Famous People Born on May 23
Famous people born on May 23 include Carl Linnaeus (1707), John Bardeen (1908) and Pär Lagerkvist (1891).
BORN ON THIS DAY
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John Bardeen
American physicist (1908–1991)
Pär Lagerkvist
Swedish writer (1891-1974)
Anatoly Karpov
Russian chess grandmaster (born 1951)
Lena Meyer-Landrut
German singer (born 1991)
Alan García
President of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011)
Hans Frank
German politician and war criminal (1900–1946)
Rubens Barrichello
Brazilian racing driver (born 1972)
Otto Lilienthal
German aviation pioneer (1848–1896)
Philip I of France
King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108
Douglas Fairbanks
American actor and filmmaker (1883–1939)
Joan Collins
English actress and writer (born 1933)
Margaret Fuller
American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)
Antonis Samaras
Prime Minister of Greece (2012–2015)
Joshua Lederberg
American molecular biologist (1925–2008)
Daniele Massaro
Italian footballer (born 1961)
DIED ON THIS DAY
Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil tycoon, among the richest Americans in history
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Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader of the SS (1900–1945)
John Forbes Nash Jr.
American mathematician and Nobel Laureate (1928–2015)
Roger Moore
English actor (1927–2017)
Girolamo Savonarola
De facto ruler of Florence from 1494 to 1498; Dominican friar and reformer
Roh Moo-hyun
President of South Korea from 2003 to 2008
Augustin-Louis Cauchy
French mathematician (1789–1857)
Ismail I
Shah of Safavid Iran from 1501 to 1524
Leopold von Ranke
German historian (1795–1886)
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 1111 to 1125
Giovanni Falcone
Italian judge (1939–1992)
Sources
- May 23 — Wikipedia. Births and deaths on this date
- Carl Linnaeus — Wikipedia
- Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
- John D. Rockefeller — Wikipedia
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation. Birth years under More famous deaths