# October 23

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## Events

### Pre-1600

- [4004 BC](/source/4004_BC) – [James Ussher](/source/James_Ussher)'s purported creation date of the world according to the Bible.
- [42 BC](/source/42_BC) – [Liberators' civil war](/source/Liberators'_civil_war): [Mark Antony](/source/Mark_Antony) and [Octavian](/source/Augustus) decisively defeat an army under [Brutus](/source/Marcus_Junius_Brutus) in the second part of the [Battle of Philippi](/source/Battle_of_Philippi), with Brutus committing suicide and ending the civil war.
- [425](/source/425) – [Valentinian III](/source/Valentinian_III) is elevated as Roman emperor at the age of six.
- [502](/source/AD_502) – The *Synodus Palmaris*, called by Gothic king [Theoderic](/source/Theodoric_the_Great), absolves [Pope Symmachus](/source/Pope_Symmachus) of all charges, thus ending the schism of [Antipope Laurentius](/source/Antipope_Laurentius).[1]
- [1086](/source/1086) – [Spanish *Reconquista*](/source/Reconquista): At the [Battle of Sagrajas](/source/Battle_of_Sagrajas), the [Almoravids](/source/Almoravid_dynasty) defeat the [Castilians](/source/Kingdom_of_Castile), but are unable to take advantage of their victory.
- [1157](/source/1157) – The [Battle of Grathe Heath](/source/Battle_of_Grathe_Heath) ends the [Danish Civil War](/source/Danish_Civil_War).
- [1295](/source/1295) – The first treaty forming the [Auld Alliance](/source/Auld_Alliance) between [Scotland](/source/Kingdom_of_Scotland) and [France](/source/Kingdom_of_France) against [England](/source/Kingdom_of_England) is signed in [Paris](/source/Paris).[2]
- [1448](/source/1448) – Scotland wins a decisive victory over England at the [Battle of Sark](/source/Battle_of_Sark), the last pitched battle to be fought between the two kingdoms during the [Medieval period](/source/Medieval_period).[3]

### 1601–1900

- [1641](/source/1641) – [Irish Catholic](/source/Irish_Catholics) gentry from [Ulster](/source/Ulster) attempt to [seize control](/source/Irish_Rebellion_of_1641) of [Dublin Castle](/source/Dublin_Castle), the seat of [English rule in Ireland](/source/English_rule_in_Ireland), so as to force concessions.
- [1642](/source/1642) – The [Battle of Edgehill](/source/Battle_of_Edgehill) is the first major battle of the [English Civil War](/source/English_Civil_War).
- [1666](/source/1666) – The most intense tornado on record in English history, an F4 storm on the [Fujita scale](/source/Fujita_scale) or T8 on the [TORRO scale](/source/TORRO_scale), strikes the county of [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), with winds of more than 213 miles per hour (343 km/h).[4]
- [1707](/source/1707) – The [First Parliament](/source/First_Parliament_of_Great_Britain) of the [Kingdom of Great Britain](/source/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain) convenes.
- [1798](/source/1798) – The forces of [Ali Pasha of Janina](/source/Ali_Pasha_of_Janina) defeat the [French](/source/First_French_Republic) and capture the town of [Preveza](/source/Preveza) in the [Battle of Nicopolis](/source/Battle_of_Nicopolis_(1798)).[5]
- [1812](/source/1812) – General [Claude François de Malet](/source/Claude_Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Malet) [begins a conspiracy](/source/Malet_coup_of_1812) to overthrow [Napoleon](/source/Napoleon), claiming that the Emperor died in the [Russian campaign](/source/French_invasion_of_Russia).
- [1850](/source/1850) – The first [National Women's Rights Convention](/source/National_Women's_Rights_Convention) begins in [Worcester, Massachusetts](/source/Worcester,_Massachusetts).
- [1856](/source/1856) – [Second Opium War](/source/Second_Opium_War): Dissatisfied with imperial commissioner [Ye Mingchen](/source/Ye_Mingchen)'s reparations for the alleged slighting of a British-owned vessel and at Consul [Harry Parkes's](/source/Harry_Parkes_(diplomat)) urging, [British](/source/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland) Rear-Admiral [Michael Seymour](/source/Michael_Seymour_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1802)) launches [an assault on the Barrier Forts outside Canton](/source/Battle_of_Canton_(1856)) in the first military engagement of the [Second Opium War](/source/Second_Opium_War).[6]
- [1864](/source/1864) – [American Civil War](/source/American_Civil_War): The [Battle of Westport](/source/Battle_of_Westport) is the last significant engagement west of the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River), ending in a [Union](/source/Union_(American_Civil_War)) victory.
- [1868](/source/1868) – [Meiji Restoration](/source/Meiji_Restoration): Having taken the [shogunate's](/source/Tokugawa_shogunate) seat of power at [Edo](/source/Edo_(Tokyo)) and declared it his new capital as [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Mutsuhito](/source/Emperor_Meiji) proclaims the start of the new [Meiji era](/source/Meiji_era).[7]
- [1882](/source/1882) – [Assommoir bombing](/source/Assommoir_bombing): Anarchists such as [Fanny Madignier](/source/Fanny_Madignier) commit the first deadly [anarchist attack](/source/Propaganda_of_the_deed) in France.[8]

