Birthday twins
February 23 is the birthday of 57 notable people we've found so far, including authors, creators, actors and historical figures, and 2 of them are billionaires.
What the data says
Entrepreneur
1950 · Brazil
$9.9Bolder estimate, as of 2019 · Forbes
Marcel Herrmann Telles is a Brazilian businessman. Telles is a board member of AB InBev. He is the 8th wealthiest person in Latin America.
Reported estimate as of 2019: $9.9B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every February birthday · battle February 23 against another date · all rankings
The February 23 wealth profile
Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.
Scientist
1939–2021 · United States
$2.3Bolder estimate, as of October 2021 · Forbes
Valentin P. Gapontsev was a Russian-American laser physicist, billionaire, and the founder, CEO, and chairman of IPG Photonics. At the time of his death, his net worth was estimated at US$2.3 billion.
Russian Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Who shares February 23
Share of the 57 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.
Countries
Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.
Life timeline
Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.
The standouts
Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.
Top tier
Actor
1983 · United States
Emily Olivia Laura Blunt is a British actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and two Actor Awards, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and four British Academy Film Awards.
Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1994 · United States
Hannah Dakota Fanning is an American actress. Fanning is known for her roles in blockbuster films and independent features, both as a child actress and as an adult. Her accolades include nominations for four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Crislapi3, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1992 · Australia
Samara Weaving is an Australian actress and model. She began her career in Australian television with starring roles in the series Out of the Blue (2008) and the soap opera Home and Away (2009–2013). Then made her film debut in the crime film Mystery Road (2013).
Danielle G. Campbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Athlete
1992 · Brazil
Carlos Henrique Casimiro, also known mononymously as Casemiro, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Brazil national team.
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1976 · United Kingdom
Kelly Macdonald is a Scottish actress. Known for her performances on film and television, she has received various accolades including a BAFTA Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards.
KellyMacdonaldOct07.jpg: Mark Rabinowitz at http://www.rabbireport.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1966 · Switzerland
Didier Patrick Queloz is a Swiss astronomer. He is the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, where he is also a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, as well as a professor of physics at ETH Zurich.
M.McCaughrean (ESA)/ESO, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur · Dell · software
1965 · United States
Michael Saul Dell is an American billionaire businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world's largest technology infrastructure companies.
mikeandryan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1982 · Russia
Anna Vasilyevna Chapman is a Russian former intelligence agent, media personality, and model who was arrested in the United States on 27 June 2010 as part of the Illegals Program, a Russian spy ring.
Dmitry Rozhkov, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · Hôtel Ritz Paris
1850–1918 · Switzerland
César Ritz was a Swiss businessman, hotelier and pioneer of the travel industry. He most notably founded several hotels most famously the Hôtel Ritz in Paris and the Ritz and Carlton Hotels in London.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1954–2025 · Canada
Alexander Antonovich Mashkevich was an Israeli-Kazakh businessman and investor who had major holdings and close political relationships in Kazakhstan. He held both Kazakh and Israeli citizenship.
Sbakuria, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · ECCO · retail
1928–2004 · Kingdom of Denmark
Karl-Heinz Werner Toosbuy was a Danish businessman, the founder and owner of ECCO, the Danish shoe company.
Entrepreneur
1960 · Germany
Gloria, Dowager Princess of Thurn and Taxis is a German socialite, businesswoman, art collector, artist, and traditionalist Catholic activist. In the 1980s, Gloria was a member of the European jet-set, known as "Princess TNT" for her extravagant, punk-inspired style.
February 23 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
More birthday twins
Actor
1940–2019 · United States
Peter Henry Fonda was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He was twice an Academy Award nominee, both for acting and screenwriting, and a two-time Golden Globe Award winner for his acting.
No machine-readable author provided. Toglenn assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1983 · United States
Aziz Ismail Ansari is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker.
David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1483–1531
Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire in South Asia. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother, respectively. He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani.
c.1650, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1981 · United States
Joshua Ilan Gad is an American actor, singer and comedian. He is known for voicing Olaf in the Frozen franchise, Chuck in The Angry Birds Movie franchise, and originating the role of Elder Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon.
Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1868–1963 · United States
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, writer, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community.
