Famous birthdays on June 23rd

• 47 BC – Caesarion, Egyptian king (d. 30 BC)
• 1433 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)
• 1456 – Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (d. 1486)
• 1534 – Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
• 1596 – Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (d. 1641)
• 1612 – André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (d. 1660)
• 1668 – Giambattista Vico, Italian jurist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1744)
• 1683 – Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1745)
• 1685 – Antonio Bernacchi, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1756)
• 1703 – Marie Leszczyńska, Polish wife of Louis XV of France (d. 1768)
• 1711 – Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Italian instrument maker (d. 1786)
• 1716 – Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (d. 1789)
• 1750 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (d. 1801)
• 1763 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, French wife of Napoleon I (d. 1814)
• 1799 – John Milton Bernhisel, American physician and politician (d. 1881)
• 1800 – Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (d. 1846)
• 1824 – Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1910)
• 1860 – Albert Giraud, Belgian poet and librarian (d. 1929)
• 1863 – Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist (d. 1924)
• 1877 – Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (d. 1929)
• 1884 – Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (d. 1979)
• 1888 – Bronson M. Cutting, American publisher and politician (d. 1935)
• 1888 – Lee Moran, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1961)
• 1889 – Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet and author (d. 1966)
• 1889 – Verena Holmes, English engineer (d. 1964)
• 1894 – Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand military leader, lawyer and Chief Justice (d. 1972)
• 1894 – Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)
• 1894 – Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Alexandru Giugaru, Romanian actor (d. 1986)
• 1898 – Karl Weinbacher, German war criminal (d. 1946)
• 1899 – Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French racing driver and sports car manufacturer (d. 1979)
• 1901 – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (d. 1962)
• 1902 – Mathias Wieman, German-Swiss actor (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1992)
• 1904 – Quintin McMillan, South African cricketer (d. 1938)
• 1905 – Jack Pickersgill, Canadian civil servant and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Tribhuvan of Nepal (d. 1955)
• 1907 – Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2008)
• 1907 – James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1909 – David Lewis, Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981)
• 1909 – Georges Rouquier, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1910 – Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (d. 1987)
• 1910 – Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2008)
• 1910 – Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (d. 2000)
• 1910 – Bill King, English commander and author (d. 2012)
• 1912 – Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954)
• 1913 – William P. Rogers, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier (d. 1990)
• 1916 – Irene Worth, American actress (d. 2002)
• 1919 – Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian politician, President of Algeria (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1998)
• 1923 – Peter Corr, Irish-English footballer and manager (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Elroy Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Tedi Thurman, American model and actress (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian activist (d. 1945)
• 1925 – Miriam Karlin, English actress (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Art Modell, American businessman (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist
• 1927 – Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 1987)
• 1927 – John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop
• 1928 – Jean Cione, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Michael Shaara, American author and academic (d. 1988)
• 1929 – June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter and actress (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Donn F. Eisele, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1987)
• 1930 – John Elliott, English historian and academic
• 1930 – Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall, English businessman and politician
• 1930 – Anthony Thwaite, English poet, critic, and academic
• 1931 – Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (d. 1981)
• 1932 – Peter Millett, Baron Millett, English lawyer and judge
• 1934 – Keith Sutton, English bishop
• 1934 – Bill Torrey, Canadian businessman
• 1935 – Maurice Ferré, Puerto Rican-American politician, 32nd Mayor of Miami
• 1935 – Keith Burkinshaw, English footballer and manager
• 1936 – Richard Bach, American pilot and author
• 1936 – Costas Simitis, Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, 180th Prime Minister of Greece
• 1937 – Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish captain and politician, 10th President of Finland, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Alan Haselhurst, English academic and politician
• 1937 – Niki Sullivan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Crickets) (d. 2004)
• 1938 – John Hayes, English politician, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
• 1940 – Adam Faith, English singer, actor, and journalist (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1940 – Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)
• 1940 – Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish bass player (The Beatles) (d. 1962)
• 1941 – Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Grateful Dead)
• 1941 – Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter
• 1942 – Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist
• 1943 – Patrick Bokanowski, French filmmaker
• 1943 – Vint Cerf, American computer scientist and engineer
• 1943 – Ellyn Kaschak, American psychologist and academic
• 1943 – James Levine, American pianist and conductor
• 1944 – Ingrīda Andriņa, Latvian actress (d. 2015)
• 1944 – Rosetta Hightower, American-English singer (The Orlons) (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author
• 1945 – John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, President of Southern Sudan (d. 2005)
• 1946 – Julian Hipwood, English polo player and coach
• 1946 – Ted Shackelford, American actor
• 1947 – Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer
• 1948 – Myles Goodwyn, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (April Wine)
• 1948 – Luther Kent, American singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1948 – Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and judge
• 1949 – Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1949 – Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician
• 1950 – Nicholas Cleobury, English organist and conductor
• 1951 – Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy
• 1951 – Jim Metzler, American actor
• 1951 – Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager
• 1952 – Anthony Jackson, American bass player
• 1955 – Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician
• 1955 – Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer (Misfits, Samhain, and Danzig)
• 1955 – Maggie Greenwald, American director and screenwriter
• 1955 – Maggie Philbin, English radio and television host
• 1955 – Pamela Rooke, English model and actress
• 1955 – Jean Tigana, French footballer and manager
• 1956 – Daniel J. Drucker Professor of Medicine at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto.
