Famous people born on 23 December

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

1. Akihito 1933Emperor of Japanliving, 92
2. Helmut Schmidt 1918German politician who served as Federal Chancellor of Germanydied aged 96
3. Joseph Smith 1805American prophetdied aged 38
4. Juan Ramón Jiménez 1881Spanish poetdied aged 76
5. Jean-François Champollion 1790French Egyptologistdied aged 41
6. Carla Bruni 1967Italian singerliving, 58
7. Mamnoon Hussain 1940Politician who served as President of Pakistandied aged 80
8. Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve 1804French literary criticdied aged 64
9. Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 1896Writerdied aged 60
10. Vicente del Bosque 1950Spanish footballerliving, 75
11. Stefan Hell 1962Physicistliving, 63