Famous people born on 23 May

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

1. Carl Linnaeus 1707Swedish botanist and physiciandied aged 70
2. Pär Lagerkvist 1891Swedish writerdied aged 83
3. John Bardeen 1908American physicist and engineerdied aged 82
4. Anatoly Karpov 1951Russian chess playerliving, 75
5. Lena Meyer-Landrut 1991German singerliving, 35
6. Alan García 1949Peruvian politician who served as President of Perudied aged 69
7. Hans Frank 1900German Holocaust perpetratordied aged 46
8. Rubens Barrichello 1972Brazilian driverliving, 54
9. Philip I of France 1052King of Franksdied aged 56
10. Otto Lilienthal 1848Prussian military flight engineerdied aged 48
11. Douglas Fairbanks 1883American actor and screenwriterdied aged 56