Born on July 23
July 23 birthdays & history
If you were born on July 23, you share a birthday with Sergio Mattarella, Daniel Radcliffe and Philip Seymour Hoffman. July 23 babies are Leo, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 23 is the 205th day of the year in leap years (204th in other years).
Famous people born on July 23
- 1941Sergio Mattarella, Italian lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th President of Italy
- 1989Daniel Radcliffe, English actor
- 1967Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer
- 1888Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter
- 1649Pope Clement XI, Head of the Catholic Church from 1700 to 1721
- 1961Woody Harrelson, American actor and activist
- 1928Vera Rubin, American astronomer and academic
- 1976Judit Polgár, Hungarian chess player
- 1973Monica Lewinsky, American activist and former White House intern
- 1965Slash, English-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
What happened on July 23
- 1829In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
- 1840The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
- 1874Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
- 1881The Boundary Treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina is signed in Buenos Aires.
- 1903The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
- 1908The Second Constitution is accepted by the Ottomans.
- 1919Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana.
- 1921The first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party opened in a house in Shanghai.
- 1926Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
- 1927Wilfred Rhodes of England and Yorkshire became the only person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches.
- 1995Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
- 2010The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor.
Also observed on July 23
- Birthday of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
- Children's Day (Indonesia)
- National Remembrance Day (Papua New Guinea)
- Renaissance Day (Oman)
- Revolution Day (Egypt)
Questions, answered
What star sign is July 23?
People born on July 23 are Leo. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.
Which famous people were born on July 23?
Sergio Mattarella (1941), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967), Raymond Chandler (1888), Pope Clement XI (1649), Woody Harrelson (1961) were all born on July 23.
What happened on July 23 in history?
Among other things: in 1927, Wilfred Rhodes of England and Yorkshire became the only person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches; in 1995, Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp; in 2010, The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor.
Can I get a newspaper front page from July 23?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 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, “July 23”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.