23 June Births

June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 191 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

Births

47 BC – Caesarion, Egyptian king (d. 30 BC)
1385 – Stefan, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (d. 1459)
1433 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)
1456 – Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (d. 1486)
1489 – Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Italian noble (d. 1496)
1534 – Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)
1596 – Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (d. 1641)
1616 – Shah Shuja, Mughal prince (d. 1661)
1625 – John Fell, English churchman and influential academic (d. 1686)
1668 – Giambattista Vico, Italian jurist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1744)
1683 – Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and sinologist (d. 1745)
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)
1843 – Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist (d. 1927)
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)
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)
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)
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)
1910 – Lawson Little, American golfer (d. 1968)
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 – Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian communist and Partisan (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 (d. 2017)
1926 – Magda Herzberger, Romanian author, poet and composer, survivor of the Holocaust
1926 – Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, Senegalese writer
1926 – Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor
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, musician, and actress (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 (d. 2017)
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 novelist and essayist
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
1938 – John Hayes, English politician, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change
1939 – Scott Burton, American sculptor (d. 1989)
1940 – Adam Faith, English singer (d. 2003)
1940 – Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1940 – Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)
1940 – Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
1940 – Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish bass player and painter (d. 1962)
1941 – Robert Hunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1941 – Roger McDonald, Australian author and screenwriter
1941 – Keith Newton, English footballer (d. 1998)
1942 – Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, English cosmologist and astrophysicist
1943 – Patrick Bokanowski, French filmmaker
1943 – Ellyn Kaschak, American psychologist and academic
1943 – James Levine, American pianist and conductor
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 – Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and judge
1949 – Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster
1949 – Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician
1951 – Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy
1951 – Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager
1951 – Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician
1955 – Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician
1955 – Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer
1956 – Daniel J. Drucker, Canadian academic and educator
1956 – Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster
1956 – Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer
1957 – Dave Houghton, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1957 – Frances McDormand, American actress
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
1961 – LaSalle Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and manager
1962 – Chuck Billy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer
1964 – Nicolas Marceau, Canadian economist and politician
1964 – Tara Morice, Australian actress and singer
1964 – Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Lou Yun, Chinese gymnast
1965 – Paul Arthurs, English guitarist
1965 – Peter O'Malley, Australian golfer
1966 – Chico DeBarge, American singer and pianist
1969 – Martin Klebba, American actor, producer, and stuntman
1970 – Robert Brooks, American football player
1970 – Martin Deschamps, Canadian singer-songwriter
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 – Louis Van Amstel, Dutch dancer and choreographer
1972 – Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager
1974 – Joel Edgerton, Australian actor
1974 – Mark Hendrickson, American basketball and baseball player
1975 – Kevin Dyson, American football player and coach
1975 – David Howell, English golfer
1975 – Mike James, American basketball player
1976 – Wade Barrett, American soccer player and manager
1976 – Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer
1976 – Savvas Poursaitidis, Greek-Cypriot footballer and scout
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 – Frederic Leclercq, French heavy metal musician
1978 – Matt Light, American football player and sportscaster
1979 – LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player
1980 – Becky Cloonan, American author and illustrator
1980 – Melissa Rauch, American actress
1980 – Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer
1980 – Francesca Schiavone, Italian tennis player
1981 – Antony Costa, English singer-songwriter
1981 – Rolf Wacha, German rugby player
1982 – Derek Boogaard, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1983 – Brooks Laich, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – José Manuel Rojas, Chilean footballer
1984 – Duffy, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
1984 – Takeshi Matsuda, Japanese swimmer
1984 – Levern Spencer, Saint Lucian high jumper
1985 – Marcel Reece, American football player
1987 – Alessia Filippi, Italian swimmer
1988 – Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter
1988 – Chellsie Memmel, American gymnast
1989 – Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Clevid Dikamona, French footballer
1990 – Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player
1990 – Laura Ràfols, Spanish footballer
1991 – Katie Armiger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991 – Damien Cook, Australian rugby league player
1992 – Luiza Galiulina, Uzbekistani gymnast
1993 – Tim Anderson, American baseball player
1993 – Marvin Grumann, German footballer

Source: wikipedia