Births on 23 September
2000s
Lai Kuan-lin
2001
Taiwanese rapper and singer (born 2001)
1900s
Yuqi
1999
Chinese singer-songwriter (born 1999)
John Collins (basketball)
1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Napheesa Collier
1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Mijoo
1994
South Korean singer and entertainer (born 1994)
Bai Lu (actress)
1994
Chinese actress (born 1994)
Petteri Lindbohm
1993
Finnish ice hockey player
Angel Garza
1992
Mexican professional wrestler (born 1992)
Lee Gibson
1991
Scottish footballer
Key (entertainer)
1991
South Korean singer (born 1991)
Melanie Oudin
1991
American tennis player (born 1991)
Brandon Jennings
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Taniela Lasalo
1989
Australian rugby league footballer
Juan Martín del Potro
1988
Argentine tennis player (born 1988)
Kairi Sane
1988
Japanese professional wrestler and actress (born 1988)
Yannick Weber
1988
Swiss ice hockey player (born 1988)
Skylar Astin
1987
American actor (born 1987)
Martin Cranie
1986
English footballer (born 1986)
Chris Volstad
1986
American baseball player (born 1986)
Joba Chamberlain
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Chris Johnson (running back)
1985
American football player (born 1985)
Cush Jumbo
1985
British actress and writer (born 1985)
Lukáš Kašpar
1985
Czech ice hockey player (born 1985)
Hasan Minhaj
1985
American comedian and actor (born 1985)
Patrick Ehelechner
1984
German ice hockey player (born 1984)
Matt Kemp
1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Anneliese van der Pol
1984
Dutch actress (born 1984)
Shane del Rosario
1983
American kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter
Joffrey Lupul
1983
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1983)
Mait Künnap
1982
Estonian tennis player
Shyla Stylez
1982
Canadian pornographic actress (1982–2017)
Robert Doornbos
1981
Dutch racing driver (born 1981)
Helen Richardson-Walsh
1981
English field hockey player
Ricky Davis
1979
American basketball player (born 1979)
Bryant McKinnie
1979
American football player (born 1979)
Fábio Simplício
1979
Brazilian footballer (born 1979)
Lote Tuqiri
1979
Former Australia (dual-code) & Fiji international rugby league footballer
Benjamin Curtis (musician)
1978
American guitarist
Anthony Mackie
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Matthieu Descoteaux
1977
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)
Dmitri Kulikov (footballer)
1977
Estonian footballer
Fabio Ongaro
1977
Italy international rugby union player
Rachael Yamagata
1977
American musician
Sarah Blasko
1976
Australian indie rock musician (born 1976)
Robert James-Collier
1976
English actor (born 1976)
Kip Pardue
1976
American actor (born 1975)
Valeriy Sydorenko
1976
Ukrainian boxer
Volodymyr Sydorenko
1976
Ukrainian boxer
Kim Dong-moon
1975
South Korean badminton player (born 1975)
Chris Hawkins
1975
British DJ and radio presenter
Eric Miller (rugby union)
1975
Irish rugby union player (born 1975)
Vitali Yeremeyev
1975
Kazakhstani ice hockey player
Ben Duckworth
1974
Australian rugby league footballer
Matt Hardy
1974
American professional wrestler (born 1974)
Layzie Bone
1974
American rapper (born 1975)
Ingrid Fliter
1973
Argentinian classical pianist
Vangelis Krios
1973
Greek footballer
Sam Bettens
1972
Belgian musician
Alistair Campbell (cricketer)
1972
Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1972)
Jermaine Dupri
1972
American record producer (born 1972)
Karl Pilkington
1972
English comedian and television personality (born 1972)
Moin Khan
1971
Pakistani cricketer
Eric Montross
1971
American basketball player (1971–2023)
Sean Spicer
1971
American political aide (born 1971)
Adrian Brunker
1970
Australian rugby league footballer
Lucia Cifarelli
1970
American singer
Ani DiFranco
1970
American musician (born 1970)
Georgios Koltsidas
1970
Greek footballer
Donald Audette
1969
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1969)
Patrick Fiori
1969
French singer (born 1969)
Jan Suchopárek
1969
Czech footballer (born 1969)
Yvette Fielding
1968
English television presenter, producer and actress
Adam Price
1968
Welsh politician
LisaRaye McCoy
1967
American actress
Chris Wilder
1967
English association football manager (born 1967)
Pete Harnisch
1966
American baseball player (born 1966)
Mark Woodforde
1965
Australian tennis player
Clayton Blackmore
1964
Welsh footballer and manager
Josefa Idem
1964
German-born Italian canoeist and politician
Koshi Inaba
1964
Japanese musician (born 1964)
Larry Krystkowiak
1964
American basketball player and coach
Katie Mitchell
1964
British theatre director (born 1964)
