Births on 23 April
2000s
Prince Louis of Wales
2018
British prince (born 2018)
Chloe Kim
2000
American snowboarder (born 2000)
Jeno (singer)
2000
South Korean rapper and singer (born 2000)
1900s
Chaeyoung
1999
South Korean singer (born 1999)
Laufey (singer)
1999
Icelandic singer (born 1999)
Zach Apple
1997
American swimmer (born 1997)
Carolina Alves (tennis)
1996
Brazilian tennis player (born 1996)
Gigi Hadid
1995
American model (born 1995)
Jamie Hayter
1995
English professional wrestler (born 1995)
Patrick Olsen
1994
Danish footballer (born 1994)
Song Kang
1994
South Korean actor (born 1994)
Britt Baker
1991
American professional wrestler (born 1991)
Nathan Baker
1991
English footballer (born 1991)
Caleb Johnson
1991
American singer (born 1991)
Kyle Juszczyk
1991
American football player (born 1991)
Paul Vaughan (rugby league)
1991
Professional rugby league footballer (born 1991)
Rui Fonte
1990
Portuguese footballer
Dev Patel
1990
English actor (born 1990)
Nicole Vaidišová
1989
Czech tennis player (born 1989)
Victor Anichebe
1988
Nigerian professional footballer (born 1988)
Sandra Borch
1988
Norwegian politician (born 1988)
Alistair Brownlee
1988
English triathlete (born 1988)
Patrick Maroon
1988
American ice hockey player (born 1988)
Signe Ronka
1988
Latvian-Canadian figure skater
Lenka Wienerová
1988
Slovak tennis player
Michael Arroyo
1987
Ecuadorian footballer (born 1987)
John Boye
1987
Ghanaian footballer
Emily Fox (basketball)
1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Sven Kramer
1986
Dutch speed skater
Alysia Montaño
1986
American middle-distance runner
Rafael Fernandes (baseball)
1986
Brazilian baseball player (born 1986)
Angel Locsin
1985
Filipino actress (born 1985)
Alexandra Kosteniuk
1984
Russian-Swiss chess grandmaster (born 1984)
Moose (wrestler)
1984
American professional wrestler and football player (born 1984)
Jesse Lee Soffer
1984
American actor
Leon Andreasen
1983
Danish footballer (born 1983)
Daniela Hantuchová
1983
Slovak tennis player (born 1983)
Ian Henderson (rugby league)
1983
Former Scotland international rugby league footballer
Kyle Beckerman
1982
American soccer player
Tony Sunshine
1982
Singer
Nicole den Dulk
1980
Dutch Paralympic equestrian
Barry Hawkins
1979
English snooker player (born 1979)
Jaime King
1979
American actress and model (born 1979)
Joanna Krupa
1979
Polish-born American model and actress
Samppa Lajunen
1979
Finnish Nordic combined skier (born 1979)
Gezahegne Abera
1978
Ethiopian long-distance runner
John Cena
1977
American actor and professional wrestler (born 1977)
Andruw Jones
1977
Curaçaoan baseball player (born 1977)
David Kidwell
1977
NZ RL coach and former NZ international rugby league footballer
Willie Mitchell (ice hockey)
1977
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)
John Oliver
1977
British and American comedian and talk show host (born 1977)
Kal Penn
1977
American actor and civil servant (born 1977)
Bram Schmitz
1977
Dutch cyclist (born 1977)
Lee Young-pyo
1977
South Korean footballer (born 1977)
Gabriel Damon
1976
American actor
Aaron Dessner
1976
American musician (born 1976)
Bobby Shaw
1975
American football player (born 1975)
Carlos Dengler
1974
American actor and musician
Michael Kerr (rugby union)
1974
Rugby player
Patrick Poulin
1973
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1973)
Pierre Labrie
1972
Québécois poet
Peter Dench
1972
British photojournalist (born 1972)
Amira Medunjanin
1972
Musical artist
Uli Herzner
1971
German fashion designer
Egemen Bağış
1970
Turkish politician (born 1970)
Dennis Culp
1970
Musical artist
Andrew Gee (rugby league)
1970
Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator
Hans Välimäki
1970
Tayfur Havutçu
1970
Turkish footballer and manager
MartÃn López-Zubero
1969
Spanish swimmer (born 1969)
Yelena Shushunova
1969
Soviet Russian gymnast (1969–2018)
Bas Haring
1968
Dutch philosopher
Ken McRae
1968
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1968)
Timothy McVeigh
1968
American domestic terrorist (1968–2001)
Rhéal Cormier
1967
Canadian baseball player (1967–2021)
Melina Kanakaredes
1967
American actress (born 1967)
Joerg Deisinger
1966
German musician
Matt Freeman
1966
American bassist (born 1966)
Lembit Oll
1966
Estonian chess player
Leni Robredo
1965
Vice President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
Gianandrea Noseda
1964
Italian conductor (born 1964)
Paul Belmondo
1963
French racing driver and actor (born 1963)
Robby Naish
1963
