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Famous people born on April 23
Short answer
Well-known people born on April 23 include Max Planck (1858), James Buchanan (1791), Halldór Laxness (1902) and Shirley Temple (1928). Our list below has 106 people for this date, most widely covered first.
This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives April 23 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1598 (Maarten Tromp) and the most recent is 2018 (Prince Louis of Wales). The most common fields on this date: football, actor, writer.
Who was born on April 23?
- Max Planck 1858 German theoretical physicist
- James Buchanan 1791 President of the United States from 1857 to 1861
- Halldór Laxness 1902 Icelandic author
- Shirley Temple 1928 American actress and diplomat
- John Cena 1977 American actor and professional wrestler
- J. M. W. Turner 1775 English painter and draftsman
- Lester B. Pearson 1897 14th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1963 to 1968
- Michael Moore 1954 American filmmaker and author
- Dev Patel 1990 British actor
- Ruggero Leoncavallo 1857 Italian composer
- Roy Orbison 1936 American musician
- Gigi Hadid 1995 American fashion model and television personality
- Bertil Ohlin 1899 Swedish economist and politician
- Johannes Fibiger 1867 Danish physician
- Maurice Druon 1918 French novelist
- Mary E. Brunkow 1961 American molecular biologist and immunologist
- Prince Louis of Wales 2018 Youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales
- Frank Borzage 1894 American film director and actor
- Marie Taglioni 1804 Italian ballet dancer
- Alexandra Kosteniuk 1984 Russian and Swiss chess player
- Lee Miller 1907 American photographer and photojournalist
- John Oliver 1977 British-American comedian and television host
- Kal Penn 1977 American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama…
- Raymond Tomlinson 1941 American computer programmer
- George Steiner 1929 American writer
- Daniela Hantuchová 1983 Slovak tennis player
- Judy Davis 1955 Australian film, television and stage actress
- Jacqueline Boyer 1941 French singer
- Andrey Kurkov 1961 Ukrainian writer
- Christian Corrêa Dionisio 1975 Brazilian association football player
- Gaon of Vilnius 1720 Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist
- Sven Kramer 1986 Dutch speed skater
- Paavo Lipponen 1941 Finnish politician
- Pandita Ramabai 1858 Indian feminist historian and social reformer
- Victor Anichebe 1988 Nigerian association football player
- John Hannah 1962 Scottish actor
- Sandra Dee 1942 American actress and model
- Asuna Tanaka 1988 Japanese association football player
- Mathias Jørgensen 1990 Danish association football player
- Pascal Quignard 1948 French writer
- George Lopez 1961 American comedian and actor
- Hossein Amir-Abdollahian 1964 Iranian politician and diplomat
- Stephen A. Douglas 1813 American politician and lawyer
- Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby 1861 British Army general
- Nicole Vaidisova 1989 Czech tennis player
- Laufey 1999 Icelandic singer-songwriter
- Albert I of Saxony 1828 King of Saxony
- Jaime King 1979 American actress and model
- Taio Cruz 1980 British singer and songwriter
- Manoj Bajpai 1969 Indian actor
- Arthur Moeller van den Bruck 1876 German historian
- Tony Martin 1985 German professional road bicycle racer
- Eren Albayrak 1991 Turkish association football player
- Chloe Kim 2000 American snowboarder
- Sammir 1987 Croatian footballer
- Jónsi 1975 Icelandic musician
- Józef Cyrankiewicz 1911 Polish politician
- Samuel Wallis 1728 Royal Naval explorer
- Son Chaeyoung 1999 South Korean rapper and singer
- D. B. Weiss 1971 American writer and producer
- Jean-Dominique Bauby 1952 French journalist, author and editor with Locked-In Syndrome
- Jishnu Raghavan 1979 Indian actor
- Ngaio Marsh 1895 New Zealand writer
- Lee Young-pyo 1977 South Korean footballer
- Pia Cramling 1963 Swedish chess player
- Annie Easley 1932 American mathematician and rocket scientist
- Steve McCurry 1950 American photographer
- Gian Gastone de' Medici 1671 Last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany
- Tobi Amusan 1997 Nigerian athletics competitor
- Sofia Jakobsson 1990 Swedish association football player
- Melina Kanakaredes 1967 American actress
- Oleg Penkovsky 1919 British spy in the USSR
- Patrik Ouředník 1957 Czech archivist, poet, literary theorist, translator and bookwriter
- Steph Houghton 1988 English association football player
- Jean-François Stévenin 1944 French actor, film director and screenwriter
- Song Kang 1994 South Korean actor
- Anatoliy Byshovets 1946 Ukrainian footballer
- Valerie Bertinelli 1960 American actress
- Sanford B. Dole 1844 American judge
- Leni Robredo 1965 Filipino politician
- Paul Belmondo 1963 French racing driver and actor
- Cristiana Girelli 1990 Italian footballer
- David Møller Wolfe 2002 Norwegian footballer
- Yelena Shushunova 1969 Soviet-Russian artistic gymnast
- Lee Majors 1939 American actor
- Bill Browder 1964 American-born British businessman and political activist
- Chuck Feeney 1931 American businessman
- Kyle Beckerman 1982 American soccer player
- Lauri Ylönen 1979 Finnish rock singer
- Hervé Villechaize 1943 French actor
- François Letexier 1989 French football referee and lawyer
- John Boye 1987 Ghanaian footballer
- Bo'az Ma'uda 1987 Israeli singer
- Barry Watson 1974 American actor
- Craig Sheffer 1960 American film and television actor
- Maarten Tromp 1598 Dutch admiral
- Nathan Baker 1991 English footballer
- Barry Hawkins 1979 English snooker player
- Marcel L'Herbier 1888 French film director
- Étienne Balibar 1942 French philosopher
- Pierluigi Martini 1961 Italian racecar driver
- Shigetoshi Hasebe 1971 Japanese association football player and manager
- George Anson, 1st Baron Anson 1697 British admiral
- Rachel Skarsten 1985 Canadian actress
- Ronald Neame 1911 English film cinematographer, producer, screenwriter and director
- James Anthony Froude 1818 English historian, novelist and biographer
Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on April 23 share the 23rd of April as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.