### 1901–present

- [1906](/source/1906) – [Alberto Santos-Dumont](/source/Alberto_Santos-Dumont) flies an [airplane](/source/Airplane) in the first [heavier-than-air flight](/source/Heavier-than-air_flight) in Europe.
- [1911](/source/1911) – The [Italo-Turkish War](/source/Italo-Turkish_War) sees the first use of an airplane in combat when an Italian pilot makes a reconnaissance flight.
- [1912](/source/1912) – [First Balkan War](/source/First_Balkan_War): The [Battle of Kumanovo](/source/Battle_of_Kumanovo) between the Serbian and Ottoman armies begins.
- [1923](/source/1923) – [German October](/source/German_October): Due to a miscommunication with the party leadership, a militant section of the [Communist Party of Germany](/source/Communist_Party_of_Germany) launches [an insurrection in Hamburg](/source/Hamburg_Uprising).[9]
- [1924](/source/1924) – [Second Zhili–Fengtian War](/source/Second_Zhili%E2%80%93Fengtian_War): Warlord [Feng Yuxiang](/source/Feng_Yuxiang), with the covert support of the [Empire of Japan](/source/Empire_of_Japan), [stages a coup in Beijing](/source/1924_Beijing_Coup) against his erstwhile superiors in the [Zhili clique](/source/Zhili_clique), crippling their nearly victorious war effort against the [Fengtian clique](/source/Fengtian_clique) and forcing them to withdraw from northern China.[10]
- [1927](/source/1927) – The [Imatra Cinema](/source/Imatra_(cinema)) is destroyed in a fire in [Tampere](/source/Tampere), Finland, during showing the 1924 film *[Wages of Virtue](/source/Wages_of_Virtue)*; 21 people die in the fire and almost 30 are injured.[11]
- [1940](/source/1940) – [Adolf Hitler](/source/Adolf_Hitler) and [Francisco Franco](/source/Francisco_Franco) [meet at Hendaye](/source/Meeting_at_Hendaye) to discuss the possibility of [Spain entering the Second World War](/source/Spain_during_World_War_II).[12]
- [1941](/source/1941) – [The Holocaust](/source/The_Holocaust): [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) prohibits [Jews](/source/Jews) from emigrating, including in its [occupied territories](/source/German-occupied_Europe).[13]
- [1942](/source/1942) – [World War II](/source/World_War_II): Allied forces commence the [Second Battle of El Alamein](/source/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein), which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.
- 1942 – All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard [American Airlines Flight 28](/source/American_Airlines_Flight_28) are killed when it collides with a [U.S. Army Air Force](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces) bomber near [Palm Springs, California](/source/Palm_Springs,_California).
- 1942 – World War II: The [Battle for Henderson Field](/source/Battle_for_Henderson_Field) begins on Guadalcanal.
- [1944](/source/1944) – World War II: The [Battle of Leyte Gulf](/source/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf) begins.
- [1945](/source/1945) – [Jackie Robinson](/source/Jackie_Robinson) of the [Kansas City Monarchs](/source/Kansas_City_Monarchs) signs a contract with the [Brooklyn Dodger's](/source/Brooklyn_Dodgers) minor league team, the Montreal Royals, breaking [Major League Baseball's](/source/Major_League_Baseball) color barrier.[14][15]
- [1955](/source/1955) – Prime Minister [Ngô Đình Diệm](/source/Ngo_Dinh_Diem) defeats former emperor [Bảo Đại](/source/B%E1%BA%A3o_%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i) in a [referendum](/source/1955_State_of_Vietnam_referendum) and founds the [Republic of Vietnam](/source/South_Vietnam).
- [1955](/source/1955) – The people of the [Saar region](/source/Saarland) vote in a [referendum](/source/1955_Saar_Statute_referendum) to unite with [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) instead of [France](/source/French_Fourth_Republic).
- [1956](/source/1956) – Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the [Hungarian Revolution](/source/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956).
- [1958](/source/1958) – Canada's [Springhill mining disaster](/source/Springhill_mining_disasters#1958_bump) kills seventy-five miners, while ninety-nine others are rescued.
- 1958 – [Belgian](/source/Belgium) artist [Peyo](/source/Peyo)'s comic characters, [the Smurfs](/source/The_Smurfs), make their debut in [Spirou](/source/Spirou_(magazine)) magazine.[16]
- [1959](/source/1959) – [Aeroflot Flight 200](/source/Aeroflot_Flight_200) crashes while attempting to land at [Vnukovo International Airport](/source/Vnukovo_International_Airport), killing 28.[17]
- [1965](/source/1965) – [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War): The [1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile)](/source/1st_Cavalry_Division_(Airmobile)), in conjunction with the [Army of the Republic of Vietnam](/source/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam), launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the [siege of Plei Me](/source/Siege_of_Plei_Me).
- [1970](/source/1970) – [Gary Gabelich](/source/Gary_Gabelich) sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the [Blue Flame](/source/Blue_Flame), fueled with [natural gas](/source/Natural_gas).
- [1972](/source/1972) – Vietnam War: [Operation Linebacker](/source/Operation_Linebacker), a US bombing campaign against [North Vietnam](/source/North_Vietnam) in response to its [Easter Offensive](/source/Easter_Offensive), ends after five months.
- [1978](/source/1978) – [Aeroflot Flight 6515](/source/Aeroflot_Flight_6515) crashes off [Syvash](/source/Syvash), killing all 26 people aboard.[18]
- [1982](/source/1982) – [A gunfight breaks out](/source/Miracle_Valley_shootout) between police officers and members of a religious cult in Arizona. The shootout leaves two cultists dead and dozens of cultists and police officers injured.
- [1983](/source/1983) – [Lebanese Civil War](/source/Lebanese_Civil_War): The [U.S. Marines Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) barracks in Beirut is [hit by a truck bomb](/source/1983_Beirut_barracks_bombing), killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A [French Army](/source/French_Army) barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
- [1989](/source/1989) – [The Hungarian Republic officially replaces](/source/End_of_communism_in_Hungary_(1989)) the communist [Hungarian People's Republic](/source/Hungarian_People's_Republic).
- 1989 – Bankruptcy of [Wärtsilä Marine](/source/W%C3%A4rtsil%C3%A4_Marine), the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then.
- 1989 – [An explosion at the Houston Chemical Complex](/source/Phillips_disaster_of_1989) in [Pasadena, Texas](/source/Pasadena,_Texas), which registered a 3.5 on the [Richter magnitude scale](/source/Richter_magnitude_scale), kills 23 and injures 314.[19]
- [1991](/source/1991) – Signing of the [Paris Peace Accords](/source/1991_Paris_Peace_Accords) which ends the [Cambodian–Vietnamese War](/source/Cambodian%E2%80%93Vietnamese_War).
- [1993](/source/1993) – [The Troubles](/source/The_Troubles): A [Provisional IRA](/source/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army) bomb [prematurely detonates](/source/Shankill_Road_bombing) in [Belfast](/source/Belfast), killing the bomber and nine civilians.
- [1995](/source/1995) – [Yolanda Saldívar](/source/Yolanda_Sald%C3%ADvar) is found guilty of first-degree murder in the [shooting death](/source/Murder_of_Selena) of popular Latin singer [Selena](/source/Selena).
- [1998](/source/1998) – [Israel](/source/Israel) and the [Palestinian Authority](/source/Palestinian_National_Authority) sign the [Wye River Memorandum](/source/Wye_River_Memorandum).
- [2001](/source/2001) – [Apple Computer](/source/Apple_Computer) releases the [iPod](/source/IPod).[20]
- [2002](/source/2002) – [Second Chechen War](/source/Second_Chechen_War): [Chechen separatist](/source/Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria) terrorists [seize](/source/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis) the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.
- [2004](/source/2004) – A powerful [earthquake](/source/2004_Ch%C5%ABetsu_earthquake) and its aftershocks hit [Niigata Prefecture](/source/Niigata_Prefecture) in northern Japan, killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated.
- [2007](/source/2007) – A storm causes the Mexican [Kab 101](/source/Kab_101) oil platform to collide with a wellhead, leading to the death and drowning of 22 people during rescue operations after evacuation of the platform.
- 2007 – [Space Shuttle *Discovery*](/source/Space_Shuttle_Discovery) is launched on [STS-120](/source/STS-120), with [Pamela Melroy](/source/Pamela_Melroy) becoming the second female space shuttle commander.[21]
- [2011](/source/2011) – A powerful 7.2 magnitude [earthquake](/source/2011_Van_earthquakes) strikes [Van Province, Turkey](/source/Van_Province), killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
- 2011 – The Libyan [National Transitional Council](/source/National_Transitional_Council) deems the [Libyan Civil War](/source/Libyan_civil_war_(2011)) over.
- [2015](/source/2015) – The lowest [sea-level pressure](/source/Sea-level_pressure) in the [Western Hemisphere](/source/Western_Hemisphere), and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained winds, are recorded in [Hurricane Patricia](/source/Hurricane_Patricia), which strikes Mexico hours later, killing at least 13 and causing over $280 million in damages.
- [2017](/source/2017) – [War against the Islamic State](/source/War_against_the_Islamic_State): [Philippine](/source/Philippines) defense secretary [Delfin Lorenzana](/source/Delfin_Lorenzana) declares the end of the [Siege of Marawi](/source/Siege_of_Marawi).[22]
- [2020](/source/2020) – [Second Libyan Civil War](/source/Libyan_civil_war_(2014%E2%80%932020)): The Second Libyan Civil War comes to an end as all parties to the 5+5 Joint Libyan Military Commission agree to a ceasefire.[23]
- [2022](/source/2022) – [Xi Jinping](/source/Xi_Jinping) is elected as [General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party](/source/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party) by the [Central Committee](/source/Central_Committee_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party), beginning a third term of the [paramount leader](/source/Paramount_leader) of [China](/source/China).[24]
- 2022 – [Myanmar Air Force](/source/Myanmar_Air_Force) airstrikes a concert in [Hpakant Township](/source/Hpakant_Township), Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior [Kachin Independence Organisation](/source/Kachin_Independence_Organisation) officials, in the [Hpakant massacre](/source/Hpakant_massacre).[25]

## Births

### Pre-1600

- [1006](/source/1006) – [Wen Yanbo](/source/Wen_Yanbo_(Song_dynasty)), Chinese grand chancellor (died 1097)
- [1255](/source/1255) – [Ferdinand de la Cerda](/source/Fernando_de_la_Cerda_(1255%E2%80%931275)), Spanish noble (died 1275)
- [1491](/source/1491) (estimated) – [Ignatius of Loyola](/source/Ignatius_of_Loyola), Catholic priest (died 1556)[26]
- [1516](/source/1516) – [Charlotte of Valois](/source/Charlotte_of_Valois), French princess (died 1524)