• 1956 – Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster
• 1956 – Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer (Journey)
• 1957 – Dave Houghton, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 1957 – Frances McDormand, American actress and producer
• 1960 – Donald Harrison, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
• 1960 – Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese composer and programmer
• 1961 – Richard Arnold, English lawyer and judge
• 1961 – Zoran Janjetov, Serbian singer and illustrator (Heroina)
• 1961 – LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• 1962 – Chuck Billy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Testament and Dublin Death Patrol)
• 1962 – Steve Shelley, American drummer and producer (The Crucifucks, Sonic Youth, Dim Stars, and Disappears)
• 1962 – Kari Takko, Finnish ice hockey player and scout
• 1962 – Kevin Yagher, American make-up artist
• 1963 – Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
• 1963 – Wesley Warren, Jr., American elephantiasis victim (d. 2014)
• 1964 – Lou Yun, Chinese gymnast
• 1964 – Nicolas Marceau, Canadian economist and politician
• 1964 – Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Paul Arthurs, English guitarist (Oasis and The Rain)
• 1965 – Mitch Longley, American actor and stuntman
• 1965 – Peter O'Malley, Australian golfer
• 1966 – Chico DeBarge, American singer and pianist (DeBarge)
• 1966 – Richie Jen, Taiwanese singer and actor
• 1966 – Kanako Maeda, Japanese actress
• 1969 – Martin Klebba, American actor, producer, and stuntman
• 1970 – Robert Brooks, American football player
• 1970 – Martin Deschamps, Canadian singer-songwriter (Offenbach)
• 1970 – Christian Meier, Peruvian actor and singer
• 1970 – Yann Tiersen, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1971 – Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor and producer
• 1971 – Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 – Selma Blair, American actress
• 1972 – Ron Corning, American journalist
• 1972 – Louis Van Amstel, Dutch-American dancer and choreographer
• 1972 – Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager
• 1973 – Marija Naumova, Latvian singer-songwriter
• 1974 – Joel Edgerton, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Mark Hendrickson, American basketball and baseball player
• 1975 – Jeffrey Carlson, American actor and singer
• 1975 – Kevin Dyson, American football player and coach
• 1975 – Mike James, American basketball player
• 1975 – Mik Kersten, Polish-Canadian computer scientist, created task-focused interface
• 1975 – Janika Sillamaa, Estonian singer and actress
• 1975 – KT Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Mizchif, Zimbabwean-South African rapper (d. 2014)
• 1976 – Wade Barrett, American soccer player and manager
• 1976 – Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer
• 1976 – Savvas Poursaitidis, Greek-Cypriot footballer and scout
• 1976 – Aaron Ruell, American actor, director, and photographer
• 1976 – Brandon Stokley, American football player
• 1976 – Paola Suárez, Argentinian tennis player
• 1976 – Emmanuelle Vaugier, Canadian actress and singer
• 1976 – Patrick Vieira, French footballer and manager
• 1977 – Miguel Ángel Angulo, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Hayden Foxe, Australian footballer and manager
• 1977 – Jaan Jüris, Estonian ski jumper
• 1977 – Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 – Shaun O'Hara, American football player and sportscaster
• 1978 – Memphis Bleek, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1978 – Frédéric Leclercq, French singer-songwriter and bass player (DragonForce and Heavenly)
• 1978 – Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster
• 1979 – LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
• 1979 – Susanna Wallumrød, Norwegian singer (Susanna and the Magical Orchestra)
• 1980 – Becky Cloonan, American author and illustrator
• 1980 – Melissa Rauch, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1980 – Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
• 1980 – Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
• 1980 – Enrico Villanueva, Filipino basketball player
• 1980 – Stephan Wojcikiewicz, Canadian badminton player
• 1981 – Antony Costa, English singer-songwriter and actor (Blue)
• 1981 – Joe Taslim, Indonesian actor and martial artist
• 1981 – Rolf Wacha, German rugby player
• 1982 – Rafael Bejarano, Peruvian-American jockey
• 1982 – Derek Boogaard, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1983 – Jason Berrent, American actor and producer
• 1983 – Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – José Manuel Rojas, Chilean footballer
• 1983 – Miles Fisher, American actor and singer
• 1984 – Duffy, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – Tatjana Kivimägi, Russian-Estonian high jumper
• 1984 – Takeshi Matsuda, Japanese swimmer
• 1984 – Levern Spencer, Saint Lucian high jumper
• 1984 – J. T. Thomas, American reality show contestant on Survivor: Tocantins
• 1984 – Dave Walsh, American gamer
• 1985 – Kristo Aab, Estonian basketball player
• 1985 – Laarni Lozada, Filipino singer
• 1985 – Marcel Reece, American football player
• 1987 – Mitali Sabadra, CA Rank holder and the most adorable lady in the world 
• 1987 – Alessia Filippi, Italian swimmer
• 1988 – Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Isabella Leong, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1988 – Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
• 1989 – Lauren Bennett, English singer and dancer (G.R.L. and Paradiso Girls)
• 1989 – Marielle Jaffe, American model and actress
• 1989 – Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Ayana Taketatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1990 – Clevid Dikamona, French footballer
• 1990 – Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player
• 1991 – Katie Armiger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1992 – Luiza Galiulina, Uzbekistani gymnast
• 1993 – Marvin Grumann, German footballer
• 1993 – Michelle Jenneke, Australian athlete and model
• 1995 – Lauren Aquilina, English singer-songwriter
• 1995 – Hao Yun, Chinese swimmer
• 2004 – Mana Ashida, Japanese actress and singer