Famous people born on 23 May

• Li BaiClassical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty · AD 701–762
  61 yrs
• John BardeenAmerican physicist and engineer · 1908–1991
  82 yrs
• Pär LagerkvistSwedish writer · 1891–1974
  83 yrs
• Alan GarcíaPresident of Peru · 1949–2019
  69 yrs
• Konstantinos VIIByzantine emperor · AD 905–959
  54 yrs
• Hans Frank ↗German lawyer, Nazi politician, General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland and convicted war criminal · 1900–1946
  46 yrs
• Otto Lilienthal ↗German aviation pioneer · 1848–1896
  48 yrs
• Douglas Fairbanks ↗American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer · 1883–1939
  56 yrs
• Maria Konopnicka ↗Polish writer and activist · 1842–1910
  68 yrs
• Margaret Fuller ↗American writer and women's activist · 1810–1850
  40 yrs
• Joshua Lederberg ↗American molecular biologist · 1925–2008
  82 yrs
• ʻAbdu'l-Bahá ↗Son of Bahá'u'lláh and leader of the Bahá'í Faith · 1844–1921
  77 yrs
• Jules Dumont d'Urville ↗French Navy officer and explorer · 1790–1842
  51 yrs
• Franz Anton Mesmer ↗German physician · 1734–1815
  80 yrs
• Robert Moog ↗American electronic music pioneer and inventor · 1934–2005
  71 yrs
• Rosemary Clooney ↗American singer and actress · 1928–2002
  74 yrs
• Edward Norton Lorenz ↗American mathematician and meteorologist · 1917–2008
  90 yrs
• Bray Wyatt ↗American professional wrestler · 1987–2023
  36 yrs
• Suiko ↗Empress of Japan from 592 to 628 · AD 554–628
  73 yrs
• Karim Khan zand ↗Founder of the Zand Dynasty · 1705–1779
  73 yrs
• Epitácio Pessoa ↗Brazilian politician and judge · 1865–1942
  76 yrs
• Artie Shaw ↗American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader · 1910–2004
  94 yrs
• Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne ↗Habsburg Austrian Field Marshal, writer and intellectual · 1735–1814
  79 yrs
• Corrado Gini ↗Italian statistician · 1884–1965
  80 yrs
• Felix Steiner ↗German SS commander ; affiant in Pohl Trial (NMT 4) · 1896–1966
  69 yrs
• Martin McGuinness ↗Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister · 1950–2017
  66 yrs
• Rafael Moreno Aranzadi ↗Spanish footballer · 1892–1922
  29 yrs
• Agathe Uwilingiyimana ↗Prime Minister of Rwanda · 1953–1994
  40 yrs
• Ceija Stojka ↗Austrian-Romani writer, painter, activist, and musician, and survivor of the Holocaust · 1933–2013
  79 yrs
• Grigori Chukhrai ↗Soviet film director and screenwriter · 1921–2001
  80 yrs

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