What happened on June 23 ?

47 BC - Pharaoh Ptolemy XV of Egypt

1433 - Francis II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1488)

1456 - Margaret of Denmark, wife of James III of Scotland (d. 1486)

1534 - Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (d. 1582)

1596 - Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (d. 1641)

1612 - André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)

1668 - Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (d. 1744)

1683 - Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (d. 1745)

1716 - Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English politician (d. 1789)

1750 - Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)

1763 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (d. 1814)

1800 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (d. 1846)

1824 - Carl Reinecke, German musician and composer (d. 1910)

1884 - Cyclone Taylor, professional ice hockey player (d. 1979)

1888 - Bronson M. Cutting, American politician

1889 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (d. 1966)

1894 - Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (d. 1956)

1894 - King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (d. 1972)

1903 - Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (d. 1992)

1907 - James Meade, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

1909 - David Lewis, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1981)

1910 - Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (d. 1987)

1910 - Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1910 - Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (d. 2000)

1912 - Alan Turing, English mathematician (d. 1954)

1916 - Len Hutton, English cricketer (d. 1990)

1919 - Muhammad Boudiaf, Algerian political leader (d. 1992)

1927 - Bob Fosse, American choreographer (d. 1987)

1929 - June Carter Cash, American singer (d. 2003)

1935 - Maurice Ferre, former Puerto Rican mayor of Miami

1936 - Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece

1937 - Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland

1940 - Adam Faith, English singer and actor (d. 2003)

1940 - Lord Irvine of Lairg, Scottish Lord Chancellor

1940 - Wilma Rudolph, American runner (d. 1994)

1940 - Stuart Sutcliffe, first bassist with The Beatles (d. 1962)

1941 - Robert Hunter, American lyricist and poet (The Grateful Dead)

1943 - James Levine, American conductor

1943 - Vint Cerf, American Internet pioneer

1946 - Ted Shackleford, American actor

1947 - Bryan Brown, Australian actor

1948 - Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice

1948 - Darhyl S. Ramsey, American author and professor of music education

1955 - Glenn Danzig, American musician (The Misfits and Danzig)

1955 - Jean Tigana, French footballer

1957 - Frances McDormand, American actress

1961 - Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist

1962 - Chuck Billy, American singer

1963 - Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer

1964 - Joss Whedon, American producer, director, and screenwriter

1964 - Yun Lou, Chinese gymnast

1965 - Paul Arthurs, British guitarist (Oasis)

1966 - Chico DeBarge, American musician (DeBarge)

1971 - Felix Potvin, Canadian professional hockey goaltender

1972 - Selma Blair, American actress

1972 - Zinedine Zidane, French footballer

1973 - Marie N, Latvian singer

1975 - Kevin Dyson, American football player

1975 - KT Tunstall, Scottish singer and songwriter

1976 - Brandon Stokley, American football player

1976 - Patrick Monahan, British comedian

1976 - Patrick Vieira, French footballer

1977 - Jason Mraz, American singer and songwriter

1979 - LaDainian Tomlinson, American football player

1980 - Ramnaresh Sarwan, Guyanese cricketer