December 23 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on December 23, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Dec 22 – Jan 19
Birth stone
Turquoise
Birth flower
Narcissus
How common
#353 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous December 23 birthdays
Joseph Smith · American religious leader and founder of the Latter Day Saint movement1805
Samuel Smiles · Scottish writer and journalist1812
Madam C. J. Walker · American entrepreneur1867
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa · Sicilian Prince and writer1896
Charan Singh · Prime Minister of India1902
Niels Kaj Jerne · Danish immunologist1911
Dino Risi · Italian film director1916
Helmut Schmidt · Chancellor of West Germany1918
Chet Baker · American jazz trumpeter and vocalist1929
Akihito · Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 20191933
Robert Kahn · American Internet pioneer, computer scientist1938
Mamnoon Hussain · 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 20181940
Queen Silvia of Sweden · Queen consort of Sweden1943
Adly Mansour · Egyptian judge and statesman1945
Vicente del Bosque · Spanish footballer and manager1950
Stefan Hell · Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry1962
Donna Tartt · American writer1963
Eddie Vedder · American singer and guitarist1964
Luka Jović · Serbian association football player1997
Finn Wolfhard · Canadian actor and musician2002
On this day in history
1776American Revolutionary War: American troops, overwhelmed by British reinforcements, retreated from the Battle of Iron Works Hill.
1783George Washington resigned as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis (painting shown).
1997The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display.
2008The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, announcing that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.
1957Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became the youngest-ever Test cricket captain at the time.
1958Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened.
1970The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 417 metres (1,368 ft), making it the tallest building in the world.
1990About 88 percent of eligible voters in Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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