Julian Parkhill
1964
Geneticist, working with pathogens
Bill Phillips (author)
1964
American businessman
Anne-Marie Cadieux
1963
Canadian actress and director
Alex Proyas
1963
Australian film director
Deborah Orr
1962
British journalist (1962–2019)
Chi McBride
1961
American actor (born 1961)
William C. McCool
1961
American astronaut (1961–2003)
Kurt Beyer
1960
American professional wrestler
Luis Moya
1960
Spanish rally co-driver (born 1960)
Jason Alexander
1959
American actor (born 1959)
Frank Cottrell-Boyce
1959
British screenwriter, novelist, and actor (born 1959)
Hans Nijman
1959
Dutch professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
Chris O'Sullivan (rugby league)
1959
Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer
Elizabeth Peña
1959
American actress (1959–2014)
Karen Pierce
1959
British diplomat (born 1959)
Danielle Dax
1958
English experimental musician (born 1958)
Khaled El Sheikh
1958
Bahraini singer (born 1958)
Tony Fossas
1958
Cuban baseball player (born 1957)
Marvin Lewis
1958
American football coach (born 1958)
Larry Mize
1958
American professional golfer
Rosalind Chao
1957
American actress
Peter David
1956
American writer (1956–2025)
Tom Hogan
1956
Australian cricketer (born 1956)
Paolo Rossi
1956
Italian footballer (1956–2020)
Charlie Barnett (comedian)
1954
American comedian and actor (1954-1996)
Cherie Blair
1954
British barrister (born 1954)
Nicholas Witchell
1953
BBC journalist (born 1953)
Mark Bego
1952
American biographer
Anshuman Gaekwad
1952
Indian cricketer (1952–2024)
Dennis Lamp
1952
American baseball player (born 1952)
Kim Duk-soo
1952
Korean traditional musician
Jim Morrison (baseball)
1952
American baseball player and manager (born 1952)
Esso Trinidad Steel Band
1951
Steel band
George Garzone
1950
Musical artist
Floella Benjamin
1949
British actress, presenter, and peer (born 1949)
Bruce Springsteen
1949
American rock musician (born 1949)
Kostas Tournas
1949
Greek singer (born 1949)
Dan Toler
1948
Musical artist
Christian Bordeleau
1947
Canadian retired ice hockey forward
Mary Kay Place
1947
American actress (born 1947)
Neal Smith (drummer)
1947
American musician
Franz Fischler
1946
Austrian politician
Bernard Maris
1946
French economist, writer and journalist (1946–2015)
Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
1946
British arts consultant, theatre executive and politician
Davorin Popović
1946
Bosnian singer and songwriter (1946–2001)
Anne Wheeler
1946
Canadian film director
Igor Ivanov
1945
Russian politician (born 1945)
Alan Old
1945
England international rugby union player and cricketer
Paul Petersen
1945
American actor, singer and writer (b. 1945)
Eric Bogle
1944
Scottish-born Australian folk musician
Julio Iglesias
1943
Spanish singer-songwriter (born 1943)
Marty Schottenheimer
1943
American football player and coach (1943–2021)
Sila María Calderón
1942
Governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005
Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston
1942
British politician and law scholar
David Renneberg
1942
Australian cricketer (1942–2025)
George Jackson (activist)
1941
American author and activist (1941–1971)
Simon Nolet
1941
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1941)
Norma Winstone
1941
English jazz singer and lyricist (born 1941)
Michel Temer
1940
President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019
Dick Thornett
1940
Australian sportsman
Henry Blofeld
1939
English sports journalist
Roy Buchanan
1939
American blues musician (1939–1988)
Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham
1939
British life peer (1939–2025)
Sonny Vaccaro
1939
American sports businessman (born 1939)
Arie L. Kopelman
1938
American businessman (1938–2024)
Romy Schneider
1938
German and French actress (1938–1982)
Jacques Poulin
1937
Canadian novelist (1937–2025)
George Eastham
1936
English footballer (1936–2024)
Valentín Paniagua
1936
Peruvian lawyer and politician (1936–2006)
Sylvain Saudan
1936
Swiss alpine skier (1936–2024)
Tareq Suheimat
1936
Jordanian physician, general and statesman (1936-2014)
Prem Chopra
1935
Indian actor
Les McCann
1935
American jazz pianist and vocalist (1935–2023)
Ron Tindall
1935
English cricketer and footballer
Per Olov Enquist
1934
Swedish writer (1934–2020)
Lloyd J. Old
1933
20th-century American immunology researcher
Georg Keßler
1932
German football manager
Hilly Kristal
1931
American club owner and musician (1931–2007)
Stan Lynde
1931
American journalist
Gerald Merrithew
1931
Canadian politician
Sehba Akhtar
1930
Pakistani poet and film songwriter (1931–1996)
Colin Blakely
1930
Northern Irish actor (1930–1987)
Ray Charles
