The 113th day of the year, the 114th in a leap year
Born on 23 April
Every 23 April birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- DiamondThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Daisy, Sweet peaUsually taken today to mean innocence and blissful pleasure.
- Most common weekdays
- Saturday and Thursday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 23 April in any year.
Which weekday 23 April falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 23 April falls on every day of the week: Saturday 16, Thursday 16, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Monday 15, Wednesday 15, Tuesday 15.
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How common a birthday 23 April is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,801 babies were born on 23 April in each year of the twenty, making it the 206th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 23 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| William Shakespeare | 1564–1616 | English playwright and poet |
| Max Planck | 1858–1947 | German theoretical physicist |
| James Buchanan | 1791–1868 | president of the United States from 1857 to 1861 |
| Halldór Laxness | 1902–1998 | Icelandic author |
| Shirley Temple | 1928–2014 | American actress and diplomat |
| John Cena | 1977– | American actor and professional wrestler |
| Lester B. Pearson | 1897–1972 | Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968 |
| Michael Moore | 1954– | American filmmaker and author |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo | 1857–1919 | Italian composer |
| Dev Patel | 1990– | British actor |
| Roy Orbison | 1936–1988 | American musician |
| Bertil Ohlin | 1899–1979 | Swedish economist and politician |
| Gigi Hadid | 1995– | American fashion model and television personality |
| Johannes Fibiger | 1867–1928 | Danish physician |
| Maurice Druon | 1918–2009 | French novelist |
| Afonso II of Portugal | 1185–1223 | King of Portugal |
| Prince Louis of Wales | 2018– | youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales |
| Alexandra Kosteniuk | 1984– | Russian and Swiss chess player |
Died on 23 April
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| William Shakespeare | 1564–1616 | English playwright and poet |
| Boris Yeltsin | 1931–2007 | Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia |
| Satyajit Ray | 1921–1992 | Indian filmmaker and writer |
| William Wordsworth | 1770–1850 | English Romantic poet |
| Zhu Xi | 1130–1200 | Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty |
| Charles G. Dawes | 1865–1951 | vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 |
| Boris Godunov | 1552–1605 | Russian Tsar (1598–1605); died 23 April in the Gregorian calendar, 13 April in the Julian |
| Paulette Goddard | 1910–1990 | American actress |
| Æthelred the Unready | 967–1016 | King of England |
| P. L. Travers | 1899–1996 | Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist |
| Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly | 1808–1889 | French writer |
| Konstantinos Karamanlis | 1907–1998 | Greek statesman, four times Prime Minister and twice President of Greece |
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