May 23 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on May 23, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♊︎ Gemini
May 21 – Jun 20
Birth stone
Emerald
Birth flower
Lily of the valley
How common
#60 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous May 23 birthdays
Margaret Fuller · American writer and women's activist1810
Maria Konopnicka · Polish writer and activist1842
Otto Lilienthal · German aviation pioneer1848
Douglas Fairbanks · American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer1883
Pär Lagerkvist · Swedish writer1891
John Bardeen · American physicist and engineer1908
Edward Norton Lorenz · American mathematician and meteorologist1917
Joshua Lederberg · American molecular biologist1925
Rosemary Clooney · American singer and actress1928
Joan Collins · English actress, author and columnist1933
Robert Moog · American electronic music pioneer and inventor1934
Michael Porter · American engineer and economist1947
Alan García · President of Peru1949
Anatoly Karpov · Russian chess player1951
Drew Carey · American comedian1958
Rubens Barrichello · Brazilian racing driver1972
Jewel · American singer-songwriter1974
Ryan Coogler · American filmmaker1986
Bray Wyatt · American professional wrestler1987
Lena Meyer-Landrut · German singer1991
On this day in history
1862American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.
1895Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library.
1980The Shining, the psychological horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, premiered on 10 screens in New York City and Los Angeles.
2021Ryanair Flight 4978 was forced to land by Belarusian authorities, who detained dissident journalist Roman Protasevich.
1946The start of a two-day tornado outbreak across the Central United States that spawned at least 15 significant tornadoes.
1974The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France.
2008The International Court of Justice awarded the Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, resolving a 29-year-old territorial dispute in the Singapore Strait.
2013A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington.
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