### 1601–1900

- [1634](/source/1634) – [Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp](/source/Hedwig_Eleonora_of_Holstein-Gottorp), Swedish queen (died 1715)
- [1654](/source/1654) – [Johann Bernhard Staudt](/source/Johann_Bernhard_Staudt), Austrian composer (died 1712)
- [1698](/source/1698) – [Ange-Jacques Gabriel](/source/Ange-Jacques_Gabriel), French architect, designed the [École Militaire](/source/%C3%89cole_Militaire) (died 1782)
- [1705](/source/1705) – [Maximilian Ulysses Browne](/source/Maximilian_Ulysses_Browne), Austrian field marshal (died 1757)
- [1713](/source/1713) – [Pieter Burman the Younger](/source/Pieter_Burman_the_Younger), Dutch philologist, poet, and educator (died 1778)
- [1762](/source/1762) – [Samuel Morey](/source/Samuel_Morey), American engineer (died 1843)
- [1766](/source/1766) – [Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy](/source/Emmanuel_de_Grouchy,_Marquis_de_Grouchy), French general (died 1847)
- [1790](/source/1790) – [Chauncey Allen Goodrich](/source/Chauncey_Allen_Goodrich), American minister, lexicographer, and educator (died 1860)
- [1796](/source/1796) – [Stefano Franscini](/source/Stefano_Franscini), Swiss statistician and politician (died 1857)[27]
- [1801](/source/1801) – [Albert Lortzing](/source/Albert_Lortzing), German singer-songwriter and actor (died 1851)
- [1805](/source/1805) – [John Russell Bartlett](/source/John_Russell_Bartlett), American linguist and historian (died 1886)
- [1813](/source/1813) – [Ludwig Leichhardt](/source/Ludwig_Leichhardt), German-Australian explorer (died 1848)
- [1815](/source/1815) – [João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Maur%C3%ADcio_Vanderlei,_Baron_of_Cotejipe), Brazilian politician (died 1889)
- [1817](/source/1817) – [Pierre Larousse](/source/Pierre_Larousse), French lexicographer and author (died 1875)
- [1822](/source/1822) – [Gustav Spörer](/source/Gustav_Sp%C3%B6rer), German astronomer (died 1895)
- [1832](/source/1832) – [Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg](/source/Johan_Gabriel_St%C3%A5hlberg), Finnish priest and father of [K. J. Ståhlberg](/source/Kaarlo_Juho_St%C3%A5hlberg), the first [President of Finland](/source/President_of_Finland) (died 1873)[28]
- [1835](/source/1835) – [Adlai Stevenson I](/source/Adlai_Stevenson_I), American lawyer and politician, 23rd [Vice President of the United States](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States) (died 1914)
- [1837](/source/1837) – [Moritz Kaposi](/source/Moritz_Kaposi), Hungarian dermatologist (died 1902)
- 1844 – [Robert Bridges](/source/Robert_Bridges), English poet and playwright (died 1930)[29]
- [1857](/source/1857) – [Juan Luna](/source/Juan_Luna), Filipino painter and sculptor (died 1899)
- [1863](/source/1863) – [Mirko Breyer](/source/Mirko_Breyer), Croatian writer, bibliographer, antiquarian, and one of the notable alleged and false victims of the [Stara Gradiška concentration camp](/source/Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka_concentration_camp) (died 1946)
- [1865](/source/1865) – [Neltje Blanchan](/source/Neltje_Blanchan), American historian and author (died 1918)
- [1869](/source/1869) – [John Heisman](/source/John_Heisman), American football player and coach (died 1936)
- [1870](/source/1870) – [Francis Kelley](/source/Francis_Kelley), Canadian-American bishop (died 1948)
- [1873](/source/1873) – [William D. Coolidge](/source/William_D._Coolidge), American physicist and engineer (died 1975)
- [1874](/source/1874) – [Charles Kilpatrick](/source/Charles_Kilpatrick_(athlete)), American runner and educator (died 1921)
- [1875](/source/1875) – [Gilbert N. Lewis](/source/Gilbert_N._Lewis), American chemist and academic (died 1946)
- [1876](/source/1876) – [Franz Schlegelberger](/source/Franz_Schlegelberger), German judge and politician, [Reich Ministry of Justice](/source/Reich_Ministry_of_Justice) (died 1970)
- [1878](/source/1878) – [Jaan Lattik](/source/Jaan_Lattik), Estonian pastor and politician, 9th [Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs](/source/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Estonia)) (died 1967)[30]
- [1880](/source/1880) – [Dominikus Böhm](/source/Dominikus_B%C3%B6hm), German architect (died 1955)
- 1880 – [Una O'Connor](/source/Una_O'Connor_(actress)), Irish-American actress and singer (died 1959)
- [1883](/source/1883) – [Hugo Wast](/source/Hugo_Wast), Argentine writer (died 1962)
- [1885](/source/1885) – [Lawren Harris](/source/Lawren_Harris), Canadian painter and educator (died 1970)
- [1888](/source/1888) – [Onésime Gagnon](/source/On%C3%A9sime_Gagnon), Canadian scholar and politician, 20th [Lieutenant Governor of Quebec](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Quebec) (died 1961)
- [1892](/source/1892) – [Speckled Red](/source/Speckled_Red), American blues/boogie-woogie piano player and singer-songwriter (died 1973)
- [1894](/source/1894) – [Rube Bressler](/source/Rube_Bressler), American baseball player (died 1966)
- 1894 – [Emma Vyssotsky](/source/Emma_Vyssotsky), American astronomer and academic (died 1975)
- [1896](/source/1896) – [Hilario Abellana](/source/Hilario_Abellana), Filipino politician (died 1945)[31]
- 1896 – [Lilyan Tashman](/source/Lilyan_Tashman), American actress (died 1934)
- [1897](/source/1897) – [John Baker](/source/John_Baker_(RAF_officer)), English air marshal (died 1978)
- 1897 – [Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena](/source/Juan_Ignacio_Luca_de_Tena,_2nd_Marquis_of_Luca_de_Tena), Spanish writer (died 1975)
- [1899](/source/1899) – [Bernt Balchen](/source/Bernt_Balchen), Norwegian aviator (died 1973)
- [1900](/source/1900) – [Douglas Jardine](/source/Douglas_Jardine), Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)

