of the Mumbai police (d. 2008)
1965 – John Norum, Norwegian guitarist (Europe)
1965 – Helena Suková, Czech tennis player
1966 – Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (Starship) (d. 2012)
1966 – Neal McDonough, American actor
1967 – Hélène Darroze, French chef
1967 – Tamsin Greig, English actress
1967 – Chris Vrenna, American musician, producer and sound engineer (Nine Inch Nails and Tweaker)
1968 – Justin Bell, British racing driver
1969 – Michael Campbell, New Zealand golfer
1969 – Daymond John, American fashion designer
1969 – Marc Wauters, Belgian cyclist
1970 – Marie-Josée Croze, Canadian actress
1970 – Niecy Nash, American actress
1971 – Jeong Chan, South Korean actor
1971 – Don Maxwell, Canadian cricketer
1971 – Melinda Messenger, English television presenter
1971 – Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player
1972 – Steve Holy, American country singer
1972 – Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer
1972 – Rondell White, American baseball player
1973 – Jack Case, American artist
1973 – Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1974 – Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer
1974 – Leko, American DJ
1975 – Michael Cornacchia, American actor
1975 – Robert Lopez, American composer
1975 – Maryse Turcotte, Canadian weightlifter
1975 – Natalia Verbeke, Argentine actress
1976 – Scott Elarton, American baseball player
1976 – Kelly Macdonald, British actress
1976 – Jeff O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian cross-country skier
1978 – Jo Joyner, English actress
1978 – René Pérez, Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13)
1978 – Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1979 – Sascha Zacharias, Swedish Actress
1979 – S.E. Cupp, American author and political commentator
1981 – Gareth Barry, English footballer
1981 – Charles Tillman, American football player
1982 – Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor
1982 – Karan Singh Grover, Indian actor
1982 – Malia Metella, French swimmer
1983 – Aziz Ansari, Indian-American comedian and actor
1983 – Mirco Bergamasco, Italian rugby player
1983 – Emily Blunt, British actress
1983 – Courtney Culkin, American Playboy Playmate
1983 – Mido, Egyptian footballer
1986 – Emerson da Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Skylar Grey, American singer/songwriter
1986 – Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN)
1986 – Jerod Mayo, American football player
1986 – Ola Svensson, Swedish pop singer
1988 – Nicolás Gaitán, Argentine footballer
1989 – Evan Bates, American ice dancer
1989 – Amara Baby, French footballer
1992 – Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1993 – Kasumi Ishikawa, Japanese table tennis player
1994 – Dakota Fanning, American actress
2012 – Princess Estelle of Sweden