Famous Birthdays By Date

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Famous People Born on May 23(216 people)

Athlete

Rayane Messi, French footballer

Athlete

Brennan Johnson, Welsh footballer

Notable Figure

Felipe Drugovich, Brazilian-Italian racing driver

Athlete

Israel Reyes, Mexican footballer

Notable Figure

James Charles, American internet personality

Musician

Trinidad Cardona, American singer and songwriter

Athlete

Sandro Mamukelashvili, Georgian-American basketball player

Notable Figure

Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian racing driver

Athlete

Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter

Athlete

Luca de la Torre, American soccer player

Athlete

Pedro Chirivella, Spanish footballer

Athlete

Coy Craft, American footballer

Athlete

Joe Gomez, English footballer

Athlete

Maximilian Kilman, English footballer

Athlete

Gustaf Nilsson, Swedish footballer

Athlete

Sam Timmins, New Zealand basketball player

Notable Figure

Katharina Althaus, German ski jumper

Athlete

Emmanuel Boateng, Ghanaian footballer

Athlete

Răzvan Marin, Romanian footballer

Athlete

Çağlar Söyüncü, Turkish footballer

Politician

Laerte do Vando, Brazilian politician

Notable Figure

Aaron Donald, American football player

Musician

Lena Meyer-Landrut, German singer-songwriter

Athlete

César Pinares, Chilean footballer

Athlete

Dan Evans, British tennis player

Athlete

Kristína Kučová, Slovakian tennis player

Notable Figure

Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player

Athlete

Ezequiel Schelotto, Italian footballer

Notable Figure

Rosanna Crawford, Canadian biathlete

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Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer

Athlete

Morgan Pressel, American golfer

Actor

Gracie Otto, Australian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

Athlete

Bray Wyatt, American wrestler (died 2023)

Filmmaker

Ryan Coogler, American film director and screenwriter

Notable Figure

Alexei Sitnikov, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater

Athlete

Alice Tait, Australian swimmer

Athlete

Ruben Zadkovich, Australian footballer

Athlete

Sebastián Fernández, Uruguayan footballer

Athlete

Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russian tennis player

Notable Figure

Wim Stroetinga, Dutch cyclist

Athlete

Ross Wallace, Scottish footballer

Athlete

Hugo Almeida, Portuguese footballer

Athlete

Silvio Proto, Belgian-Italian footballer

Actor

Tim Robinson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Athlete

Theofanis Gekas, Greek footballer

Actor

Chris Gethard, American actor, comedian and writer

Notable Figure

Ben Ross, Australian rugby league player

Athlete

Rasual Butler, American basketball player (died 2018)

Notable Figure

Brian Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player

Musician

Scott Raynor, American drummer

Actor

Richard Ayoade, British actor, director and writer

Notable Figure

Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater

Athlete

Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager

Athlete

Andy Selva, Sammarinese footballer and manager

Actor

Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet

Politician

Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs

Musician

Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer

Notable Figure

Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver

Political Leader

Poppy King, Australian entrepreneur

Notable Figure

Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire

Political Leader

George Osborne, English journalist and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer

Business

Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport

Actor

Guinevere Turner, American actress and screenwriter

Athlete

Luís Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer

Politician

Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician

Musician

Philip Selway, English musician

Actor

H. Jon Benjamin, American actor, comedian, writer, and producer

Notable Figure

Graeme Hick, Zimbabwean-English cricketer and coach

Notable Figure

Gary Roberts, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Athlete

Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo, Spanish footballer

Musician

Tom Tykwer, German director, producer, screenwriter, and composer

Actor

Melissa McBride, American actress

Notable Figure

Paul Sironen, Australian rugby league player

Politician

Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician

Scientist

Viviane Baladi, Swiss mathematician

Actor

Karen Duffy, American actress

Athlete

Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and manager

Activist

Norrie May-Welby, Scottish Australian gender activist

Actor

Linden Ashby, American actor

Athlete

Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster

Filmmaker

Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter

Actor

Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur

Actor

Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer

Artist

Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter (died 1988)

Politician

Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria

Athlete

Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Musician

Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Athlete

Gerry Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer

Actor

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor (died 2021)

Writer

Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist

Notable Figure

Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player

Political Leader

Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece

Politician

Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2017)

Notable Figure

Richard Chase, American serial killer (died 1980)

Notable Figure

Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal

Political Leader

Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru (died 2019)

Actor

Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer

Writer

Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator (died 1995)

Athlete

David Graham, Australian golfer

Filmmaker

Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author (died 1991)

Athlete

John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster

Political Leader

Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (died 2016)

Writer

Gabriel Liiceanu, Romanian philosopher, author, and academic

Filmmaker

Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao, Indian director, screenwriter, and choreographer

Political Leader

Zalman King, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)

Athlete

Rod Thorn, American basketball player, coach, and executive

Musician

Bjørn Johansen (musician), Norwegian saxophonist (died 2002)

Notable Figure

Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver

Scientist

Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (died 2010)

Musician

Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (died 2004)

Filmmaker

Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter

Actor

Ingeborg Hallstein, German soprano and actress

Actor

Charles Kimbrough, American actor (died 2023)

Writer

Lasse Strömstedt, Swedish author (died 2009)

Scientist

Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer (died 2005)

Actor

Joan Collins, English actress

Notable Figure

Ove Fundin, Swedish motorcycle racer

Writer

Kevork Ajemian, Syrian-French journalist and author (died 1998)