### 1901–present

- [1902](/source/1902) – [Robert Eberan von Eberhorst](/source/Robert_Eberan_von_Eberhorst), Austrian engineer (died 1982)
- 1902 – [Luther Evans](/source/Luther_H._Evans), American political scientist and politician (died 1981)
- [1904](/source/1904) – [Harvey Penick](/source/Harvey_Penick), American golfer and coach (died 1995)
- [1905](/source/1905) – [Felix Bloch](/source/Felix_Bloch), Swiss physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 1983)
- 1905 – [Yen Chia-kan](/source/Yen_Chia-kan), Chinese lawyer and politician, [President of the Republic of China](/source/President_of_the_Republic_of_China) (died 1993)
- 1905 – [Gertrude Ederle](/source/Gertrude_Ederle), American swimmer (died 2003)[32]
- [1908](/source/1908) – [František Douda](/source/Franti%C5%A1ek_Douda), Czech shot putter (died 1990)
- 1908 – [Ilya Frank](/source/Ilya_Frank), Russian physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 1990)
- [1909](/source/1909) – [Zellig Harris](/source/Zellig_Harris), American linguist and methodologist (died 1992)
- [1910](/source/1910) – [Richard Mortensen](/source/Richard_Mortensen), Danish painter and educator (died 1993)
- 1910 – [Hayden Rorke](/source/Hayden_Rorke), American actor (died 1987)
- [1911](/source/1911) – [Jack Keller](/source/Jack_Keller_(athlete)), American hurdler (died 1978)
- [1915](/source/1915) – [Simo Puupponen](/source/Simo_Puupponen), Finnish writer (died 1967)
- [1918](/source/1918) – [Augusta Dabney](/source/Augusta_Dabney), American actress (died 2008)
- 1918 – [James Daly](/source/James_Daly_(actor)), American actor (died 1978)
- 1918 – [Paul Rudolph](/source/Paul_Rudolph_(architect)), American architect and academic, designed the [Lippo Centre](/source/Lippo_Centre,_Hong_Kong) (died 1997)
- [1919](/source/1919) – [Manolis Andronikos](/source/Manolis_Andronikos), Greek archaeologist and academic (died 1992)
- [1920](/source/1920) – [Ted Fujita](/source/Ted_Fujita), Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (died 1998)
- 1920 – [Bob Montana](/source/Bob_Montana), American illustrator (died 1975)
- 1920 – [Gianni Rodari](/source/Gianni_Rodari), Italian writer (died 1980)
- 1920 – [Vern Stephens](/source/Vern_Stephens), American baseball player (died 1968)
- [1922](/source/1922) – [Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington](/source/Jean_Barker,_Baroness_Trumpington), English politician (died 2018)
- 1922 – [Coleen Gray](/source/Coleen_Gray), American actress (died 2015)[33]
- [1923](/source/1923) – [Aslam Farrukhi](/source/Aslam_Farrukhi), Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (died 2016)
- 1923 – [Ned Rorem](/source/Ned_Rorem), American composer and author (died 2022)
- 1923 – [Frank Sutton](/source/Frank_Sutton), American actor (died 1974)
- [1924](/source/1924) – [Arthur Brittenden](/source/Arthur_Brittenden), English journalist (died 2015)
- [1925](/source/1925) – [Johnny Carson](/source/Johnny_Carson), American television host (died 2005)[34]
- 1925 – [Fred Shero](/source/Fred_Shero), Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 1990)[35]
- [1927](/source/1927) – [Sonny Criss](/source/Sonny_Criss), American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)
- 1927 – [Dezső Gyarmati](/source/Dezs%C5%91_Gyarmati), Hungarian water polo player and coach (died 2013)
- 1927 – [Leszek Kołakowski](/source/Leszek_Ko%C5%82akowski), Polish-English historian and philosopher (died 2009)
- [1929](/source/1929) – [Luis Alarcón](/source/Luis_Alarc%C3%B3n), Chilean actor (died 2023)
- 1929 – [Shamsur Rahman](/source/Shamsur_Rahman_(poet)), Bangladeshi poet and journalist (died 2006)
- [1930](/source/1930) – [Unto Mononen](/source/Unto_Mononen), Finnish musician (died 1968)
- [1931](/source/1931) – [Jim Bunning](/source/Jim_Bunning), American baseball player and politician (died 2017)
- 1931 – [William P. Clark, Jr.](/source/William_P._Clark,_Jr.), American judge and politician, 12th [United States National Security Advisor](/source/United_States_National_Security_Advisor) (died 2013)
- 1931 – [Diana Dors](/source/Diana_Dors), English actress (died 1984)
- 1931 – [Johnny Kitagawa](/source/Johnny_Kitagawa), Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019)[36]
- [1932](/source/1932) – [Vasily Belov](/source/Vasily_Belov), Russian novelist, poet and playwright (died 2012)
- [1933](/source/1933) – [Carol Fran](/source/Carol_Fran), American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2021)
- 1933 – [Carlos Lemos Simmonds](/source/Carlos_Lemos_Simmonds), sixth [Vice President of Columbia](/source/Vice_President_of_Colombia) (died 2003)
- [1934](/source/1934) – [Caitro Soto](/source/Caitro_Soto), Afro-Peruvian musician (died 2004)
- [1935](/source/1935) – [JacSue Kehoe](/source/JacSue_Kehoe), American neuroscientist (died 2019)
- [1936](/source/1936) – [Charles Goodhart](/source/Charles_Goodhart), English economist and academic
- 1936 – [Philip Kaufman](/source/Philip_Kaufman), American director, producer, and screenwriter
- [1937](/source/1937) – [Johnny Carroll](/source/Johnny_Carroll), American rockabilly musician (died 1995)
- 1937 – [Carlos Lamarca](/source/Carlos_Lamarca), Brazilian captain (died 1971)
- 1937 – [Deven Verma](/source/Deven_Verma), Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
- [1938](/source/1938) – [Alan G'ilzean](/source/Alan_Gilzean), Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018)
- [1939](/source/1939) – [Charlie Foxx](/source/Inez_and_Charlie_Foxx), American R&B/soul singer and guitarist (died 1998)
- 1939 – [C. V. Vigneswaran](/source/C._V._Vigneswaran), Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st [Chief Minister of the Northern Province](/source/Chief_Minister_of_the_Northern_Province)
- [1940](/source/1940) – [Ellie Greenwich](/source/Ellie_Greenwich), American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2009)
- 1940 – [Jane Holzer](/source/Jane_Holzer), American model, actress, producer, and art collector
- 1940 – [Pelé](/source/Pel%C3%A9), Brazilian footballer and actor (died 2022)[37]
- [1941](/source/1941) – [René Metge](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Metge), French rally driver (died 2024)
- 1941 – [Colin Milburn](/source/Colin_Milburn), English cricketer (died 1990)
- 1941 – [Igor Smirnov](/source/Igor_Smirnov_(politician)), Moldovan engineer and politician, 1st [President of Transnistria](/source/President_of_Transnistria)
- [1942](/source/1942) – [Douglas Dunn](/source/Douglas_Dunn), Scottish poet, critic, and academic
- 1942 – [Bernd Erdmann](/source/Bernd_Erdmann), German footballer and manager
- 1942 – [Anita Roddick](/source/Anita_Roddick), English businesswoman and activist, founded [The Body Shop](/source/The_Body_Shop) (died 2007)
- 1942 – [Michael Crichton](/source/Michael_Crichton), American author and screenwriter (died 2008)[38]
- [1943](/source/1943) – [Alida Chelli](/source/Alida_Chelli), Italian actress and singer (died 2012)
- [1944](/source/1944) – [Mike Harding](/source/Mike_Harding), English singer-songwriter and comedian
- [1945](/source/1945) – [Maggi Hambling](/source/Maggi_Hambling), English sculptor and painter
- 1945 – [Kim Larsen](/source/Kim_Larsen), Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
- 1945 – [Graça Machel](/source/Gra%C3%A7a_Machel), Mozambican politician and humanitarian
- 1945 – [Ernie Watts](/source/Ernie_Watts), American saxophonist
- 1945 – [Maury Yeston](/source/Maury_Yeston), American composer, lyricist, and music theorist
- [1946](/source/1946) – [Graeme Barker](/source/Graeme_Barker), English archaeologist and academic
- 1946 – [Alicia Borinsky](/source/Alicia_Borinsky), Argentine writer
- 1946 – [Mel Martínez](/source/Mel_Mart%C3%ADnez), American lawyer and politician, 12th [United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development)
- 1946 – [Miklós Németh](/source/Mikl%C3%B3s_N%C3%A9meth_(athlete)), Hungarian javelin thrower
- [1947](/source/1947) – [Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi](/source/Abdel_Aziz_al-Rantisi), co-founder of the [Palestinian](/source/Palestinians) movement [Hamas](/source/Hamas) (died 2004)
- 1947 – [Kazimierz Deyna](/source/Kazimierz_Deyna), Polish footballer (died 1989)
- 1947 – [Greg Ridley](/source/Greg_Ridley), English bass player (died 2003)
- [1948](/source/1948) – [Hermann Hauser](/source/Hermann_Hauser), Austrian-English businessman, co-founded [Acorn Computers](/source/Acorn_Computers) and [Olivetti Research Laboratory](/source/Olivetti_Research_Laboratory)
- 1948 – [Gerry Robinson](/source/Gerry_Robinson), Irish-born British businessman, arts patron and television personality (died 2021)
- 1948 – [Brian Ross](/source/Brian_Ross_(journalist)), American journalist
- 1948 – [Jordi Sabatés](/source/Jordi_Sabat%C3%A9s), Spanish musician (died 2022)
- [1949](/source/1949) – [Krešimir Ćosić](/source/Kre%C5%A1imir_%C4%86osi%C4%87_(politician)), [Croatian](/source/Croatia) soldier and politician
- 1949 – [Oscar Martínez](/source/Oscar_Mart%C3%ADnez_(actor)), Argentine theater actor
- 1949 – [Nick Tosches](/source/Nick_Tosches), American journalist, author, and poet (died 2019)
- 1949 – [Würzel](/source/W%C3%BCrzel), English singer and guitarist (died 2011)
- [1950](/source/1950) – [Maths O. Sundqvist](/source/Maths_O._Sundqvist), Swedish businessman (died 2012)
- [1951](/source/1951) – [Ángel de Andrés López](/source/%C3%81ngel_de_Andr%C3%A9s_L%C3%B3pez), Spanish actor (died 2016)
- 1951 – [Charly García](/source/Charly_Garc%C3%ADa), Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1951 – [Fatmir Sejdiu](/source/Fatmir_Sejdiu), Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd [President of Kosovo](/source/President_of_Kosovo)
- 1951 – [David Wills](/source/David_Wills_(singer)), American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
- [1952](/source/1952) – [Pierre Moerlen](/source/Pierre_Moerlen), French drummer (died 2005)
- 1952 – [Ken Tipton](/source/Ken_Tipton), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- [1953](/source/1953) – [Taner Akçam](/source/Taner_Ak%C3%A7am), Turkish sociologist and historian
- 1953 – [Joaquín Lavín](/source/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Lav%C3%ADn), Chilean politician and economist
- 1953 – [Pauline Black](/source/Pauline_Black), English singer, actress and author[39]
- [1954](/source/1954) – [Ang Lee](/source/Ang_Lee), Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter[40]
- [1955](/source/1955) – [Toshio Hosokawa](/source/Toshio_Hosokawa), Japanese composer[41]
- [1956](/source/1956) – [Adam Nawałka](/source/Adam_Nawa%C5%82ka), Polish football player and manager
- 1956 – [Darrell Pace](/source/Darrell_Pace), American archer[42]
- 1956 – [Dianne Reeves](/source/Dianne_Reeves), American singer[40]
- 1956 – [Dwight Yoakam](/source/Dwight_Yoakam), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor[40]
- [1957](/source/1957) – [Paul Kagame](/source/Paul_Kagame), Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th [President of Rwanda](/source/President_of_Rwanda)
- 1957 – [Graham Rix](/source/Graham_Rix), English footballer and coach
- 1957 – [Martin Luther King III](/source/Martin_Luther_King_III), American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate[43]
- [1958](/source/1958) – [Michael Eric Dyson](/source/Michael_Eric_Dyson), American activist, author, and academic
- 1958 – [Rose Nabinger](/source/Rose_Nabinger), German singer
- 1958 – [Frank Schaffer](/source/Frank_Schaffer), German sprinter
- [1959](/source/1959) – ["Weird Al" Yankovic](/source/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic), American comedy musician, writer, and actor[44]
- 1959 – [Sam Raimi](/source/Sam_Raimi), American director, screenwriter and producer[45]
- [1960](/source/1960) – [Mirwais Ahmadzaï](/source/Mirwais_Ahmadza%C3%AF), Swiss-French keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1960 – [Katoucha Niane](/source/Katoucha_Niane), French model and actress (died 2008)
- 1960 – [Randy Pausch](/source/Randy_Pausch), American author and academic (died 2008)
- 1960 – [Wayne Rainey](/source/Wayne_Rainey), American motorcycle racer
- [1961](/source/1961) – [Laurie Halse Anderson](/source/Laurie_Halse_Anderson), American author
- 1961 – [Vinicio Gómez](/source/Vinicio_G%C3%B3mez), Guatemalan politician (died 2008)
- 1961 – [Andoni Zubizarreta](/source/Andoni_Zubizarreta), Spanish footballer and sportscaster
- [1963](/source/1963) – [Gordon Korman](/source/Gordon_Korman), Canadian-American author
- 1963 – [Rashidi Yekini](/source/Rashidi_Yekini), Nigerian footballer (died 2012)
- [1964](/source/1964) – [Eddy Cue](/source/Eddy_Cue), American computer scientist and businessman
- 1964 – [Robert Trujillo](/source/Robert_Trujillo), American bass player and songwriter[40]
- [1965](/source/1965) – [Augusten Burroughs](/source/Augusten_Burroughs), American author and screenwriter
- 1965 – [Al Leiter](/source/Al_Leiter), American baseball player and sportscaster
- [1966](/source/1966) – [Alex Zanardi](/source/Alex_Zanardi), Italian racing driver and cyclist (died 2026)
- [1967](/source/1967) – [Dale Crover](/source/Dale_Crover), American musician
- 1967 – [Omar Linares](/source/Omar_Linares), Cuban baseball player
- 1967 – [Jaime Yzaga](/source/Jaime_Yzaga), Peruvian tennis player
- [1969](/source/1969) – [Dolly Buster](/source/Dolly_Buster), Czech film producer and director, actress and author
- 1969 – [Trudi Canavan](/source/Trudi_Canavan), Australian author and illustrator
- 1969 – [Bill O'Brien](/source/Bill_O'Brien_(American_football)), American football player and coach
- 1969 – [Brooke Theiss](/source/Brooke_Theiss), American actress
- [1970](/source/1970) – [Matthew Barzun](/source/Matthew_Barzun), American diplomat, [United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Kingdom)
- 1970 – [Grant Imahara](/source/Grant_Imahara), American television presenter and engineer (died 2020)
- 1970 – [Kenji Nomura](/source/Kenji_Nomura), Japanese voice actor
- 1970 – [Zoe Wiseman](/source/Zoe_Wiseman), American model and photographer
- [1971](/source/1971) – [Carlo Forlivesi](/source/Carlo_Forlivesi), Italian-Japanese composer and scholar
- 1971 – [Chris Horner](/source/Chris_Horner), American cyclist
- [1972](/source/1972) – [Tiffeny Milbrett](/source/Tiffeny_Milbrett), American soccer player
- 1972 – [Dominika Paleta](/source/Dominika_Paleta), Polish-Mexican actress
- 1972 – [Eduardo Paret](/source/Eduardo_Paret), Cuban baseball player
- 1972 – [Bryan Pratt](/source/Bryan_Pratt), American lawyer and politician
- 1972 – [Jasmin St. Claire](/source/Jasmin_St._Claire), Virgin Islander-American actress
- 1972 – [Jimmy Wayne](/source/Jimmy_Wayne), American singer-songwriter and guitarist[40]
- [1973](/source/1973) – [Christian Dailly](/source/Christian_Dailly), Scottish footballer
- [1974](/source/1974) – [Aravind Adiga](/source/Aravind_Adiga), Indian journalist and author
- 1974 – [Beatrice Faumuina](/source/Beatrice_Faumuina), New Zealand discus thrower
- 1974 – [Sander Westerveld](/source/Sander_Westerveld), Dutch footballer
- 1974 – [Christine Yoshikawa](/source/Christine_Yoshikawa), Canadian pianist
- [1975](/source/1975) – [Michelle Beadle](/source/Michelle_Beadle), American sportscaster
- 1975 – [Odalys García](/source/Odalys_Garc%C3%ADa), Cuban actress
- 1975 – [Phillip Gillespie](/source/Phillip_Gillespie), Australian cricket umpire
- 1975 – [Jessicka](/source/Jessicka_(singer)), American singer-songwriter
- 1975 – [Yoon Son-ha](/source/Yoon_Son-ha), South Korean actress and singer
- 1975 – [Keith Van Horn](/source/Keith_Van_Horn), American basketball player
- 1975 – [Manuela Velasco](/source/Manuela_Velasco), Spanish actress
- [1976](/source/1976) – [Cat Deeley](/source/Cat_Deeley), English model, actress, and television host[40]
- 1976 – [Sergio Diduch](/source/Sergio_Diduch), Argentine footballer
- 1976 – [Ryan Reynolds](/source/Ryan_Reynolds), Canadian-American actor and producer[40]
- [1977](/source/1977) – [Brad Haddin](/source/Brad_Haddin), Australian cricketer
- 1977 – [Alex Tudor](/source/Alex_Tudor), English cricketer and coach
- [1978](/source/1978) – [Jimmy Bullard](/source/Jimmy_Bullard), English footballer
- 1978 – [Steve Harmison](/source/Steve_Harmison), English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1978 – [John Lackey](/source/John_Lackey), American baseball player
- 1978 – [Archie Thompson](/source/Archie_Thompson), New Zealand-Australian footballer
- [1979](/source/1979) – [Ramón Castro](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Castro_(third_baseman)), Venezuelan baseball player
- 1979 – [Simon Davies](/source/Simon_Davies_(footballer,_born_1979)), Welsh footballer
- 1979 – [Lynn Greer](/source/Lynn_Greer), American basketball player[46]
- 1979 – [Prabhas](/source/Prabhas), Telugu film actor
- 1979 – [Jorge Solís](/source/Jorge_Sol%C3%ADs), Mexican boxer
- 1979 – [Bud Smith](/source/Bud_Smith), American baseball player
- [1980](/source/1980) – [Mate Bilić](/source/Mate_Bili%C4%87), Croatian footballer
- 1980 – [Pedro Liriano](/source/Pedro_Liriano), Dominican baseball player
- [1981](/source/1981) – [Daniela Alvarado](/source/Daniela_Alvarado), Venezuelan actress
- 1981 – [Jeroen Bleekemolen](/source/Jeroen_Bleekemolen), Dutch racing driver
- 1981 – [Leticia Dolera](/source/Leticia_Dolera), Spanish actress
- 1981 – [Ben Francisco](/source/Ben_Francisco), American baseball player
- 1981 – [Lee Ki-woo](/source/Lee_Ki-woo), South Korean actor
- 1981 – [Mirel Rădoi](/source/Mirel_R%C4%83doi), Romanian footballer
- [1982](/source/1982) – [Valentin Badea](/source/Valentin_Badea), Romanian footballer
- 1982 – [Kristjan Kangur](/source/Kristjan_Kangur), Estonian basketball player
- 1982 – [Aleksandar Luković](/source/Aleksandar_Lukovi%C4%87), Serbian footballer
- 1982 – [Rickey Paulding](/source/Rickey_Paulding), American basketball player
- 1982 – [Rodolfo](/source/Rodolfo_(footballer,_born_1982)), Brazilian footballer
- [1983](/source/1983) – [Filippos Darlas](/source/Filippos_Darlas), Greek footballer
- 1983 – [Valentin Demyanenko](/source/Valentin_Demyanenko), Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani canoeist[47]
- 1983 – [Goldie Harvey](/source/Goldie_Harvey), Nigerian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
- [1984](/source/1984) – [Izabel Goulart](/source/Izabel_Goulart), Brazilian model
- 1984 – [Jeffrey Hoogervorst](/source/Jeffrey_Hoogervorst), Dutch footballer
- 1984 – [Simone Masini](/source/Simone_Masini), Italian footballer
- 1984 – [Meghan McCain](/source/Meghan_McCain), American journalist, author, and television personality[40]
- 1984 – [Michael Sim](/source/Michael_Sim), Australian golfer
- 1984 – [Keiren Westwood](/source/Keiren_Westwood), English footballer
- [1985](/source/1985) – [Mohammed Abdellaoue](/source/Mohammed_Abdellaoue), Norwegian footballer
- 1985 – [Masiela Lusha](/source/Masiela_Lusha), Albanian-American actress, poet, and humanitarian[40]
- 1985 – [Miguel](/source/Miguel_(singer)), American singer-songwriter and producer[40]
- 1985 – [Chris Neal](/source/Chris_Neal), English footballer
- 1985 – [Luca Spinetti](/source/Luca_Spinetti), Italian footballer
- 1985 – [Panagiotis Vouis](/source/Panagiotis_Vouis), Greek footballer
- [1986](/source/1986) – [Emilia Clarke](/source/Emilia_Clarke), English actress[40]
- 1986 – [Briana Evigan](/source/Briana_Evigan), American actress and dancer
- 1986 – [Inbar Lavi](/source/Inbar_Lavi), Israeli actress[40]
- 1986 – [Jovanka Radičević](/source/Jovanka_Radi%C4%8Devi%C4%87), Montenegrin handball player[48]
- 1986 – [Jake Robinson](/source/Jake_Robinson), English footballer
- 1986 – [Jessica Stroup](/source/Jessica_Stroup), American actress[40]
- [1987](/source/1987) – [Carmella](/source/Carmella_(wrestler)), American wrestler[49]
- 1987 – [Robin Copeland](/source/Robin_Copeland), Irish rugby player
- 1987 – [Félix Doubront](/source/F%C3%A9lix_Doubront), Venezuelan baseball player
- 1987 – [Faye](/source/Faye_(musician)), Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1987 – [Kyle Gibson](/source/Kyle_Gibson), American baseball player[50]
- 1987 – [Seo In-guk](/source/Seo_In-guk), South Korean singer and actor
- 1987 – [Miyuu Sawai](/source/Miyuu_Sawai), Japanese model and actress
- 1987 – [Naomi Watanabe](/source/Naomi_Watanabe), Japanese actress
- [1988](/source/1988) – [Jordan Crawford](/source/Jordan_Crawford), American basketball player
- 1988 – [Aleksandr Salugin](/source/Aleksandr_Salugin), Russian footballer
- 1988 – [Carolin Schiewe](/source/Carolin_Schiewe), German footballer
- [1989](/source/1989) – [Viktor Agardius](/source/Viktor_Agardius), Swedish footballer
- 1989 – [Alain Baroja](/source/Alain_Baroja), Venezuelan footballer
- 1989 – [Zach Brown](/source/Zach_Brown), American football player[51]
- 1989 – [Jonita Gandhi](/source/Jonita_Gandhi), Indo-Canadian singer
- 1989 – [Anisya Kirdyapkina](/source/Anisya_Kirdyapkina), Russian race walker
- 1989 – [Andriy Yarmolenko](/source/Andriy_Yarmolenko), Ukrainian footballer
- [1991](/source/1991) – [Emil Forsberg](/source/Emil_Forsberg), Swedish footballer[52]
- 1991 – [Princess Mako of Akishino](/source/Princess_Mako_of_Akishino), member of the [Japanese Imperial Family](/source/Japanese_imperial_family)[53]
- 1991 – [Jorge Taufua](/source/Jorge_Taufua), Australian rugby league player[54]
- [1992](/source/1992) – [Álvaro Morata](/source/%C3%81lvaro_Morata), Spanish footballer[55]
- [1993](/source/1993) – [Josh Ruffels](/source/Josh_Ruffels), English footballer[56]
- [1994](/source/1994) – [Margaret Qualley](/source/Margaret_Qualley), American actress[57]
- [1995](/source/1995) – [Ireland Baldwin](/source/Ireland_Baldwin), American model[58]
- [1997](/source/1997) – [Nick Bosa](/source/Nick_Bosa), American football player[59]
- 1997 – [Élie Okobo](/source/%C3%89lie_Okobo), French basketball player[60]
- 1997 – [Jaydn Su'A](/source/Jaydn_Su'A), New Zealand rugby league player[61]
- 1997 – [Minnie](/source/Minnie_(singer)), Thai singer[62]
- [1998](/source/1998) – [Amandla Stenberg](/source/Amandla_Stenberg), American actress[63]
- 1998 – [Jordan Goodwin](/source/Jordan_Goodwin), American basketball player[64]
- [1999](/source/1999) – [Yui Kobayashi](/source/Yui_Kobayashi), Japanese idol[65]
- [2002](/source/2002) – [Ningning](/source/Ningning), Chinese singer[66]
- [2003](/source/2003) – [Jacob Bethell](/source/Jacob_Bethell), English Cricket Legend [67]
- [2004](/source/2004) – [Niccolò Pisilli](/source/Niccol%C3%B2_Pisilli), Italian footballer[68]

## Deaths

### Pre-1600

- [42 BC](/source/42_BC) – [Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger](/source/Marcus_Junius_Brutus_the_Younger), Roman general and politician (born 85 BC)
- [877](/source/877) – [Ignatios of Constantinople](/source/Ignatios_of_Constantinople), Byzantine patriarch (born 797)
- [891](/source/891) – [Yazaman al-Khadim](/source/Yazaman_al-Khadim), Abbasid general and politician
- [902](/source/902) – [Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya](/source/Ibrahim_II_of_Ifriqiya), Aghlabid emir (born 850)
- [930](/source/930) – [Daigo](/source/Emperor_Daigo), Japanese emperor (born 885)
- [945](/source/945) – [Hyejong of Goryeo](/source/Hyejong_of_Goryeo), Korean king (born 912)
- [949](/source/949) – [Yōzei](/source/Emperor_Y%C5%8Dzei), Japanese emperor (born 869)
- [1134](/source/1134) – [Abu al-Salt](/source/Abu_al-Salt), Andalusian polymath
- [1157](/source/1157) – [Sweyn III](/source/Sweyn_III_of_Denmark), Danish king (born c. 1125)
- [1456](/source/1456) – [John of Capistrano](/source/John_of_Capistrano), Italian priest and saint (born 1386)
- [1550](/source/1550) – [Tiedemann Giese](/source/Tiedemann_Giese), Polish bishop (born 1480)
- [1581](/source/1581) – [Michael Neander](/source/Michael_Neander), German mathematician and astronomer (born 1529)

### 1601–1900

- [1616](/source/1616) – [Leonhard Hutter](/source/Leonhard_Hutter), German theologian and academic (born 1563)
- [1688](/source/1688) – [Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange](/source/Charles_du_Fresne,_sieur_du_Cange), French philologist and historian (born 1610)
- [1730](/source/1730) – [Anne Oldfield](/source/Anne_Oldfield), English actress (born 1683)
- [1764](/source/1764) – [Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte](/source/Emmanuel-Auguste_de_Cahideuc,_Comte_Dubois_de_la_Motte), French admiral (born 1683)
- [1774](/source/1774) – [Michel Benoist](/source/Michel_Benoist), French missionary and astronomer (born 1715)
- [1852](/source/1852) – [Georg August Wallin](/source/Georg_August_Wallin), Finnish explorer, [orientalist](/source/Orientalism), and professor (born 1811)[69]
- [1867](/source/1867) – [Franz Bopp](/source/Franz_Bopp), German linguist and academic (born 1791)
- [1869](/source/1869) – [Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby](/source/Edward_Smith-Stanley,_14th_Earl_of_Derby), English lawyer and politician, [Prime Minister of the United Kingdom](/source/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom) (born 1799)
- [1872](/source/1872) – [Théophile Gautier](/source/Th%C3%A9ophile_Gautier), French journalist, author, and poet (born 1811)
- [1885](/source/1885) – [Charles S. West](/source/Charles_S._West), American lawyer, jurist, and politician, [Secretary of State of Texas](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Texas) (born 1829)
- [1893](/source/1893) – [Alexander of Battenberg](/source/Alexander_of_Battenberg) (born 1857)

