Famous people born on 23 August

16 of the people we track were born on 23 August, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Louis XVI 1754King of the Frenchdied aged 38
2. Kobe Bryant 1978American basketball playerdied aged 41
3. Osman I 1258Sultan of the Ottoman Empiredied aged 67
4. Gene Kelly 1912American dancer and actordied aged 83
5. Charles Martel AD 688Military leaderdied aged 53
6. Georges Cuvier 1769French naturalist and zoologistdied aged 62
7. Roza Otunbayeva 1950Politician who served as President of Kyrgyzstanliving, 76
8. Halimah Yacob 1954Singaporean politician who served as President of Singaporeliving, 72
9. KAKenneth Arrow 1921American economistdied aged 95
10. Konstantin Novoselov 1974Russian physicistliving, 52
11. Giuseppe Meazza 1910Italian footballerdied aged 68
12. Eleftherios Venizelos 1864Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greecedied aged 71
13. Robert Solow 1924American economistdied aged 99
14. Hajime Moriyasu 1968Japanese association football coachliving, 58
15. Houari Boumédiène 1932Algerian politician who served as President of Algeriadied aged 46
16. River Phoenix 1970American actor and musiciandied aged 23