Famous Personalities Born In April - 23
Friday, 17 January 2025
1170 Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of France (d. 1190) was born on April - 23.
1185 King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223) was born on April - 23.
1464 Johanna van Valois, Queen of France was born on this day in history.
1464 On April - 23 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 this day in history.
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 April - 23.
1598 On this day in history birth of maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander
1621 On April - 23 birth of william Penn, English admiral (d. 1670)
1623 Jan Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 23.
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 On this day in history birth of andreas Kneller, composer
1676 King Frederick I of Sweden (d. 1751) was born on this day in history.
1697 George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer was born on this day in history.
1708 On April - 23 birth of friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)
1715 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Doles, composer
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 April - 23.
1735 On this day in history birth of ildephons Haas, composer
1746 Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.
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 James Buchanan, Cove Gap PA, (Fed/Dem), 15th US president (1857-61) was born on April - 23.
1791 W Friedrich Olivier, German landscape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.
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 On April - 23 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 April - 23.
1810 Thomas Wright, historian was born on April - 23.