Famous Personalities Born In May - 23
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
1100 Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) was born on May - 23.
1598 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, baptized was born on May - 23.
1606 On May - 23 birth of juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (d. 1682)
1617 Elias Ashmole, antiquary was born on May - 23.
1620 Pieter Neefs, the Younger, Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.
1644 Thomas Eisenhut, composer was born on May - 23.
1696 Johann Caspar Vogler, composer was born on May - 23.
1707 On May - 23 birth of carolus Linneus, Sweden, biological classifier
1707 On May - 23 birth of carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
1710 On May - 23 birth of francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures)
1718 William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer was born on this day in history.
1729 Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno) was born on May - 23.
1734 On May - 23 birth of friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
1735 On this day in history birth of charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author
1737 Louis Francois Chambray, composer was born on May - 23.
1741 On this day in history birth of andrea Lucchesi, composer
1753 Giovanni Battista Viotti, violonist/composer was born on May - 23.
1754 On this day in history birth of andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter (Napoleon)
1756 Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel, composer was born on May - 23.
1759 Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer was born on this day in history.
1790 Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (d. 1842) was born on May - 23.
1794 On May - 23 birth of isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, composer
1795 On May - 23 birth of charles Barry, architect
1799 Thomas Hood, English poet/composer (Song of the Shirt) was born on May - 23.
1812 Henri A Esquiros, French poet/writer (Les Vierges Folles) was born on May - 23.
1813 Mason Brayman, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on May - 23.
1820 On this day in history birth of james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)
1820 On this day in history birth of lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (d. 1891)
1824 On May - 23 birth of ambrose Everett Burnside, Major General (Union volunteers)
1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st prof of physical ed (Amherst College) was born on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history birth of pieter J B C R van der Aa, Dutch Indologist/geographer
1834 Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (d. 1890) was born on May - 23.
1837 James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 was born on May - 23.
1843 On this day in history birth of pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer