What the data says
Against the other 365
Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every June birthday · battle June 23 against another date · all rankings
Who shares June 23
Share of the 51 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
Athlete
1972 · France
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the head coach of the France national team.
Hadi Abyar, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Scientist
1912–1954 · United Kingdom
Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist.
Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1957 · United States
Frances Louise McDormand is an American actress and film producer.
Red Carpet Report on Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Actor
1974 · Australia
Joel Edgerton is an Australian actor and filmmaker.
Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Top tier
Politician
1937–2023 · Finland
Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari was a Finnish politician and diplomat who was the president of Finland from 1994 to 2000. He was Finland's Ambassador to Tanzania from 1973 to 1977 and United Nations Commissioner for Namibia from 1977 to 1981.
Top tier
Scientist
1907–1995 · United Kingdom
James Edward Meade FBA was a British economist who made major contributions to the theory of international trade and welfare economics. Along with Richard Kahn, James Meade helped develop the concept of the Keynesian multiplier while participating in the Cambridge circus.
LSE Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Builders
Entrepreneur · Samsung Group · technology
1968 · South Korea
Lee Jae-yong is a South Korean business executive who has been chairman of Samsung since October 2022. In 2017, Lee was convicted of bribery, embezzlement, and concealment of criminal proceeds.
KBS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1956 · United States
Randall Darius Jackson is an American record executive, television presenter and musician, best known as a judge on American Idol from 2002 to 2013.
Yahoo! Blog from Sunnyvale, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1953 · United Kingdom
Armen Vardani Sarkissian is an Armenian politician, physicist, investor, businessman, and computer scientist who was the 4th president of Armenia from 2018 to 2022. He also was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1996 to 1997.
Press Service of the President of the Republic of Armenia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1970 · Peru
Christian Dietrich Meier Zender is a Peruvian actor, producer, director and singer/songwriter in Latin America, the U.S. Hispanic market, and around the Spanish-speaking world.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/culturacdmx/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1940 · United States
Jerry I. Speyer is an American real estate developer. He is one of two founding partners of the New York real estate company Tishman Speyer, which controls Rockefeller Center. Speyer was featured in the Forbes 400 list in 2021.
Entrepreneur
1961 · Norway
Ivar Tollefsen is a Norwegian businessman, the founder of Tollefsen Enterprises and Fredensborg AS.
EditwikiAH, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
June 23 in history
Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Actor
1972 · United States
Selma Blair is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, and the Hellboy franchise.
Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Artist
1763–1814 · France
Joséphine Bonaparte was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I and as such Empress of the French from 18 May 1804 until their marriage was annulled on 10 January 1810. As Napoleon's consort, she was also Queen of Italy from 26 May 1805 until the 1810 annulment.
Baron François Gérard (1770 - 1837) – Painter (French) Born in Rome. Died in Paris. Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1976 · France
Patrick Paul Vieira is a professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Senegal national team.
Simon Heseltine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1927–1987 · United States
Robert Louis Fosse was an American choreographer, dancer, actor, filmmaker, and stage director. He is known for his work on stage and screen, and was arguably the most influential figure in the field of jazz dance in the twentieth century.
Alix Jeffry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1929–2003 · United States
Valerie June Carter Cash was an American country singer, songwriter, comedienne, actress, and author. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash.
Series: Reagan White House Photographs, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989 Collection: White House Photographic Collection, 1/20/1981, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1980 · United States
Melissa Ivy Rauch is an American actress.
Original: Dominick D Derivative work: Danyele This image was created with Adobe Photoshop Elements., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1984 · United Kingdom
Duffy Jones, known mononymously as Duffy, is a Welsh singer and actress. Her music style has been described as a mixture of soul, blue-eyed soul, pop rock, neo soul and pop music.
B. Erdödy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1940–1962 · United Kingdom
Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was a British painter and musician, best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended Liverpool College of Art.
Peter Blake / Parlophone, Capitol Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1975 · United Kingdom
Kate Victoria "KT" Tunstall is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician.
Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1977 · United States
Jason Thomas Mraz is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002), which spawned the single "The Remedy " that peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1943 · United States
Vinton Gray Cerf is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Robert Kahn.
Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1894–1956 · United States
Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.
Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1936 · United States
Richard David Bach is an American writer. He has written numerous flight-related works of fiction and non-fiction.
Corsair133693, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Author
1668–1744 · Kingdom of Naples
Giambattista Vico was an Italian philosopher, rhetorician, historian, and jurist during the Italian Enlightenment.
Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1995 · Mexico
Danna Paola Rivera Munguía, known mononymously as Danna and formerly as Danna Paola, is a Mexican singer and actress. She began her career as a child actress and singer, starring in numerous television projects.
Junta de Andalucía, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Entrepreneur
1911–1999 · United Kingdom
David Mackenzie Ogilvy was a British advertising tycoon and founder of Ogilvy & Mather.
Politician
0598–0655 · Byzantine Empire
Pope Martin I, also known as Martin the Confessor, was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 649 to 653 or 654. He had served as Pope Theodore I's ambassador to Constantinople, and was elected to succeed him as pope.
Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1955 · France
Amadou Jean Tigana is a former professional football player and manager. A central midfielder, he was renowned as one of the best midfielders in the world during the 1980s.
Jean_Tigana.jpg: Nick Derivative work: Carnby, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1970 · France
Yann Pierre Tiersen is a French musician and composer from Brittany. His musical career is split between studio recordings, music collaborations, and film soundtracks songwriting.
Andrés Ibarra, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1980 · Italy
Francesca Schiavone is an Italian former professional tennis player. She had career-high rankings of world No. 4 in women's singles and No. 8 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).
si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Actor
1977 · United States
Siân Heder is an American filmmaker who is best known for writing and directing the films Tallulah and CODA. CODA earned Heder the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Lyn Fairly Media, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1942 · United Kingdom
Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was the fifteenth Astronomer Royal from 1995 to 2025, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 2004 to 2012, and President of the Royal Society from 2005 to 2010.
Roger Harris, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Creator
1910–1987 · France
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades.
fr:Studio Harcourt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1879–1947 · Ottoman Empire
Huda Sha'arawi or Hoda Sha'rawi was a pioneering Egyptian feminist leader, suffragette, nationalist, and founder of the Egyptian Feminist Union.
AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Politician
1936–2025 · Greece
Konstantinos Simitis was a Greek politician who led the 'Modernization' movement of Greece. He succeeded in leadership Andreas Papandreou, the founder of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), and served as Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004.
Christian Lambiotte, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Scientist
1580–1626
Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen, also Willebrord van Roijen Snell, commonly known simply as Snellius and Snell, was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician.
Rijksmuseum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1977 · Australia
Hayden Vernon Foxe is an Australian former professional soccer player who works as assistant coach with the Australia men's national soccer team. He played football as a centre-back at the top level in Germany, Japan, Belgium, England and Australia.
Camw, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Musician
1973 · Latvia
Marija Naumova-Bullīta, known professionally as Marija Naumova, is a Latvian singer.
Vladimirs Svetlovs (photographer), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Inventor
1925–2010 · United Kingdom
John Adrian Shepherd-Barron OBE was an India-born British inventor, who led the team that installed the first cash machine, sometimes referred to as the automated teller machine or ATM.
User:Friendlyvoice, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Athlete
1976 · Argentina
Paola Suárez is a retired tennis player from Argentina.
This page lists 51 people born on June 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 June 23. Read the full methodology.
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