Famous Personalities Born In April - 23
Sunday, 16 February 2025
1170 On this day in history birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)
1185 On April - 23 birth of king Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
1464 On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France
1464 Robert Fayrfax, composer was born on April - 23.
1484 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on April - 23.
1500 On April - 23 birth of alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician
1500 Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565) was born on April - 23.
1516 Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.
1598 On this day in history birth of maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander
1621 On this day in history birth of william Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)
1623 Jan Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.
1628 Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.
1629 On April - 23 birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)
1649 Andreas Kneller, composer was born on April - 23.
1676 On April - 23 birth of king Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751)
1697 On this day in history birth of george Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer
1708 Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) was born on this day in history.
1715 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer was born on this day in history.
1720 Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) was born on April - 23.
1725 On this day in history birth of saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755)
1728 Samuel Wallis, explorer (Wallis Island) was born on this day in history.
1735 Ildephons Haas, composer was born on this day in history.
1746 Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794) was born on April - 23.
1747 Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer was born on April - 23.
1756 Alexander Reinagle, composer was born on this day in history.
1775 Joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck) was born on this day in history.
1791 On April - 23 birth of james Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61)
1791 On April - 23 birth of w Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist
1792 On this day in history birth of john Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882)
1794 Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.
1803 Jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice was born on this day in history.
1804 On this day in history birth of guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium)
1809 Eugene-Prosper Prevost, composer was born on this day in history.
1810 On April - 23 birth of thomas Wright, historian