Who are famous people born on August 23?

Famous people born on August 23 include Louis XVI of France (1754), Georges Cuvier (1769), Gene Kelly (1912), Clifford Geertz (1926), Kobe Bryant (1978).

What star sign is someone born on August 23?

Someone born on August 23 is a Virgo.

What is the birthstone for August 23?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 23?

In the US, August 23 is the No. 45 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,011 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 23

Famous people born on August 23, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♍ Star sign
Virgo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 45 of 366

Born on August 23

Louis XVI of France
born 1754 · King of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)
Georges Cuvier
born 1769 · French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
Gene Kelly
born 1912 · American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996)
Clifford Geertz
born 1926 · American anthropologist
Kobe Bryant
born 1978 · American basketball player (1978–2020)
Konstantin Novoselov
born 1974 · Russian-British physicist known for graphene work
Akhmad Kadyrov
born 1951 · Chechen politician and Islamic religious leader (1951–2004)
Glen Johnson
born 1984 · English association football player (born 1984)
Alexandre Desplat
born 1961 · French film composer (born 1961)
Santillana
born 1952 · Spanish footballer
Andoni Goikoetxea
born 1956 · Spanish footballer
Laura Flores
born 1963 · Mexican actress, singer and host
Manuel Vidrio
born 1972 · Mexican footballer
Rafael Albrecht
born 1941 · Argentine footballer (1941–2021)
Vicky Leandros
born 1949 · Greek singer
Rick Springfield
born 1949 · Australian-American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
Luigi Delneri
born 1950 · Italian footballer and manager (born 1950)
Roza Otunbayeva
born 1950 · President of Kyrgyzstan
Bah Ndaw
born 1950 · President of Mali
Queen Noor of Jordan
born 1951 · Queen and Queen Dowager of Jordan; philanthropist and activist
Artūras Paulauskas
born 1953 · Lithuanian politician (born 1953)
Halimah Yacob
born 1954 · 8th President of Singapore
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Ibrahim Aoudou
born 1955 · Cameroonian footballer 1955
Julien Nkoghe Békale
born 1958 · Prime Minister of Gabon from 2019 to 2020
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Jorginho Putinatti
born 1959 · Brazilian association football player
Juan Barbas
born 1959 · Argentine footballer
Ștefan Iovan
born 1960 · Romanian footballer
Mohammad-Reza Zahedi
born 1961 · Iranian brigadier general (1961-2024)
Park Chan-wook
born 1963 · South Korean filmmaker (born 1963)
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Alberto Acosta
born 1966 · Argentine association football player
Hajime Moriyasu
born 1968 · Japanese association football player and coach
Demetrio Albertini
born 1971 · Italian association football player
Souad Massi
born 1972 · Algerian singer and actress
Benjamin Limo
born 1974 · Kenyan distance runner
Jeremy Lin
born 1988 · Taiwanese-American basketball player
Olga Govortsova
born 1988 · Belarusian female tennis player
Fabián Balbuena
born 1991 · Paraguayan association football player
Sebastián Cristóforo
born 1993 · Uruguayan footballer
August Ames
born 1994 · Canadian pornographic actress (1994-2017)
Jusuf Nurkić
born 1994 · Bosnian basketball player

August 23 in history

2023Chandrayaan-3 mission initiates first Moon landing in Indian history.
2011Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
1994Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
1989Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
1973A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
1954The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departs from Marseille, France.
1944World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
1927Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
1904The automobile tire chain is patented.
1839The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
1782British forces under Edward Despard complete the reconquest of the Black River settlements on the Mosquito Coast from the Spanish.
1600Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
1382The Golden Horde, led by Khan Tokhtamysh, begins the Siege of Moscow, which ends four days later with the storming of the city and the death of Muscovite Prince Ostei.
476Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.

Holidays and observances

Battle of Kursk Day (Russia)
Christian feast day: Ascelina
Christian feast day: Asterius, Claudius, and Neon
Christian feast day: Éogan of Ardstraw
Christian feast day: Blessed Franciszek Dachtera
Christian feast day: Blessed Juan María de la Cruz
Christian feast day: Lupus (Luppus) of Novae
Christian feast day: Philip Benitius
Christian feast day: Quiriacus and companions, of Ostia
Christian feast day: Rose of Lima

August 23 in every year

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Questions about August 23 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 23?: Famous people born on August 23 include Louis XVI of France (1754), Georges Cuvier (1769), Gene Kelly (1912), Clifford Geertz (1926), Kobe Bryant (1978).
What star sign is someone born on August 23?: Someone born on August 23 is a Virgo.
What is the birthstone for August 23?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 23?: In the US, August 23 is the No. 45 most common birthday of the 366, with about 12,011 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).