What the data says
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every January birthday · battle January 23 against another date · all rankings
Who shares January 23
Share of the 53 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
Musician
1998–2018 · United States
Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, professionally known as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer.
State of Florida, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1964 · United States
Mariska Magdolna Hargitay is an American actress, philanthropist, producer, and director. Hargitay is known for playing Olivia Benson on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit since 1999, the longest-running character of all time in an American primetime drama.
Colleen Sturtevant, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Politician
1897–1945 · British Raj
Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan left a legacy vexed by authoritarianism, antisemitism, and military failure.
Unknown (Netaji Research Bureau, Calcutta), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Creator
1930–2017 · Saint Lucia
Sir Derek Alton Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright.
Bert Nienhuis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
American biochemist and pharmacologist
1918–1999 · United States
Gertrude "Trudy" Belle Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George H. Hitchings and Sir James Black for their use of innovative methods of rational drug design for the development of new drugs.
GlaxoSmithKline plc, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1915–1991 · United Kingdom
Sir William Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis remains the only black person to have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Ulises Icardi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur · Browning Arms Company
1855–1926 · United States
John Moses Browning was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world.
unknown/Browning, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1946–2013 · Russia
Boris Abramovich Berezovsky, also known as Platon Elenin, was a Russian business oligarch, government official, engineer and mathematician.
duma.gov.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur · software
1924–2013 · United States
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was originally from Paterson, New Jersey.
United States Senate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1840–1905 · Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Ernst Karl Abbe, was a German businessman, optical engineer, physicist, and social reformer. Together with Otto Schott and Carl Zeiss, he developed numerous optical instruments.
Emil Tesch (* 1860; † 1931), deutscher Fotograf in Jena. (Emil Tesch wird im Internet nie als Fotograf genannt, auf [1] , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1972–2015 · Russia
Dmitry Vladimirovich Shumkov was a Russian lawyer, businessman, public figure known for his contributions to law, business, and social initiatives. He served as a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation and supported various educational and public projects.
D.V.Shumkov, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1978 · South Korea
Koo Kwang-mo is a South Korean businessman. As the chairman of LG, he is among the richest people in South Korea. As of April 2026, Forbes estimated his net worth to be US$1.9 billion and ranked him the 30th richest person in South Korea.
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Actor
1964 · United States
Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American filmmaker, comic book writer, and composer.
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1984 · Kingdom of the Netherlands
Arjen Robben is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a winger. Known for his dribbling skills, speed, and long-range shots, he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest wingers of all time.
Дмитрий Садовников, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1944–2019 · Kingdom of the Netherlands
Rutger Oelsen Hauer was a Dutch actor, with a career that spanned over 170 roles across nearly 50 years, beginning in 1969. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century.
DWDD, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1974 · United States
Tiffani Amber Thiessen is an American actress. Her roles as Kelly Kapowski on NBC's Saved by the Bell (1989–1993) and its spin-off media, and as Valerie Malone on Fox's Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994–98) established her as a teen idol of the 1990s.
Rach, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1891–1937 · Kingdom of Italy
Antonio Francesco Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist and politician. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1950 · United States
Richard Dean Anderson is an American actor. He began his television career in 1976, playing Jeff Webber in the American soap opera series General Hospital, and then rose to prominence as the lead actor in the television series MacGyver (1985–1992).
Miguel Discart, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1898–1987 · United States
George Randolph Scott was an American film actor, whose Hollywood career ran from 1928 to 1962.
Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1832–1883 · France
Édouard Manet was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.
Nadar / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1862–1943 · Nazi Germany
David Hilbert was a German mathematician and philosopher of mathematics and one of the most influential mathematicians of all time.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1910–1953 · France
Jean Reinhardt, known by his Romani nickname Django, was a Belgian jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents.
Studio Harcourt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
2002 · Croatia
Joško Gvardiol is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Premier League club Manchester City and the Croatia national team. Gvardiol is known for his on-pitch composure, precise passing, and defensive capabilities.
Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1928–2017 · France
Jeanne Moreau was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française.
Movie_Juliette_Binoche_dans_les_Yeux_17.jpg: nicolas genin derivative work: César (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1783–1842 · France
Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by his pen name Stendhal, was a French writer.
Olof Johan Södermark, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1985 · Kingdom of the Netherlands
Doutzen Kroes is a Dutch fashion model. She began her modelling career in 2003, in the Netherlands and was quickly sent by her agency to New York where she was cast by lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret.
Mrslyd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1919–1996 · United Kingdom
Robert Paisley was an English professional football manager and player who played as a wing-half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time.
Eric The Fish, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1967 · Sweden
Eva Magdalena Andersson is a Swedish politician and economist who has served as Leader of the Opposition since 2022 and as Leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party since 2021. She has served as a Member of the Riksdag for Stockholm County since 2014.
U.S. Department of State from the United States., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1688–1741 · Sweden
Ulrika Eleonora or Ulrica Eleanor, also known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was Queen of Sweden from 5 December 1718 until her abdication on 29 February 1720 in favour of Frederick, her husband.
Attributed to Georg Desmarées, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1964 · India
Bharrat Jagdeo is a Guyanese politician who has been serving as Vice President of Guyana since 2020, in the administration of President Irfaan Ali. He had previously also held the office from 1997 until 1999, during the presidency of Janet Jagan.
Author
1921–1994 · United States
Marija Gimbutas was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe.
Monica Boirar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1872–1946 · France
Paul Langevin was a French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. He was one of the founders of the Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes, an anti-fascist organization created after the 6 February 1934 far right riots.
Henri Manuel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1752–1832 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi was an Italian composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer who was mostly active in England.
Thomas Hardy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Inventor
1870–1942 · United States
William George Morgan was an American sports educator and the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. He was born in Lockport, New York, U.S.
Hayes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1814–1893 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Major-General Sir Alexander Cunningham was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1973 · United States
Mark Boal is an American journalist, screenwriter, and film producer. Boal initially worked as a journalist, writing for outlets like Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Salon, and Playboy.
Mark_Boal_02.jpg: Becca Dorstek from NYC & Jersey Shore, USA derivative work: RanZag (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1986 · Spain
José Enrique Sánchez Díaz, known as José Enrique, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Badudoy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Inventor
1734–1804 · Hungary
Johann Wolfgang von Kempelen was a writer, engineer, and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine.
Wolfgang von Kempelen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1929 · Canada
John Charles Polanyi is a German-born Canadian chemist. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research in chemical reaction dynamics.
Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1872–1957 · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Jože Plečnik was a Slovenian architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Vienna, Prague and of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, most notably by designing the iconic Triple Bridge and the Slovenian National and University Library building, as well as the…
AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1944–2013 · Russia
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team.
Sergeev Pavel, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete · Pacific FC
1981 · Canada
Robert Douglas Friend is a Canadian former professional soccer player, the president and co-founder of Vancouver FC, the CEO and co-founder of Pacific FC, the founder of Toca Football Canada, the co-founder of Canadian Premier League, the managing partner of SixFive Sport Fund…
VierscheJong, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This page lists 53 people born on January 23, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. No one here has a sourced net-worth estimate yet, so no wealth figures are shown. 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 January 23. Read the full methodology.
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