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Famous People Born on August 23(246 people)
P. J. Washington, American basketball player
Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer
August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress (died 2017)
Jusuf Nurkić, Bosnian basketball player
Taylor Decker, American football player
Tyler Glasnow, American baseball player
Iván López, Spanish professional footballer
Will Toledo, American singer-songwriter
Mike Yastrzemski, American baseball player
Trixie Mattel, American drag queen, actor, and country singer
Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
Miles Mikolas, American baseball player
Darren Collison, American basketball player
Neil Cicierega, American comedian and musician
Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player
Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player
Valeria Lukyanova, Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer
Eric Tai, New Zealand rugby player and actor
Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic
Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
Tony Moll, American football player
Fiona Onasanya, British politician and criminal
Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (died 2012)
Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
Rex Grossman, American football player
Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player
Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter and producer
Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer
Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer and manager
Jared Fogle, American spokesman and criminal
Pat Garrity, American basketball player and executive
Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager
Jarkko Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player
Lexi Alexander, American film and television director
Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer
Mark Butcher, English cricketer and singer
Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
Anthony Calvillo, Canadian football player
Martin Grainger, English footballer and manager
Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer and manager
Gretchen Whitmer, 49th Governor of Michigan
Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach
Jason Hetherington, Australian rugby league player
Jay Mohr, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
River Phoenix, American actor (died 1993)
Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach (died 2014)
Jack Lopresti, English soldier and politician
Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author
Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
Cortez Kennedy, American football player (died 2017)
Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
Ray Ferraro, Canadian ice hockey player and broadcaster
Kong Hee, Singaporean minister and criminal
Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire
Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor
Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter
Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach
Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager
Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (died 1991)
Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter
Halimah Yacob, Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore
Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
Mark Hudson, American record producer and musician
Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (died 2004)
Luigi Delneri, Italian footballer and manager
Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (died 1992)
Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic
Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach (died 2022)
Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author (died 2024)
Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician
Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer (died 2002)
Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter
Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (died 2014)
Roger Greenaway, English singer-songwriter and producer
Rudy Lewis, American R&B singer (died 1964)
Henry Lee Lucas, American murderer (died 2001)
Roy Strong, English historian, curator, and author
Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster
Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)
Don Talbot, Australian swim coach and administrator (died 2020)
Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (died 1978)
Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (died 2013)
Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist (died 2023)
Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (died 2016)
Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (died 2009)
Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (died 1997)
Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (died 2018)
Marian Seldes, American actress (died 2014)
Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (died 2017)
Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (died 2006)
Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer (died 2024)
Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (died 2005)
Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (died 2008)
Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (died 2007)
Jean Darling, American actress and singer (died 2015)
Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (died 1996)
Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (died 1993)
Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1996)
Betty Robinson, American sprinter (died 1999)
Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier (died 2009)
Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (died 1979)
Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (died 1970)
Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator (died 2008)
Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master (died 2017)
Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (died 1982)
Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (died 1951)
William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (died 1982)
Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (died 1985)
John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (died 1991)
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About Famous Birthdays on August 23
August 23 has been the birthday of many notable individuals throughout history. From entertainers and athletes to scientists and world leaders, people born on this date have made significant contributions to society.
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