June 23 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on June 23, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Pearl
Birth flower
Rose
How common
#195 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous June 23 birthdays
Anna Akhmatova · Russian poet1889
Edward VIII · King of the United Kingdom in 19361894
Alfred Kinsey · American sexologist1894
Jean Anouilh · French playwright1910
Alan Turing · English computer scientist1912
Bob Fosse · American choreographer, dancer, and director1927
June Carter Cash · American singer1929
Richard Bach · American spiritual writer1936
Martti Ahtisaari · President of Finland from 1994 to 20001937
Wilma Rudolph · American athlete1940
Vint Cerf · American computer scientist1943
Armen Sarkissian · 4th President of Armenia1953
Frances McDormand · American actress1957
Martin Klebba · American actor1969
Zinedine Zidane · French association football player and coach1972
Selma Blair · American actress1972
Patrick Vieira · French association football player and coach1976
Jason Mraz · American singer-songwriter1977
Melissa Rauch · American actress1980
Francesca Schiavone · Italian tennis player1980
On this day in history
1865Stand Watie became the last Confederate general of the American Civil War to surrender to Union forces.
1926The College Board administered the first Scholastic Aptitude Test, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the United States.
2012Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.
2016Citizens of the United Kingdom voted in favour of leaving the European Union.
1972Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
1991The first instalment of the video-game series Sonic the Hedgehog was released in North America.
1994NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.
2005American social news and discussion site Reddit is founded in Medford, Massachusetts by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian.
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