Birthday: 23 July
Famous people born on 23 July
28 of the best-known people in our data were born on 23 July, including Haile Selassie I, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Raymond Chandler. The longest life among them was Quett Masire's, at 91 years.
- Haile Selassie IEmperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 · 1892–197583 yrs
- Philip Seymour HoffmanAmerican actor · 1967–201446 yrs
- Raymond ChandlerAmerican novelist and screenwriter · 1888–195970 yrs
- Clement XIPope of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721 · 1649–172171 yrs
- Vera RubinAmerican astronomer and physicist · 1928–201688 yrs
- Clare of AssisiItalian saint · 1194–125359 yrs
- Gustav HeinemannGerman politician; President of Germany from 1969–1974 · 1899–197676 yrs
- Vladimir Prelog ↗Bosnian-Swiss chemist · 1906–199891 yrs
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak ↗Indian nationalist leader, writer and journalist · 1856–192064 yrs
- Emil Jannings ↗German actor · 1884–195065 yrs
- John Dee ↗16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist · 1527–160981 yrs
- Theo van Gogh ↗Dutch film director · 1957–200447 yrs
- Amália Rodrigues ↗Portuguese recording artist, fado singer, actress · 1920–199979 yrs
- Richard Rogers ↗British architect · 1933–202188 yrs
- Agnolo Poliziano ↗Italian classical scholar and poet · 1454–149440 yrs
- Quett Masire ↗President of Botswana · 1925–201791 yrs
- Sabbatai Zevi ↗Mystic, rabbis · 1626–167650 yrs
- Étienne-Louis Malus ↗French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician · 1775–181236 yrs
- Emperor Wen of Sui ↗Founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty · AD 541–60463 yrs
- Alexander Afanasyev ↗Russian folklorist, collector of folk tales · 1826–187145 yrs
- Arata Isozaki ↗Japanese architect · 1931–202291 yrs
- Philipp Otto Runge ↗German artist · 1777–181033 yrs
- Peder Severin Krøyer ↗Danish painter · 1851–190958 yrs
- Jon Landau ↗American film producer · 1960–202463 yrs
- Elio Vittorini ↗Italian writer and novelist · 1908–196657 yrs
- Anne of Bohemia and Hungary ↗Queen Consort and Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, Queen Consort of Germany and Archduchess of Austria · 1503–154743 yrs
- Damiano Damiani ↗Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer · 1922–201390 yrs
- Franz Berwald ↗Swedish composer · 1796–186871 yrs
Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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