1930
American singer, songwriter and pianist (1930–2004)
Frank Foster (jazz musician)
1928
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1928–2011)
Roger Grimsby
1928
American TV news journalist (1928–1995)
André Cassagnes
1926
French inventor
John Coltrane
1926
American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
Denis Twitchett
1925
British sinologist (1925–2006)
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal
1924
Nicaraguan journalist (1924–1978)
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal
1923
Egyptian journalist (1923-2016)
Vello Helk
1923
Danish historian
Mickey Rooney
1920
American actor (1920–2014)
El Santo
1917
Mexican professional wrestler (1917–1984)
Asima Chatterjee
1917
Indian organic chemist (1917–2006)
Aldo Moro
1916
Prime Minister of Italy (1963–1968; 1974–1976)
Julius Baker
1915
American flutist (1915–2003)
Clifford Shull
1915
American physicist (1915–2001)
Carl-Henning Pedersen
1913
Danish painter
Ghulam Mustafa Khan (literature scholar)
1912
Pakistani academic (1912–2005)
Tony Smith (sculptor)
1912
American artist (1912–1980)
Frank Moss
1911
American politician
Jakob Streit
1910
Swiss writer, teacher and anthroposophist (1910–2009)
Lorenc Antoni
1909
Albanian composer, conductor, and ethnomusicologist (1909–1991)
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
1908
Indian poet (1908–1974)
Tiny Bradshaw
1907
American jazz and R&B drummer and bandleader (1907–1958)
Anne Desclos
1907
French journalist and novelist (1907–1998)
Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza
1907
Duke of Braganza (1907–1976)
Charles Ritchie (diplomat)
1906
Canadian diplomat and diarist
Arthur Folwell
1904
English RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Cec Fifield
1903
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Su Buqing
1902
Chinese mathematician
Jaroslav Seifert
1901
Czech writer and poet (1901–1986)
Bill Stone (Royal Navy sailor)
1900
English Legion d'honneur recipient
1800s
Tom C. Clark
1899
US Supreme Court justice from 1949 to 1967
Louise Nevelson
1899
American sculptor (1899–1988)
Les Haylen
1898
Australian politician
Paul Delvaux
1897
Belgian painter (1897–1994)
Walter Pidgeon
1897
Canadian-American actor (1897–1984)
Miron Merzhanov
1895
Soviet Armenian architect (1895–1975)
Johnny Mokan
1895
American baseball player (1895–1985)
Friedrich Paulus
1890
German field marshal (1890–1957)
Walter Lippmann
1889
American journalist (1889–1974)
John Boyd Orr
1880
Scottish teacher (1880–1971)
Moshe Zvi Segal
1876
Mary Mallon
1869
Irish cook who was a carrier of typhoid fever in New York
John Lomax
1867
American musicologist and folklorist (1867–1948)
Pekka Halonen
1865
Finnish painter (1865–1933)
Baroness Orczy
1865
Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865–1947)
Suzanne Valadon
1865
French painter and artists' model (1865–1938)
Mary Church Terrell
1863
American educator and activist (1863–1954)
Robert Bosch
1861
German industrialist, engineer and inventor
Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen
1853
German princess (1853–1923)
James Carroll Beckwith
1852
American painter (1852–1917)
William Stewart Halsted
1852
American surgeon (1852–1922)
Ellen Hayes
1851
American mathematician and astronomer
Victoria Woodhull
1838
American women's suffrage activist (1838–1927)
John Colton (politician)
1823
Australian politician
Hippolyte Fizeau
1819
French physicist
William Holmes McGuffey
1800
Early influential American educator
Before 1800
Johann Franz Encke
1791
German astronomer (1791–1865)
Theodor Körner (author)
1791
German poet (1791–1813)
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
1781
Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia
Mariano Moreno
1778
Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician
Emperor Kōkaku
1771
Emperor of Japan from 1779 to 1817
John Loudon McAdam
1756
Scottish engineer and road-builder (1756–1836)
Empress Go-Sakuramachi
1740
Empress of Japan from 1762 to 1771
Ferdinand VI
1713
King of Spain from 1746 to 1759
Jeremy Collier
1650
English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (1650–1726)
Joseph Dudley
1647
Royal governor of Massachusetts (1647–1720)
Giovanni Maria Bononcini
1642
Italian violinist and composer
Eleonora Gonzaga (born 1598)
1598
Holy Roman Empress from 1622 to 1637
Francesco Barberini (1597–1679)
1597
Italian cardinal (1597–1679)
Bagrat III of Imereti
1495
King of Imereti from 1510 to 1565
Kublai Khan
1215
Emperor of Yuan China from 1271 to 1294
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
1158
Duke of Brittany from 1181 to 1186
Augustus
-63
Roman emperor from 27 BC to AD 14