American athlete and entrepreneur (born 1963)
John Hannah (actor)
1962
Scottish actor (born 1962)
Shaun Spiers
1962
British politician (born 1962)
George Lopez
1961
American comedian, actor (born 1961)
Pierluigi Martini
1961
Italian racing driver (born 1961)
Valerie Bertinelli
1960
American actress (born 1960)
Steve Clark
1960
English guitarist (1960–1991)
Barry Douglas (pianist)
1960
Northern Irish pianist (born 1960)
Léo Jaime
1960
Musical artist
Claude Julien (ice hockey)
1960
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Unity Dow
1959
Motswana politician, writer, and human rights activist (born 1959)
Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
1958
Icelandic musician and composer
Ryan Walter
1958
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1958)
Neville Brody
1957
British graphic designer
Jan Hooks
1957
American actress and comedian (1957–2014)
Judy Davis
1955
Australian film, television, and stage actress (born 1955)
Tony Miles
1955
English chess grandmaster (1955–2001)
Urmas Ott
1955
Estonian journalist
Serge Vohor
1955
Vanuatuan politician (1955–2024)
Stephen Dalton
1954
Royal Air Force air marshal
Michael Moore
1954
American filmmaker and author (born 1954)
James Russo
1953
American actor (born 1953)
Narada Michael Walden
1952
American musician (born 1952)
Martin Bayerle
1951
American treasure hunter and author (born 1951)
Rowley Leigh
1950
British chef, restaurateur and journalist
Barbara McIlvaine Smith
1950
American politician
Paul Collier
1949
British development economist (born 1949)
David Cross (musician)
1949
English musician
John Miles (musician)
1949
English rock singer-songwriter and musician (1949–2021)
Pascal Quignard
1948
French writer (born 1948)
Serge Thériault
1948
Canadian comedian and actor from Quebec (born 1948)
Robert Burgess (sociologist)
1947
British sociologist (1947–2022)
Glenn Cornick
1947
British bass player (1947–2014)
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
1947
Irish socialist and republican political activist (born 1947)
Blair Brown
1946
American actress (born 1946)
Carlton Sherwood
1946
American journalist
Jean-François Stévenin
1944
French actor (1944–2021)
Gail Goodrich
1943
American basketball player (born 1943)
Tony Esposito
1943
Canadian-American ice hockey player (1943–2021)
Frans Koppelaar
1943
Dutch classical painter
Hervé Villechaize
1943
French actor (1943–1993)
Sandra Dee
1942
American actress and model (1942–2005)
Jacqueline Boyer
1941
French singer and actress (born 1941)
Arie den Hartog
1941
Dutch cyclist
Paavo Lipponen
1941
Prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003
Michael Lynne
1941
American film executive (1941–2019)
Ed Stewart
1941
British radio presenter (1941–2016)
Ray Tomlinson
1941
American computer programmer (1941–2016)
Michael Copps
1940
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
Dale and Grace
1940
American music duo (1963–1965)
Michael Kadosh
1940
Israeli footballer and manager
Jorge Fons
1939
Mexican film director (1939–2022)
Bill Hagerty (journalist)
1939
British journalist and editor (1936–2025)
Lee Majors
1939
American actor (born 1939)
Ray Peterson
1939
American singer (1935–2005)
Victoria Glendinning
1937
British biographer and novelist (born 1937)
David Mills (cricketer)
1937
English cricketer (1937–2013)
Barry Shepherd
1937
Australian rules footballer, cricketer
Roy Orbison
1936
American singer-songwriter (1936–1988)
George Canseco
1934
Filipino composer (1934–2004)
Annie Easley
1933
American mathematician and rocket scientist
Halston
1932
American fashion designer (1932–1990)
Jim Fixx
1932
American fitness advocate and author (1932–1984)
Rafał Gan-Ganowicz
1932
Polish mercenary and journalist (1932–2002)
George Steiner
1929
French and American Writer, literary critic and philosopher (1929–2020)
Shirley Temple
1928
American actress and diplomat (1928–2014)
J. P. Donleavy
1926
Novelist, playwright, essayist
Rifaat el-Mahgoub
1926
Egyptian politician (1926–1990)
Chuck Harmon
1924
American baseball player (1924–2019)
Bobby Rosengarden
1924
American jazz drummer & bandleader (1924–2007)
Dolph Briscoe
1923
Governor of Texas from 1973 to 1979
Avram Davidson
1923
American writer (1923-1993)
Judy Agnew
1921
Second Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1973
Cleto Bellucci
1921
Italian prelate
Janet Blair
1921
American singer and actress (1921–2007)
Warren Spahn
1921
American baseball player (1921–2003)
Eric Yarrow
1920
British businessman
Oleg Penkovsky
1919
British spy in the USSR (1919–1963)
