July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining.
- 1777 - Philipp Otto Runge[?], painter (+ 1810)
- 1884 - Emil Jannings, actor (+ 1950)
- 1888 - Raymond Chandler, author (+ 1959)
- 1892 - Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia (+ 1975)
- 1893 - Karl Menninger, psychiatrist (+ 1990)
- 1899 - Gustav Heinemann, politician, German Bundeskanzler (+ 1976)
- 1936 - Don Drysdale[?], member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1938 - Götz George[?], actor
- 1942 - Myra Hindley, Moors murderess (+ 2002)
- 1947 - David Essex, rock and roll singer
- 1961 - Woody Harrelson, actor
- 1965 - Slash (born "Saul Hudson"), guitarist (Guns N Roses[?])
- 1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman[?], actor
- 1973 - Monica Lewinsky, Congressional intern
- 1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, actor
- 1373 - Saint Birgitta, prophet, author and saint.
- 1757 - Domenico Scarlatti, composer
- 1885 - Ulysses S. Grant, general, 18th U.S. president
- 1916 - Sir William Ramsay, chemist and Nobel prize winner
- 1920 - Conrad Kohrs[?], rancher
- 1948 - D. W. Griffith, film director
- 1955 - Cordell Hull[?], former Secretary of State
- 1955 - Henri Philippe Pétain, leader of Vichy France
- 1966 - Montgomery Clift, actor
- 1971 - Van Heflin[?], actor
- 1973 - Eddie Rickenbacker, aviation pioneer
- 1982 - Vic Morrow[?], actor
- 1983 - Georges Auric, composer, member of Les Six
- 1999 - King Hassan II of Morocco[?]
- 2001 - Eudora Welty, author
- 2002 - Chaim Potok, novelist
See Also:
July 22 - July 24 - June 23 - August 23 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December