Actor

Barbara Barrie, American actress

Writer

Friedrich Achleitner, German poet and critic (died 2019)

Actor

Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish-Austrian actress (died 1982)

Actor

Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (died 2002)

Actor

Nigel Davenport, English actor (died 2013)

Athlete

Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (died 2015)

Notable Figure

Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (died 1996)

Politician

Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African activist and politician (died 1995)

Scientist

Joshua Lederberg, American biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)

Writer

Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (died 2014)

Musician

Alicia de Larrocha, Catalan-Spanish pianist (died 2009)

Notable Figure

Irving Millman, American virologist and microbiologist (died 2012)

Musician

Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz musician and broadcaster (died 2008)

Musician

Helen O'Connell, American singer (died 1993)

Writer

Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (died 1988)

Notable Figure

Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican contralto and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate (died 2012)

Actor

Betty Garrett, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2011)

Notable Figure

Denis Compton, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 1997)

Scientist

Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist (died 2008)

Scientist

S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (died 2014)

Artist

Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist (died 2009)

Writer

Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author (died 1999)

Writer

Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (died 1981)

Musician

Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer (died 1997)

Actor

John Payne, American actor (died 1989)

Athlete

Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer (died 1984)

Notable Figure

Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal (died 2010)

Athlete

Betty Nuthall, English tennis player (died 1983)

Writer

Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator (died 1952)

Architect

Hugh Casson, English architect and academic (died 1999)

Actor

Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (died 1986)

Artist

Franz Kline, American painter and academic (died 1962)

Musician

Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (died 2004)

Scientist

John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)

Notable Figure

Hélène Boucher, French pilot (died 1934)

Notable Figure

Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (died 2024)

Writer

Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Swiss author and photographer (died 1942)

Politician

Hans Frank, German lawyer and politician (died 1946)

Legal

Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and theorist (died 1954)

Notable Figure

Jeralean Talley, American super-centenarian (died 2015)

Writer

Scott O'Dell, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 1989)

Politician

Josef Terboven, German soldier and politician (died 1945)

Notable Figure

Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (died 1937)

Notable Figure

Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (died 1966)

Notable Figure

Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British peer (died 1975)

Writer

Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)

Actor

Herbert Marshall, English-American actor and singer (died 1966)

Politician

Ernst Niekisch, German educator and politician (died 1967)

Writer

Adriaan Roland Holst, Dutch writer (died 1976)

Athlete

Zack Wheat, American baseball player and police officer (died 1972)

Scientist

Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (died 1963)

Notable Figure

Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian sailor and captain (died 1951)

Notable Figure

C. R. M. F. Cruttwell, English historian (died 1941)

Notable Figure

Corrado Gini, Italian sociologist and demographer (died 1965)

Actor

Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1939)

Notable Figure

William Halpenny, Canadian pole vaulter (died 1960)

Business

Alfred P. Sloan, American businessman and philanthropist (died 1966)

Political Leader

Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian jurist and politician, 11th President of Brazil (died 1942)

Notable Figure

William O'Connor, American fencer (died 1939)

Architect

Władysław Horodecki, Polish architect (died 1930)

Artist

József Rippl-Rónai, Hungarian painter (died 1927)

Writer

Isabella Ford, English author and activist (died 1924)

Scientist

Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (died 1896)

Philosopher/Religious

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Iranian religious leader (died 1921)

Politician

George Throssell, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (died 1910)

Artist

Amaldus Nielsen, Norwegian painter (died 1932)

Scientist

Anatole Mallet, Swiss mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1919)

Musician

Józef Wieniawski, Polish pianist and composer (died 1912)

Architect

Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis, Latvian architect (died 1891)

Artist

Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (died 1890)

Politician

Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (died 1881)

Scientist

James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (died 1887)

Legal

Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (died 1891)

Political Leader

Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president (died 1862)

Writer

Margaret Fuller, American journalist and critic (died 1850)

Political Leader

Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (died 1877)

Architect

Charles Barry, English architect, designed the Upper Brook Street Chapel and Halifax Town Hall (died 1860)

Musician

Ignaz Moscheles, Czech pianist and composer (died 1870)

Military

Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (died 1842)

Artist

James Pradier, French neoclassical sculptor (died 1852)

Military

Franz Schlik, Austrian earl and general (died 1862)

Musician

Andrea Luchesi, Italian organist and composer (died 1801)

Medical

Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (died 1815)

Military

Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general (died 1813)

Writer

Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and educator (died 1799)

Medical

William Hunter, Scottish-English anatomist and physician (died 1783)

Medical

Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (died 1778)

Notable Figure

William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, noble of Hesse-Kassel (died 1663)

Politician

Elias Ashmole, English astrologer and politician (died 1692)

Artist

Bertholet Flemalle, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1675)

Scientist

Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (died 1682)

Musician

Paul Siefert, German composer and organist (died 1666)

Notable Figure

Gongmin of Goryeo, Korean ruler (died 1374)

Political Leader

Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (died 1173)

Political Leader

Emperor Qinzong of Song (died 1161)

Notable Figure

Philip I of France (died 1108)

Political Leader

Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II, King of Mutharaiyar dynasty, Tamil Nadu, India

Political Leader

Kʼinich Kan Bahlam II, Mayan king (died 702)

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About Famous Birthdays on May 23

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