Famous Personalities Born In August - 23
Friday, 14 February 2025
0686 On August - 23 birth of charles Martel, grandfather of Charlemagne (d. 741)
1486 On this day in history birth of siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat
1524 On August - 23 birth of francois Hotman/Hotomanus, French lawyer/diplomat (Anti-Tribonien)
1593 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia) was born on this day in history.
1623 On August - 23 birth of stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (d. 1675)
1724 On this day in history birth of abraham Yates, American Continental Congressman (d. 1796)
1727 On August - 23 birth of friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer
1740 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) was born on this day in history.
1741 On August - 23 birth of jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, French explorer (d. 1788)
1751 On August - 23 birth of louis-Francois Beffara, lexicographer
1754 Louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined was born on August - 23.
1769 Georges Cuvier, French biologist and statesman (d. 1832) was born on this day in history.
1773 Jakob F Fries, German philosopher was born on August - 23.
1783 On this day in history birth of william Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (d. 1852)
1805 On August - 23 birth of anton von Schmerling, Austrian statesman (d. 1893)
1809 On this day in history birth of juliusz Slowacki, Polish poet (Trip to H Land)
1814 James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (d. 1877) was born on this day in history.
1818 On August - 23 birth of rufus Ingalls, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1893
1829 On this day in history birth of moritz B Cantor, German math historian
1832 On this day in history birth of alexander Chambers, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
1836 Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902) was born on August - 23.
1843 On August - 23 birth of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (d. 1932)
1846 Alexander Milne Calder, American sculptor (d. 1923) was born on August - 23.
1847 Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.
1849 William Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor (d. 1903) was born on August - 23.
1852 On August - 23 birth of arnold Toynbee, English economist and social reformer (d. 1883)
1852 On this day in history birth of clÃmaco Calderón, President of Colombia. (d. 1913)
1854 Moritz Moszkowski, composer was born on this day in history.
1864 On August - 23 birth of eleftherios K Venizalos, premier of Greece (1910-15, 28-32)
1867 On August - 23 birth of marcel Schwob, Frans writer/journalist (Le Croisade des Enfants)
1869 On this day in history birth of edgar Lee Masters, poet/novelist [or Sep 23]
1869 James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, SF mayor (1912-31), MUNI backer was born on August - 23.
1875 William Eccles, English radio pioneer (d. 1966) was born on August - 23.
1875 On August - 23 birth of eugene Lanceray, Russian artist (d. 1946)