Who are famous people born on February 23?

Famous people born on February 23 include Christopher Marlowe (1564), George Frideric Handel (1685), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), Naruhito (1960), Emily Blunt (1983).

What star sign is someone born on February 23?

Someone born on February 23 is a Pisces.

What is the birthstone for February 23?

The birthstone for February is amethyst.

How common is a birthday on February 23?

In the US, February 23 is the No. 288 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,995 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on February 23

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

♓ Star sign
Pisces
💎 Birthstone
Amethyst
👶 How common
No. 288 of 366

Born on February 23

February 23 in history

2025A snap election is held in Germany.
2012A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
2002An Ariane 4 rocket is launched from the Guiana Space Centre carrying Intelsat 904.
1988Saddam Hussein begins the Anfal genocide against Kurds and Assyrians in northern Iraq.
1974The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
1950General elections are held in the United Kingdom.
1945World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
1943Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
1927German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
1900Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
1883Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
1836Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.
705Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Polycarp of Smyrna
Christian feast day: Blessed Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga
Christian feast day: Serenus the Gardener
Christian feast day: Willigis
Christian feast day: February 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The Emperor's Birthday, birthday of Naruhito, the current Emperor of Japan (Japan)
Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana)
National Day (Brunei)
Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics: Defender of the Fatherland Day (Russia)
Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics: Defender of the Fatherland and Armed Forces day (Belarus)

February 23 in every year

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Questions about February 23 birthdays

Who are famous people born on February 23?: Famous people born on February 23 include Christopher Marlowe (1564), George Frideric Handel (1685), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), Naruhito (1960), Emily Blunt (1983).
What star sign is someone born on February 23?: Someone born on February 23 is a Pisces.
What is the birthstone for February 23?: The birthstone for February is amethyst.
How common is a birthday on February 23?: In the US, February 23 is the No. 288 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,995 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).