The Birthday Gazette

Born on August 23

August 23 birthdays & history

If you were born on August 23, you share a birthday with Louis XVI, Kobe Bryant and Edgar de Wahl. August 23 babies are Leo, with peridot as their birthstone and the gladiolus as their birth flower. August 23 is the 236th day of the year in leap years (235th in other years).

Famous people born on August 23

  • 1754Louis XVI, King of France from 1774 to 1792
  • 1978Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman
  • 1867Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic
  • 1912Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer
  • 1769Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic
  • 1921Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1974Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1910Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1924Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1970River Phoenix, American actor

What happened on August 23

  • 1873The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened to traffic.
  • 1898The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed London.
  • 1904The automobile tire chain is patented.
  • 1948The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
  • 1954The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departed from Marseille, France.
  • 1966Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
  • 1975The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan.
  • 1989Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their desire for independence.
  • 1990Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 1990West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
  • 1991The World Wide Web was opened to the public.
  • 2023Chandrayaan-3 mission initiates first Moon landing in Indian history.

Also observed on August 23

  • Day of the National Flag (Ukraine)
  • National Day for Physicians (Iran)

Questions, answered

What star sign is August 23?

People born on August 23 are Leo. Their birthstone is peridot and their birth flower is the gladiolus.

Which famous people were born on August 23?

Louis XVI (1754), Kobe Bryant (1978), Edgar de Wahl (1867), Gene Kelly (1912), Georges Cuvier (1769), Kenneth Arrow (1921) were all born on August 23.

What happened on August 23 in history?

Among other things: in 1990, West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3; in 1991, The World Wide Web was opened to the public; in 2023, Chandrayaan-3 mission initiates first Moon landing in Indian history.

Can I get a newspaper front page from August 23?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any August 23 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “August 23”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.