November 23 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on November 23, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♐︎ Sagittarius
Nov 22 – Dec 21
Birth stone
Topaz
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
How common
#360 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous November 23 birthdays
Franklin Pierce · President of the United States from 1853 to 18571804
Johannes Diderik van der Waals · Dutch physicist1837
Hjalmar Branting · Prime Minister of Sweden1860
Manuel de Falla · Spanish composer1876
Boris Karloff · British actor1887
Henry Moseley · English physicist1887
Harpo Marx · American comedian1888
Klement Gottwald · 5th President of Czechoslovakia1896
Paul Celan · French-Romanian poet and translator1920
Joan Fuster · Spanish writer1922
Sathya Sai Baba · Indian spiritual guru1926
Krzysztof Penderecki · Polish composer and conductor1933
Denis Sassou Nguesso · President of the Republic of the Congo1943
Chuck Schumer · American politician1950
William Kaelin Jr. · American Nobel Laureate, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University1957
Nicolás Maduro · Venezuelan politician1962
Vincent Cassel · French actor1966
Chris Hardwick · American stand-up comedian1971
Asafa Powell · Jamaican sprinter1982
Miley Cyrus · American singer, actress, and television personality1992
On this day in history
1876William "Boss" Tweed, a New York City politician who had been arrested for embezzlement, was handed over to US authorities after having escaped from prison and fled to Spain.
1924The New York Times published evidence from Edwin Hubble stating that the Andromeda Nebula, previously believed to be part of the Milky Way, is in fact another galaxy.
2003Rose Revolution: Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as President of Georgia following weeks of mass protests over disputed election results.
2011Arab Spring: After months of protests in Yemen, President Ali Abdullah Saleh agreed to transfer power to Vice President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.
1943World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
1959French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
1976Jacques Mayol became the first person to freedive to a depth of 100 metres (330 ft).
2007MS Explorer became the first cruise ship to sink in the Southern Ocean.
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