### 1901–present

- [1910](/source/1910) – [Chulalongkorn](/source/Chulalongkorn), Thai king (born 1853)
- [1915](/source/1915) – [W. G. Grace](/source/W._G._Grace), English cricketer and physician (born 1848)
- [1916](/source/1916) – [Richard McFadden](/source/Richard_McFadden), Scottish footballer and soldier (born 1889)
- [1917](/source/1917) – [Eugène Grasset](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Grasset), Swiss illustrator (born 1845)
- [1921](/source/1921) – [John Boyd Dunlop](/source/John_Boyd_Dunlop), Scottish businessman, founded [Dunlop Rubber](/source/Dunlop_Rubber) (born 1840)
- [1935](/source/1935) – [Charles Demuth](/source/Charles_Demuth), American painter and educator (born 1883)
- [1939](/source/1939) – [Zane Grey](/source/Zane_Grey), American dentist and author (born 1872)
- [1942](/source/1942) – [Ralph Rainger](/source/Ralph_Rainger), American pianist and composer (born 1901)
- [1943](/source/1943) – [Wakashima Gonshirō](/source/Wakashima_Gonshir%C5%8D), Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st [Yokozuna](/source/Yokozuna_(sumo)) (born 1876)
- [1944](/source/1944) – [Charles Glover Barkla](/source/Charles_Glover_Barkla), English-Scottish physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (born 1877)
- 1944 – [Hana Brady](/source/Hana_Brady), Czech [holocaust](/source/Holocaust) victim (born 1931)
- [1950](/source/1950) – [Al Jolson](/source/Al_Jolson), Lithuanian-American actor and singer (born 1886)
- [1953](/source/1953) – [Adrien de Noailles](/source/Adrien_de_Noailles), French son of [Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles](/source/Jules_Charles_Victurnien_de_Noailles) (born 1869)
- [1959](/source/1959) – [George Bouzianis](/source/George_Bouzianis), Greek painter (born 1885)[70]
- 1959 – [Gerda Lundequist](/source/Gerda_Lundequist), Swedish actress (born 1871)
- [1964](/source/1964) – [Frank Luther Mott](/source/Frank_Luther_Mott), American historian and journalist (born 1886)
- [1969](/source/1969) – [Tommy Edwards](/source/Tommy_Edwards), American singer-songwriter (born 1922)[71]
- [1975](/source/1975) – [Marjorie Maynard](/source/Marjorie_Maynard) British artist and farmer (born 1891)
- [1978](/source/1978) – [Maybelle Carter](/source/Maybelle_Carter), American singer and autoharp player ([Carter Family](/source/Carter_Family)) (born 1909)
- [1980](/source/1980) – [Tibor Rosenbaum](/source/Tibor_Rosenbaum), Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (born 1923)[72]
- [1983](/source/1983) – [Jessica Savitch](/source/Jessica_Savitch), American journalist (born 1947)
- [1984](/source/1984) – [Oskar Werner](/source/Oskar_Werner), Austrian-German actor (born 1922)
- [1986](/source/1986) – [Edward Adelbert Doisy](/source/Edward_Adelbert_Doisy), American biochemist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) laureate (born 1893)
- [1988](/source/1988) – [Asashio Tarō III](/source/Asashio_Tar%C5%8D_III), Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th [Yokozuna](/source/Yokozuna_(sumo)) (born 1929)
- [1989](/source/1989) – [Armida](/source/Armida_(actress)), Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
- [1990](/source/1990) – [Thomas Williams](/source/Thomas_Williams_(writer)), American author and academic (born 1926)
- [1994](/source/1994) – [Robert Lansing](/source/Robert_Lansing_(actor)), American actor (born 1928)
- [1996](/source/1996) – [Bob Grim](/source/Bob_Grim_(baseball)), American baseball player (born 1930)
- [1997](/source/1997) – [Bert Haanstra](/source/Bert_Haanstra), Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1916)
- [1998](/source/1998) – [Barnett Slepian](/source/Barnett_Slepian), American physician (born 1946)
- 1998 – [Eric Ambler](/source/Eric_Ambler), English author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1909)[73]
- [1999](/source/1999) – [Eric Reece](/source/Eric_Reece), Australian politician, 32nd [Premier of Tasmania](/source/Premier_of_Tasmania) (born 1909)
- [2000](/source/2000) – [Yokozuna](/source/Yokozuna_(wrestler)), American wrestler (born 1966)
- [2001](/source/2001) – [Josh Kirby](/source/Josh_Kirby), English illustrator (born 1928)
- 2001 – [Daniel Wildenstein](/source/Daniel_Wildenstein), French art dealer and historian (born 1917)
- [2002](/source/2002) – [Adolph Green](/source/Adolph_Green), American playwright and songwriter (born 1915)
- [2003](/source/2003) – [Tony Capstick](/source/Tony_Capstick), English actor and singer (born 1944)
- 2003 – [Soong Mei-ling](/source/Soong_Mei-ling), Chinese wife of [Chiang Kai-shek](/source/Chiang_Kai-shek), 2nd [First Lady of the Republic of China](/source/First_Lady_of_the_Republic_of_China) (born 1898)
- [2004](/source/2004) – [Robert Merrill](/source/Robert_Merrill), American actor and singer (born 1919)
- 2004 – [Bill Nicholson](/source/Bill_Nicholson_(footballer)), English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1919)
- [2005](/source/2005) – [William Hootkins](/source/William_Hootkins), American actor (born 1948)
- 2005 – [John Muth](/source/John_Muth), American economist and academic (born 1930)
- 2005 – [Stella Obasanjo](/source/Stella_Obasanjo), Nigerian wife of [Olusegun Obasanjo](/source/Olusegun_Obasanjo), 10th [First Lady of Nigeria](/source/First_Lady_of_Nigeria) (born 1945)
- [2006](/source/2006) – [Lebo Mathosa](/source/Lebo_Mathosa), South African singer ([Boom Shaka](/source/Boom_Shaka)) (born 1977)
- [2007](/source/2007) – [John Ilhan](/source/John_Ilhan), Turkish-Australian businessman, founded [Crazy John's](/source/Crazy_John's) (born 1965)
- 2007 – [Lim Goh Tong](/source/Lim_Goh_Tong), Malaysian-Chinese businessman (born 1918)
- [2008](/source/2008) – [Kevin Finnegan](/source/Kevin_Finnegan), English boxer (born 1948)
- [2009](/source/2009) – [Lou Jacobi](/source/Lou_Jacobi), Canadian-American actor (born 1913)
- [2010](/source/2010) – [Fran Crippen](/source/Fran_Crippen), American swimmer (born 1984)
- 2010 – [Stanley Tanger](/source/Stanley_Tanger), American businessman and philanthropist, founded the [Tanger Factory Outlet Centers](/source/Tanger_Factory_Outlet_Centers) (born 1923)
- [2011](/source/2011) – [Herbert A. Hauptman](/source/Herbert_A._Hauptman), American chemist and mathematician, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (born 1917)
- 2011 – [Marco Simoncelli](/source/Marco_Simoncelli), Italian motorcycle racer (born 1987)
- [2012](/source/2012) – [William Joel Blass](/source/William_Joel_Blass), American lawyer and politician (born 1917)
- 2012 – [Wilhelm Brasse](/source/Wilhelm_Brasse), Polish photographer (born 1917)
- 2012 – [Roland de la Poype](/source/Roland_de_la_Poype), French soldier and pilot (born 1920)
- 2012 – [Sunil Gangopadhyay](/source/Sunil_Gangopadhyay), Indian author and poet (born 1934)
- 2012 – [Michael Marra](/source/Michael_Marra_(singer-songwriter)), Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1952)
- [2013](/source/2013) – [Wes Bialosuknia](/source/Wes_Bialosuknia), American basketball player (born 1945)
- 2013 – [Anthony Caro](/source/Anthony_Caro), English sculptor and academic (born 1924)
- 2013 – [Niall Donohue](/source/Niall_Donohue), Irish hurler (born 1990)
- 2013 – [Gypie Mayo](/source/Gypie_Mayo), English guitarist and songwriter ([Dr. Feelgood](/source/Dr._Feelgood_(band)) and [The Yardbirds](/source/The_Yardbirds)) (born 1951)
- 2013 – [Bill Mazer](/source/Bill_Mazer), Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (born 1920)
- [2014](/source/2014) – [Ghulam Azam](/source/Ghulam_Azam), Bangladeshi politician (born 1922)
- 2014 – [John Bramlett](/source/John_Bramlett), American football player (born 1941)
- 2014 – [Bernard Mayes](/source/Bernard_Mayes), English-American journalist and academic (born 1929)
- 2014 – [Joan Quigley](/source/Joan_Quigley), American astrologer and author (born 1927)
- 2014 – [Tullio Regge](/source/Tullio_Regge), Italian physicist and academic (born 1931)
- 2014 – [Alvin Stardust](/source/Alvin_Stardust), English singer and actor (born 1942)
- [2015](/source/2015) – [Leon Bibb](/source/Leon_Bibb_(musician)), American-Canadian singer (born 1922)
- 2015 – [Roger De Clerck](/source/Roger_De_Clerck), Belgian businessman (born 1924)
- 2015 – [Jim Roberts](/source/Jim_Roberts_(ice_hockey,_born_1940)), Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1940)
- 2015 – [Fred Sands](/source/Fred_Sands), American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the [Museum of Contemporary Art](/source/Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Los_Angeles) (born 1938)
- [2016](/source/2016) – [Jack Chick](/source/Jack_Chick), American cartoonist and publisher (born 1924)
- 2016 – [Wim van der Voort](/source/Wim_van_der_Voort), Dutch speed skater (born 1923)
- 2016 – [Pete Burns](/source/Pete_Burns), English singer-songwriter (born 1959)
- [2017](/source/2017) – [Walter Lassally](/source/Walter_Lassally), German cinematographer (born 1926)
- [2018](/source/2018) – [Todd Reid](/source/Todd_Reid), Australian tennis player (born 1984)
- [2020](/source/2020) – [Jerry Jeff Walker](/source/Jerry_Jeff_Walker), American singer-songwriter (born 1942)[74]
- [2022](/source/2022) – [Adriano Moreira](/source/Adriano_Moreira), Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the [CDS – People's Party](/source/CDS_%E2%80%93_People's_Party) (born [1922](/source/1922))[75]
- [2023](/source/2023) – [Aira Samulin](/source/Aira_Samulin), Finnish entrepreneur and dance teacher (born 1927)[76]
- 2023 – [Bishan Singh Bedi](/source/Bishan_Singh_Bedi), Indian cricketer (born 1946)[77]
- [2024](/source/2024) – [Geoff Capes](/source/Geoff_Capes), British shot putter and strongman (born 1949)[78]
- 2024 – [Gary Indiana](/source/Gary_Indiana_(writer)), American writer, playwright and poet (born 1950)[79]
- 2024 – [Jack Jones](/source/Jack_Jones_(American_singer)), American singer and actor (born 1938)[80]
- [2025](/source/2025) – [June Lockhart](/source/June_Lockhart), American actress (b. 1925)[81]

## Holidays and observances

- Christian [feast day](/source/Feast_day): - [Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer](/source/Feast_of_the_Most_Holy_Redeemer) - [James the Just](/source/James_the_Just) (i.e. James, brother of Jesus) ([Lutheran](/source/Lutheran), [Episcopal Church (USA)](/source/Episcopal_Church_(USA)), [Eastern Orthodox](/source/Eastern_Orthodox)) - [Allucio of Campugliano](/source/Allucio_of_Campugliano) - [Amon of Toul](/source/Amon_of_Toul) ([Diocese of Toul](/source/Diocese_of_Toul)) - [Boethius](/source/Boethius)[29] - [Ignatios of Constantinople](/source/Ignatios_of_Constantinople) - [John of Capistrano](/source/John_of_Capistrano)[82] - [Joséphine Leroux](/source/Jos%C3%A9phine_Leroux) - [Peter Pascual](/source/Peter_Pascual) - [Romain (Romanus) of Rouen](/source/Romanus_of_Rouen) - [Servandus and Cermanus](/source/Servandus_and_Cermanus) - [Severin of Cologne](/source/Severin_of_Cologne) - [October 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/October_23_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)) - Christmas or the Feast of Señor Noemi (the [Child Jesus](/source/Child_Jesus)) in the [Apostolic Catholic Church](/source/Apostolic_Catholic_Church_(Philippines))
- [Mole Day](/source/Mole_Day) ([International observance](/source/International_observance))

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## External links

- ["On This Day"](http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/23). BBC.
- ["Historical Events on October 23"](https://www.onthisday.com/events/october/23). OnThisDay.com.

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