Famous people born on 23 April

• William ShakespeareEnglish playwright and poet · 1564–1616
  52 yrs
• Max PlanckGerman theoretical physicist · 1858–1947
  89 yrs
• James BuchananPresident of the United States from 1857 to 1861 · 1791–1868
  77 yrs
• Halldór LaxnessIcelandic author · 1902–1998
  95 yrs
• Shirley TempleAmerican actress and diplomat · 1928–2014
  85 yrs
• Sergei ProkofievRussian and Soviet pianist, composer and conductor · 1891–1953
  61 yrs
• Catherine de' MediciQueen-consort and regent of France · 1519–1589
  69 yrs
• J. M. W. TurnerEnglish painter and draftsman · 1775–1851
  76 yrs
• Lester B. Pearson14th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1963 to 1968 · 1897–1972
  75 yrs
• Guy FawkesEnglish member of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 · 1570–1606
  35 yrs
• Henry IV of EnglandKing of England from 1399 to 1413 · 1367–1413
  45 yrs
• Ruggero Leoncavallo ↗Italian composer · 1857–1919
  62 yrs
• Roy Orbison ↗American musician · 1936–1988
  52 yrs
• Bertil Ohlin ↗Swedish economist and politician · 1899–1979
  80 yrs
• Johannes Fibiger ↗Danish physician · 1867–1928
  60 yrs
• Maurice Druon ↗French novelist · 1918–2009
  90 yrs
• Afonso II of Portugal ↗King of Portugal · 1185–1223
  37 yrs
• Frank Borzage ↗American film director and actor · 1894–1962
  68 yrs
• Marie Taglioni ↗Italian ballet dancer · 1804–1884
  80 yrs
• Lee Miller ↗American photographer and photojournalist · 1907–1977
  70 yrs
• Silvana Mangano ↗Italian actress · 1930–1989
  59 yrs
• George Steiner ↗American writer · 1929–2020
  90 yrs
• Michel Fokine ↗Russian ballet dancer and choreographer · 1880–1942
  62 yrs
• Raymond Tomlinson ↗American computer programmer · 1941–2016
  74 yrs
• Timothy McVeigh ↗American domestic anti-government terrorist · 1968–2001
  33 yrs
• Gaon of Vilnius ↗Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist · 1720–1797
  77 yrs
• Pandita Ramabai ↗Indian feminist historian and social reformer · 1858–1922
  63 yrs
• Sandra Dee ↗American actress and model · 1942–2005
  62 yrs
• Ivan Yefremov ↗Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker · 1908–1972
  64 yrs
• George of Poděbrady ↗King of Bohemia · 1420–1471
  50 yrs
• Hossein Amir-Abdollahian ↗Iranian politician and diplomat · 1964–2024
  60 yrs
• Albert I of Saxony ↗King of Saxony · 1828–1902
  74 yrs
• Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby ↗British Army general · 1861–1936
  75 yrs
• Stephen A. Douglas ↗American politician and lawyer · 1813–1861
  48 yrs
• Arthur Moeller van den Bruck ↗German historian · 1876–1925
  49 yrs

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