Famous people born on 23 January

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

1. David Hilbert 1862German mathematiciandied aged 81
2. Stendhal 1783French writerdied aged 59
3. Édouard Manet 1832French painterdied aged 51
4. Megawati Sukarnoputri 1947Indonesian politician who served as President of Indonesialiving, 79
5. Derek Walcott 1930Saint Lucian poet and playwrightdied aged 87
6. Hideki Yukawa 1907Japanese theoretical physicistdied aged 74
7. Arjen Robben 1984Dutch footballerliving, 42
8. Pope Boniface VIII 1235Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 68
9. Gertrude B. Elion 1918American biochemist and pharmacologistdied aged 81
10. Jeanne Moreau 1928French actor and singerdied aged 89
11. Subhas Chandra Bose 1897Indian leaderdied aged 48
12. Magdalena Andersson 1967Swedish politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of Swedenliving, 59
13. Kliment Voroshilov 1881Soviet politiciandied aged 88
14. Otto Diels 1876German chemistdied aged 78
15. Rutger Hauer 1944Dutch actordied aged 75
16. XXXTentacion 1998American rapperdied aged 20
17. Ernst Abbe 1840German physicistdied aged 64
18. Django Reinhardt 1910French jazz musiciandied aged 43
19. Marija Gimbutas 1921Lithuanian archaeologistdied aged 73