Maurice Druon
1918
French writer and politician (1918–2009)
Dorian Leigh
1917
American fashion model
Tony Lupien
1917
American baseball player (1917–2004)
Ivo Lola Ribar
1916
Yugoslav communist politician and military leader
Yiannis Moralis
1916
Greek visual artist (1916–2009)
Sinah Estelle Kelley
1916
American chemist (1916–1982)
Arnold Alexander Hall
1915
English aeronautical engineer, scientist and industrialist (1915–2000)
Diosa Costello
1913
Puerto Rican entertainer, producer, club owner
Ronald Neame
1911
English filmmaker and cinematographer (1911–2010)
Sheila Scott Macintyre
1910
Scottish mathematician
Simone Simon
1910
French actress (1910–2005)
Myron Waldman
1908
American animator (1908–2006)
Lee Miller
1907
American photographer and photojournalist (1907–1977)
Fritz Wotruba
1907
Austrian sculptor (1907–1975)
Clifford Bricker
1904
Canadian long-distance runner
Louis Muhlstock
1904
Canadian painter (1904–2001)
Duncan Renaldo
1904
Romanian-born American actor (1904–1980)
Guy Simonds
1903
Canadian general (1903–1974)
Halldór Laxness
1902
Icelandic author (1902–1998)
E. B. Ford
1901
British ecological geneticist (1901–1988)
Jim Bottomley
1900
American baseball player and manager (1900–1959)
Joseph Green (actor)
1900
American actor (1900–1996)
1800s
Bertil Ohlin
1899
Swedish economist, politician, and Nobel Laureate (1899–1979)
Minoru Shirota
1899
Japanese microbiologist
Lucius D. Clay
1898
United States Army general (1898–1978)
Folke Jansson
1897
Swedish triple jumper
Lester B. Pearson
1897
Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968
Ngaio Marsh
1895
New Zealand crime writer and theatre director (1895–1982)
Frank Borzage
1894
American film director and actor (1894–1962)
Karel Doorman
1889
Royal Netherlands Navy officer
Georges Vanier
1888
Governor General of Canada from 1959 to 1967
Albert Coates (musician)
1882
English conductor and composer (1882–1953)
Michel Fokine
1880
Russian choreographer (1880–1942)
Arthur Moeller van den Bruck
1876
German historian (1876–1925)
Johannes Fibiger
1867
Danish physician (1867–1928)
Aliagha Shikhlinski
1865
Azerbaijani lieutenant-general
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
1861
British Field Marshal (1861–1936)
John Peltz
1861
American baseball player (1861–1906)
Justinian Oxenham
1860
Australian public servant
Max Planck
1858
German theoretical physicist (1858–1947)
Ruggero Leoncavallo
1857
Italian composer (1857–1919)
Granville Woods
1856
American inventor (1856–1910)
Winthrop M. Crane
1853
American politician (1853–1920)
Edward Stafford (politician)
1819
Premier of New Zealand (1819–1901)
James Anthony Froude
1818
English historian, novelist and biographer (1818–1894)
Stephen A. Douglas
1813
American politician and lawyer (1813–1861)
Frédéric Ozanam
1813
French scholar (1813–1853)
Frederick Whitaker
1812
Premier of New Zealand (1863–1864, 1882–1883)
Karl Rosenkranz
1805
German philosopher and pedagogue (1805–1879)
Before 1800
Wei Yuan
1794
Chinese scholar (1794–1857)
Thomas Romney Robinson
1792
Irish astronomer (1792–1882)
James Buchanan
1791
President of the United States from 1857 to 1861
Félix Vicq-d'Azyr
1748
French anatomist (1748–1794)
Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
1744
Princess of (Schleswig-)Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
Vilna Gaon
1720
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)
Johann Friedrich Doles
1715
German composer (1715 - 1797)
Issachar Berend Lehmann
1661
German-Jewish banker, merchant, diplomat and court Jew
Johannes Hudde
1628
Dutch mathematician and mayor
William Penn (Royal Navy officer)
1621
English naval officer and politician (1621–1670)
Maarten Tromp
1598
Dutch admiral (1598–1653)
William Shakespeare
1564
English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
Georg Fabricius
1516
German Renaissance poet, historian and archaeologist
Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel
1512
English nobleman and courtier (1512–1580)
Alexander Ales
1500
Scottish theologian (1500–1556)
Johann Stumpf (writer)
1500
Swiss historian
Julius Caesar Scaliger
1484
Italian scholar, physician and philosopher (1484–1558)
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry
1464
Queen of France in 1498
Robert Fayrfax
1464
English composer (1464–1521)
George of Poděbrady
1420
King of Bohemia (r. 1458–71)
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford
1408
15th century English noble
Afonso II of Portugal
1185
King of Portugal from 1211 to 1223