James E. Purdy / Adam Cuerden, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1965 · United States
Kristin Landen Davis is an American actress and producer. She is known for playing Charlotte York in the HBO romantic comedy series Sex and the City (1998–2004).
Athlete
1981 · United Kingdom
Gareth Barry is an English former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He made a total of 653 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa, Manchester City, Everton, and West Bromwich Albion, the second most appearances in Premier League history.
Tommy Low from Singapore, Singapore, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1954 · Ukraine
Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards the West, European Union, the G7, and NATO.
Secretariat of the President of Ukraine, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
0766–0809
Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rashīd, or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī, famously known as Hārūn al-Rashīd, was the fifth of the Abbasid caliphs, reigning from September 786 until his death in March 809.
Unknown artistUnknown artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1986 · United States
Holly Brook Hafermann, known professionally as Skylar Grey, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1632–1703 · Kingdom of England
Samuel Pepys was an English writer and Tory politician.
John Hayls, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1975 · United States
Robert Lopez is an American songwriter, best known for co-creating the musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon He co-wrote songs for the Disney animated films Frozen, Frozen 2 and Coco with his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez. He is signed to Disney Music Publishing.
PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1963 · Poland
Radosław Tomasz "Radek" Sikorski is a Polish politician, journalist and statesman who is the longest-serving Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2023, previously holding the office between 2007 and 2014, since 2025 also serving as Deputy Prime Minister.
Artist
1878–1935 · Soviet Union
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose work and writings pioneered the development of abstract painting in the 20th century.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1889–1949 · United States
Victor Lonzo Fleming was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama Gone with the Wind, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and the fantasy film The Wizard of Oz.
Photographer unknown; work-for-hire on behalf of Paramount Pictures., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1908–1988 · Australia
Sir William McMahon was the 20th prime minister of Australia, serving from 1971 to 1972. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, and previously held various ministerial positions from 1951 to 1971, the longest continuous service in Australian history.
Australian News and Information Bureau, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1883–1969 · Switzerland
Karl Theodor Jaspers was a German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher who had a strong influence on modern theology, psychiatry, and philosophy.
Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1904–1993 · United States
William Lawrence Shirer was an American journalist, war correspondent, and historian.
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/murrow/snow.htm at the U.S. State Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1404–1472 · Republic of Genoa
Leon Battista Alberti was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths.
Actor
1970 · United States
Carol Denise Betts, known professionally as Niecy Nash-Betts, is an American actress. Her career began in the late 1990s, with appearances in the films Boys on the Side (1995) and Cookie's Fortune (1999).
Clorox Toilet Products, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1899–1974 · Germany
Emil Erich Kästner was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and Lisa and Lottie.
Basch, [...] / Opdracht Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1874–1956 · Estonia
Konstantin Päts was an Estonian statesman and the country's president from 1938 to 1940.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1840–1921 · Austria
Carl Menger von Wolfensgrün was an Austrian economist who contributed to the marginal theory of value. Menger is considered the founder of the Austrian school of economics.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1938–2020 · Czech Republic
Jiří Menzel was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography.
Jindřich Nosek (NoJin), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1944–2009 · Russia
Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky was a Soviet and Russian actor who excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Sofia Pilyavskaya, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR.
Tatyana Pankratova, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1878–1927 · Soviet Union
Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev was a Russian painter, draughtsman, and stage designer during the Modernist period.
Boris Kustodiev, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1899–1981 · United States
Norman Rae Taurog was an American film director and screenwriter. From 1920 to 1968, Taurog directed 180 films. At the age of 32, he received the Academy Award for Best Director for Skippy (1931), becoming the youngest person to win the award for eight and a half decades.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1928–2017 · United Kingdom
David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort GCC, known as David Somerset until 1984, was an English peer and major landowner.
Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1884–1967 · United States
Casimir Funk was a Polish biochemist who formulated the definitive concept of vitamins and was the first to isolate a vitamin from rice bran in 1911.
Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1924–1998 · United States
Allan MacLeod Cormack was a South African and American physicist, academic, and Nobel Laureate.
This page lists 57 people born on February 23, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 2 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of October 2021. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on February 23. Read the full methodology.
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