September 23 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 23, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♎︎ Libra
Sep 23 – Oct 22
Birth stone
Sapphire
Birth flower
Aster
How common
#41 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 23 birthdays
Victoria Woodhull · American suffragist, editor1838
Grigory Zinoviev · Russian revolutionary1883
Walter Lippmann · American journalist and political commentator1889
Jaroslav Seifert · Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate1901
Clifford Shull · American physicist1915
Aldo Moro · Italian politician1916
Mickey Rooney · American actor1920
John Coltrane · American jazz saxophonist1926
Ray Charles · American singer, pianist and songwriter1930
Romy Schneider · German-French actress1938
Michel Temer · 24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President1940
Julio Iglesias · Spanish singer and lawyer1943
Bruce Springsteen · American rock singer1949
Shehbaz Sharif · Prime Minister of Pakistan1951
Paolo Rossi · Italian footballer1956
Jason Alexander · American actor, comedian, director and television host1959
Ani DiFranco · American singer-songwriter1970
Matt Hardy · American professional wrestler1974
Anthony Mackie · American actor1978
Juan Martín del Potro · Argentine tennis player1988
On this day in history
1780American Revolutionary War: British officer John André was captured by Patriot forces, thereby revealing a plot by Continental Army general Benedict Arnold to hand over West Point, New York.
1952U.S. vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the Checkers speech, one of the first political uses of television to appeal directly to the populace.
2002The first version of the web browser Firefox was released by the Mozilla Organization.
2019The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.
1899Philippine-American War: the American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
1913The United Mine Workers of America began a strike against the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, sparking the Colorado Coalfield War.
1920The Louisiana hurricane dissipated over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.
1997Irish rock band U2 performed in Sarajevo, the first major artist to hold a concert in the city since the end of the Bosnian War.
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