Famous people born on 23 February

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

1. Naruhito 1960Emperor of Japanliving, 66
2. George Frideric Handel 1685German composerdied aged 74
3. Viktor Yushchenko 1954Politician who served as President of Ukraineliving, 72
4. Karl Jaspers 1883German psychiatrist and philosopherdied aged 86
5. Emily Blunt 1983British actorliving, 43
6. Dakota Fanning 1994American actorliving, 32
7. Pope Paul II 1417Venetian Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 54
8. Casemiro 1992Brazilian footballerliving, 34
9. W. E. B. Du Bois 1868American sociologistdied aged 95
10. Erich Kästner 1899German children's writerdied aged 75
11. Peter Fonda 1940American actordied aged 79
12. Didier Queloz 1966Swiss astronomerliving, 60
13. Allan MacLeod Cormack 1924American physicistdied aged 74
14. Casimir Funk 1884Polish biochemistdied aged 83