Famous Personalities Born In April - 23
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1170 On April - 23 birth of isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190)
1185 King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.
1464 On this day in history birth of johanna van Valois, Queen of France
1464 On this day in history birth of robert Fayrfax, composer
1484 Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italy, scholar (On the Subtlety of Things) was born on this day in history.
1500 Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], System theologist/physician was born on April - 23.
1500 On this day in history birth of alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (d. 1565)
1516 Georg Fabricius, German poet, historian, and archaeologist (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.
1598 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander was born on this day in history.
1621 William Penn, English admiral (d. 1670) was born on this day in history.
1623 Jan Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 23.
1628 Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704) was born on April - 23.
1629 On April - 23 birth of john Commelin, director (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam)
1649 On April - 23 birth of andreas Kneller, composer
1676 King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) was born on April - 23.
1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer was born on this day in history.
1708 Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem) was born on this day in history.
1715 Johann Friedrich Doles, composer was born on April - 23.
1720 Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.
1725 Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (d. 1755) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer
1756 Alexander Reinagle, composer was born on April - 23.
1775 On this day in history birth of joseph Mallord Turner, England, landscape painter (Shipwreck)
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 John Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) was born on this day in history.
1794 Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856) was born on April - 23.
1803 On this day in history birth of jules J baron d'Anethan, Belgian minister of Justice
1804 On April - 23 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